Archives of American Art

Frederic Fairchild and Julia Munson Sherman papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.sherfref
Creators:
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940
Sherman, Julia Munson, d. 1972
Dates:
1874-1970
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Personal and business correspondence; biographical material; photographs of Elliot Orr and others, a daguerreotype of a drawing of Judge David Sherman Boardman of the Superior Court of Connecticut, 1853 by Waldo and Jewett; art work by Albert Lorey Groll, Elliot Orr, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Theodore Bolton, and others; notes; clippings and printed material; business records; correspondence regarding the Sherman's art collection; files containing writings, photographs, letters, and printed material regarding Ralph Earl, James Peale, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and other subjects of F.F. Sherman's writings and publications; manuscripts of articles written by Jean Lipman, Walter Gutman, Eliot Clark, and others; and ca. 100 books, pamphlets, catalogs and articles written, edited or published by the Shermans.
Scope and Contents
Included in the printed material are v.1-3, v.4 (nos.1 and 3) and v. 5 (no.1) of Sherman's "The Literary Miscellany," 1908-1912; "Art in America: An Illustrated Quarterly," v.1 (no.1), Jan. 1913; "Fine Art Publications" catalog, 1919-1922, 1925-1926, and 1932.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art collectors, art critics, art historians, and private publishers; New York, N.Y.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1956-1972 by Julia Munson Sherman and the Munson Estate.

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
Literary miscellany Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art publishing -- New York (State) -- New York Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boardman, David Sherman Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bolton, Theodore, b. 1889 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Earl, Ralph, 1751-1801 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Groll, Albert Lorey, 1866-1952 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Orr, Elliot, 1904-1997 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peale, James, 1749-1831 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lipman, Jean, 1909-1998 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gutman, Walter, 1903-1986 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Waldo & Jewett (Firm: New York, N.Y.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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