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The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Washington, D.C. 20013 [email protected] https://www.freersackler.si.edu/research/archives/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Local Numbers................................................................................................................. 2 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 1 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 1 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 3 Series FSA A2009.06 3: Correspondence to and from Brumbaugh, Thomas B, 1941-1970................................................................................................................. 3 Series FSA A2009.06 4: Correspondence, Andrews, Ambrose - Harding, Chester, 1779-1981................................................................................................................. 5 Series FSA A2009.06 5: Correspondence, Harrington - Moser, 1848-1924............ 8 Series FSA A2009.06 6: Correspondence, Palmer, Erastus - Widener, P.A.B, 1818-1847............................................................................................................... 10 Series FSA A2009.06 1: Correspondence, Abbott H. Thayer to the Beaches, Dewing, Endicott, the Kings, 1891-1915................................................................ 12 Series FSA A2009.06 2: Correspondence, Abbott H. Thayer to Clara A. May, 1890-1899............................................................................................................... 14 Series FSA A2009.06 7: Correspondence, US Capitol, 1837-1853....................... 16 Series FSA A2009.06 8: Photographs, undated.................................................... 17 Series FSA A2009.06 9: Stamps, undated............................................................ 18 The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters FSA.A2009.06 Collection Overview Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Title: The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters Identifier: FSA.A2009.06 Date: 1831-1979 Creator: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921- Extent: 73 Items (Letters; written in ink, ball point, graphite, typewriter) 26 Items (Stamps) 3 Items (Photographs) Language: English . Digital Image(s): The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters Content: Administrative Information Provenance Gift of Susan A. Hobbs, 2009. Other Archival Materials Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994 (bulk 1960s-1994); Also located at Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions Collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository. Biographical / Historical Beginning in his youth Thomas Brumbaugh collected autographed correspondence. Mr. Brumbaugh's collecting instincts resulted in a unique collaborative collection providing a glimpse into the lives of a variety of 19th and 20th century American artists, such as Abbott Thayer. Brumbaugh was a professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and author of many articles on American art and artists. Scope and Contents This collection is an amalgamation 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 Page 1 of 18 The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters FSA.A2009.06 correspondents from his circle of family, friends and art world figures such as Maria Oakey Dewing and Samuel Coleman. Arrangement Organized alphabetically by author. Local Numbers FSA A2009.06 Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Art, American Types of Materials: Correspondence -- 19th century Correspondence -- 20th century Names: Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956 Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941 Cloar, Carroll Dewing, M. O. (Maria Oakey), 1855-1927 Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966 Harding, Chester, 1792-1866 Healey, George. Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906 Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003 Moser, James Henry, 1854-1913 Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904 Reid, Robert, 1862-1929 Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964 Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871 Soyer, Isaac, 1902-1981 Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962 Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921 Weber, Max, 1881-1961 Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 Places: USA -- Tennessee -- Nashville Page 2 of 18 Series FSA A2009.06 3: Correspondence to and from The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters Brumbaugh, Thomas B FSA.A2009.06 Container Listing Series FSA A2009.06 3: Correspondence to and from Brumbaugh, Thomas B, 1941-1970 10 Items (Letters; written in ink, ball point, graphite, typewritter) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Creator: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921- Gibbs, Wolcott, 1902-1958 Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966 Hardin, Louis Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003 Rosin, Harry Soyer, Isaac, 1902-1981 Language: English. Local FSA A2009.06 3 Numbers: Arrangement: Organized chronologically. Scope and This collection is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in Contents: 19th and 20th century American art. Included in this folder are letters between the collector, Thomas Brumbaugh, and various artists, including American playwright and writer Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, mural artist Barry Faulkner, and Louis Hardin. Other Archival Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, Materials: 1876-1994 (bulk 1960s-1994); Also located at Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Biographical / Beginning in his youth Thomas Brumbaugh collected autographed correspondence. Mr. Historical: Brumbaugh's collecting instincts resulted in a unique collaborative collection providing a glimpse into the lives of a variety of 19th and 20th century American artists, such as Abbott Thayer. Brumbaugh was a professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and author of many articles on American art and artists. Oliver Wolcott Gibbs was an American playwright and writer who lived in New York City. He wrote for The New Yorker and worked as a humorist and theatre critic. Gibbs was a direct descendent of President Martin Van Buren. Page 3 of 18 Series FSA A2009.06 3: Correspondence to and from The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters Brumbaugh, Thomas B FSA.A2009.06 Barry Faulkner was an American artist who studied with Abbott H. Thayer, George de Forest Brush, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Along with sculptor Sherry Edmundson Fry, Faulkner organized artists to train as camouflage specialists. Faulkner was born in New Hampshire, traveled to Europe as he studied art, and then returned to New York, where he began work as a mural artist. He completed "The Constitution" and "The Declaration" in 1936 for the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives. Isaac Soyer was a social realist painter from New York City who used working-class and unemployed people as the subjects in his paintings. He also painted portraits for friends, and used his friends and family as models for his work. Louis Hardin, commonly known as "Moondog," was a blind American composer and poet who lived on the streets of New York for a large portion of his life. He wore clothes inspired by the Norse god Thor, giving him the epithet, "The Viking of 6th Avenue." Moondog was influenced by ambient noises in his environment, and Native American music. Henry Rox was a German artist who studied in Berlin and Paris before settling in the United States in 1938, where he taught at many universities, including Mount Holyoke College. He is known for fruit and vegetable photo-sculptures. Ibram Lassaw was an American sculptor in the 20th century. Born in Egypt to Russian parents, Lassaw grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was influenced by Alexander Calder and Wassily Kandinsky. Lassaw created open-space sculptural abstractions with metal, and helped abstract art grow in the United States. Harry Rosin was an American sculptor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working around the area following his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, he traveled to Tahiti, where he married his wife. He is known for his iron sculptures. Names: Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921 Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852 White, Nelson C. Rox, Henry Barnes Foundation Topic: Art, American Busts Runes Genre/Form: Correspondence -- 19th century Correspondence -- 20th century Return to Table of Contents Page 4 of 18 Series FSA A2009.06 4: Correspondence, Andrews, Ambrose - The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters Harding, Chester FSA.A2009.06