Irving Ramsay Wiles papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948
label: Names
content: Salmagundi Club
label: Names
content: Henner, Jean-Jacques, 1829-1905
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2007 and in 2010 by art historian and scholar, D. Frederick Baker, Baker-Pisano Collection. Baker received the papers as a gift from Gladys Wiles, Irving Wiles' widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Irving Ramsey (1861- 1948) was a portrait painter, illustrator and teacher in Utica, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1887-1935
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wileirvi2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings, photographs, letters, and printed material and address books relating to Irving Ramsey Wiles.
label: Scope and Contents
content: A majority of the collection consists of writings including thirty leatherbound journals containing daily appointments and notes regarding trips to London, Paris, and Italy.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of Ramsey's studio at 106 West 55th St and 130 West 57th St., New York, his artwork, and photographs of Wiles and other attendees (including a large group photograph with identifications) at a dinner honoring painter Henry B. Snell at the Salmagundi Club, New York, March 16, 1919. Also included is a photograph of French portrait painter, Jean-Jacques Henner, in his Paris studio, 1872.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters to Ramsey are from Michael L. McGarry inquiring about commissioning a portrait, and Mrs. A.M. Kemp regarding her availability as a model. Printed material includes newspaper clippings, and printed reproductions of commerical illustrations and the publications St. Nicholas, January 1887, M.A.P. in America, May 1906, and The Mentor, Dec. 1928, illustrated by Wiles.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are two address books.