Oscar Fehrer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fehrer, Oscar, 1872-1958
label: Photographer
content: Von Debschitz-Kunowski, Wanda
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- Lyme
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Connecticut -- Lyme
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1985 by Catherine and Elizabeth Fehrer, Oscar Fehrer's daughters.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fehrer, Oscar, 1872-1958
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Lyme, Conn.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- Connecticut
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1863-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fehrosca
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Papers are organized into groups by materials type: biographical and personal documents, correspondence, printed material and publications, and photographs. Within each group the arrangement is chronological.
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Family birth certificates, the Fehrer family tree and one letter are photocopies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the possession of Elizabeth and Catherine Fehrer.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical and personal documents, including family birth certificates, a family tree, a curriculum vitae, a Who's Who entry, and several brief chronologies of Fehrer's life; correspondence, 1895-1934, including ca. 50 business and personal letters received and letters sent to his daughter Catherine; and 113 photographs of Fehrer, his family (including 1 of Fehrer and his daughter Elizabeth by Wanda Von Debschitz-Kunowski, 1911), friends, homes, studios, paintings and other works of art which Fehrer admired and copied. The remainder of the collection, ca. 1,000 items, consists of printed material, undated and 1890's-1950's, including books, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and exhibition catalogues.