Joel Wakeman Burdick papers
name: label: Creator
content: Burdick, Joel Wakeman, 1853-1925
label: Names
content: Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A grand-daughter of Burdick gave these papers to the Essex County [New York] Historical Society. The arrangement devised by the Society has been maintained.
creator: label: Creator
content: Burdick, Joel Wakeman, 1853-1925
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Businessman. Burdick helped develop the American railroad system in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition, he organized the West Penn Steel Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He and Frederic Remington were good friends.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 211 Items (microfilm frames)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1889-1909]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burdjoel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3828 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Essex County [New York] Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Approximately 78 letters to Burdick from Frederic Remington, some illustrated, in which Remington discusses mutual business concerns, his art work, family, and other personal matters. Also included are photographs of Burdick and Remington families on vacation, a photograph of the interior of Burdick's house with a Remington painting on the wall, a photo of Eva Remington, a group photo of friends, and a photo of "Remington's horse"; and a clipping advertising an art competition.