A Finding Aid to the Library of Congress Copyright Deposit collection Rachel Brooks and Christine Hennessey Funding from the Smithsonian Womens' Committee provided support for an initial inventory of the collection. 2015 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center PO Box 37012, MRC970 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 http://www.americanart.si.edu/research/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 3 Series 1: Photomechanical prints, circa 1890-1945................................................. 3 Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC Collection Overview Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center Title: Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works Identifier: SAAM.Photo.LOC Date: circa 1890-1945 Extent: 183.5 Cubic feet ((58 solander boxes)) Creator: Library of Congress Language: Labels on photo mounts are in English. Summary: The Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection is comprised of 2,335 photomechanical reproductions of works by 741 artists (mostly American). The large-format prints, deposited with the Library of Congress for copyright between 1890 and 1945, represent a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art. Administrative Information Acquisition Information Transfer from Library of Congress, Gift and Exchange Program, 1987. Provenance The collection was formed from submissions made to the Library of Congress for copyright purposes and originally consisted of 5,064 photomechanical prints of artworks by approximately 500 American and European artists. The prints were deposited with the Library of Congress Copyright Office between 1890 and 1945 and were later transferred to LC's Prints and Photographs Division. In 1987, through its Gift and Exchange Program, the Library of Congress transferred the images to the Photograph Archives of the National Museum of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum). Separated Materials In 2001, as part of a Smithsonian American Art Museum office relocation move, 2,729 prints by European artists were separated from the collection and transferred to the J. Paul Getty Museum's Photograph Archives. Processing Information In 1990, with the support of a Smithsonian Institution Womens' Committee grant, a basic inventory of the collection was made. The collection was processed and cataloged at the item level by Rachel Brooks, 2013-2015. The item records are online via the Smithsonian Page 1 of 52 Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC Information Research Information System database (SIRIS.si.edu). Digitization of the images began in 2015 and is ongoing. Preferred Citation Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Restrictions Researchers may use prints on file in the Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Advance appointments are required. Conditions Governing Use Copyright restrictions may apply. Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of 2,335 photomechanical prints documenting the works of American artists between 1890 and 1945. The collection documents drawings, graphic prints, paintings, and other works of art by late 19th and early 20th century American artists. Included in the collection are works by such notable artists as: Edwin Austin Abbey, Washington Alston, Cecilia Beaux, George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copely, John Steuart Curry, Thomas Eakins, Child Hassam, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Maxfield Parrish, Frederick Remington, John Singer Sargent, Dwight William Tryon, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, James A. McNeil Whistler, and Grant Wood. Studios and publishers represented include: Braun, Clements & Cie, Detroit Publishing Co.; and Evans & Cameron. Arrangement The collection is arranged alphabetically by artist, then title. