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Archives of American Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art scrapbooks on American illustrators
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cardhele
- Creators:
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Card, Helen L. (Helen Luise)
- Dates:
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1870-1938
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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
Archives of American Art
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