Maxfield Parrish letters and scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
label: Names
content: E.P. Dutton (Firm)
label: Names
content: The Century Company
label: Names
content: Crowninshield, Frank, 1872-1947
label: Names
content: Drake, Alexander, 1843-1916
label: Names
content: Lanier, Henry Wysham, 1873-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Magazine illustration
label: Topic
content: Drawing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Letters on reel D9 donated by Charles Feinberg, 1955-1962. Letter on reel 3483 donated by Mrs. Thomas Coates, 1977. Letters on reel 4391 donated 1975 by Mrs. George Feeney. The donor of the scrapbook is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and illustrator; Cornish, New Hampshire. The son of painter Stephen Parrish, Maxfield attended Haverford College (1888-1891) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1892-1894). He also studied under Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute. Parrish had a studio in Philadelphia until 1898, when he moved to "The Oaks" in Cornish, New Hampshire, where he produced illustrations for magazines and books and later worked on landscape murals.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1912
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.parrmaxl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D9 (fr. 778-824), 3483 and 4391 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel D9: Three letters to Alexander Wilson Drake, 1906-1909; 33 to Francis Welch Crowninshield, 1910-1913, mostly regarding business affairs pertaining to his illustrations; and to E.P. Dutton Company. Also one letter from the Century Company to Parrish, January 27, 1913; clippings, and reproductions.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 4391: Four letters from Parrish to Mr. Coates discuss Parrish's work and Mr. Coates' purchase of CIRCE and his desire for a companion piece (1909-1912).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 3483: A letter to Lanier from Maxfield Parrish, regretting he will be unable to make a sketch for the "Juvenile Catalogue" since "your house is rushing me without mercy on the magazine 'Prospectus' and this and other work will keep me very busy..."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Not microfilmed: An undated scrapbook containing reproductions of Parrish's works of art, printed material, and a poster.