Archives of American Art

Christian Brinton scrapbooks

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.brinchrs
Creators:
Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942
Dates:
1899-1925
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
4 Volumes
(on 2 microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks contain correspondence, clippings, sketches, photographs, and exhibition catalogs. The letters are generally requests for Brinton to lecture, organize an exhibition, or write an article.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art critic, curator and collector; West Chester, Pennsylvania and New York, N.Y. Born 1870. Died 1942.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 4401-4402 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: Free Library of Philadelphia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collected in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Microfilmed by the Free Library of Pennsylvania.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art criticism -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Study and teaching -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scrapbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art critics -- Pennsylvania -- West Chester Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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