Charles H. Gifford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gifford, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1839-1904
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Fairhaven
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 438 donated by Mrs. Elton E. Gray, Gifford's granddaughter, November 1972. Material on reel 482 lent for microfilming by Isabel E. H. Gray, Gifford's granddaughter, February 1973. Material on reel 2523 lent for microfilming by Mrs. Edward W. Harbick, March 1982.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gifford, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1839-1904
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Fairhaven, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870-1935
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.giffchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 438, 482 and 2523 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 482: Originals returned to the lender, Isabel E. H. Gray, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 2523: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Edward W. Harbick, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, sketchbooks, sketches, a diary, photographs, a biographical account and poems.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 438: Typescript (81 pages) of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRY GIFFORD, ARTIST written by Henry's daughter, Helen Gifford James in 1935.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 482: A diary, 1870, with notations of expenses and appointments; 4 letters from Gifford to his daughter; 4 sketches; a poem about Gifford by Mary Hathaway and a sonnet by Gifford; 4 photographs; notes and a manuscript of the autobiography by Helen Gifford James.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2523: A sketchbook and 8 sketches; and a calling card, ca. 1873.