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Archives of American Art
Selected art related letters from the James Buchanan papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.buchjame
- Creators:
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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Dates:
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1837-1867
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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23 Items(on 2 partial microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
REEL P20: Correspondence, March 29, 1837-Jan. 17, 1867, including letters to Buchanan from Henry Dexter, Luigi Persico, George Washington Conarroe, John Sartain, Jacob Eichholtz, George P. A. Healy, and Rembrandt Peale, and one copy of a letter to Healy.
Scope and Contents
REEL P25: One letter to Hon. James Buchanan from Matthew Brady, Nov. 25, 1856, and two letters to Buchanan from Thomas G. Clemson, April 25 and Dec. 28, 1845. Brady sends photographs of Wheatland; Clemson was an amateur painter and collector.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
U.S. President.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels P20 (fr. 609-630)& P25 (fr. 667-669) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1955 by the Historical Society 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.
Related Materials
Related Materials
James Buchanan papers also at Syracuse University.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Conarroe, George W., 1803-1882 or 4 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dexter, Henry, 1806-1876 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Persico, Luigi, 1791-1860 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sartain, John, 1808-1897 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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