Diaries and Journals
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
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content: Robert Henri papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Folders (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1878-circa 1910s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.henrrobe, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series includes a variety of diaries and journal extracts, some of which are original and some of which are typed transcripts. These include a typed transcript of diary entries by Henri about the move from Cozad to Colorado as a boy; transcribed excerpts of additional diary entries by Henri, including from the same time period as the other transcript; and a single page transcript with notes on the verso from letters and a "journal of student days." Also found is Henri's diary from August 29 to September 27, 1891, about his travels in Europe. Henri writes about his visit to Venice and Chioggia, Italy, his train ride from Venice to Etaples, France, and his boat ride from Etaples en route to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Some entries include illustrations. Among other topics, Henri comments on sketches by [Italico] Brass, visiting artists in Etaples including American painters [Allen] Tucker, [Curtis] Williamson and [George Henry] Taggart, and British painter [Joseph Milner] Kite.

Diaries and journals belonging to other family members include a notebook with diary entries kept by Henri's mother Theresa from December 31, 1904-December 1906. The entries document daily activities, visits from Henri and Linda, and Henri's and her husband's work. Also described are the illnesses and deaths of Linda in 1905, and her husband in 1906. 

Linda Henri's 1904 diary provides details about Henri's work and models during this period and her own artwork as well as her day-to-day life and the couple's friendship with John and Dolly Sloan. An additional folder contains diary and notebook fragments for which the authors are unclear but the notes include many references to Henri's activities during the 1880s-1890s including dates and locations.