Bessie Hoover and Herman Henry Wessel papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wessel, Bessie Hoover, 1889-1973
label: Creator
content: Wessel, Herman Henry, 1878-1969
label: Names
content: Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent 1974 by Robert Wessel, the Wessels' son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wessel, Bessie Hoover, 1889-1973
label: Creator
content: Wessel, Herman Henry, 1878-1969
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painters; Cincinnati, Ohio. The Wessels studied under Frank Duveneck and others at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Herman Wessel was also an etcher and instructor.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 140 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wessbess
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 835 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Mostly photographs of portraits by Bessie Wessel. Also included is a scrapbook of clippings about the Wessels, articles on Frank Duveneck and the Cincinnati Art Club (of which Herman Wessel was president), a biography of Bessie Wessel, three sketches by Herman Wessel, two typed class lectures by Robert Henri, and miscellany.