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Archives of American Art
Elbridge Kingsley papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kingelbr
- Creators:
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Kingsley, Elbridge, 1842-1918
- Dates:
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1842-1900
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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171 Items(on 3 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An autobiography; list of the Kingsley Collection; and photographs.
Scope and Contents
REELS 48 & 119: An autobiography (manuscript and typed copy), ca. 1900. Kingsley writes in detail of his childhood in Hatfield, Mass., education in Hadley, Mass., 1863-1872, where he studied at Cooper Institute and worked for I. W. Orr and Edward Sears as a wood engraver, the wood engraving process, the engraving office, association with J. Wells Champney and Charles Burleigh in Northampton, Mass., 1872-1877, work for Scribner's magazine from 1877, summers sketching in New England with John Parker Davis and Frank French, beginning of the Society of American Wood Engravers, association with William B.P. Palmer and Gustav Kruell, details of his own works, Paris Exhibition of 1889, decline of the Society, association with Charles Freer, Timothy Cole, Dwight W. Tryon, and Mrs. John Dwight.
Scope and Contents
REEL 119 (fr. 709-748): Extensive list of wood engravings, paintings and photographic plates of the Elbridge Kingsley Collection, Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.
Scope and Contents
REEL 120: Photographs of Hadley and nearby places, and some sample engravings.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Wood engraver; Hadley, Mass.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 48 & 119-120 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilm donated 1971 by the Forbes Library.
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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