Artists' Fund Society records
name: label: Creator
content: Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia
label: Names
content: Neagle, John, 1796-1865
label: Names
content: Sartain, John, 1808-1897
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.
creator: label: Creator
content: Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia (est. 1835) created a fund for "mutual advancement and relief," as well as the goal of providing financial assistance to artists and their families in times of adversity.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels (partial microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1835-1855
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.artifund
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels P24 (fr. 7-10) & P28 (fr. 699-903) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel P28: Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Association, club and society records.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel P24: Originals in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Society Collection.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Artists' Fund Society records, microfilmed on Reel P24 contain a manuscript of the constitution (1837); a memorial to the U.S. Congress that the Revenue Bill should include a tax on every foreign print or picture brought into the United States for protection of American Artists, signed by John Neagle, President of the Artists' Fund Society (1841 August 27); and a list of members (1855 October). Also included on Reel P28 are minute books (1835-1843), 302 pages, index on frames 699-703; proof sheets of the charter and by-laws of the Society, corrected and signed by John Sartain; letters of acceptance to honorary membership (1837-1838), index on frame 857; miscellaneous autograph letters and notes from artists and others (1836-1858), index on frame 879.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts holds the Artists' Fund Society records, 1835-1868. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania holds the Artists' Fund Society's Minutes and papers, 1835-1858.