Henry G. Keller papers
name: label: Creator
content: Keller, Henry G., 1869-1949
label: Names
content: Carnegie Institute
label: Names
content: Cleveland Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Keller, Albert
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Lithographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Henry G. Keller papers were donated by Albert Keller via the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1976.
creator: label: Creator
content: Keller, Henry G., 1869-1949
setName: label: See more items in
content: Henry G. Keller papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Ohio painter, lithographer, and educator Henry G. Keller date from circa 1880-1962 and measure 1.3 linear feet.  Found are biographical materials, professional and personal correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed material, photographs, and artworks and artifacts.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry G. Keller (1869-1949) was a painter, lithographer, and educator active in Cleveland, Ohio. 

In 1869, Henry Keller was born at sea to German parents who settled in Northern Ohio. Keller received arts education in Cleveland as well as the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhem, Germany and the Art Students League in New York City.  He returned to Ohio where he worked as a lithographer for the Morgan Lithography Company.  For forty years, Keller taught painting classes at the Cleveland School of Art (Cleveland Institute of Art) and at his artist colony in Berlin Heights, Ohio.  

Keller married Imogene Leslie in 1893 and they had two sons, Albert and Leslie. The family travelled throughout Europe.  After the death of his wife, Henry Keller moved to California to be with Albert.  He died a year later in 1949.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kellhenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1920-1945 (4 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1905-1961 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1920-circa 1952 (4 folders; Box 1)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1925-circa 1955 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1913-1962 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1880-circa 1940 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2, 4)

Series 7: Sketchbooks, Artwork and Artifacts, circa 1898-1948 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2-4)

The collection is arranged as 7 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Henry G. Keller papers were preliminarily arranged and microfilmed. In 2013, Jayna Josefson processed the papers and created a finding aid with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reel 1321 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: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Ohio painter, lithographer, and educator Henry G. Keller date from circa 1880-1962 and measure 1.3 linear feet.  Found are biographical materials, professional and personal correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed material, photographs, and artworks and artifacts.  

The bulk of Henry Keller's correspondence relates to the sale and exhibition of his works of art.  Letters are found from institution and museums including the Carnegie Institute and the Cleveland Museum of Art.  Also, correspondence is found for Albert Keller, most of which concerns his father's career and estate.