Charles Walter Stetson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stetson, Charles Walter, 1858-1911
label: Names
content: Chamberlin, F. Tolles (Frank Tolles), 1873-1961
label: Names
content: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935
label: Names
content: Goodale, David
label: Names
content: Knight, Edward B.
label: Names
content: Stetson, Katharine Beecher, 1885-1979 or 81
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 3211 and portions of 3212 originally lent for microfilming 1983 by David Goodale, an art historian who studied Stetson. These papers were subsequently donated 1986 by Goodale's daughter, Shelley Luckenbach upon her father's death. Remaining material on reel 3212 and all material on reel 3213 donated 1983 by Doroth Stetson Chamberlin and Walter Chamberlin, grandchildren of Stetson. Photographs on reel 3646 transfered to AAA by National Museum of American Art via director, Charles Eldredge, 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stetson, Charles Walter, 1858-1911
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; California and Rome, Italy. Born in Rhode Island. His daughter, Katharine Beecher Stetson, a painter and sculptor also, married Frank Tolles Chamberlin.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stetchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3211-3213 and 3646 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters; sketchbooks; photographs and cyanotypes; scrapbook; writings, novelettes, and poetry by Stetson; biographical information; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3211-3213: 9 letters, 1912, written by Stetson's widow to Edward B. Knight containing transcribed entries from Stetson's journal; a notebook, 1881-1908, "Opera," containing Stetson's notes on his paintings; novelettes and poetry by Stetson and his first wife, Charlotte Perkins Gilman; an autobiography by his daughter, Katharine Stetson Chamberlin; an unpublished manuscript by David Goodale on Stetson; 15 sketchbooks; a scrapbook containing etchings; three sketches by Frank Tolles Chamberlin and a brief biography of him; photographs of Stetson, his daughter, Katharine, and his paintings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are 734 photographs, including some cyanotypes, of Stetson, his family and friends, works of art, models, animals, buildings, children, landscapes, ships, and many other subjects; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3646: 5 photographs, ca. 1880-1899, of Stetson, his second wife, Grace, his daughter, and interior and exterior views of his studio. [Also filmed on reels 3590 and 3612.]