The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
name: label: Creator
content: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
label: Names
content: Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956
label: Names
content: Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941
label: Names
content: Cloar, Carroll
label: Names
content: Dewing, M. O. (Maria Oakey), 1855-1927
label: Names
content: Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966
label: Names
content: Harding, Chester, 1792-1866
label: Names
content: Healey, George.
label: Names
content: Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
label: Names
content: Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003
label: Names
content: Moser, James Henry, 1854-1913
label: Names
content: Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904
label: Names
content: Reid, Robert, 1862-1929
label: Names
content: Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964
label: Names
content: Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871
label: Names
content: Soyer, Isaac, 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
label: Names
content: Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
place: label: Place
content: USA -- Tennessee -- Nashville
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
creator: label: Creator
content: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
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content: The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Beginning in his youth, Thomas Brumbaugh collected autographed correspondence. His collecting resulted in a collection providing a glimpse into the lives of a variety of 19th and 20th century American artists, such as Abbott Handerson Thayer. Brumbaugh was a professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and author of many articles on American art and artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1779-1981
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Susan A. Hobbs, 2009.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2009.06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized alphabetically by author, thereafter by format.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A collection of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American Art. Included in the collection is a significant portion of letters from Abbott Thayer to correspondents from his circle of family, friends and art world figures, such as Maria Oakey Dewing and Samuel Coleman.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.