Joseph L. Curran papers relating to Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
name: label: Creator
content: Curran, Joseph L.
label: Names
content: Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1975 by the Watertown Free Public Library.
creator: label: Creator
content: Curran, Joseph L.
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content: Joseph L. Curran papers relating to Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, 1830-1908, had, by 1860, won an international reputation as the leading woman sculptor of her day. She was raised and studied art in Massachusetts, studied anatomy in the medical department of St. Louis (Mo.) University. In 1852, she went to Rome and studied with English sculptor John Gibson for seven years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Volumes ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1845-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.currjose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1039 and 1050 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Watertown Free Public Library, Watertown, Massachusetts.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1039: Hosmeriana: A Guide to Works by and About Harriet G. Hosmer, by Joseph L. Curran; and five v. entitled "Harriet Goodhue Hosmer: Collected Sources," edited by Curran, containing information taken from books, periodicals, and miscellaneous printed sources, and correspondence concerning Hosmer.

REEL 1050: "Harriet Hosmer: Collected Sources," edited by Curran (c1974 by the Watertown Free Public Library), consisting of photographs, mainly of works by Hosmer, but also including photographs of Hosmer and of portraits of Hosmer, photographs of diplomas, and a photograph of her father, Dr. Hiram Hosmer.