Boston Athenaeum records
name: label: Creator
content: Boston Athenaeum
label: Names
content: Crowninshield, Edward A., 1817-1859
label: Names
content: Fairbank, C. B.
label: Names
content: Hatfield, Thomas
label: Names
content: Lanham, Charles
label: Names
content: Loring, Edmund M.
label: Names
content: Robb, James, 1814-1881
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1984 by the Boston Athenaeum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Boston Athenaeum
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Boston Athenaeum was founded in 1807. Its present building on Beacon Hill, erected from 1847 to 1849, houses a library and an art collection.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1854-1855
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bostathe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3042 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: One letter is a photocopy, and typescripts are included with four letters.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters regarding the shipment of paintings to and from the Boston Athenaeum. Correspondents, writing almost exclusively to E.A. Crowninshield, Chairman of the Committee of Fine Art, include C.B. Fairbank, Thomas Hatfield, Charles Lanham, Edmund M. Loring, and James Robb. Sent as enclosures with the letters are three shipping receipts for transported paintings and a list of paintings owned by James Robb on loan to the Boston Athenaeum.