Archives of American Art

James D. Gill letters from artists

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.gilljame
Creators:
Gill, James Dwyer, 1849-1937
Dates:
1884-1887
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
25 Items
(on 4 partial microfilm reels)
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters to Gill from artists mostly concerning a fire in Gill's gallery; the receipt of checks; the sale of art works; and the return of unsold pieces.
Scope and Contents
REEL D8: Letters from George Loring Brown and Alfred Bricher.
Scope and Contents
REEL D9: Letter from W. S. (William Starbuck) Macy, regarding an incorrect title attributed to a painting on display.
Scope and Contents
REEL D10: Letters from George Elmer Browne, E. Ritchie Harrison, Edward C. Leavitt, Aaron Draper Shattuck, and George Henry Story.
Scope and Contents
REEL 2813: Letters from John Bunyan Bristol, Harry Chase, M. F. H. de Haas, H. A. Ferguson, Frederick W. Freer, Edward Gay, Charles X. Harris, William Hart, Jonathan Scott Hartley, Edward L. Henry, W. Ferdinand Macy, George Herbert McCord, Frank Knox Morton Rehn, William Trost Richards, Walter Satterlee, George H. Smillie, William Lewis Sonntag and F. Schuchardt.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Art dealer; Springfield, Massachusetts.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels D8 (frames 366 & 370), D9 (fr. 640-41), (D10 (fr. 1249, 1395-1396, 1525, and 1553) and 2813 available at Archives of American Artoffices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Letters on Reel 2813 purchased by Archives in 1967. Letters on Reel D8-D10 donated by Charles Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
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.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Bricher, Alfred Thompson, 1837-1908 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bristol, John Bunyan, 1862-1909 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chase, Harry, 1853-1889 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
De Haas, Mauritz Frederik Hendrik, 1832-1895 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ferguson, H. A. (Henry A), 1851?-1911 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Freer, Frederick W. (Frederick Warren), 1849-1908 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gay, Edward, 1837-1928 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harrison, E. Ritchie Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harris, Charles Xavier, 1856-1936 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hart, William McDougal, 1823-1894 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hartley, Jonathan Scott, 1845-1912 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Leavitt, Edward C., d. 1904 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macy, W. S. (William Starbuck), 1853-1945 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macy, W. Ferdinand Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McCord, George Herbert, 1848-1909 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shattuck, Aaron Draper, 1832-1928 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rehn, Frank Knox Morton, 1848-1914 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Satterlee, Walter, 1844-1908 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Schuchardt, F. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smillie, George H. (George Henry), 1840-1921 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sonntag, William Louis, 1822-1900 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Story, George Henry, 1835-1923 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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