Rufus Porter writings
name: label: Creator
content: Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884
title: label: Topic
content: Scientific American
topic: label: Occupation
content: Scientists
label: Topic
content: Art -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Art and science -- Archival resouces
label: Topic
content: Art literature
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Jean Lipman, the donor, is an art historian and is a frequent donor to AAA.
creator: label: Creator
content: Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Scientist; New York, N.Y. Founded the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in 1845.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1825-1846
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.portrufu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1734 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two essays by Porter, "A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments" and "Essays on Various Kinds of Painting by Rufus Porter, September 11, 1845-April 9, 1846," a compilation of articles for the magazine, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.