Bertha Corson Day Bates collection, 1864-1978.

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Bertha Corson Day Bates collection, 1864-1978.

Correspondence, notebook (photocopy) including notes from Howard Pyle's illustration class at Drexel Institute, diaries/journals, notebook of commissions and payments (1896-1902), books, photographs, glass plate negatives, bookplate designs, biographies, and catalogs, cards, and programs designed by Bates; together with an exhibition catalog and invitation (1978) to a Bates exhibit at the Delaware Art Museum. Includes correspondence with E.P. Dutton & Company, Little, Brown & Company, and R.H. Russell. Persons represented include Jessie Gordon, Caroline Gussman Keller, Deane Keller, Albert G. Keller, Thomas Hovenden, and Christopher L. Ward.

10 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8060861

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Little, Brown and Company, 1932, 1966, 1978

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Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943

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Delaware author Christopher Ward wrote novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Ward was particularly passionate about Delaware history, reflected in works such as The Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware and Delaware Continentals, 1776-1783. From the description of Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister, 1926 May 27. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 436086373 Delaware native Christopher Lewis Ward was an popular author of the early 20th century. Though he...

Keller, Caroline Gussmann

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E.P. Dutton (Firm)

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American book publishing company E. P. Dutton was founded by Edward Payson Dutton in Boston in 1852 as a bookseller. In 1864 Dutton opened a branch office in New York City and in 1869 relocated his headquarters there, where he began publishing as well as selling. In 1906, the company captured an important partner when it became the American distributor of the Everyman's Library series, published by the English firm J. M. Dent. Dutton remained at the helm of his company u...

R.H. Russell (Firm)

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Delaware Art Center

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Opened in 1938 as the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, Del.; name changed to Delaware Art Museum in 1970. From the description of Delaware Art Center records, 1942-1950. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70978041 ...

Keller, Deane, 1901-1992

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Deane Keller was born in 1901 in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Albert Galloway Keller, the eminent Yale University sociologist. A graduate of Yale (B.A. 1923, B.F.A. 1926), Keller was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome from 1926 until 1929, when he returned to Yale to teach drawing and painting in the School of the Fine Arts. Keller was regarded as the unofficial portrait artist of the Yale faculty, completing an estimated one hundred and sixty portraits of prominent Yale individuals ...

Gordon, Jessie A.

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Resident of Pleasantville, N.J. From the description of Scrapbook, 1916-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958002 ...

Bates, Bertha Corson Day, 1875-1968

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Born in Philadelphia, Pa.; illustrator and artist; student of Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., and summer classes at Chadds Ford, Del.; res. of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Bertha Corson Day Bates collection, 1864-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971503 ...

Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956

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Albert Galloway Keller was born on April 10, 1874 in Springfield, Ohio. He graduated from Yale (B.A., 1896; Ph.D., 1899), where he studied with William Graham Sumner. Keller joined the Yale faculty and taught from 1899-1942. He published many sociological works, edited much of Sumner's work (after Sumner's death in 1910), and struggled to keep Sumner's place in Yale history secure. Keller wrote various anti-New Deal works in the 1930s and 1940s. He died on October 31, 1956. From the ...

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911

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American illustrator and writer of children's books. From the description of Howard Pyle letter to Elmer Reynolds July 2, 1887. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 13054039 Illustrator, muralist, writer, art teacher, of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Howard Pyle manuscript collection, 1898-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977558 Illustrator and children's book author; Wilmington, Del. From the description of Howard Pyle let...

Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry

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The Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry was founded in 1891 and first began enrolling students in 1892. Under its first president, James MacAlister, the earliest academic departments included art (including a School of Illustration run by noted illustrator Howard Pyle), business, domestic economy, a library school, mechanic arts, teacher training, the scientific department, the technical department, and lectures/evening classes. The second president of Drexel, Hollis Godfrey, consolid...

Hovenden, Thomas, 1840-1895

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Genre painter; New York City and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Born in Dunmanway, Ireland. He came to New York City in 1863. Elected a member of the National Academy in 1882. Exhibited at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. From the description of Thomas Hovenden scrapbook, 1866-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454934 ...