Archives of American Art

Eliza Haldeman correspondence

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.haldeliz
Creators:
Haldeman, Eliza, 1843-1910
Dates:
[ca. 1860-1868]
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
32 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters from Haldeman to her family describing her life as an art student in Philadelphia, and mentioning her friend Mary Cassatt. Three letters from Cassatt to Haldeman are also included.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter. Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 3658 (frames 1056-1133) available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed with other artists' papers at PAFA as part of the Archives of American Art's Philadelphia project. The memoir of Haldeman's father, Samuel Stehrman Haldeman, an 1862 photograph of students at the PAFA casting a hand, and other materials in the collection were not microfilmed.

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
Art students -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women artists Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women painters Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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