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Art, American-Photomechanical reproductions Types of Materials: Photomechanical prints Page 2 of 52 Series 1: Photomechanical prints Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC Container Listing Series 1: Photomechanical prints, circa 1890-1945 55 Boxes 2,335 photomechanical reproductions of works by 741 artists (mostly American), representing a broad range of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American art. The images are predominantly black-and- white and are mounted on oversized boards of varying sizes. The images and/or mounts are captioned or labeled with artist name, title of art work, publisher, and copyright entry classification number and date. Box 1 Unidentified Artists 48 Items Box 2 Abberly, E. T. 1 Item Box 2 Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 37 Items Box 3 Ahl, Henry Hammond, 1869-1953 1 Item Box 3 Akin, Louis B., 1868-1913 2 Items Box 3 Albert, Ernest, 1857-1946 1 Item Box 3 Albon, C. F. 1 Item Box 3 Aldrich, George Ames, 1872-1941 2 Items Box 3 Alexander, John White, 1856-1915 56 Items Box 4 Allaben, Anne E. 9 Items Box 4 Allston, Washington, 1779-1843 1 Item Box 4 Amersley, Howard Page 3 of 52 Series 1: Photomechanical prints Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC 4 Items Box 4 Amik, Robert Wesley, b. 1879 1 Item Box 4 Anderson, Karl, 1874-1956 1 Item Box 4 Anthony, M. 1 Item Box 4 Armstrong, C. 1 Item Box 4 Wardle, Arthur 1 Item Box 4 Arthurs, Stanley Massey, 1877-1950 2 Items Box 4 Auer 1 Item Box 4 Auy, J. M. 1 Item Box 4 Aylward, William James, 1875-1956 4 Items Box 4 B. Jr. 1 Item Box 4 Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912 3 Items Box 4 Bacon, Irving R., 1875-1962 1 Item Box 4 Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987 1 Item Box 4 Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953 8 Items Box 5 Baker, Samuel Burtis, 1882-1967 Page 4 of 52 Series 1: Photomechanical prints Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC 1 Item Box 5 Baker, Ellen Kendall, 1839-1913 1 Item Box 5 Balcom, Lowell Leroy, 1887-1938 4 Items Box 5 Barker, G. H. 2 Items Box 5 Barse, George Randolph, 1861-1938 6 Items Box 5 Bartlett, Al. 1 Item Box 5 Bean, Caroline van H., 1879-1980 5 Items Box 5 Beard, James Henry, 1811-1893 1 Item Box 5 Beard, James Carter, 1837-1913 1 Item Box 5 Beard, William Holbrook, 1824-1900 3 Items Box 5 Beaux, Cecilia, 1866-1942 1 Item Box 5 Becker, Carl 1 Item Box 5 Becker, Charlotte (Mrs. Walter Cox), 1907-1984 3 Items Box 5 Beckwith, James Carroll, 1852-1917 4 Items Box 5 Beecy, G. 2 Items Box 5 Bell, Edward August, 1862-1953 Page 5 of 52 Series 1: Photomechanical prints Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC 1 Item Box 5 Bell, George C. 1 Item Box 5 Bellows, George Wesley, 1882-1925 2 Items Box 5 Bemish, R. Hills 1 Item Box 6 Bennett-Brown, Mae 6 Items Box 6 Benoon, M. 1 Item Box 6 Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951 10 Items Box 6 Benton, Thomas Hart 1889-1975 1 Item Box 6 Benziger, August, 1867-1955 1 Item Box 6 Bernard, Joseph, 1864-1933 11 Items Box 7 Berneker, Louis Frederick, 1876-1937 1 Item Box 7 Berte 2 Items Box 7 Beyer, George 2 Items Box 7 Bickenell, Frank Alfred, 1866-1943 2 Items Box 7 Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902 1 Item Box 7 Biorck, Oscar Page 6 of 52 Series 1: Photomechanical prints Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC 1 Item Box 7 Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851 1 Item Box 7 Birney, William Verplanck, 1858-1909 3 Items Box 7 Birren, Joseph P., 1865-1933 1 Item Box 7 Blackmore, J. Edward 1 Item Box 7 Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919 1 Item Box 7 Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936 13 Items Box 7 Blenner, Carle J., 1864-1952 4 Items Box 7 Blum, Robert, 1857-1903 6 Items Box 7 Bogert, George H., 1864-1944 1 Item Box 7 Boggs, Frank Myers, 1855-1926 2 Items Box 8 Bohm, Max, 1868-1923 1 Item Box 8 Bond, C. 1 Item Box 8 Boughton, George Henry, 1833-1905 2 Items Box 8 Bower, Alexander, 1875-1952 1 Item Box 8 Bowerly, A. Page 7 of 52 Series 1: Photomechanical prints Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works SAAM.Photo.LOC 1 Item Box 8 Brackett, Sidney Lawrence, 1852-1910 4 Items Box 8 Bradford, William, 1823-1892 2 Items Box 8 Braley, Clarence E., 1858-1925 3 Items Box 8 Brangwyn 2 Items Box 8 Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1943 1 Item Box 8 Braun, Clayton 4 Items Box 8 Brewer, Nicholas Richard, 1857-1949 3 Items Box 8 Brewster 4 Items Box 8 Brewster, R. 2 Items Box 8 Bricher,