Emily and Jean Paul Selinger papers
name: label: Creator
content: Selinger, Emily, 1848-1927
label: Creator
content: Selinger, Jean Paul, 1850-1909
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Hampshire
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New Hampshire
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- New Hampshire
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A portion of the papers was donated in 1982 by Charles and Gloria Vogel when acquired through research on White Mountain artists. Additional material was donated in 1982 by Marion C. Keaney, through her grandparents, the D. H. Remingtons, who were neighbors of Emily Selinger's mother, Mrs. McGary.
creator: label: Creator
content: Selinger, Emily, 1848-1927
label: Creator
content: Selinger, Jean Paul, 1850-1909
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content: Emily and Jean Paul Selinger papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painters Emily and Jean Paul Selinger measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1882 to 1918. The collection provides scattered documentation of the lives and work of the Selingers through biographical materials, family correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emily Harris Mcgary Selinger (1848-1927) was a painter, author, and poet in Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Emily was originally from Wilmington, North Carolina, and was instrumental in establishing the Normal Art School in Louisville, Kentucky. She was known for her still-life and floral paintings.

Emily's husband, Jean Paul Selinger (1850-1909), was a landscape and portrait painter in Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He opened a summer studio in Glen House, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the mid-1880s.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- Massachusetts
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1918
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.seliemil
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Portions of the collection were arranged and microfilmed upon receipt on reels 3768 and 3814. The collection was 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: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 3768 and 3814 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 painters Emily and Jean Paul Selinger measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1882 to 1918. The collection provides scattered documentation of the lives and work of the Selingers through biographical materials, family correspondence, photographs, and printed material.