Biographical Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bransom, Paul, 1885-
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content: Paul Bransom papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Folders (Box 1, OV 12)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1862-1866, 1904, 1942-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.branpaul, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Biographical materials include notes, essays, and pamphlets and other ephemera related to Bransom's life and career. Also found are a passport, various awards, certificates of merit, and maps showing Bransom's property. A menu from the Café des Beaux Arts from New Year's Eve, 1904, is autographed by Bransom's artist friends, including J.D. Allen, Rudolph Dirks, F. Opper, James Swinnerton, Gus Mager, H.A. McGill, and T.S. Sullivant, among others. A file on Bransom's grandfather contains financial notes and receipts, an undated letter, and a newspaper item related to his death.

Additional biographical notes and essays about other artists Bransom knew can be found in Notes and Writings.