Copies and Transcripts of Abbott Handerson Thayer Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
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content: Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists
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content: Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists / Series 1: Research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1876-1924
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brumthom, Subseries 1.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: This subseries contains photocopies and transcripts of Abbott Handerson Thayer's correspondence, gathered by Thomas Brumbaugh, documenting Thayer's personal life and family relationships, career as an artist, and his work as an amateur naturalist. Found here are copies of Thayer's personal letters to family members, including his daughter Gladys (known as Galla), his son Gerald (known as Gra), and his wife Emma Beach Thayer (also known as Addie), as well as Emma's relatives in the Beach family. Also included are copies of correspondence with his patrons Charles L. Freer and John Gellatly, as well as correspondence with friends, including his student Rutledge Bate, the prominent writer Samuel Clemens, and the George de Forest Brush Family. Additional correspondence is with his model Clara May, his friend Dr. Partz, and the Van Loon family. Copies of Thayer's correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, about his theory on using concealing coloration for warships. Miscellaneous Thayer letters are to Gertrude Bloede, Mr. Montross, Mrs. Thomas Dewing, and Dr. King. As all of the correpondence is either photocopied or a transcript, folder heading dates are those of the original letter/s.