Archives of American Art

William Conant Church letters

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.churwill
Creators:
Church, William Conant, 1836-1917
Dates:
1866-1878
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
60 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence with contributors to THE GALAXY, of which Church was editor with his brother, Francis Pharcellus Church.
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Eugene Benson (40 letters), Clarence C. Cook, William P. W. Dana, James J. Jarves, John La Farge, Charles Lanman, William J. Linton, Benson J. Lossing, Maria R. Oakey, Thomas B. Read, William J. Stillman, Russell Sturgis, Bayard Taylor, and Henry T. Tuckerman.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel N5 (frames 1153-1315) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.

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
Galaxy magazine Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Editors Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Benson, Eugene, 1837-1908 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Church, Francis Pharcellus, 1839-1906 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dana, William Parsons Winchester, 1833-1927 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dewing, M. O. (Maria Oakey), 1855-1927 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Jarves, James Jackson, 1818-1888 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
La Farge, John, 1835-1910 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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