Henry Linder photographs and papers
name: label: Creator
content: Linder, Henry, 1854-1910
label: Names
content: Linder, Henry, 1854-1910
label: Names
content: Linder, Raymond J.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 19th century -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 by Raymond J. Linder, the grandson of Henry Linder, and in 1996 by Raymond J. Linder and Edward P. Taudien, great-grandson of Henry Linder.
creator: label: Creator
content: Linder, Henry, 1854-1910
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; born in Brooklyn, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (ca. 150 photographic prints (partially microfilmed on one reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1877-1931
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lindhenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 5460; frames 299-421 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily photographs, but also includes certificates of award, photocopies of notes and writings; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Approximately 150 photographs found in a photo album and loose of art works by Linder. The photos of his sculptures are of female figures and children which he incorporated to create andirons, candleholders, holy water fonts, jewel boxes, punch bowls, decorative wall panels, and other household items. Photographs also include his entries for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 of which his "Oriental Art" won a bronze medal and other exhibition installations. There are three portraits of Linder including a wedding portrait with his wife, Caroling Bock Linder, ca. 1877.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also found are certificates of award from the Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, France and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; biographical writings and notes collected and created by Raymond Linder regarding his grandfather, ca. 1972 and 1976; and a few clippings (1910-1951).