Harper's Magazine Autograph Letter collection
Letters from artists and writers to HARPER'S MAGAZINE dealing with late nineteenth-century illustrations and articles for that publication. A separate group concerns Whistler's suit against Harper and Brothers for its alleged libel in DuMauriers's TRILBY, and another comprises eighteen James Jackson Jarves letters, 1853-1855, on his articles. Some of the correspondents …
Harper's Weekly Cover with Charles Ritchel's Airship
The cover of Harper's Weekly in New York, on 13 July 1878, depicts Ritchel's airship in flight.
Managing editor Russell Lynes correspondence with artists
Correspondence with artists kept by Russell Lynes in his capacity as managing editor of Harper's Magazine, measures one linear foot and dates from 1946 to 1965. The files consist primarily of correspondence with young artists and illustrators wishing to submit material to the magazine. Biographical notes from the magazine's "Personal and Otherwise" column about the artists whose material was accepted, clippings, scattered original artwork, and printed reproductions of artwork, are also included.
William Henry Shelton autobiography
Typescript of Shelton's unpublished autobiography, in which he writes of his boyhood in New York and his experiences in the Civil War. Shelton also describes his career as an artist-illustrator in New York City, beginning in 1871, work for LESLIE'S, HARPER'S, CENTURY, and the NEW YORK LEDGER, how engraving was done …
Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover
Doud, Richard Keith
An interview of Frank Schoonover conducted 1966 April 6, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art. Schoonover speaks of his first meeting with Howard Pyle; studying under Pyle at Drexel Institute and at Pyle's own school; Pyle's work for "Harper's"; working for "Harper's" himself as an illustrator; Pyle's contribution to …
James Edward Kelly papers
Business correspondence; correspondence between Robert Bruce and George Hope Ryder (Kelly's patron) concerning Ryder's collection of sculpture by Kelly; a bound typescript of Kelly's memoirs with descriptions of New York City from the Civil War period to the 1930s and impressions of HARPER'S and SCRIBNER'S magazines, the National Academy of Design …
Francis Davis Millet letters to Miss Ward and Ticknor
Two letters to Miss Ward, one written while on board a sailing yacht, the Winsome, Aug. 23, in which Millet recommends "Mr. Lippincott who has taken charge of the Academy painting class" as a teacher; the second regarding an exhibition, March 13; and two letters to [George] Ticknor, making plans to meet …
MS 1550 Notes mainly concerning the Zuni language, including brief texts received or annotated by F. H. Cushing
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Unbound parts: Folder Number 1 "A Zuni Prayer from F.H. Cushing." Text with interlinear translation, 4 pages. English "Paraphrastic Version," 1 page (Another draft of this is pasted to back cover of the notebook.) Notes on words in the text, 9 cards. Folder Number 2 Transcript by F.H. Cushing of a letter dictated to him …
William Henry Walker papers
Printed material; art works; and portrait sketches.
MS 3277 Collection of printed articles and illustrations relative to pottery
Clipped from magazines such as Harper's ca. 1874-1878. Mostly concerns Old World.
