Archives of American Art

Selections from Alexander Johnston Cassatt's letterbook index

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.cassalex
Creators:
Cassatt, Alexander J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906
Dates:
[ca. 1894-1903]
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
11 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
11 pages selected from 3 volumes of indices, containing entries with descriptive notations of letters about exhibits of Mary Cassatt paintings; and also about paintings by Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent and James MacNeill Whistler.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Brother of painter Mary Cassatt.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 3903 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, the American Philosophical Society, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by American Philosophical Society as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
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
Painters -- United States -- Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
Archives of American Art
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Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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