William H. Machen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Machen, William H. (William Henry), 1832-1911
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Ohio
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Detroit
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1982 by Toledo Lucas County Public Library.
creator: label: Creator
content: Machen, William H. (William Henry), 1832-1911
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Northwestern Ohio. Painted landscapes, portraits and nature; Dutch-American descent; taught at Detroit College and Sacred Heart Convent (1881). Contributed to Detroit Institute of Art and Detroit Museum of Art. Painted for President Grover Cleveland (1894). Painted species of bass and perch for U.S. Fish Commission, Department of Interior.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1852-1907
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.machwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2674 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, and at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Toledo Lucas County Public Library Toledo, OH.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An annotated exhibition checklist, undated; a handwritten inventory of oil paintings with 2290 entries dating 1852 to ca. 1907; and a handwritten inventory of 254 watercolors, ca. 1889-1902. The inventories include titles and descriptions of each work, dates the works were painted, dimensions, prices, sales, ownership, and notations of subsequent changes made by Machen.