Gaines Ruger Donoho papers
name: label: Creator
content: Donoho, Gaines Ruger, 1857-1916
label: Names
content: Appian, Adolphe, 1818-1898
label: Names
content: Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters
label: Topic
content: Printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Gaines Ruger Donoho papers were donated by John R. Hopkins in 1977 via Jane Richards of Hirschl and Adler Galleries in New York.
creator: label: Creator
content: Donoho, Gaines Ruger, 1857-1916
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gaines Ruger Donoho papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of landscape painter Gaines Ruger Donoho measure a linear foot and date from 1864 to 1915.  Found within the papers are certificates of award; invitations and correspondence; a clipping; photographs, including two cyanotypes of Donoho; artwork by Donoho; a wedding dinner sketch in honor of Donoho's wedding signed by 19 friends, including Kenyon Cox and William Merritt Chase; and etchings from other artists, including Adolphe Appian and Maxime Lalanne.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter Gaines Ruger Donoho (1857-1916) lived and worked in East Hampton, Long Island in New York City.  Influenced by the Barbizon School, Donoho studied at the Art Students League with Walter Shirlaw and R. Swain Gifford and studied in Paris from 1879 to 1887.  In 1889 he was awarded a silver medal at the University Exposition in Paris and a gold medal at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition.  Donoho married Matilda Ackley Donoho in 1894 and died in New York City in 1916.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1864-1915
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.donogain
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 1 series.

Series 1: Gaines Ruger Donoho papers, 1864-1915 (1 linear foot; Box 1, OV 2-4, ODD 5)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Materials received a preliminary level of arrangement at some point after donation and were later microfilmed.  The wedding tribute by other artists was treated and rehoused by conservationists in 1994.  The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Judy Ng in 2014, with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.  The Archives of American Art has implemented minimal processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections.

Minimal processing included arrangement to the series and folder levels.  Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further.  The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A portion of this collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reel 3667 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of landscape painter Gaines Ruger Donoho measure a linear foot and date from 1864 to 1915.  Found within the papers are certificates of award; invitations and correspondence; a clipping; photographs, including two cyanotypes of Donoho; artwork by Donoho; a wedding dinner sketch in honor of Donoho's wedding signed by 19 friends, including Kenyon Cox and William Merritt Chase; and etchings from other artists, including Adolphe Appian and Maxime Lalanne.