Archives of American Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art scrapbooks on American illustrators

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.cardhele
Creators:
Card, Helen L. (Helen Luise)
Dates:
1870-1938
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
24 Volumes
(on 8 microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A series of scrapbooks compiled by Card on late 19th and early 20th century illustrators and cartoonists, each containing illustrations and political cartoons from magazines, newspapers, and books, together with lists of illustrations, and in some cases critical and biographical articles. Most of the reproductions are from Harper's Weekly and Monthly, Scribner's, and Century. Illustrators represented are Edwin Austin Abbey (2 v., 1871-1929, reel N68-17), Arthur B. Frost (4 v., 1874-1924, reel N68-18), Arthur I. Keller (3 v., 1886-1924, reel N68-23), Edward W. Kemble (6 v., 1880-1919, reels N68-24 & 25), Charles Stanley Reinhart (3 v., 1870-1897, reel N68-31), Frederic Remington (5 v., 1886-1938, reel N68-26), and William Thomas Smedley (1 v., 1880-1910, reel N68-32).

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels N68-17 - 18, N68-23- N68-26, and N68-31 - N68-32 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1968 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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
Caricatures and cartoons Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Illustration of books Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Illustrators Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cartoonists Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Magazine illustration Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reinhart, Charles Stanley, 1844-1896 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas), 1858-1920 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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