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Archives of American Art
William Frederick Paskell papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.paskwill
- Creators:
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Paskell, William Frederick, 1866-1951
- Dates:
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1883-1895
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Sketchbooks, sketches and a journal. Also included are research material compiled by John J. Leahy and a list of Paskell's work.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3995: Photocopies of Paskell's sketchbooks and several loose sketches, 1845-1895, of landscapes in the vicinity of Boston, Gloucester, and Springfield, Mass., New Hampshire, and England, accompanied by a biographical sketch of Paskell by his grandson, John J. Leahy.
Scope and Contents
REEL 4545: Paskell's journal, 1883-1885, and a typescript of the journal with an index prepared by John J. Leahy, Paskell's grandson; typescripts of two clippings, April 1885, from Boston newspapers regarding Paskell's exhibition; and a clipping on Paskell, 1987.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Landscape and marine painter; Cape Ann and Nantucket, Mass.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3995 and 4545 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Original journal on reel 4545 was lent for microfilming 1991 by Samuel Robbins, a collector who purchased it from a bookseller in Providence, R.I. The remaining material (all photocopies) was donated 1987 by John J. Leahy, Paskell's grandson, and discarded after microfilming.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
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