Edwin Davis French papers
name: label: Creator
content: French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906
label: Names
content: Allen, Charles Dexter, 1865-1926
label: Names
content: Spenceley, J. Winfred
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Engraving -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent 1974 by the New York Historical Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 165 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-1906
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.frenedwi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 800 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: New York Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters from French to Charles Dexter Allen, author of several books on bookplates, and to the engraver J. Winfred Spenceley. Most of the letters were written from Saranac Lake, New York, and contain many references to French's own bookplates and to other engravers.