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Archives of American Art
Eliza Haldeman correspondence
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.haldeliz
- Creators:
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Haldeman, Eliza, 1843-1910
- Dates:
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[ca. 1860-1868]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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
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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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