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Creator:
Players (Club)  Search this
Subject:
Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll)  Search this
Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis  Search this
Blum, Robert Frederick  Search this
Booth, Edwin  Search this
Borglum, Gutzon  Search this
Brunner, Arnold W. (Arnold William)  Search this
Buel, Clarence Clough  Search this
Burgess, Gelett  Search this
Coleman, Charles Caryl  Search this
Cortissoz, Royal  Search this
Geddes, Norman Bel  Search this
Hutton, Lawrence  Search this
Mansfield, Richard  Search this
Nast, Thomas  Search this
Parrish, Maxfield  Search this
Pyle, Howard  Search this
Smith, Francis Hopkinson  Search this
Weir, Julian Alden  Search this
White, Stanford  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Reel, ca. 50 items (on partial microfilm reel)
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Letters, mostly from distinguished club members in behalf of candidates for membership, and some membership forms.
Correspondents are: James C. Beckwith, Norman Bel Geddes, Karl Bitter, Robert Blum, Gutzon Borglum, Arnold W. Brunner, Clarence C. Buel, Gelett Burgess, Charles C. Coleman, Royal Cortissoz, Lawrence Hutton, Richard Mansfield, Thomas Nast, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, F. Hopkinson, J. Alden Weir, and Stanford White.
Citation:
Players Club letters, 1848-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel N5 (frames 1331-1376) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
New York City. Founded by Edwin Booth in 1888, the club had among its members many prominent actors, artists and writers.
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
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9910
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212414
AAA_collcode_players
Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212414