John Russell Bartlett papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886
label: Names
content: Bessau, Oscar
label: Names
content: Eastman, Harrison, b. ca. 1823
label: Names
content: Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
label: Names
content: Pratt, Henry Cheever, 1803-1880
topic: label: Occupation
content: Historians -- Rhode Island -- Providence
label: Occupation
content: Bibliographers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The John Carter Brown Library acquired the John Russell Bartlett papers after his death.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886) was a historian, linguist, and bibliographer in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1850 to 1853 Bartlett was the United States Boundary Commissioner responsible for surveying the US-Mexico border. During this time he traveled with Henry Cheever Pratt, and used the sketches from his travels to illustrate his Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora and Chihuahua. Bartlett later worked for the John Carter Brown Library.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (207 items on one microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1850-1853
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bartjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 3320 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: An item inventory prepared by the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University has been microfilmed at the beginning of the collection. Title, medium, size, and other information is given.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed John Russell Bartlet papers contain 31 watercolors and drawings by Henry Cheever Pratt; as well as 139 drawings, 2 sketchbooks, and 1 drawing book by John Russell Bartlett, all of which were created between 1850 and 1853 when Bartlett and Pratt were on expedition in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Also included are 8 drawings in pencil and Chinese white drawn from Bartlett sketches by the French artist, Oscar Bessau, who was working in Washington, D.C. in 1853; 13 watercolors drawn from Bartlett sketches by Seth Eastman in 1853 when Eastman was stationed at the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C.; and 6 watercolors by Harrison Eastman, who was working in San Francisco, California during a period when John Russell Bartlett was also in that area. 
Five watercolors and drawings by unidentified artists; a pen and ink sketch of horses; and a self-portrait by Bartlett are also included.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University holds the John Russell Bartlett papers (JRB Papers). The Rhode Island Historical Society holds the John Russell Bartlett papers.