Thomas Casilear Cole papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas Casilear, 1888-1976
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1973-1977 by Thomas Casilear Cole.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cole, Thomas Casilear, 1888-1976
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, portrait painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1750-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.colethca
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical and genealogical data including early Cole family letters and writings, 1750-1900; correspondence of Cole and family including letters from owners of Cole portraits, friends and associates (see list of correspondents below); diaries, ca. 1904-1928; ca. 150 poems, articles and commentary by Cole and other including a report of Charles Melville Dewey's comments on the work of Albert Pinkham Ryder; financial records of household expenses and portraits painted; works of art including 5 x 7 self-portrait in oil, and sketches; also includes exhibition catalogs, clippings, and other printed material; and photgraphs of Cole, his family and friends, and photographs of portraits painted.