George Henry Durrie papers
name: label: Creator
content: Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Connecticut
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1956 by Mary Bartlett Cowdrey. Cowdrey wrote the introduction of George Durrie's exhibition catalog 1947 at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Connecticut. Durrie is best known for his rural winter scenes.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1845-1846
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.durrgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D294 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original diary is in the Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum, New Haven, Conn.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A typed copy of George H. Durrie's diary, January 1, 1845 to July 1, 1846. The diary consists of 548 entries written while Durrie was in Hartford, Connecticut, and Richmond, Virginia. He writes about his everyday activities, the people with whom he associates, his thoughts on daily events, etc. This copy was made by Whitlock's, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut in 1938. Typed note on first page: This typescript was given to me by Harry T. Peters in April 1946. That was at the time that the plan to write a book on Durrie appeared to be vague because of Mr. Peters' health - M.B. Cowdrey. Tipped in are: a typed letter from C.E.H. Whitlock to Harry T. Peters; and a handwritten letter from Mary Clarissa Durrie to a Mrs. Collins dated Feb. 1929, as well as a typescript of that letter made by Whitlock's.