Harrison Cady papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cady, Harrison, 1877-1970
label: Names
content: Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965
label: Names
content: Pleissner, Ogden M.
label: Names
content: Wengenroth, Stow, 1906-1978
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated in installments from 1971-1974 by David, Harrison, Winthrop and Frances Eldredge, nephews and the sister-in-law of Harrison Cady, and again by David Eldredge in 2008.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cady, Harrison, 1877-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was an illustrator and painter from Gardner, Mass. He is best known for his illustrations of animals, in particular, Peter Rabbit. Cady's illustrations were published in numerous magazines, childrens' books and newspapers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cadyharr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, letters, writings, photographs, financial material, works of art and printed material relating to the work of Harrison Cady as an illustrator and painter.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes a draft of Cady's will, death notices, and a certificate of merit. Letters are from Thornton Burgess, Ogden Pleissner, and Stow Wengenroth. Writings consist of 31 diaries, address books and lists, notes, 132 notebooks containing lists of stories and of works of art, and annotated sketches of Cady's travels in New England and Europe. Photographs are of of Cady, his family, friends, works of art, and scenes of his travels. Works of art include 27 sketchbooks and 2425 sketches and drawings, original ink drawings for cartoons for the New York Tribune and Life magazine, and sketches by Melinna, Cady's wife. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs and announcements, reproductions of Cady's drawings, including a drawing of Peter Rabbit given out as a "souvenir of the 1934 Easter Party", travel brochures, and clippings.