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B. Stafford Good 1893-1969 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-BSG
Abstract

This collection contains materials on B. Stafford Good’s career as an illustrator, such as: clippings, scrapbooks, print proofs, photographs, original sketches, and a manuscript that records an outline of the illustrations planned for “Adventures of Karki”, based on Good’s own experience during World War I.

Dates: 1907 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

Carolyn Wyeth 1909-1994 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-CW
Abstract The collection documents the life, artistic career, and personal experiences of Carolyn Wyeth (1909-1994), an artist and member of the renowned Wyeth family. The materials span a range of formats, including newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogues, personal correspondence, photographs, and artwork, providing rich insight into both her public achievements and private life. Central to the collection are articles and records of Carolyn’s exhibitions, her teaching career, and her contributions...
Dates: 1911 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980

Charles Scribner's Sons Art Department Card File Collection

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Identifier: BMA-CSS
Scope and Contents The card file contains approximately 22,000 3 x 5 and 4 x 6 index cards documenting Charles Scribner’s Sons transactions with artists and artworks used in their many publications. The artworks included range from reproductions of external works to photographs of portraits to original book jackets and illustrations commissioned by Scribner’s Sons. The cards include a range of information; some include only the names of artists and artworks, while others include the corresponding publications,...
Dates: 1884 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930

Christian C. Sanderson Museum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-CCSM
Abstract

The Christian C. Sanderson Museum Collection consists of publications, ephemera, and memorabilia generated by the Sanderson Museum from its founding in 1971 to the 2010s. The collection consists of newspaper clippings relating to both the Sanderson Museum and Christian Sanderson, memorabilia, and publications from Sanderson’s lifetime.

Dates: 1950 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010

Franz de Merlier 1878-1974 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-FDM
Abstract The Franz de Merlier Collection was given to the Museum by the artist’s son, Edouard de Merlier in 1972. The collection includes a significant number of scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings and photographs of de Merlier’s murals and paintings compiled by his son Edouard; slides, photographs, and catalogs; a cassette tape of an oral interview from 1962; and two binders of autobiographical, handwritten notes by Franz de Merlier, arranged by his son Edouard in 1972. The collection largely...
Dates: 1898 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1952

Henry C. Pitz 1895-1976 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-HCP
Abstract

The Henry C. Pitz Collection includes manuscripts, research, and reference materials pertaining to two publications written by Henry Pitz on Howard Pyle: The Brandywine Tradition (1969) and Howard Pyle: Writer, Illustrator, Founder of the Brandywine School (1975).

Dates: 1969 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975

Joseph Boggs Beale 1841-1926 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-JBB
Abstract

This collection includes a variety of magic-lantern materials donated by Terry and Deborah Borton from their personal magic-lantern collection. Materials include glass slides, advertisements, stamps, articles, exhibition catalogs and other Song of the Brook memorabilia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950; 1865 - 2013

Nancy Ekholm Burkert 1933- Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-NEB
Abstract

The collection was donated in 1997 by artist Nancy Ekholm Burkert (b. 1933). It contains her research notes, original sketches, and reference materials from trips to Europe used in preparation for her illustrated version of the Brothers Grimm tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in New York, 1972.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1971; 1965 - 1972

N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945 Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth 1921-2020

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Identifier: BMA-NCWC
Abstract The N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth details the life of this American artist and illustrator, through letters and photographs collected and curated by his daughter-in-law, Betsy James Wyeth (referred to as “BJW” in this finding aid). The collection contains manuscript correspondence (personal and business), both to and from N.C. Wyeth (referred to as “NCW”), with a majority of the personal letters written to his mother, Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth (1858-1925)....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1882 - 1945; 1867 - 2021

Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-PPD
Abstract

The Paul Preston Davis Collection contains secondary and tertiary research materials that cover four artistic subjects local to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware regions: Alexander Charles Stuart, Henry Louis Stephens, Howard Pyle, and John Sloan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 2000; 1820 - 2021

