Research material on George Peter Alexander Healy
name: label: Creator
content: De Mare, Marie
label: Names
content: Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928
label: Names
content: Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
label: Names
content: Couture, Thomas, 1815-1879
label: Names
content: De Mare, George, 1863-1907
label: Names
content: Healy, Edith
label: Names
content: Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894
label: Names
content: Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
label: Names
content: La Farge, John, 1835-1910
label: Names
content: Ledyard, Lewis Cass, 1851-1932
label: Names
content: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Marie De Mare is the granddaughter of George P.A. Healy. Bulk of Healy's papers were destroyed by fire. Material was donated 1956 & 1971 by Marie and Jeanne de Mare.
creator: label: Creator
content: De Mare, Marie
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: G.P.A. Healy was a 19th century portrait and historical painter, who painted in the U.S. and in Europe.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1811-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.demamari
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D130 and 1209-1210 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings, drawings and printed material by or about G.P.A. Healy, compiled by his grandaughter, Marie De Mare, in the process of the writing of her book G.P.A. HEALY, AMERICAN ARTIST (1954).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D130: Correspondence, notes, clippings and draft writings, kept by De Mare in connection with her book. Correspondence is mostly between De Mare and family members, but includes copies of letters to and from Healy. Also included are excerpts from Healy's diary and that of his daughter, Marie H. Bigot, lists of his paintings, and the draft of De Mare's book. Among De Mare's correspondents are Van Wyck Brooks and Eleanor Roosevelt; Healy's include Samuel F.B. Morse, Lewis Cass Ledyard, and Eastman Johnson. There is also a letter from John La Farge to Tiburce De Mare, 1873.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1209-1210: Correspondence; 3 diaries, 1866-1900, written by Healy's daughter Edith; correspondence and research notes dealing with De Mare's book; galley proofs; miscellaneous printed matter; a sketch of Healy on his deathbed by his son, and photographs of artist George De Mare, including a group photo of Atelier Bouguereau, Academie Julian, 1886, and of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his daughter. Correspondents include Frederic Bridgman and Thomas Couture.