Bela L. Pratt papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917
label: Names
content: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
label: Names
content: Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934
label: Names
content: Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916
label: Names
content: French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931
label: Names
content: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2527 lent for microfilming 1982 by Thomas Leavitt, a descendant of Pratt. Material on reels 3995-3998 lent 1987 by Cynthia Kennedy Sam, Pratt's granddaughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, teacher; Boston, Mass.; b. 1867; d. 1917 Studied at Yale, Art Students League, and with Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Kenyon Cox, and William Merritt Chase, and others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Reels (ca. 450 items (on 5 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1876-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pratbela
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2527 and 3995-3998 available for use only at Archives of American Art offices.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 2527: Originals returned to the lender, Thomas Leavitt, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 3995-3998: Originals returned to the lender, Cynthia Sam, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials, letters and correspondence, photographs, diary, subject files, and printed ephemera.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2527: Biographical sketches; sculpture contracts; lists of Pratt's work compiled by his son, Dudley Pratt; a pencil sketch; photographs of Pratt at work in his studio; portraits of him; 172 photographs of his sculpture and a memorial exhibition installation; photographs of Frank Weston Benson and Alexander Phimister Proctor; clippings; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3995-3998: An award from Yale School of Fine Arts; admission tickets; marriage certificate; identification card for his wife, Helen, from the Societe des Artistes Francais for the 1897 Salon; a 25-page diary of Helen, 1896-1898, describing the Pratts' wedding and their experiences in Italy and France; notices of Pratt's appointment to the Visiting Committee of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; biographical sketches; an anecdote by a nephew; and a letter of reminiscence by his son Dudley, 1941. Also included are letters from Pratt to his mother, Sarah Victoria Whittlesey Pratt, describing his activities, his contemporaries and his work; correspondence with friends, family, students, and associates and letters of condolence to Mrs. Pratt; subject files, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, containing letters, photographs and clippings from and about Pratt's friends and colleagues, including Frank Weston Benson, Bryson and Edith Woodman Burroughs, Daniel Chester French, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who gives Pratt advice and critiques two of his busts.