H. Lyman Sayen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sayen, H. Lyman (Henry Lyman), 1875-1918
label: Names
content: Sayen, Ann
label: Names
content: Sayen, Harvey Thomas
label: Names
content: Sayen, Jeanette Hope
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transfer from the National Museum of American Art, 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sayen, H. Lyman (Henry Lyman), 1875-1918
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter, illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sayeh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Much of the printed material and many of the letters are photocopies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Sayen; exhibition catalogs; printed material; annotated scrapbooks complied by Sayen's daughter, Ann, containing letters, photographs, clippings and material about Sayen's scientific achievements and his lunettes for the U.S. Capitol completed in 1905; a typescript of a talk, "The United States and Modern Art," given by Sayen at the Philadelphia Sketch Club; typescript of an unpublished autobiography, "Blossoms of Liberty," by Jeannette Hope Sayen, Sayen's wife; a diary kept by Harvey Thomas Sayen, Sayen's brother; and photographs of Sayen's paintings, pottery, and commercial illustrations.