John La Farge and La Farge family papers
name: label: Creator
content: La Farge, John, 1835-1910
label: Names
content: La Farge family
label: Names
content: Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
label: Names
content: Barnes, Grace Edith
label: Names
content: Jones, Mary Cadwalader
label: Names
content: La Farge, Bancel, 1865-1938
label: Names
content: La Farge, Henry Adams, 1902-
label: Names
content: Lemordant, Jean Julien, 1878-1968
label: Names
content: Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These five reels of microfilm were made available to the Archives of American Art in 1985 by Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives, which retains the originals. A sixth, restricted reel containing the catalog of the works of La Farge compiled by Henry Adams La Farge was not included. The arrangement of the papers devised by the Yale University Library.
creator: label: Creator
content: La Farge, John, 1835-1910
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1850-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lafajohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3624-3628 available for use only at Washington, DC office.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence of John La Farge with author Henry Adams, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, architect Russell Sturgis, Mary Cadwalader Jones (sister-in-law of Edith Wharton), and others, 1850-1910; of Bancel La Farge, 1893-1939, including correspondence of his wife, Mabel La Farge, with letters from John La Farge, Mrs. John La Farge, Mary Cadwalader Jones, artists Jean Julien Lemordant and George Dudley Seymour, and Grace Edith Barnes, John La Farge's secretary; and correspondence of Henry Adams La Farge, relating almost exclusively to the work of his grandfather, mostly with owners of art work, museum officials and art historians, 1922- 1972; writings by John LaFarge, 1893-1911, on American painting, and printed copies of articles, lectures, verses, and critical comments; articles, pamphlets, and clippings on La Farge and his work, 1896-1972; business records, including cash account books of John La Farge, 1895-1898, his will, 1910, and receipts of Henry Adams; exhibition catalogs, 1878-1968; photographs, 1850-1938 and undated, of John La Farge, his family, his paintings and stained glass windows, and a stereoscopic of John Hay.