Thomas B. Brumbaugh Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
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content: Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists
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content: Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists / Series 1: Research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brumthom, Subseries 1.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: Thomas Brumbaugh's correspondence documents his research on Abbott Handerson Thayer and consists primarily of incoming letters answering his requests for reproductions or photographs of Thayer's artwork from museums and private collections, as well as his attempts to locate additional works by Thayer. Also found are letters from people who knew the Thayer family and could share their memories with Brumbaugh, and letters from other researchers requesting information from Brumbaugh about Thayer. Items of note are letters from Nelson White who wrote a biography of Thayer in 1951, and many letters from the National Collection of Fine Arts (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) which has several Thayer paintings in its collection. Correspondence with Elliott Allison discusses Allison's possession of photographs of models posing for paintings in Thayer's studio which were taken by his father, Henry Allison. Allison also discusses the Thayer family and his memories of the people who were friends with the Thayers in Dublin, New Hampshire. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.