Sir Francis Seymour Haden letters to Frederick Keppel
Two handwritten letters, one dated May 19, 1886, and page two of a letter from 1901 from Sir Francis Seymour Haden to the art dealer Frederick Keppel. In the 1886 letter, Haden writes about purchasing a specific etching for sale, his country home in Alresford, and his dislike for London's climate. In the 1901 letter …
W. A. Leonard receipt from purchase of a print
A receipt from the firm of Frederick Keppel for a woodcut by Albrecht Durer, sold for 5 dollars to the Rev. W. A. Leonard on March 15, 1875. The receipt is signed by Keppel's assistant, W[illiam] Macbeth.
Frank Weitenkampf letters
Letters to Weitenkampf, mainly from artists and collectors concerning examples of their works in the library's collection.
Carl Zigrosser papers
Personal and professional records including correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, subject files, photograph album, and diaries relating to Zigrosser's work as an authority on prints and printmaking and his personal relationships with artists.
The Garden Club of America collection
33 Linear feet ((garden files))
3,000 Lantern slides
This collection contains over 37,000 35mm slides, 3,000 glass lantern slides and garden files that may include descriptive information, photocopied articles (from journals, newspapers, or books), planting lists, correspondence, brochures, landscape plans and drawings. Garden files were compiled by Garden Club of America (GCA) members for most of the gardens included in the collection. Some gardens have been photographed over the course of several decades; others only have images from a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland. A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.
