Archives of American Art

John Vanderlyn papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.vandjohn
Creators:
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
Dates:
[ca. 1796-1890]
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Microfilm reels
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Family and business correspondence, including letters from Washington Allston, William Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, G.P.A. Healy, Charles B. King, Rubens Peale, and Thomas Sully.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The papers were not put in chronological order before microfilming and there are no frame numbers.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter; London, England and Paris, France.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1040 and 1041 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in Senate House Museum Kingston, N.Y.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The microfilm was purchased from the New York Historical Society, 1976, who filmed the papers at the Senate House Museum, Kingston, N.Y.

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
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