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Creator:
Smillie family  Search this
Subject:
Hart, Charles Henry  Search this
Smillie, Catherine Van Valkenburg  Search this
Colman, Samuel  Search this
Johnson, Eastman  Search this
Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart)  Search this
Bierstadt, Albert  Search this
Tait, A.T.  Search this
Smillie, Nellie Sheldon Jacobs  Search this
Smillie, James  Search this
Smillie, James David  Search this
Smillie, George H. (George Henry)  Search this
Type:
Diaries
Etchings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
5.6 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 5 series: Series 1: James D. Smillie papers, 1853-1917 (4.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-7) Series 2: James Smillie papers, 1882 (0.2 linear feet; Box 5) Series 3: George Henry Smillie papers, 1867-1920 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 5-6) Series 4: Helen Jacobs Smillie papers, 1860-1910 (0.1 linear feet; Box 5) Series 5: Other Smillie Family Members papers, circa 1880s-1957 (0.2 linear feet; Box 5)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The James D. Smillie and Smillie family papers measure 5.6 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1957. The collection consists of the papers of four members of the Smillie family including James Smillie, his sons James David and George Henry Smillie, and George's wife, Helen 'Nellie' Jacobs Smillie. The majority of the papers are those of James D. Smillie, comprised of correspondence, forty-five daily diaries, a scrapbook, printed materials, and one etching. The papers of James Smillie consist of biographical materials and writings. The George Smillie papers include biographical materials, scattered correspondence, a scrapbook, printed materials, and photographs. The Helen Jacobs Smillie papers include corrrespondence and photographs. Also found are scattered materials relating to other family members, mostly the children of Helen Jacobs and George Smillie.
Citation:
James D. Smillie and Smillie family papers, 1853-1957. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
The collection was digitized in its entirety in 2012 and is available via the Archives of American Art's website.
Materials lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 3766 and 3829 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Funding:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Brucia Witthoft research material on James Smillie and the Smillie family, 1830- 1999. The National Gallery of Canada holds the James D. Smillie Papers. The Archives of American Art also holds materials lent for microfilming (reels 3766 and 3829) including personal photographs, photos of Smille's house in Montrose, Pennsylvania, and a photocopy of a journal. Lent material was returned to the lenders and is not described in the collection container inventory.
Biography Note:
James D. Smillie and the Smillie family members were active in New York City and the New England area as engravers and landscape painters during the nineteenth century. Members of the Smillie Family of artists include James Smillie (1807-1885), his sons James D. (1833-1909) and George Smillie (1854-1924), and George's wife Helen 'Nellie' Jacobs Smillie (1855-1926).
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
James Smillie, David Smillie, and Barbara Smillie Curtis donated the Smillie Family papers to the Archives of American Art in several installments between 1978 and 1990. James Smille lent photographs for microfilming in 1986.
Digitization Note:
This site provides access to the James D. Smillie and Smillie family papers in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2016. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 9,432 images.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Engraving -- 19th century -- United States  Search this
Engravers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Diaries  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13469
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209525
AAA_collcode_smilsmil
Theme:
Diaries
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209525