Charles Sidney Raleigh Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Raleigh, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1830-1925
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content: Charles Sidney Raleigh papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-circa 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ralechar, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical notes record details of Raleigh's life, family, travels, and work; also found is a list of paintings providing details about some of his works of art. One newsclipping is about a sea captain and his wife whose ship Raleigh painted, with a photograph of the painting; a second clipping is about a whaling book illustrated with Raleigh's paintings, entitled Four Years A-Whaling. Photographs include one copy print of a photograph of Raleigh and photographs of works of art by Raleigh which are labeled with information such as titles, dates, size, and provenance. The photographs indicate the range of his subjects including animals, official seals, and interiors, in addition to whaling ships. The series also includes poor quality photocopies of descriptions by Raleigh of his 2 paintings in the Town Hall in Bourne, Massachusetts, and one of Raleigh's sketchbooks.