Columbian Society of Artists records
odd: label: Other Title
content: Society of Artists of the United States (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Columbian Society of Artists
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Society of Artists of the United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1955 and in 1989 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Columbian Society of Artists
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art society; Philadelphia, Pa. Est. as the Society of Artists of the United States in 1810. Name changed to the Columbian Society of Artists in 1814.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (partial microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1810-1849
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.colusoci
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels P41 (fr. 379), P45 (fr. 289-380) and P63 (fr. 512-515, 528-529) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4236 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: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P45: Minutes from the Board of Fellows, 1810-1816; and minutes of the Society, 1810-1817, including a constitution, an act of incorporation, and plans for a proposed union with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P41: Announcement of the fourth annual exhibition, 1814, addressed to Mrs. C. Barnes, Springfield, and signed by Robert Mills, secretary.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P63: Proposal to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts that the Society of Artists dissolve and become stockholders in the Academy; minutes of the Academy, Feb. 12, 1820, conerning the proposal; and J. Binney's opinion read at a special meeting, May 15, 1820.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4236: Membership information including a members list, 1810, "Artist candidates to be elected Fellows of the Academy, 1810" and officers elected, 1819; and a clipping regarding society documents for sale.