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Archives of American Art
Charles A. Platt letter collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.platchar
- Creators:
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Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933
- Dates:
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[ca. 1887]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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8 Items
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Three letters to Charles A.Platt from acquaintences Francis Seymour Haden (June 3), Oliver Herford, and Abbott Handerson Thayer (April 20); one letter to Dennis M. Bunker, friend and colleague of Charles A. Platt, from Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Oct. 21); one letter from Bunker to Anne Page (August 1886); a Christmas card to Bunker's wife, Eleanor Hardy Bunker Platt. Other letters include a handwritten invitation to Eleanor Hardy from Lowffler and a letter from Charles F. McKim, colleague of Platt's, to Mary J. Lawrence (July 9).
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, architect, landscape designer; New York, N.Y. and Cornish, N.H.; b. 1861; d. 1933.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2004 by Charles A. Platt, grandson. The correspondence of Dennis Bunker was in the possession of Platt's widow, Eleanor Hardy Bunker prior to her marriage to Platt in 1893.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Painters -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bunker, Dennis Miller, 1861-1890 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818-1910 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Platt, Eleanor Hardy Bunker, 1869-1953 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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