Letters of Frederic Remington [manuscript], 1888-ca.1908.

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Letters of Frederic Remington [manuscript], 1888-ca.1908.

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The papers contain eighteen letters from Remington chiefly re his published work as a writer and illustrator, particularly "Sketches in the bridal path Central Park" for "Harper's Weekly" and "The way of an Indian"; his work proposals such as illustrating "Seats and saddles" by Joseph Haddox Dorst for "Harper's," using his drawings for the New York "Morning Journal" in a proposed book on the Spanish-American War, and illustrating a book on football proposed by Walter Chauncey Camp; the casting of bronze, particularly a statuette he produced and the cire-perdue method of casting; his fees for writing and illustrating; a proposed London exhibition of his bronzes and paintings; his personal life, particularly his girth, an attack of gout, social engagements, travel plans, and his Mexico trip; an article on San Juan Hill by Richard Harding Davis which appeared in "Scribner's Magazine"; an introduction of "Ned" Kemble, son of Edward Windsor Kemble, to Julian Alden Weir, a professor at the Yale Art School; and his views on football. Correspondents include Ricardo Bartelli, Camp, Davis, Joseph Henry Harper, Kemble, Norman L. Monroe, Robert Howard Russell, Weir, Gilson Willets, and Francis A. Winship.

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Monroe, Norman L.,

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Russell, Robert Howard

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Bartelli, Ricardo,

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Camp, Walter, 1859-1925

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Walter Camp was an author, athletic director, chairman of the board of the New Haven Clock Company, and director of the Peck Brothers Company. He was general athletic director and head advisory football coach at Yale University from 1888-1914, and chairman of the Yale football committee from 1888-1912. Camp was director of the naval athletic program during World War I, and devised the Daily Dozen series of exercises. From the description of Walter Chauncey Camp papers, 1870-1983 (inc...

Dorst, Joseph Haddox, 1852-1915.

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Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933

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E.W. Kemble (1861-1933), American cartoonist and illustrator. From the description of Letters to Ellis D. Robb, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863177 Illustrator, cartoonist and writer. From the description of Edward Windsor Kemble drawings, 1888 [and undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80910799 Kemble, an American cartoonist and caricaturist, illustrated many of the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris, as well as the annotated Mark...

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

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Frederic Remington was born October 4, 1861 in Canton, New York. He was educated at the Vermont Episcopal Institute and attended Yale University. He worked as a cowboy, scout, and ran a sheep and mule ranch in the west. He married Eva Caten on October 1, 1884. Remington was a painter, sculptor and illustrator of Indians, cowbnoys and the American soldier at war. His travels took him to Germany, Russia, North Africa, Cuba and all over North America. Frederic Remington died December 26, 1909 in Ne...

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...

Winship, Francis A.,

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Harper, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1850-1938

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American publisher. From the description of Letter signed : [New York], to George Haven Putnam, secretary, American Copyright League, 1900 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270510252 ...

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

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Epithet: Mrs; of Add MS 37312 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001da American author, editor and war correspondent. From the description of Richard Harding Davis Letters concerning South Africa and the Boer War [manuscript], 1899-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 611582020 American newspaperman, war correspondent and novelist. From the description of Letter to Arthur...

Willets, Gilson, 1869-

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Yale School of Fine Arts.

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