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A Finding Aid to the Charles Henry Turner Papers, 1875-circa 1973, bulk circa 1890-circa 1910, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:: AAA.turnchar
Creators:: Turner, Charles Henry, 1848-1908
Dates:: 1875-circa 1973
bulk circa 1890-circa 1910
Languages:: English
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Physical Description:: 0.54 Linear feet
Repository:: Archives of American Art

The papers of Massachusetts and New Hampshire painter and printmaker Charles Henry Turner, measure 0.54 linear feet and date from 1875-circa 1973, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1890-circa 1910. The collection includes an auction catalog and a price list of Turner's paintings, biographical material, five letters, artwork, miscellaneous printed material, photographs of Turner, his studio, European travel, and artwork, and two glass plate negatives.

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

The collection is arranged as one series.

Series 1: Charles Henry Turner Papers, 1875-circa 1973 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1, OV 2, MGP 1-2)

Biographical / Historical

Massachusetts and New Hampshire painter and printmaker Charles Henry Turner (1848-1908) was known for his landscapes, portraits, illustrations, and genre scenes. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Turner studied under Otto Grundmann at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School in the late 1870s. He studied in Europe in the 1880s, before returning to Boston, where he had a studio above his home on Mount Vernon Street.

Turner established a summer home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and built a studio resembling a Swiss chalet on a hillside in Jackson, where he and his family spent many summers.

Turner was a member of the Unity Art Club and served as president of the Boston Art Club, where his work was exhibited many times. His work was also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Administration

Author

Stephanie Ashley

Sponsor

Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Existence and Location of Copies

Portions of the collection and materials lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 2040, 2062, and 4781 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by G. Frances Souther, granddaughter of Turner, in 1973 and 1979. The artworks on reel 4781 were lent for microfilming in 1993 by Robert and Connie Rosen, antiques dealers, who purchased the material at auction. The drawings may have come from Miss Souther's estate.

Processing Information

The collection was microfilmed on Reels 2040 and 2062 at some point after receipt. The glass plate negatives were re-housed in 2015 with a grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The collection was processed and a finding aid written by Stephanie Ashley in 2018.

Separated Materials

Also in the Archives of American Art is material lent for microfilming (reel 4781) including drawings, a watercolor by Turner, and two charcoal landscapes by Edmund H. Garrett and [Emil?] Carlsen. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Preferred Citation

Charles Henry Turner papers, 1875-circa 1973, bulk 1890-1910. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Artists' studios -- Pictorial works	Topical	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Painting, Modern -- 19th century	Topical	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Etching -- 19th century	Topical	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
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Artists' studios -- New Hampshire	Function	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Artists' studios -- France	Function	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Lesrel, Adolphe Alexandre	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Murray, Henry -- Art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Garrett, Edmund H. (Edmund Henry), 1853-1929	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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