Archives of American Art

Charles Franklin Pierce papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.pierchar
Creators:
Pierce, Charles Franklin, 1844-1920
Dates:
1870-1972
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
250 Items
(on 2 microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Biographical information; personal documents; correspondence; a travel and sketching diary; a diary kept by his wife, Katherine; a record book detailing the disposition of his art works; sketches and sketchbooks; etchings; exhibition catalogs; clippings; photographs of Pierce, his family, reproduction of his works, and reference photographs used for painting.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Landscape painter; Boston, Mass.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1405 and 1406 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Elizabeth W. Plimpton, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The lender, Elizabeth W. Plimpton, is the niece of Charles F. Pierce.

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
Landscape painting -- Massachusetts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Landscape painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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