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BOX 1-5 Fine Arts and Literature, 1697-1992
Correspondence, family and personal papers, legal documents, deeds and indentures, accounts and receipts, poetry and other writings, notes, prints and photographs, illustrated and printed ephemera and other printed matter, background and reference material, and miscellaneous items relating to the fine arts, decorative and domestic arts, architecture and interior decoration, literature, and the performing arts, specifically dance and music.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, topic, or type of material.
BOX 1 American art
(11)*
*Carson classification numbers. Refer to catalogs and checklists, Marian S. Carson Collection, containers 56-57.
Artists
Background and reference material, 1990, undated
Harvey, George
(11.1.e)
Background and reference material, 1976, undated
Correspondence, 1841-1847, undated
Drawings and engravings, undated
Miscellany, 1837, 1847-1850, undated
Poetry and writings, undated
Longacre, James B.
(11.1.f.2)
Background and reference material, 1962-1967, 1992, undated
Correspondence, 1860-1869, undated
Engravings, undated
Peale family
(11.1.g)
Background and reference material
Correspondence, 1936-1941, 1957, 1986
First day issue stamp, 1955
Notes, 1939, undated
Photographs, undated
Printed matter, 1939, 1956-1967, 1980-1989, undated
(3 folders)
Accounts and receipts, 1778, 1812
Correspondence, 1857, 1897
Family members
Peale, Charles Willson, 1780, 1799-1800
Peale, Franklin, 1861, 1870
Peale, Rembrandt, 1824, 1855-1859, undated
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1884, undated
Miscellany, 1845, undated
Philadelphia Museum and "National Portraits"
Broadside and printed matter, 1865, undated
BOX 2 Catalogs, 1796, 1806, 1813, 1831, 1855, 1868, undated
(2 folders)
Printed matter, 1829-1834, 1885
Calligraphy and penmanship
(11.5)
Background and reference material, 1942-1943, 1949-1954, 1969, undated
Advertisements and broadsides, 1827, 1840, undated
Drawings and exercises, circa 1840, undated
Miscellany, undated
Receipts, 1790, 1836
Miscellany, 1840
Pennsylvania-German bookplates, circa 1760, circa 1765, circa 1780
Printers and printing, 1793, 1813, 1829, 1839-1842, 1850, 1860, 1881, undated
(11.5)
Decorative and domestic arts
Background and reference material, 1924, 1957, 1968, 1981, 1989, undated
American arts and crafts
Cabinetmakers, furniture, and upholsterers
Accounts and printed matter, 1786-1787, 1834-1836, 1845-1859, 1866-1876, 1887, undated
Claypoole, George, 1730-1782, 1798, undated
Candles, oil, and soap, 1828-1832, 1859-1860, 1874, 1885-1887, undated
Carpets, floor coverings, and oil cloths, 1797, 1811-1815, 1833-1840, 1850-1854, 1860-1864, 1875, 1882, 1890, undated
Chair makers, 1736-1747, 1784-1811, 1829, 1846-1853, 1883, undated
(10)
China, ceramics, and stoneware, 1847, 1856-1867, 1875, undated
Clocks and watches
Accounts and printed matter, 1716, 1786-1787, 1795, 1806, 1813-1818, 1840-1847, 1862-1866, undated
(10)
BOX 3 Riggs, William H. C.
Accounts and receipts, 1851-1856
Correspondence, 1845, 1854
Deeds, indentures, and other legal papers, 1832-1860, 1868, 1877, undated See also Oversize
Miscellany, 1884, undated
Furnishings, textiles, and other manufactured items, 1822, 1828-1834, 1844, 1857-1871, 1882-1884, 1892-1895, undated
Glassware, 1772, 1810, 1827-1829, 1856-1865, 1871, 1880-1885, undated
(10)
Goldsmiths, silversmiths, and jewelers
Accounts and printed matter, 1827, 1834, 1842-1877, 1892, undated
Dusenbery, William C., 1844-1846
Syng, Philip, 1758-1763, 1786, 1794, undated
Lamps and gas fixtures, 1850-1879, undated
Mirrors and frames, 1858-1864, 1873, undated
Painting and decorating, 1827, 1843, 1863-1868, undated
Pewterers, 1758, 1785, undated
(10)
Tinware, 1857-1864, 1875-1876, 1890
Trunks and carpetbags, 1860-1864, 1909, undated
Wallpaper and venetian blinds, 1762, 1851-1857, 1864-1872, 1878, undated
Architecture and interior decoration
Booth, James C., "Midhope," Haverford, Pa., undated
Cresson, William P., "Caversham," undated
Miscellany, undated
Auctions, estate sales, and inventories
(10.1)
Ash, Rachel, estate of, 1817
(10.1.a)
Barry, John, estate of, 1803
Douglas, Andrew, estate of, 1802
Douglas, Joseph, 1796
Humphreys, Samuel, estate of, 1784
Lane, Isaac, estate of, 1794
Liedken, Daniel, estate of, undated
M. Thomas & Sons, 1889-1892 See also Oversize
Unidentified, undated
Household accounts
General accounts, 1697-1889, undated
(10; 10.2)
A-R
(2 folders)
BOX 4 S-Z
Unidentified
Phipps, Stephen, 1781-1789, 1796-1797
Vaux family
Accounts and receipts, 1834-1836
Correspondence, 1823
Literature
Correspondence
Index, undated
"A-B" miscellaneous, 1846-1928
(16)
Channing, William Ellery, 1842
(15.2.c)
"C-G" miscellaneous, 1832-1906, undated
(16)
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1875-1876, 1890-1892
(16)
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