William Sidney Mount and Mount family papers
name: label: Creator
content: Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
label: Names
content: Mount family
label: Names
content: Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Stony Brook
label: Topic
content: Genre painting -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel A was received by the New York Historical Society from the Clara Brewster Mount estate, December 1, 1943. Papers on reel SM1-SM4 were collected by Ward Melville and donated to the Suffolk Museum at Stony Brook, Long Island. The papers were arranged for microfilming by AAA collector, Mary Bartlett Cowdrey, and microfilmed in 1958. The sketchbook on reel N726 was lent for microfilming by the Queensborough Public Library, 1967.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Sidney Mount: painter; New York City and Stony Brook, Long Island. Born Setauket, L.I. to Thomas Shephard and Julia Hawkins Mount. Studied at National Academy of Design and with Henry Inman. Importance as an early genre painter. His three brothers Robert, Henry and Shepard and sister Ruth were also artistic and musical.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Reels (3,000 items (on 6 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1830-1947
label: Date
content: bulk 1830-1860
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mounwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels A, SM1-SM4 and N726 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, and at the Suffolk Museum.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: REELS SM1-SM4: Originals in: Suffolk Museum, Stony Brook, N.Y.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: REEL A: Originals in New York Historical Society.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: REEL N726: Original sketchbook in the Queensborough Public Library, Jamaica, N.Y.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, journals, notebooks, sketchbooks, notes, scrapbooks, documents, photographs, lists, catalogs, clippings, and other publications, primarily of William Sidney Mount.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL A: Correspondence of William Sidney Mount, 1833-1868, pertaining to art, politics, personal affairs, and other matters. Among the correspondents are Charles Lanman, William Schaus, Jonathan Sturges, B.T. Hutchinson, Evelina Mount, Charles B. Wood, Samuel P. Avery and others. Also included are Robert Nelson Mount correspondence, undated cards and announcements, and notes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS SM1-SM4: The Mount Brothers, exhibition catalog (1947); Scrapbook of clippings re Edward P. Buffet's biography of William Sidney Mount; Wm. S. Mount journals and notebooks, 1843-1868?; biographical notes; genealogy; Micha Hawkins papers; papers of Mount family members: Thomas S., John S., Henry S., Shepard Alonzo, Robert Nelson, John Henry, Thomas Shepard, Evelina, William Shepard, John Brester, Sarah Fisher, and Clara Brewster; William Sidney Mount correspondence, 1830-1868; estate papers; books owned and inscribed by Mount; and photographs of sketches by Mount.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N726: A sketchbook of William Sidney Mount.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Mount family papers also located at: Public Library, Smithtown, Long Island.