The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Letters, printed material and miscellany.
Reel N5: Material collected by Kennedy relating to his friend, James McNeill Whistler, including letters received from Whistler, Beatrix Whistler, and others concerning Whistler; letters from Whistler to persons other than Kennedy; and clippings, calling cards and an engraving of Kennedy.
Reel N25: Correspondence, including letters between Whistler and Kennedy, among others. Also, an exhibition catalog, 1895.
Citation:
Edward Guthrie Kennedy papers relating to James McNeill Whistler in the New York Public Library, 1850-1902. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N5 (frames 1-645) & N25 (frames 582-902) available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan.
Reel N25: Letters are typescripts.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Author. Wrote exhibition catalog THE ETCHED WORK OF WHISTLER (New York: Grolier Club) 1910.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
