Union League of Philadelphia Art Association records
name: label: Creator
content: Union League of Philadelphia. Art Association
label: Names
content: Claghorn, James Lawrence, 1817-1884
label: Names
content: Knight, Ridgway, 1839-1924
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 19th century -- History -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: All records were filmed except for membership applications and specific information about individual members of the Union League, which are not open to researchers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Union League of Philadelphia. Art Association
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art association affiliated with the Union League; Philadelphia, Pa. Union League was founded 1862. The Art Association was established shortly thereafter to maintain and sponsor exhibitions of the League's art collection. During the 1870's, the Art Association sponsored several Art Receptions which were important events in Philadelphia, attracting the participation of artists and art collectors.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1867-1911
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.uniolepa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3580 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: ORIGINALS IN: Union League of Philadelphia.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Book of minutes; notebook, "List of articles loaned to the Union League" (commonly known as [James] Claghorn's notebook) contains titles, owners, and insurance values for art works; printed materials, consisting of Art Reception exhibition catalogs, printed circulars, annual reports, tickets and invitations, "Catalogue for the Exhibition of Pictures of Scenes of the Lehigh Valley Railroad," catalog for the Art Association collection, circulars for the purchase of a painting "Soir d'Ete" by Daniel Ridgway Knight, description of a painting "Honorable Mention" by E.L. Weeks, and notices of a 1903 painting of Abraham Lincoln by George B. Ayers; and letters regarding a portrait by Edwin Benson.