Rebecca Beal papers
name: label: Creator
content: Beal, Rebecca J.
label: Names
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Names
content: Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 and 1988 by Rebecca J. Beal.
creator: label: Creator
content: Beal, Rebecca J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian, patron; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jacob Eichholtz was a 19th century painter. Beal is his great granddaughter. She wrote a book about him, JACOB EICHHOLTZ, 1776-1842: PORTRAIT PAINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, published in 1969.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.6 Linear Feet ((on 11 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bealrebe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1079 and 3668-3678 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material on Jacob Eichholtz; and letters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3668-3678: Beal's research papers for her book on her great grandfather, painter, Jacob Eichholtz. Arranged in subject files and include research notes; correspondence; printed material; typescripts of the text; and two exhibition catalogs. Also includes photographs and negatives of portraits and paintings by Eichholtz; and publications (including the one Beal wrote) on Pennsylvania art and artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1079: 34 letters from Charles Burchfield and 6 letters from Henry Varnum Poor to Beal.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Documents of Rebecca J. Beal are also located at LancasterHistory.