James D. Gill letters from artists
name: label: Creator
content: Gill, James Dwyer, 1849-1937
label: Names
content: Bricher, Alfred Thompson, 1837-1908
label: Names
content: Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889
label: Names
content: Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946
label: Names
content: De Haas, Mauritz Frederik Hendrik, 1832-1895
label: Names
content: Freer, Frederick W. (Frederick Warren), 1849-1908
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Letters on Reel 2813 were purchased by the Archives of American Art in 1967. Letters on Reel D8-D10 were donated by Charles Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gill, James Dwyer, 1849-1937
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content: James D. Gill letters from artists
abstract: label: Summary
content: The James G. Gill letters from artists date from 1884-1885 and circa 1890, and measure 0.01 linear feet. The letters primarily concern a fire in Gill's gallery; the receipt of checks; the sale of art works; and the return of unsold pieces.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Springfield, Massachusetts, art dealer and collector James Dwyer Gill (1849-1937), was one of the first dealers to specialize in American art. He sold paintings, engravings and photographs.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884-1885
label: Date
content: circa 1890
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gilljame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the letters are arranged as one series in chronological order.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The letters were microfilmed after receipt on reels D8 (frames 366, 370), D9 (frames 640-41), D10 (frames 1249, 1395-1396, 1525, and 1553) and 2813. The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley in 2023 and was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2024 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The James G. Gill letters from artists date from 1884-1885 and circa 1890, and measure 0.01 linear feet. The letters primarily concern a fire in Gill's gallery; the receipt of checks; the sale of art works; and the return of unsold pieces. Artists represented with letters in the collection are: Alfred Bricher, John Bunyan Bristol, George Elmer Browne, George Loring Brown, Harry Chase, M. F. H. de Haas, H. A. Ferguson, Frederick W. Freer, Edward Gay, Charles X. Harris, E. Ritchie Harrison , William Hart, Jonathan Scott Hartley, Edward L. Henry, Edward C. Leavitt, W. Ferdinand Macy, W. S. (William Starbuck) Macy, George Herbert McCord, Frank Knox Morton Rehn, William Trost Richards, Walter Satterlee, F. Schuchardt, Aaron Draper Shattuck, George H. Smillie, William Lewis Sonntag and, George Henry Story.