Louis M. Eilshemius Letters and Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
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content: Louis M. Eilshemius letters and photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet (Folders 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1892-circa 1931
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.eilsloui, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: In addition to a studio portrait of Eilshemius and a photograph of his studio, the series contains typescripts of the following: two letters from Eilshemius to his mother describing his feelings about creating art work; one letter in the form of a birthday poem written in Malaga, Spain, in 1892 to his brother, Gustave; and a diary entry, dated August 2, 1931, in which Eilshemius comments that "The one who understood my paintings is...Henry McBride."