Edward Kemeys letters to Edith Hibbard
name: label: Creator
content: Kemeys, Edward, 1843-1907
label: Names
content: Hibbard, Edith
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Frances Macmillan, is the niece of Edith Hibbard.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kemeys, Edward, 1843-1907
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor. Born in Savannah, Georgia. Kemeys studied in New York, beginning in 1871. During the 1870s Kemeys traveled through the West, specializing in the depiction of wild animals of the American continent. He went abroad between 1877 and 1879, where his "Bison and Wolves" was exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1878. Kemeys died in Washington, D.C. His wife, Laura Kemeys, also a sculptor, was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Kemeys and Lorado Taft.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Items ((on a partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-1901
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kemeedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4314 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Twelve letters (1896-1901) written by Kemeys family members to Edith Hibbard describe family events, art-related activities, and travels. Eleven letters were written by Edward Kemeys; three contain poems. One letter is a handwritten certificate declaring Hibbard a member in Kemeys' school of sculpture. One letter by Emily Kemeys discusses her uncle Edward's deteriorating health.