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Selections from the Seymour Adelman collection, 1845-1958

Catalog Data

Creator:
Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985  Search this
Subject:
Eakins, Thomas  Search this
Hamilton, James  Search this
Richards, William Trost  Search this
Sartain, Emily  Search this
Sartain, John  Search this
Sartain, Samuel  Search this
Sartain, William  Search this
Smith, Russell  Search this
Smith, Xanthus  Search this
Sartain family (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Pach, Walter  Search this
Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this
Bregler, Charles  Search this
Sartain, Harriet  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Microfilm reel
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
The microfilm of selections from the Seymour Adelman collection consists of materials relating to the Sartain family and to Thomas and Susan Eakins.
The Sartain materials include letters (1845-1945) to Emily Sartain, Harriet Sartain, John Sartain, Samuel Sartain, and William Sartain. Correspondents include artists William Trost Richards, James Hamilton, Rusell Smith, and Xanthus Smith.
Eakins material includes letters (1931-1958) to Adelman from Charles Bregler, including a few responses from Adelman; Susan Eakins correspondence (1931-1938), mostly from Eakins to Adelman regarding paintings, commissions, exhibitions, articles, and personal matters; and postcards to Susan Eakins and Thomas Eakins (1890-1933) including one from Walter Pach to Susan Eakins. One letter (1868) from Thomas Eakins to Benjamin Eakins; and two letters to Thomas Eakins are also included. Also found are Thomas Eakins' three account/ledger sheets (1870-1895); miscellaneous Eakins family materials; and photographs by Thomas Eakins, Susan Eakins, and others, primarily formal and informal portraits of Thomas and Susan Eakins, their families, and pets.
Citation:
Selections from the Seymour Adelman collection, 1845-1958. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 4567 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in: Bryn Mawr College Library.
Loan:
Loan
Related Materials:
Bryn Mawr College holds the Adelman Collection. Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library holds the Seymour Adelman collection, 1724-1956.
Biography Note:
Seymour Adelman (1906-1985) was a collector of rare books, prints, letters, and ephemera in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was on committees and boards for several literary and artistic institutions, including the Philadelphia Academy of Art, the print and drawing committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the rare book committees of the University of Pennsylvania and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Adelman met Susan Eakins in the 1930s and became her close friend and promoter of the work of Thomas Eakins.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1991 by Bryn Mawr College. Microfilmed as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The material was selected from over 45 linear ft. of manuscript material in the Adelman Collection.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10785
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214426
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Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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