Clifford W. Ashley papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947
label: Photographer
content: Sanborn Studio
label: Title
content: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947. Yankee whaler
label: Title
content: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947. Yankee whaler. Ashley book of knots
label: Photographer
content: Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
label: Names
content: Wyeth, Henriette, 1907-
label: Names
content: Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945
place: label: Place
content: Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Description and Travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford
label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford
label: Topic
content: Whaling in art
label: Topic
content: Tombstones
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Ashely's widow, Mrs. Stephen Delano, 1972.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947
label: Photographer
content: Sanborn Studio
label: Title
content: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947. Yankee whaler
label: Title
content: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947. Yankee whaler. Ashley book of knots
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marine painter, writer, illustrator. Dedicated most of his artistic and literary work to the subject of whaling.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 5 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ashlclif
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 457-461 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence (ca. 900 letters), sketches, photographs, two exhibition catalogs, the manuscript of The Ashley Book of Knots, and miscellany. Much of the correspondence deals with Ashley's research for and the publication of his Yankee Clipper (1926). Among the correspondents are Henriette Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth (a 7 p. letter), Irving R. Wiles, Oliver LaFarge, Maxfield Parrish, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Booth Tarkington. One charcoal and three pencil sketches (34.8 x 24 cm. or smaller) are of a three mast sailing ship and pedestal for the Delano family cemetery monument designed by Ashley.
label: Scope and Contents
content: A pencil sketch and mechanical reproduction of an ink drawing (28 x 21.5 cm.) are of a map to Ashley's home near New Bedford used as an invitation to a party, 1936. Photographs are of Ashley, Ashley painting, works of art, artists' models, travels, and of a portrait of Ashley by Irving R. Wiles, 1926. Among the photos of Ashley are one taken by Robert H. Davis, ca. 1920's, and one by Sanborn Studio, Delaware, undated.