Archives of American Art

Charles A. Platt letter collection

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.platchar
Creators:
Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933
Dates:
[ca. 1887]
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
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
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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
Repository Contact
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