Anna Warren Ingersoll papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ingersoll, Anna Warren, 1887-1980
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed 1988-1989 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Papers have been inherited by several members of the Ingersoll family.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ingersoll, Anna Warren, 1887-1980
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Artist, art collector; Philadelphia, Pa. Board member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She and her brother R. Sturgis Ingersoll, who was President of PMA, had a longstanding friendship with painter Franklin Watkins.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.7 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ingeanna
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4153, 4225, and 4315-4316 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 4153 & 4225: Originals in the possession of Paul Ingersoll.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 4315-4316: Originals in the possession of Charles Ingersoll.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Diaries, correspondence, writings and printed material regarding Ingersoll and Franklin Watkins.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4153: 7 travel diaries kept by Ingersoll on trips through Europe and the United States, with discussions of architecture, museums and collections visited, comments on American and European artists and their relative merits. Diaries cover 1939-1964, but have entries which are often 20 years apart.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4225: 5 travel diaries and sketchbooks kept by Ingersoll, 1941-1966 regarding museums and collections visited, personal observations, and a 1941 account of life in Philadelphia.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4315-4316: 9 volumes of Ingersoll diaries, 1910-1966, regarding studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, life in Philadelphia and its art scene, visits to artists' studios and private collections, her studies at the Barnes Foundations, artists exhibitions and works for sale at galleries, and her brother R. Sturgis Ingersoll and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4315-4316: Typescripts of Ingersoll letters, including discussions of her studies at PAFA; and Watkins material including 4 letters, a clipping, and a 31 page typescript of a speech delivered at the Fogg Museum.