Thomas Cole papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
label: Names
content: Adams, William Althorpe, 1797-1878
label: Names
content: Ainsley, Samuel James, 1806-1874
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content: Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880
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content: Allen, Theodore, fl. 1800-1850
label: Names
content: Allston, Washington, 1779-1843
label: Names
content: Ashton, Thomas B., fl. 1835-1850
label: Names
content: Bennet, Edwin Thomas
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content: Bloodgood, S. DeWitt (Simeon DeWitt), 1799-1866
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content: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
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content: Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845
label: Names
content: Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871
label: Names
content: Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873
label: Names
content: Cummings, Thomas Seir, 1804-1894
label: Names
content: Dexter, Franklin, 1793-1857
label: Names
content: Dunlap, William, 1766-1839
label: Names
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
label: Names
content: Gilmor, Robert, 1774-1848
label: Names
content: Greene, George Washington, 1811-1883
label: Names
content: Ingham, Charles Cromwell, 1796-1863
label: Names
content: Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
label: Names
content: Mason, Jonathan, 1795-1884
label: Names
content: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
label: Names
content: Morton, John Ludlow, 1792-1871
label: Names
content: Pratt, Henry Cheever, 1803-1880
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content: Reed, Luman, d. 1836
label: Names
content: Ridner, John P.
label: Names
content: Spencer, Mark
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content: Sturges, Jonathan, 1802-1874
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content: Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844
label: Names
content: Townsend, Isaiah
label: Names
content: Trego, Charles B., 1794-1874
label: Names
content: Van Rensselaer, William P.
label: Names
content: Ver Bryck, Cornelius, 1813-1844
label: Names
content: Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848
label: Names
content: Ward, Samuel Gray
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content: Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889
label: Names
content: Wright, Ambrose
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Hudson River school of landscape painting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels D6, D39, D40 lent for microfilming 1961 by the Detroit Institute of Art. Material on reels ALC 1-ALC 4 lent for microfilming 1964 by the New York State Library. Paintbrushes were discovered 1964 by S.J. Fishburne, Albany Institute restorer, in basement of Cole's house. He turned them over to the Institute's director, Janet MacFarlane, who donated them to AAA, 1965.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Catskill, N.Y. Cole lived most of his life in New York City even though he studied abroad. He was elected member of National Academy in 1826.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1821-1863
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.colethom
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D6, D39, D40, and ALC 1- ALC 4 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels ALC 1-ALC 4: Originals in New York State Library, Albany, New York.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels D6, D39, D40: Originals in Detroit Institute of Art.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: List of contents of microfilm reel D39 and list of correspondents on ALC 1-ALC 4 available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notebooks; sketchbooks; drawings; letters; manuscript poems; catalogs; paintbrushes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D40: ca. 575 drawings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D6: Letters, manuscript poems, catalogs and a sketchbook dated March 10, 1832.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D39: 2 v. of notebooks; 1825, and 18 v. of sketchbooks, 1827-1847. Cole sketches mainly in New York State, The White Mountains, England, Italy, and Catskill, N.Y.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS ALC 1- ALC 4: Correspondence with Cole, including letters from friends, family, artists, and others; journals; notes; essays; lectures; poetry; clippings; and financial records.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondents include: William Althorpe Adams, Samuel James Ainsley, Francis Alexander, Theodore Allen, Washington Allston, Thomas B. Ashton, Edwin T. Bennet, Simeon D. Bloodgood, William C. Bryant, Edward L. Carey, Cephas G. Childs, Lewis G. Clark, Thomas S. Cummings, Franklin Dexter, William Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, Robert Gilmor, George W. Greene, Charles C. Ingham, Charles R. Leslie, Jonathan Mason, Samuel F. B. Morse, John L. Morton, Henry C. Pratt, Luman Reed, John P. Ridner, Jonathan Sturges, Ithiel Town, Isaiah Townsend, Charles B. Trego, William P. Van Rensselaer, Cornelius Ver Bryck, Daniel Wadsworth, Samuel Ward, Robert W. Weir, Ambrose Wright, and others.