Donald H. Sultner-Welles Collection
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Sultner-Welles, Donald H. (Sultner, Donald Harvey), 1914-1981
Janus, Allan
Hanfstaengl, Erna
- Dates:
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circa 1790-1981
bulk 1945-1980
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87.6 Cubic feet (318 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0145
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is primarily the work of one individual, Donald Harvey Sultner, known professionally as Donald Sultner-Welles (1914-1981). The collection forms a written and visual record of Sultner's family, life, and career from 1913-1980. Its major strength is Sultner's photographic documentation of the world during his travels, ca. 1950-1980. W...
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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
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1866-1890
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0068
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of five children's books about the circus, a brochure announcing the show in London, an 1873 advertisement for the Great Traveling World's Fair of Barnum's, and two scrapbooks.
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Scull, Robert, 1917-1986
- Dates:
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1955-circa 1984
bulk 1965-1970
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sculrobe
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Robert Scull papers measure 2 linear feet and date from 1955 to circa 1984, with the bulk of the material dating from 1965 to 1970. Throughout the 1960s, Robert Scull was a wealthy and prominent art collector of Abstract, Pop, and Minimalist art whose collection included works by Michael Heizer, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, among others. HIs papers include fourteen annotated appointment books, correspondence, financial and legal records, printed material, and photographs.
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MacRae, Elmer Livingston, 1875-1953
- Dates:
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1899-circa 2013
bulk 1912-1916
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1.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macrelme
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Elmer Livingston MacRae papers related to the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Inc., (AAPS) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1899 to circa 2013, with the bulk of the material dating from 1912-1916. Elmer Livingston MacRae served as Treasurer of the AAPS when the association organized the International Exhibition of Modern Art, also known as the Armory Show of 1913. The bulk of this collection concerns MacRae's involvement with the AAPS and the Armory Show and includes administrative files, correspondence, exhibition files, financial records, printed materials, and artifacts.
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Weir family
- Dates:
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1809-circa 1961
bulk 1830-1920
- Size:
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0.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weirweir
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of the prominent New York and Connecticut Weir family of artists measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1809-circa 1961, with the bulk of the material dating from 1830-1920. The papers are a collection of correspondence and photographs that constitute a small but vivid record of the influence and relationships of this family of Hudson River School, landscape, and miniature painters. Correspondence consists primarily of letters to painter John Ferguson Weir when he was director of the Yale School of Fine Arts, with scattered letters to his daughter Edith Weir (Perry), and a small amount of correspondence of Robert Weir, his daughter Carrie M. Mansfield, son-in-law Lewis William Mansfield, and Julia Bayard. Letters to John F. Weir are from many late-19th century artists, as well as actors, poets, lawyers, scholars, and clergymen, often concerning arrangements for visiting lectures at the school. Photographs are of Robert Walter Weir, Susan Bayard Weir, Julian Alden Weir, and artwork.
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Lay, Oliver Ingraham, 1845-1890
Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956
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1789-2000
bulk 1870-1996
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10.54 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.layoliv
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family Papers measure 10.54 linear feet and date from 1789 through 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1996. The collection presents an overview of the personal lives and careers of painter, Oliver Ingraham Lay and his son, landscape architect, Charles Downing Lay. In addition, there are the papers of Lay family members and friends, including those of the Marian Wait Lay family (wife of Oliver Ingraham Lay) and of the Laura Gill Lay family (wife of Charles Downing Lay). Also found are the papers of the landscape and nature painter Fidelia Bridges. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, diaries, writings and notes, scrapbooks, family business records, exhibition files, printed material, as well as original artwork, sketches, a sketchbook, landscape designs, and photographs.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0930
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Automobile shown in background.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0930
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- Level:
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1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0930
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Dates:
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1922-1974
- Level:
- subseries
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1459
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Legal documents predominately relate to trademark dispute lawsuits, as well as legal cases in Puerto Rico. Trademark cases include a dispute between the Fuller Brush Company and the National Folding Box Company of New Haven, Connecticut concerning the use of the term "Steel Gript," (1940) and another trademark case involving the Fuller Brush Compan...