Walter Griffin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Griffin, Walter, 1861-1935
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Victorian -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Victorian -- Maine
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Maine
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1401 lent for microfilming 1978 by Alvah Johnson; material on reel 1479 lent by the Maine Historical Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: Griffin, Walter, 1861-1935
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, dentist; Born Portland, Maine. Lived in New York and from 1887-1915 he lived chiefly near Nice, France.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 256 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1865-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grifwalt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1401 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1479 available at Archives of American Art offices; through interlibrary loan; and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: REEL 1401: Originals returned to the lender, Alvah Johnston, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: REEL 1479: Originals in the Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, biographical material, printed material, photographs, gallery records, and notes about art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1479: Bibliographies on Griffin; correspondence, 1905-1935, with his sister, Eleanor M. Proctor; records of accounts with the Rehn Gallery, 1921-1925; priced lists of paintings and photographs. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs and a scrapbook of clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1401: Biographical documents; correspondence, 1919-1971, about Griffin; lists of paintings; a notebook about art; clippings and magazine articles; photographs depict Griffin and his artwork, his father Edward, Seyki Kouroda and portraits of Griffin by Denis Bunker and Paul Bartlett.