Papers, 1901-1933.

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Papers, 1901-1933.

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Consists of papers relating to the judge's hobby of collecting early American silver objects. Most items are correspondence with dealers, other collectors, and museums. Chief among the correspondents are: C. Louise Avery, Francis H. Bigelow, John Buck, Robert Ensko, W. Farr, and Frederick Widmer. Clearwater also wrote often to the firms Crichton Brothers (in New York) and Potter & Stainforth (in Boston). The museums with which he regularly corresponded were the Albany Institute of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and--particularly--the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Art museum; Boston, Mass. From the description of Exhibition of water colors by American & European artists : February 26 to April 14, 1929 / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220207458 ...

Tiffany and Company

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Potter & Stainforth.

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Albany institute of history and art

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Avery, C. Louise

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Crichton Brothers.

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Ensko, Robert.

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Buck, John Thomas, 1918-

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John Buck was an American, most likely a resident of the New York metropolitan area. From the description of John Buck diary, 1887 August 10-September 25. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 651715847 ...

Clearwater, Alphonso Trumpbour, 1848-1933

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Alphonso T. Clearwater was a native of West Point, NY. He was locally educated and, in 1903, received an honorary degree from Rutgers University for distinction in public service. He was admitted to the bar in 1871. He served as the district attorney of Ulster County, NY, and as judge on the New York supreme court and court of appeals. He died in Kingston, New York. From the description of Papers, 1901-1933. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84665366 ...

Widmer, Frederick T.

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Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933

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Farr, W.

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