William Ordway Partridge papers
name: label: Creator
content: Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930
label: Names
content: McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)
label: Names
content: McGuigan, Mary K.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Poets -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1965 by Mrs. Jacob B. Shohan, and in 2019 by Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr., art historians and collectors in Milford, Pennsylvania.
creator: label: Creator
content: Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930
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content: William Ordway Partridge papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor, author, and poet, William Ordway Partridge, who was active in New York City and Washington, D.C., measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1879-1920, and 1957. This small collection consists primarily of letters to Partridge from artists, political figures, art historians, and authors; drafts and typescripts of Partridge's poems; and two clippings about Partridge's sculpture.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Parisian-born sculptor, author, and poet, William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930) was known for his sculptures of famous writers, artists, political figures, and poets. 


Partridge attended Adelphi Academy and Columbia College in New York and then traveled abroad to study in Florence, Rome, and Paris. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in his early twenties before returning to New York to focus on sculpture, lecturing, poetry reading, and writing and publishing his own poetry and articles on art. In addition to busts of writers and artists and many distinguished New York figures,  he executed a large bronze of Alexander Hamilton in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879-1920
label: Date
content: 1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.partwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of the collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The 1965 and 2019 accessions of the William Ordway Partridge papers were merged in 2019, and the collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley. The collection was digitized in 2019 with funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2019 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor, author, and poet, William Ordway Partridge, who was active in New York City and Washington, D.C., measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1879-1920, and 1957. This small collection consists primarily of letters to Partridge from artists, political figures, art historians, and authors; drafts and typescripts of Partridge's poems; and two clippings about Partridge's sculpture.