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Artists -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Scribner's Sons Art Department Card File Collection

 Collection
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
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

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
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

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
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

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

 Collection
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
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

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
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

The Maxfield Parrish Museum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-MPMC
Abstract The Maxfield Parrish Museum Collection includes archival materials donated by the closed Maxfield Parrish Museum through its director and former art dealer, Alma Gilbert. The collection includes materials that relate to the home life and activities of Maxfield Parrish’s immediate family, such as photographs of the family and home, postcards, and children’s drawings. Materials pertaining to Parrish’s professional life include glass plate negatives and other photographs used as models for...
Dates: 1881 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1920
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

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