Edward Wales Root letters from Louis Eilshemius
name: label: Creator
content: Root, Edward Wales, d. 1956
label: Names
content: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Mrs. Edward Root, 1964.
creator: label: Creator
content: Root, Edward Wales, d. 1956
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collector and art instructor; Clinton, N.Y. Collector of predominately American avant-garde art. Taught art at Hamilton College. He was the son of Elihu Root.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1930]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rootedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3471 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters to Root from Louis Michel Eilshemius. Eilshemius discusses a small oil painting purchased by Root that he admirers, his interest in art, the "struggle against irrecognition", his animosity toward the National Academy of Design, views on intellect, and his work other than painting.