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Archives of American Art
Thomas Cole papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.colethom
- Creators:
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Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
- Dates:
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1821-1863
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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7 Microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Notebooks; sketchbooks; drawings; letters; manuscript poems; catalogs; paintbrushes.
Scope and Contents
REEL D40: ca. 575 drawings.
Scope and Contents
REEL D6: Letters, manuscript poems, catalogs and a sketchbook dated March 10, 1832.
Scope and Contents
REEL D39: 2 v. of notebooks; 1825, and 18 v. of sketchbooks, 1827-1847. Cole sketches mainly in New York State, The White Mountains, England, Italy, and Catskill, N.Y.
Scope and Contents
REELS ALC 1- ALC 4: Correspondence with Cole, including letters from friends, family, artists, and others; journals; notes; essays; lectures; poetry; clippings; and financial records.
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: William Althorpe Adams, Samuel James Ainsley, Francis Alexander, Theodore Allen, Washington Allston, Thomas B. Ashton, Edwin T. Bennet, Simeon D. Bloodgood, William C. Bryant, Edward L. Carey, Cephas G. Childs, Lewis G. Clark, Thomas S. Cummings, Franklin Dexter, William Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, Robert Gilmor, George W. Greene, Charles C. Ingham, Charles R. Leslie, Jonathan Mason, Samuel F. B. Morse, John L. Morton, Henry C. Pratt, Luman Reed, John P. Ridner, Jonathan Sturges, Ithiel Town, Isaiah Townsend, Charles B. Trego, William P. Van Rensselaer, Cornelius Ver Bryck, Daniel Wadsworth, Samuel Ward, Robert W. Weir, Ambrose Wright, and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter; Catskill, N.Y. Cole lived most of his life in New York City even though he studied abroad. He was elected member of National Academy in 1826.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels D6, D39, D40, and ALC 1- ALC 4 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reels ALC 1-ALC 4: Originals in New York State Library, Albany, New York.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reels D6, D39, D40: Originals in Detroit Institute of Art.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reels D6, D39, D40 lent for microfilming 1961 by the Detroit Institute of Art. Material on reels ALC 1-ALC 4 lent for microfilming 1964 by the New York State Library. Paintbrushes were discovered 1964 by S.J. Fishburne, Albany Institute restorer, in basement of Cole's house. He turned them over to the Institute's director, Janet MacFarlane, who donated them to AAA, 1965.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
More Information
Other Finding Aids
Other Finding Aids
List of contents of microfilm reel D39 and list of correspondents on ALC 1-ALC 4 available at Archives of American Art offices.
Keywords
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