Thomas Crawford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Crawford, Thomas, 1813 or 14-1857
label: Names
content: Gale, Robert L., 1919-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Italy
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Italy
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D181 was donated 1964 by Crawford's heir, Countess Eleanor Marion - Crawford Rocca through Dr. Robert L. Gale. The typescripts were also received 1964, but later microfilmed on reel 3023 and returned to Gale, Crawford's biographer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Crawford, Thomas, 1813 or 14-1857
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Rome, Italy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1845-1857
label: Date
content: bulk 1852-1857 dates
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crawthom
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D181 and 3023 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 3023: Originals returned to Dr. Robert L. Gale after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1845-1856; and typescripts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D181: Letters from Crawford to his wife, Louisa Cutler Ward Crawford. More than half of the letters were written in Europe, particulary from Rome, where the Crawfords lived, and include much material about Crawford's activities and about the American colony of artists in Italy in the 1850's.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3023: Typescripts of the letters and a 20 page index to names and places mentioned in the typescripts. The typescripts and index were prepared under the direction of Dr. Robert L. Gale, author of THOMAS CRAWFORD, AMERICAN SCULPTOR (1964).