Grace Schirmer letters
odd: label: Other Title
content: Frank W. Benson papers [microfilm title, reel 2786]
name: label: Creator
content: Schirmer, Grace
label: Names
content: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
label: Names
content: Tack, Augustus Vincent, 1870-1949
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Gertrude Helen Fay, Schirmer's daughter, 1974.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schirmer, Grace
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sitter for portrait by Augustus V. Tack; Brooklyn, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schigrac
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2786 and 3471 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with Augustus Tack and Frank W. Benson.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2786: Four letters to Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Schirmer; three from Benson regarding the portrait of their daughter, Gertrude Schirmer, painted by Benson in 1899; and one from Grace Schirmer to her husband Gustave.[microfilm title: Frank W. Benson]
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3471: Four letters: three from Schirmer to her sister, Evelyn Benedict, relating personal matters and thoughts about her portrait by Augustus Vincent Tack; and a fourth letter from Tack to Schirmer on her 80th birthday recalling the portrait and reminiscing about Schirmer's husband, Gustave.