Archives of American Art

Salmagundi Club records

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.salmclub
Creators:
Salmagundi Club
Dates:
1878-1947
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
213 Items
(on 3 partial microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photographs, club history, and artists' biographical notes.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3483: A photograph of a Salmagundi Club dinner held on February 24, 1910, sponsored by Samuel T. Shaw in honor of Gifford Beal. The photograph is inscribed in ink "to Miles Evergood from Samuel T. Shaw."
Scope and Contents
REEL 154: 12 group photographs of the members of the Salmagundi Club, 1908, 1926, and 1932-1940.
Scope and Contents
REEL NYSC 1-NYSC 2: A history of the club from its inception to 1917; exhibition catalogs, 1883 and 1886; scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, bulletins and dinner invitations; and biographical notes and sketches of various artist members (listed alphabetically).
Scope and Contents
Artists include Edwin Austin Abbey, Herbert Adams, Victor C. Anderson, Robert P. Lawrence, James M. Barnsley, Charles Basing, Edwin H. Blashfield, Tabert Sears, George Bogert, Alexander Grinager, Max Bohm, R. Sloan Bredin, Alexander W. Drake, John F. Carlson, John W. Fenton, Maurice Fromkes, Gordon Grant, Charles D. Gibson, Charles P. Gruppe, Edwin Gunn, Bernhard Gutmann, Jonathan Hartley, Charles W. Hawthorne, William H. Howe, George Inness, J. G. Brown, Frank T. Johnson, J. Redding Kelly, George H. McCord, Richard Miller, John F. Murphy, John Noble, William M. Post, Edward H. Potthast, William S. Robinson, Alexander J. Rummler, Andrew T. Schwartz, Walter Shirlaw, Robert Spencer, Charles Vezin, and Frederick J. Waugh.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Artists club; New York, N.Y. Established 1871, incorporated 1880.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels NYSC 1-NYSC 2, 154, and 3483 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Reproduction Note
Reel 3483: Item is copyprint.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 3483: Original in the possession of the donors.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel NYSC 1-NYSC 2: Originals in the Salmagundi Club, New York, N.Y.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilm reels NYSC 1-NYSC 2 lent for microfilming 166 by Salmagundi Club. Material on reel 154, provenance unknown. Photograph on reel 3483 donated 1985 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Arts organizations -- New York (State) Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shaw, Samuel T., 1861-1945 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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