Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Pennell-Whistler Collection was received by the Library of Congress through gift, transfers, and purchases, 1917-2012, including from Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell.
Processing History
The collection was processed in 1980 and revised in 1998 to reflect a temporary rehousing of material being treated for preservation. At the time, certain containers were given alphabetical designations that have since been renumbered. This renumbering and other changes to the collection and the finding aid were made in 2009. The finding aid was revised again in 2013. Material transferred to the Manuscript Division from Prints and Photographs Division was processed as an addition and the finding aid revised in 2018 by Karen Linn Femia.
Other Repositories
Other collections of Pennell-Whistler material are located in the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and the Library of the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
Related Material
Related collections in the Library of Congress include graphic works by Pennell and Whistler in the Prints and Photographs Division. The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections entry 62-2024 contains a list of James McNeill Whistler items in the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Included among these are the manuscripts of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Etchings & Dry Points, Venice, second edition, as well as correspondence.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Pennell-Whistler Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.