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Archives of American Art
Brucia Witthoft research material on James Smillie and the Smillie family
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wittbruc
- Creators:
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Witthoft, Brucia, 1934-
- Dates:
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1830-1999
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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4.1 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Included are geneological charts, a typescript of "A Pilgrimage by James Smilie 1807- 1855"; files containing research citations and photographs of works of art; logbooks of works of art by James Smillie; photocopies of newspaper clippings; and files on artists active in the Adirondack region, including a typescript of Brucia Witthoft's unpublished biographical index.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Witthoft: art historian; Lexington, Mass. and the author of The fine-arts etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909 : A Catalogue Raissone (1992). The Smillie family included notable painters and engravers, including James Smillie (1807-1885), his sons James D. Smillie (1833-1909) and George F. Smillie (1854-1924), and wife, Helen (Nellie) Jacobs Smilllie (1854-1926) .
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2000 by Brucia Witthoft.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Artists -- New York (State) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smillie, Nellie Sheldon Jacobs, 1854-1926 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smillie, James David, 1833-1909 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smillie, James, 1807-1885 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smillie, George Frederick Cumming, 1854-1924 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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