Weir family papers 1765-1929

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Weir family papers 1765-1929

This collection consists primarily of the papers of J. Alden Weir. In addition to the papers of J. Alden Weir, the collection contains papers of other Weir family members, including J. Alden's grandfather, the Reverend Lewis Pintard Bayard; his brother John Ferguson Weir; his first and second wives, Anna Dwight Baker Weir and Ella Baker Weir; his father, Robert Walker Weir, and his paternal grandfather, Robert Weir. Of these smaller collections of material, a significant segment was created by his sister Louisa Weir Seymour.

6 boxes; (3 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6345154

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919

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American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Branchville [Conn.], to August Jaccaci, [no year] Jul. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586836 J. Alden Weir (1852-1919) was an Impressionist painter. From the description of J. Alden Weir letter to Augustus Thomas, 1903 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477650 From the description of J. Alden Weir letter to Augustus Thomas, 1903 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 6133...

Weir, Ella Baker, 1852-1931

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Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), 1841-1926

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Weir (Family : Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889)

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The Weir family were artists and educators in New York and New England. Prominent family members included Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), professor of drawing; his first wife Louisa Ferguson (d. 1845); his second wife Susan Martha Bayard; and their children, especially John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926), director of Fine Arts, Yale; and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), artist. From the guide to the Weir family papers, 1765-1929, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Weir, Robert, 1770-

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Weir, Anna D. B. (Anna Dwight Baker), 1862-1892

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Bayard, Lewis P. (Lewis Pintard), 1791-1840

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Lewis Pintard Bayard was born in Pennsylvania on July 23, 1791. He was first ordained a deacon on August 2, 1812, and later ordained a priest in Trinity Church in July 1815. His was the first ordination ceremony to be held at Trinity Church since its inception. Bayard served as rector of Trinity Church from 1813 to 1820. He subsequently served as rector of Episcopal churches in New Rochelle and Geneseo, New York and as principal of the high school at Geneseo. He died September 21, 1840 at the Is...

Baker, Rufus L. (Rufus Lathrop), 1790-1868

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Baker, Anna (Anna Bartlett Dwight), 1826-1899

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Weir, Carrie M. (Carrie Mansfield), 1855-

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Weir, Susan (Susan Martha Bayard), 1817-

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National Academy of Design (U.S.)

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Weir, John Brinkley, 1811-

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Weir family

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Casey, Harry (Harry Weir), 1861-1880

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Seymour, Louisa Weir, 1832-

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Bayard (Family : Bayard, Lewis P. (Lewis Pintard), 1791-1840)

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Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889

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Baird family

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Weir, William B. (William Bayard), 1849-1879

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Weir, Gulian Verplanck, 1837-1886

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