Hamilton Easter Field papers
name: label: Creator
content: Field, Hamilton Easter
label: Names
content: Bellows, George, 1882-1925
label: Names
content: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
label: Names
content: Daingerfield, Elliott, 1859-1932
label: Names
content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
label: Names
content: Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934
label: Donor
content: Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970
label: Names
content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
label: Names
content: Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1968 by Robert Laurent. When Field died in 1922 at the age of 49 he left his estate to Robert Laurent. Laurent formed the Hamilton Easter Field Foundation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Field, Hamilton Easter
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hamilton Easter Field (b. 1873 d. 1922) was an artist, critic, collector, and patron notable for his support of modern art. In 1911, Field founded the Summer School of Graphic Arts in Ogunquit, Maine. The Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection is in the Portland Museum of Art (Me.).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1913-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fielhami
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The papers are available on microfilm reel N68/2 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Robert Laurent after microfilming; current location unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 115 letters to Field from George Bellows, Bernard Berenson, Elliott Daingerfield, Arthur B. Davies, Roger Fry, John Marin, Joseph Pennell, Man Ray, John Sloan, Max Weber, J. Alden Weir, and others. Two highly detailed letters from Maurice Sterne in 1913 describe that artist's life in Bali. Also included are signatures of American artists from a guest book, and a 1966 catalog of the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives of American Art are the papers of Robert Laurent, containing material relating to Hamilton Easter Field and the Hamilton Easter Field Foundation.