Hart, Charles Henry, 1866-1934

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Lawyer, district court judge, mission president for the Mormon Church in Canada, member of the First Council of the Seventy of the Mormon Church.

From the description of Diary, 1883-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435272

From the guide to the Charles Henry Hart diary, 1883-1885, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Lawyer, district court judge, Latter-Day Saint Church Canadian Mission president, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints First Quorum of Seventy.

From the description of Papers, 1886-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322384

From the guide to the Hart family papers, 1886-1934, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Charles Henry Hart (1847-1918) was an art historian, lawyer, writer, and director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1885-1904. He worked primarily in the Philadelphia area and published widely on the subject of eighteenth and nineteenth-century portraiture in America.

Charles Henry Hart was born on February 4, 1847 in Philadelphia, the son of Julia Leavey and Samuel Hart. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1869 and practiced law until 1894, when he turned his interest to art and writing after suffering injuries in a railroad accident. He became a noted author of books and articles about art, especially portraiture. He had a special interest in the work of Gilbert Stuart. Hart's writings often focused on exposing fraudulent attributions of art work.

From 1882 to 1902, Hart was director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1893, he also served as chairman of the Committee on Retrospective American Art at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Hart was a member of several organizations including the American Historical Association, the Essex Institute, and the Players Club.

Hart's first wife, Armine Nixon, was a great-granddaughter of Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. She died in 1897. According to the New York Times, in 1905 he married Marianne Livingstone Phillips, with whom he fathered a son, Charles Henry Hart, Jr. In 1912, Hart married Anita Beatriz Arabe.

Charles Henry Hart died on July 29, 1918 in New York City.

From the guide to the Charles Henry Hart papers, 1774-1930, bulk 1888-1918, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)

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referencedIn Hart, Arthur W., 1869-1949. Family correspondence, 1855-1933. University of New Mexico, Los Alamos, UNM-Los Alamos Library
referencedIn Hart, Arthur W., 1869-1949. Family correspondence. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
referencedIn James S. and Frances M. Bradford Collection, 1749-1898 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Arthur W. Hart Papers, 1855-1933 Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesManuscript Collection
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
referencedIn PH 6248, General Authorities circa 1920s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn PH 8004, Smith, Bathsheba Wilson Bigler 1822-1910. Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith photograph collection circa 1865-1900 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835. Papers, 1746-1900 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Historical Society Of Pennsylvania. Society Collection.
referencedIn Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884 Smithsonian Institution Archives
creatorOf Charles Henry Hart diary, 1883-1885 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Charles Henry Hart papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn PH 9904, Hart, Mary Lalene 1923-2007. Charles H. Hart family photograph collection circa 1870-1934 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
creatorOf Hart family papers, 1886-1934 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
creatorOf Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909. Autograph letter signed : to Charles Henry Hart, 1889 Apr. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Hart, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1866-1934. Diary, 1883-1885. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf MS 15333, Hart family. Hart family papers 1880-1991 (bulk 1880-1972) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn PH 2360, Rumel, Harold Stephen photographer 1909-1980. First Council of Seventy portraits 1835-1968 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
creatorOf Hart, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1866-1934. Papers, 1886-1934. Harold B. Lee Library
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associatedWith Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 person
associatedWith Bache, Alexander Dallas person
associatedWith Bradford, Frances Mary person
associatedWith Bradford, James S. person
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correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 person
associatedWith Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909. person
associatedWith Greenhalgh, P. A. L. person
associatedWith Greenhalgh, Peter. person
associatedWith Hart, Adelia person
associatedWith Hart, Adelia. person
associatedWith Hart, Alfred Augustus, 1871-1955. person
associatedWith Hart, Arthur W., 1869-1949. person
associatedWith Hart, Eugene S. person
associatedWith Hart, Eugene S. person
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associatedWith Hart, Hale person
associatedWith Hart, Hale. person
associatedWith Hart, James H. person
associatedWith Hart, James H., 1825-1906 person
associatedWith Hart, Mary Lalene 1923-2007 person
associatedWith Hart, Nellie T., 1869-1882. person
associatedWith Hart, Sabina Hermoine, 1875-1911. person
associatedWith Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
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associatedWith Nelson, Fred Elmer 1907-1995 person
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associatedWith Pratt, Herbert Lee, 1871-1945 person
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associatedWith Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 person
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associatedWith Whitmer, David, 1805-1888. person
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Birth 1866-07-05

Death 1934-09-29

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