John Mix Stanley papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872
label: Names
content: Acheson, Alice
label: Names
content: Catlin, George, 1796-1872
label: Names
content: Stanley, Alice English
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1974 by Alice Stanley Acheson, granddaughter of Stanley.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Detroit, Mich. Specialized in scenes of Indian life in the West.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1830-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stanjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 687 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Alice Stanley Acheson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A brief biography of Stanley by George B. Catlin; 320 letters, 1830-1973, including personal correspondence, 1830-1872, between Stanley and his wife Alice English Stanley, and letters to Alice Stanley Acheson and the Bayles family, 1939-1973, about their grandfather, John Mix Stanley, and his paintings; a diary, undated, kept by Stanley for his fiancee on a trip home from San Francisco; a diary, 1853, kept by Alice Stanley containing her poems and writings; a sketchbook; newspaper clippings and articles; catalogs; 100 photographs of Stanley's paintings and 4 family photographs; and miscellany.