Dorothy Seiberling papers
name: label: Creator
content: Seiberling, Dorothy, 1922-
label: Names
content: Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892
label: Names
content: McBride, Henry, 1867-1962
label: Names
content: Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873
label: Names
content: Sommer, William, 1867-1949
title: label: Topic
content: Life (Chicago, Ill.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Editors -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1973 by Dorothy Seiberling.
creator: label: Creator
content: Seiberling, Dorothy, 1922-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dorothy Seiberling papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of editor Dorothy Seiberling measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1955. Found are files on artists William Harnett, Hiram Powers, Everett Shinn, and William Sommer and collector Henry McBride, accumulated by Seiberling during her time as art editor of Life magazine.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dorothy Seiberling (1922-2019) was an art editor in New York, New York. Seiberling began her career at Life magazine in 1943 and became senior art editor in 1965.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.seibdoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed after receipt on reel 794. The papers were processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 794 at 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.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of editor Dorothy Seiberling measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1955. Found are files on artists William Harnett, Hiram Powers, Everett Shinn, and William Sommer and collector Henry McBride, accumulated by Seiberling during her time as art editor of Life magazine.