West Chester, Pa.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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 - 2016