Archives of American Art

Alfred Stebbins autograph collection

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.stebalfr
Creators:
Stebbins, Alfred
Dates:
1834-1872
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Reel
ca. 100 items (on 1 microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters, autographs, and photographs of artists solicited by Stebbins and pasted in his copy of Henry T. Tuckerman's BOOK OF THE ARTISTS (1867). Among the artists are Christopher P. Cranch, F.O.C. Darley, Sanford R. Gifford, Eastman Johnson, Miner K. Kellogg, John F. Kensett, Jervis McEntee, Samuel F.B. Morse, Thomas Nast, Erastus D. Palmer, George H. Smillie, John Vanderlyn and Worthington Whittredge.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Librarian of the San Francisco Mercantile Library Association.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel PAA 1 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in Henry F. DuPont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1965 by the Henry F. DuPont Winterthur Museum.

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
Artists -- 19th century Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kellogg, Miner K. (Miner Kilbourne), 1814-1889 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smillie, George H. (George Henry), 1840-1921 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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