Archives of American Art

Reuben Haines and Haines family selected papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.hainreub
Creators:
Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831
Dates:
1824-1840
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
27 Items
(on 3 partial microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters, legal documents, and account book pages.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3657: One 1840 dauguerrotype of Haines's family home, Wyck House by Walter R. Johnson; a letter, 1839, from Jane and Hannah Haines to "dear brother" John S. Haines; and a letter, 1839, from Robert Haines to Reuben describing Johnson's use of dauguerrotype equipment owned by the University of Pennsylvania.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3666: Pages from an account book detailing a loan Reuben Haines made to Rembrandt Peale for travel in Europe. [microfilm title: Wyck Family papers]
Scope and Contents
REEL 3898: Letters to Reuben Haines from John J. Audubon (regarding the publication of BIRDS IN AMERICA), Rembrandt Peale, John Trumbull, and Titian R. Peale; and letters from Rembrandt Peale to his wife, Eleanor, describing his 1830 trip to Europe; and two letters to B. Wistar. [microfilm title: Robert Bowne Haines papers]

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art patron; Germantown, Pa. Benefactor to Rembrandt Peale among others. Robert Bowne, Jane and Hannah Haines were his children.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3657, 3666, and 3898 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Reel 3898 also available at Haverford College Library.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 3657 and 3666: Originals in Wyck House, 6026 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19144.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 3898: Originals in Haverford College Library, Quaker Collection; Haverford, Pa.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed 1987 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.

More Information

Other Title

Other Title
Wyck Family papers [microfilm title, reel 3666]
Other Title
Robert Browne Haines [microfilm title, reel 3898]


Keywords

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Art patronage -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Collectors and collecting Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists and patrons -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- Early works to 1850 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Painters -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art patrons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Haines, Hannah, 1822-1908 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Haines, Robert, 1827-1895 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Johnson, Walter R. (Walter Rogers), 1794-1852 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Haines, John S. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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