Scrapbooks
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Alexander, John White, 1856-1915
setName: label: See more items in
content: John White Alexander papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 17-22)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1877-1915
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alexjohn, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Eight scrapbooks date primarily from 1888 to 1915, with some earlier clippings in the first volume from Alexander's first trip to Europe in the late 1870s. Scrapbooks begin shortly after his marriage to Elizabeth Alexander and contain annotations that appear to be in her handwriting. Thus, the scrapbooks may have been created by her.

Most of the contents of the scrapbooks are newspaper and magazine clippings, with articles about Alexander's art activities and reproductions of his paintings. Also found are scattered letters from patrons and organizations announcing honors and thanking Alexander for commissioned portraits. Other types of items in the scrapbooks include exhibition invitations and catalogs, invitations to club events, programs for speaking engagements, and a few photographs.

Exhibition catalogs in the scrapbooks include Alexander's one-man show at Durand-Ruel Galleries (1901-1902), Pratt Institute (1905), the National Arts Club retrospective (1909), the Albright Knox gallery retrospective (1909), and the Art Institute of Chicago (1913). Other special contents of individual scrapbooks are noted in the folder listing.

Contents of scrapbooks are in loose chronological order, with each volume covering three to five years. Scattered items fall outside of the date ranges indicated for each volume. Additional volumes containing art reproductions, engravings, and photographs are found in the artwork series. Additional exhibition catalogs and clippings are found in the Printed Materials series.