Walter Mason Oddie papers
name: label: Creator
content: Oddie, Walter Mason, 1807 or 8-1865
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting, American -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The materials on Reel 1365 were lent by Allen L. Oddie. The diaries on Reel 4307 were microfilmed by the owner, the Winterthur Museum, which donated a copy to the Archives of American Art. The diaries were previously owned by Henry Meigs, Oddie's father-in-law.
creator: label: Creator
content: Oddie, Walter Mason, 1807 or 8-1865
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter and teacher; New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1827-1905
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.oddiwalt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1365 and 4307 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Oddie family biographical materials are photocopies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1365: The originals were returned to the lender, Allen L. Oddie, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 4307: Originals in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Diaries, a sketchbook, photographs and biographical documents.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 1365: One sketchbook, Oddie family biographical documents, and photographs of Oddie, his paintings, and family members.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 4307: Diaries (1828-1829) discuss Oddie's family, health and financial difficulties as well as his responses to art works by others, books he had read, and world affairs.