Edward Hicks selected papers in the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College
name: label: Creator
content: Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849
label: Names
content: Comley, John, 1773-1850
label: Names
content: Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania
label: Occupation
content: Self-taught artists -- Pennsylvania
label: Occupation
content: Clergy -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Christian art and symbolism -- Pennsylvania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers have been assembled from several collections at Swarthmore. Call numbers are listed on the microfilm. Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Philadelphia project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Primitive artist Edward Hicks was deeply religious, he later became an active Quaker preacher.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 55 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1818-1851
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hickedsp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4151 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, at Swarthmore College, and the Free Library of Philadelphia.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Some letters are photocopies and typescripts, owners of originals are identified.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in:The Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of originals noted on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 37 letters, including 14 from Edward Hicks, and 18 letters between Isaac Hicks and John Comley, mainly regarding religious matters; a 285 pp. autobiography covering Hick's early life and apprenticeships, and 3 pages of an undated memoir and miscellaneous biographical material.