John Wood Dodge papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dodge, John Wood, 1807-1893
topic: label: Occupation
content: Miniature painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The lenders are descendants of Dodge.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dodge, John Wood, 1807-1893
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in New York City, Dodge was a miniaturist and a dioramist, who was an Associate of the National Academy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 73 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1828-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dodgjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 960 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals are in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mee, Santa Rosa, Calif.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1832-1890, including letters commending Dodge's paintings of Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and George Washington, an autobiographical letter written by Dodge, and letters from Henry Clay, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, William H. Seward, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: In addition, there are: a book of recommendations, 1838-1842, written by Andrew Jackson, M[artin] Van Buren, artists William Dunlap, F. E. Prudhomme, and Charles C. Ingham, and many others; an account book of miniatures; clippings, 1838-1865; a hand-written biography of Dodge by James H. McNeilly; and miscellany.