Catlin family papers
name: label: Creator
content: Catlin family Hamilton, N. Y.
label: Names
content: Hartshorn family
label: Names
content: Raymond family
label: Names
content: Catlin, George, 1796-1872
label: Names
content: Catlin, John, 1812-1834
label: Names
content: Catlin, Julius C.
label: Names
content: Catlin, Putnam, 1764-1842
label: Names
content: Hartshorn, Horace P., 1823-1902
label: Names
content: Hartshorn, Mary Catlin, 1802-1848
label: Names
content: Hartshorn, Thomas C. (Thomas Coles), 1800-1854
label: Names
content: Payne, Edward
label: Names
content: Pettengill, Celina Raymond, 1819-1892
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by David Morse, 1984. Morse purchased the papers from Thomas Lenz. Material on reel 2707 had been previously lent by Lenz for microfilming in 1982.
creator: label: Creator
content: Catlin family Hamilton, N. Y.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Family of artists. Putnam Catlin and Polly Sutton Catlin had 14 children, one of whom was George Catlin, noted for his paintings of American West and Indian portraits.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1807]-1973
label: Date
content: bulk [ca. 1807-1900]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.catlfami
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2707, 3023 and 3024 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory and family genealogy available at all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Family memorabilia, printed material, genealogical information, correspondence, writings, and notebooks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3023-3024: Five notebooks kept by Horace P. Hartshorn, nephew of George Catlin, containing family histories, and genealogical information on Catlin and Raymond families; a handwritten copy of a letter to Edward Payne from Putnam Catlin, July 20, 1810; family letters; ten deeds for property conveyed to Asa Hartshorn, Horace P. Hartshorn, and Thomas C. Hartshorn, 1832-1899; a warrant for bounty land assigned to Horace P. Hartshorn, 1857; photographs, including studio cards, tintypes, cartes-de-visite, a daguerrotype of Mary Catlin Hartshorn (unfilmed), and a portrait album containing 24 photographs of Catlin family members; and newspaper clippings of obituaries and wedding announcements.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2707: A notebook of Horace P. Hartshorn containing family obituaries, clippings on George Catlin and his works of art, and transcriptions of funeral sermons for various family members, 1848; an album, 1832, of brothers, John and George Catlin, containing engravings, unpublished writings by family members and friends, and eulogies of John and Julius Catlin; the last will and testament of Putnam Catlin, 1841; and miscellaneous materials, including a writing desk.