Asher Brown Durand papers
name: label: Creator
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
label: Names
content: Carey & Lea
label: Names
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
label: Names
content: Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856
label: Names
content: Jones, George T., b. 1818?
label: Names
content: Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831
label: Names
content: Pekenino, Michael
label: Names
content: Reed, Luman, d. 1836
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
creator: label: Creator
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Albany, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Reels (ca. 1000 items (on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1812-1883
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.duraashe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N19-N21 and N25 (frames 1141-1144) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Reel N25: Letters are typescripts.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available at Archives of American Art offices, filed New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, diaries, printed matter and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reels N19-N21: General and family correspondence, a few testimonials, broadsides, diary pages, and miscellany. Correspondence relates to Durand's engraving business, painting commissions, tour of Europe in 1840-1841, cholera epidemic in New York, 1831-1832, his presidency of the National Academy of Design, 1848-1862, and family matters. Among the correspondents are Peter Maverick, Michael Pekenino, Carey & Lea, Luman Reed, Thomas Cole, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N25: Three letters to Durand, 1825-1835, one each from Thomas Sully, Thomas Doughty, and George Jones.