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Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916
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1888-circa 1999
bulk 1904-1954
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ranghenr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The estate papers of New York tonalist painter Henry Ward Ranger, measure one linear foot and date from 1888-circa 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1904-1954.The collection primarily documents the settlement of Ranger's contested will and the administration of his estate, but also provides scattered biographical information on Ranger's life, provenance information about his work, and documentation of the significance of his estate gift to the National Academy of Design. Records include appraisal information including an estate ledger, correspondence and memoranda including two letters from Ranger, court documents, financial and real estate records, news clippings, and two photographs and eight negatives of Ranger.
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Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944
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1906
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30 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hartsada
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters from artists, members of their families, and dealers, 1906, resulting from Hartmann's commission, apparently from the Art Society of Pittsburgh, to collect and exhibit American drawings for the benefit of the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Writing about their work are Charles H. Davis, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, Marcus Waterman, Walt...
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Weitenkampf, Frank, 1866-1962
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1889-1942
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1,000 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weitfran
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters to Weitenkampf, mainly from artists and collectors concerning examples of their works in the library's collection.
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Lyme Historical Society
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[undated] and 1882-1986
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4 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lymehist
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Selected material from the Lyme Historical Society's Lyme Art Colony Archives relating primarily to the activities of the Lyme Art Association and Lyme Art Colony (4.0 ft.) and including Florence Griswold's personal papers (0.4 ft.)
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Shaw, Edwin Coupland, 1863-1941
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1864-1937
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3 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.shawedwi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence with dealers, artists, museums, publishers, photography studios, and others regarding art purchases, loans, and Shaw's collection; and 16 v. of scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, and biographical information on artists. Much of the correspondence with artists relates to Shaw's requests for the information which was then used...
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National Academy of Design (U.S.)
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1817-2012
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92.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.natiacad
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of New York City's National Academy of Design measure 92.7 linear feet and date from 1817-2012. The records pertain to all three constituents of the tripartite organization consisting of the Academy, a membership body of artists founded in 1825; the school, founded at the same time to promote arts education; and the exhibition program, inaugurated in 1826. Extensive administrative records include minutes, committee files, director files, annual reports, constitutions, and correspondence and subject files of council officers. Exhibition records, also substantive, date to the Academy's first annual exhibition and include gallery and special exhibitions, as well as exhibitions at the Academy's museum, established in 1979. The collection also includes gifts and funding files, especially relating to endowments and prizes; membership records; National Academy Association records; Ranger Fund assignments; extensive files pertaining to the school's administration, courses of instruction, registrations, and attendance; twenty scrapbooks containing clippings and ephemera; Society of American Artists records; correspondence and ephemera from other organizations; transcripts from oral histories with Academy members; extensive photographic material documenting artists, members, the school, exhibitions, buildings, and artwork created by Academy members; artist files containing correspondence, writings, and sketches from those associated with the Academy; and assorted printed material and ephemera.
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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of William Henry Holmes, first Curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), 1907-1920, and Director of the Gallery, 1920-1932. To a lesser extent, it also documents the administration of Ruel P. Tolman, Acting Director of NGA, 1932-1937, and the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA), 1937-1946, ...
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Duveen, Albert
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1807-1946
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1.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.duvealbe
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera measures 1.1 linear feet and dates from 1807 to 1946. Unrelated letters written by over 170 mostly 19th and early 20th century American artists are found in this compiled collection of art critic, dealer, and collector Albert Duveen. Additional ephemera includes printed material and photographs of artwork.
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Library of Congress
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circa 1890-1945
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183.5 Cubic feet ((58 solander boxes))
- Collection ID:
- SAAM.Photo.LOC
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
The Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection is comprised of 2,335 photomechanical reproductions of works by 741 artists (mostly American). The large-format prints, deposited with the Library of Congress for copyright between 1890 and 1945, represent a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art.
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Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
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1838-2017, undated
bulk 1872-1985
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23.1 Cubic feet (71 boxes, 3 map-size folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0475
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the farming and family life of the Robinson family of Prince George's County and after 1975, Charles County, Maryland. Papers documenting the farming and family of the Via family of Greene County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Prince George's and Calvert Counties, Maryland, by 1949.
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