James Edward Kelly papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933
label: Names
content: Harper's Magazine Foundation
label: Names
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Scribner's magazine
label: Names
content: Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
label: Names
content: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
label: Names
content: Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
label: Names
content: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
label: Names
content: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
label: Names
content: Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917
label: Names
content: Ryder, George Hope
label: Names
content: Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
label: Names
content: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
label: Names
content: Worden, John Lorimer, 1818-1897
place: label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Mary C. Liberatore, is the niece of Leonard Clayton, who established a gallery in New York City in the 1920s. This collection was possibly organized by George Hope Ryder, Kelly's patron, acquired by the Gallery and then donated to the Archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, illustrator and painter; New York City. Kelly's primary work were Civil War monuments.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kelljame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm rolls 1876-1877 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Index to memoirs available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Business correspondence; correspondence between Robert Bruce and George Hope Ryder (Kelly's patron) concerning Ryder's collection of sculpture by Kelly; a bound typescript of Kelly's memoirs with descriptions of New York City from the Civil War period to the 1930s and impressions of HARPER'S and SCRIBNER'S magazines, the National Academy of Design, Theodore Dreiser, Thomas A. Edison, Winslow Homer. Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allen Poe, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Napoleon Sarony, Oscar Wilde, Admiral John L. Worden and others; and photos and reproductions of works of art. Also found are an inventory of George H. Ryder's art and furniture collection; and lists of pictures and bronzes of Ryder.