Gaffield, Thomas

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Thomas Gaffield was a partner in a profitable window glass retailing firm, Tuttle, Gaffield and Company, in Boston, MA. Gaffield collected engravings and had a keen interest in art history. He was a founding member of the Boston Art Club, organized in 1862.

From the description of Catalogue of engravings, 1863. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122601721

Thomas Gaffield, 1825-1900, was a glass manufacturer. He was a partner in the firm of Tuttle, Gaffield and Company from 1847 to 1869 and helped form the Boston Crystal Glass Works in 1861. Mr. Gaffield became a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation beginning in March 1896, serving until his death in 1900. Prior to this he was an active member of the MIT Society of Arts and lectured to students in Chemistry on the topic of glass manufacture.

From the guide to the Thomas Gaffield papers, 1858-1892, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Gaffield, Thomas. Catalogue of engravings, 1863. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Gaffield, Thomas papers Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
creatorOf Gaffield, Thomas,. Letters, 1860-1865, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. Letter to Thomas Gaffield, 1865. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Gaffield, Thomas. Letter, 1865. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990 Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
referencedIn Papers, 1836-1885. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
referencedIn Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891) Houghton Library
referencedIn Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881) Houghton Library
creatorOf Chaney, George Leonard, 1836-1922. Letter, 1865. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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associatedWith Chaney, George Leonard, 1836-1922. person
associatedWith Clapp, William Warland, 1826-1891 person
correspondedWith Dall, C. H. A. (Charles Henry Appleton), 1816-1886 person
associatedWith Free Library of Philadelphia. corporateBody
associatedWith Houghton Library. corporateBody
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
associatedWith Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867 person
correspondedWith Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 person
associatedWith Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895. person
correspondedWith Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 person
associatedWith Tuttle, Gaffield and Company. corporateBody
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Massachusetts--Boston
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Art
Art appreciation
Art associations
Art collections
Art criticism
Engraving
Engraving
Glass manufacture
Photography
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