Hugh Henry Breckenridge papers
name: label: Creator
content: Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry), 1870-1937
label: Creator
content: Valley House Gallery
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Vogel, Donald S., 1917-2004
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent 1980 by Donald S. Vogel, director of Valley House Gallery, and by Dorothy D. Breckenridge, Breckenridge's widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry), 1870-1937
label: Creator
content: Valley House Gallery
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content: Hugh Henry Breckenridge papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and educator; Philadelphia, Pa. Founded the Breckenridge School of Art. Was Dean of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear feet ((on 4 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brechugh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1779, 1828, 1907, and 2410 available at Archives of American Art offices; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lenders after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notes, writings, sketches, printed material, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and exhibition materials.

REEL 1779: 2 logbooks of paintings with photographs, prices, and exhibition records; a photograph of students at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; three scrapbooks of photographs of his paintings and portraits; photocopies of clippings and of a brochure of the Breckenridge School of Painting, East Gloucester, Mass.

REEL 1828: A notebook with notes for class demonstrations and sketches; edited and final typescripts of an unpublished manuscript, BOOK ON ART, by Breckenridge, and of lectures by Breckenridge; and two brochures from the Breckenridge School of Art.

REEL 1907: Essays, lectures, and notes on art; a typed recipe for pastel sticks; clippings; a lecture announcement; a membership list; and a fragment of letter received.

REEL 2410: Three letters; a typescript of Breckenridge's unpublished book on art; exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and printed miscellany; and ca. 118 photographs, mostly of his paintings. Also includes papers concerning the 1967 retrospective exhibition of Breckenridge's work at the Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, which contain correspondence, letters from Breckenridge's daughter, Margaret Skinner to Margaret Vogel of the gallery; letter from museums and patrons to Valley House Gallery director, Donald S. Vogel; copies of letters sent from the gallery; biographical information; financial material; exhibition catalogs; and news clippings.