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Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 4
Dunn, Harvey, 1884-1952 3
Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009 3
Wyeth, N.C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945 3
Arthurs, Stanley Massey, 1877-1950 2
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Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947 2
Charles Scribner & Company 2
Charles Scribner’s Sons 2
Collier's (Magazine) 2
Hurd, Henriette Wyeth, 1907-1997 2
Masters, F. B. (Frank B.), 1873-1955 2
Oakley, Thornton, 1881-1952 2
P.F. Collier, Inc. 2
Peck, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1880-1964 2
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2
Sanderson, Christian C. (Christian Carmack), 1882-1966 2
Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 2
True, Allen Tupper, 1881-1955 2
Wyeth, Betsy James, 1921-2020 2
Wyeth, Carolyn Bockius, 1886-1973 2
Wyeth, Carolyn, 1909-1994 2
A.C. McClurg & Co. 1
Barker, Amelia Annie Wyeth, 1846-1903 1
Barker, Annie Louise, 1881-1980 1
Bassett, Ruth 1
Bates, Bertha Corson Day, 1875-1968 1
Beale, Joseph Boggs, 1841-1926 1
Becker, Arthur 1
Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bockius, Annie Brenneman, 1859-1953 1
Bockius, George, 1853-1917 1
Bockius, Hildegarde, 1894-1984 1
Bockius, Jr., George, 1883-1958 1
Bockius, Peter Logan, 1888-1969 1
Bockius, Richard Ellis Cockran, 1893-1949 1
Bockius, Robert Wurts, 1898-1983 1
Borton, Deborah 1
Borton, Terry 1
Brandywine Baptist Church 1
Brett, Harold, 1880-1955 1
Broadmoor. Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1
Browne, F.G. 1
Burkert, Claire 1
Burkert, Nancy Ekholm, 1933- 1
C.W. Briggs Company (1850-1930) 1
Canadian Pacific Railway Company 1
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 1
Chambers, Jay, 1877-1929 1
Chapin, Joseph Hawley, 1869-1939 1
Chase, Sidney Marsh 1
Christian C. Sanderson Museum 1
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 1
Colflesh, Julie, 1997 (active) 1
Curtis Publishing Company 1
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933 1
Davis, Paul Preston, 1931-2021 1
Delaware Art Center 1
Delaware Art Museum 1
Delle Donne, Frank, 1919-2007 1
Duer, Douglas 1
Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950 1
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green 1
Eric Pape school of art, Boston 1
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1
Files, Ester (Bockius), 1896-1992 1
First Unitarian Church in Wilmington, Delaware 1
Fisher, Harrison, 1875-1934 1
Foster, William Harnden, 1886-1941 1
Francis-Tolland, F.J. 1
Frank Leslie's Publishing House 1
Gause,, J.T., 1887 (active) 1
Gilbert-Smith, Alma 1
Glancy, Mary 1
Good, Bernard Stafford, 1893-1969 1
Good, Jeanne 1
Goodwin, Philip R. 1
Gregg, Paula E. 1
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 1
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 1
Guss, Elizabeth Jeffreys 1
Harding, Charlotte, 1873-1951 1
Harding, George Matthews, 1882-1959 1
Hardy, Thornton S. 1
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company of Wilmington, Delaware 1
Hassrick, Peter H. 1
Henook-Makhewe-Kelenaka 1
Holzer, Albert, 1883-1967 1
Holzer, Emily, 1885-1964 1
Holzer, Grith 1
Holzer, Henry Ulrich, 1872-1963 1
Holzer, Marguerite, 1881- 1
Hoskins, Gayle (Gayle Porter), 1887-1962 1
Hurd, Peter, 1904-1984 1
Ivory, Percy Van Eman, 1883-1960 1
Jameson, Arthur (Arthur Edward), 1872-1957 1
Jeffreys, Anna 1
Kneeland, Leander 1
Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef), 1878-1938 1
Kohlberg, Erich 1
Kohlberg, Paula 1
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