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Archives of American Art
Henry T. Cariss papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.carihenr
- Creators:
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Cariss, Henry T., 1850-1903
- Dates:
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[ca. 1876-1900]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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20 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Cariss family genealogy; three letters to Cariss, 1880-1900, from the Gibson Stained Glass Co, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the World's Columbian Exposition; a journal of his passage by sea to Europe with members of the Philadelphia Sketch Club; a photograph of Cariss; a watercolor, "Potatoe [sic] Gatherers" and an etching by Cariss; papers concerning his research for his painting, "The Oath of Allegiance at Valley Forge"; and a scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper clippings, prints, drawings, letters, and announcements about the Philadelphia Sketch Club and Cariss' artist friends Thomas Anshutz, Franklin D. Briscoe, Stephan de Kosenko, Herman Deigendesch, Walter M. Dunk, Philip B. Hahs, Frederick James, Henry R. Poore, Hermann Simon and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, etcher; Philadelphia, Pa. President of Philadelphia Sketch Club and active member of Philadelphia Society of Etchers.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 4589 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Bill Patterson, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1992 by Bill Patterson, who received the material from the family of a friend of Henry Carriss' only son, William Hyde Carris, to whom William had willed the papers.
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
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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