Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers

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Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers

1833-1904

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The Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers measure 5.4 linear feet and date from 1833 to 1904, with the bulk of the material dating from 1870 to 1890. The collection consists primarily of Koehler's extensive correspondence to and from many notable artists and printmakers such as Jean F. Harfin, John M. Falconer, Frederick Juengling, and James D. Smillie, as well as friends, and family members and professional correspondence concerning Koehler's activities as a writer, curator, and editor of the <emph render="italic">American Art Review</emph>. The collection also contains financial records and other miscellaneous items. Correspondence includes hundreds of letters to and from Koehler. Correspondents include many prominent artists, engravers, architects, art critics, curators, historians, journalists, authors, educators, publishers, and others during the late 1800s. Also found is correspondence with family, most of which is in German. Much of the correspondence concerns Koehler's role as editor of the publication <emph render="italic">American Art Review</emph>, and his work promoting American graphic arts.Financial Records include Koehler's receipts, primarily from 1885, and a handwritten estimate of costs for publishing the <emph render="italic">American Art Review</emph>.Miscellany includes biographical information on the wood engraver, Alexander Anderson, various notes by unidentified authors, news clippings, programs and handwritten song texts for music performances.

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Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870

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Wood-engraver and physician of New York City. From the guide to the Alexander Anderson papers, 1795-1870, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) was a physician and a wood-engraver in New York City. From the description of Papers, 1793-1870. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58657908 ...

Juengling, Frederick, 1846-1889

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Smillie, James David, 1833-1909

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Harfin, Jean F.

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Jean Harfin was a printmaker and friend of the Koehler family. Hedwig J. Koehler was the daughter of Sylvester Rosa Koehler. From the description of Hedwig J. Koehler post card to Jean Harfin, October 24, 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458414533 Jean Harfin was a printmaker and friend of the Koehler family. Sylvester Rosa Koehler was Curator of Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and honorary curator of prints of the Smithsonian Institution, and editor of Americ...

S. R. (Sylvester Rosa) Koehler

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Art historian and curator Sylvester Rosa Koehler was born in Leipsic, Germany in 1837. He came to the United States with his family in 1849 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1868 he became the Technical Manager of Louis Prang and Company, a lithograph publisher. Koehler was the founding editor of the American Art Review, which commissioned artists for original etchings, and ran from 1879-1881. Through this publication, as well as his work as writer and exhibition curator, Ko...

Falconer, John Mackie, 1820-1903

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Portrait, landscape and genre painter, watercolorist and enameler; New York, N.Y. Born in Scotland. From the description of John Falconer letters, 1847-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566111 ...