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The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters

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  • Creator

    Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-

  • Dates

    1779-1981

  • Physical Description

    0.2 Cubic feet

  • Collection ID

    FSA.A2009.06

  • EDAN ID

    ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2009-06

  • Scope and Contents

    A collection of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American Art. Included in the collection is a significant portion of letters from Abbott Thayer to correspondents from his circle of family, friends and art world figures, such as Maria Oakey Dewing and Samuel Coleman.

  • Biographical / Historical

    Beginning in his youth, Thomas Brumbaugh collected autographed correspondence. His collecting resulted in a collection providing a glimpse into the lives of a variety of 19th and 20th century American artists, such as Abbott Handerson Thayer. Brumbaugh was a professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and author of many articles on American art and artists.

  • Creator

    Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-

  • Names

    Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956
    Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941
    Cloar, Carroll
    Dewing, M. O. (Maria Oakey), 1855-1927
    Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966
    Harding, Chester, 1792-1866
    Healey, George.
    Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
    Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003
    Moser, James Henry, 1854-1913
    Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904
    Reid, Robert, 1862-1929
    Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964
    Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871
    Soyer, Isaac, 1902-1981
    Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
    Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
    Weber, Max, 1881-1961
    Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

  • Place

    USA -- Tennessee -- Nashville

  • Topic

    Art, American

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    The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters

  • Custodial History

    Gift of Susan A. Hobbs, 2009.

  • Archival Repository

    Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

  • Type

    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Correspondence

  • Citation

    The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters. FSA.A2009.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

  • Arrangement

    Organized alphabetically by author, thereafter by format.

  • Rights

    Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

  • Genre/Form

    Correspondence -- 19th century
    Correspondence -- 20th century

  • Restrictions

    Collection is open for research.

  • Related Materials

    Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Repository Contact

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Washington, D.C. 20013
AVRreference@si.edu

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