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Spalding, Elisabeth, 1868?-1954. Elisabeth Spalding papers, 1897-1944.

Title: Elisabeth Spalding papers, 1897-1944.

Correspondence, essays, information on organizations and travel; biographical portrait of Spalding's friend, artist and teacher Henry McCarter; essay titled Nantucket about the Massachusetts island and Spalding's visits there; microfilm of Artists' Club of Denver/Denver Art Association scrapbook. Letters include one from American artist Winslow Homer (March 26, 1899). Includes "Render therefore to all their dues, honour to whom honour," a tribute to her parents, Bishop and Mrs. Spalding.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box), 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18009243 View

R. Sturgis Ingersoll papers relating to Henry McCarter

Title: R. Sturgis Ingersoll papers relating to Henry McCarter

Material compiled by R. Sturgis Ingersoll preparatory to his biography of Henry McCarter (never completed), primarily Ingersoll's correspondence with McCarter's friends and associates, and McCarter's correspondence collected by Ingersoll.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98d856d23-7a25-4444-9d2e-af4b28023cd2 View

Oral history interview with Francis Speight

Title: Oral history interview with Francis Speight

An interview of Francis Speight conducted 1987 April 4-5, by David Sellin, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 5 sound cassettes.Transcript: 118 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c634eabb-5700-4119-8f9b-2d5986c072e4 View

Edith Emerson papers

Title: Edith Emerson papers

The papers of painter, illustrator, and curator Edith Emerson measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1839 to 1981, with the bulk of the material dating from 1894-1971. Found within the papers are biographical material; letters from friends and colleagues; writings and notes by Emerson and others; artwork, including three sketchbooks; subject files; photographs of Emerson, family, friends, and artwork; and scattered printed material.

ArchivalResource: 2.1 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a403dd3e-07dd-4d2f-9f1d-40274a741fb3 View

McCarter, Henry, 1865-1942. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/431572992 View

Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968. Francis B. Biddle papers, 1912-1968 (bulk 1940-1966).

Title: Francis B. Biddle papers, 1912-1968 (bulk 1940-1966).

This collection, which is part 2 of the Biddle family papers, consists of the personal papers of former U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle. Of notable interest are the lengthy correspondence files relating to Biddle's appointments as judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939); U.S. Attorney General (1941); and member-judge of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (1945-46). Notable correspondents include Dean Acheson, Conrad Aiken, Thurman Arnold, Bernard Berenson, Henry Beston, Norman Birkett, Alain Bosquet, Van Wyck Brooks, Stimson Bullitt, Roy Basler, William Rose Benet, Richard Crowder, Agnes de Mille, Gertrude Ely, T.S. Eliot, Abe Fortas, Felix Frankfurter, Learned Hand, Oscar Hammerstein, August Heckscher, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, R, Sturgis Ingersoll, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Emmet Lavery, Frieda Lawrence, Robert Lowell, Clare Boothe Luce, Henry McCarter, Archibald MacLeish, Jacques Maritain, Gian Carlo Menotti, Marion Merrell, Nancy Mitford, Henry Morgenthau, Lewis Mumford, L. Quincy Mumford, Charlton Ogburn, Boies Penrose, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, A.L. Rowse, Karl Shapiro, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Lisa Sergio, Edward R. Stettinius, Adlai Stevenson, Harry L. Stimson, Leopold and Olga Stokowski, Allen Tate, Virgil Thomson, Lionel Trilling, Harry S. Truman, Robert Wagner, Henry A. Wallace, Herbert Wechsler, Owen Wister, and Mark Van Doren. Also included are correspondence and manuscripts relating to Biddle's major works, including his two-volume autobiography, A casual past (1961), and In brief authority, (1962); two works on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr. Justice Holmes (1942), and Justice Holmes, natural law and the Supreme Court (1961); The world's best hope (1949); and The fear of freedom (1952). There are also typescripts and reprints of many articles by Biddle, as well as correspondence and manuscripts relating to a play about William Penn (1644-1718), written by Biddle and adapted for the stage by Richard Waters.

ArchivalResource: 22.25 linear feet (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79869834 View

Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection

Title: Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection

Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other personal papers collected by Carl Zigrosser and Leila Mechlin and later added to by others, all relating to American art.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a2730a20-b93d-4840-8872-6bd20fe24b55 View

McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199093892 View

Chapin, Katherine Garrison, 1890-1977. Katherine Biddle papers, 1907-1977 (bulk 1935-1969).

Title: Katherine Biddle papers, 1907-1977 (bulk 1935-1969).

This collection, which is part 1 of the Biddle family papers, contains correspondence between Katherine Biddle and notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers, in addition to correspondence with literary associations and publishers. The collection also includes manuscripts for poetry, articles, reviews, lectures and radio talks. The personal files and scrapbooks of Katherine Biddle include photographs and clippings. The collection also contains music scores by well-known composers including Aaron Copland and William Grant Still.

ArchivalResource: 31.5 linear feet (60 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79838454 View

Gilder, Rodman, 1877-1953. Rodman Gilder papers, 1895-1953.

Title: Rodman Gilder papers, 1895-1953.

Collection consists of notes and sources for Gilder's writings, papers relating to the history and business operations of the Century Company between 1913 and 1914, and some personal papers.

ArchivalResource: .7 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122455913 View

Oral history interview with Roswell Weidner

Title: Oral history interview with Roswell Weidner

An interview of Roswell Weidner conducted 1989 July 20-27, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Weidner discusses his early life, education, and art training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, first at the school at Chester Springs, and later at the main school in Philadelphia. He discusses the programs at both schools, and recalls some of the faculty members, including Roy Nuse, Albert Laessle, George Harding, Joseph Pierson, Francis Speight, Daniel Garber, and Henry McCarter. He discusses the courses, exhibitions, and the competitions for traveling scholarships. He also discusses his study at the Barnes Foundation with Violette De Mazia and Angelo Pinto. After leaving the Academy, he joined the National Youth Administration and then transferred to the WPA with the Museum Extension, the Painting Project and the Print Project. He speaks of his work for each of these programs, their administration, and some of the individuals involved including Dox Thrash. He recalls Mary Curran and the efforts made by Albert Barnes to have her removed as head of the Painting Project. Weidner discusses his fifty years as a teacher at the Academy, beginning in 1939, and the changes in the institution since then, including the introduction of printmaking, the growth of abstraction, the hiring of women and black instructors, and other changes. He speaks of his wife, Marilyn Kemp Weidner, a paper conservator, and the development of her practice, as well as his own future work.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording 3 sound cassettes.Transcript 134 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d0c1ada8-2608-4b70-b8bd-f95469159f82 View

MCCARTER, HENRY. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81437040 View