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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 3263 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Soup Watts to Captain John Kogan, April 14, 1845

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: 3826.1283
Description

Letter from Soup Watts in Vian, Cherokee Nation, to Captain John Kogan in Fort Smith, Arkansas, listing the heads of families not included in a former schedule. They also agree to establish a depot on "Sallisaw at Richard Benge's, directly on the Whiskey Road." Folder 30

Dates: April 14, 1845

Letter from The Saturday Evening Post’s Editor in Chief George H. Lorimer to Thomas Moran regarding a purchased painting, April 21, 1919

 Item — Folder 110: [Barcode: 150.110]
Identifier: 3827.815
Description Folder 110 Curatorial Remarks The letter is in reference to Moran's 1892 oil painting of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, currently in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The painting was donated to the museum by Graeme Lorimor, the son of George H. Lorimor. The painting was the source for Gustave H. Buek's chromolithograph The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, 16.221c. See Wilkins, Thurman. Thomas Moran: Artist of the Mountains....
Dates: April 21, 1919

Letter from Thomas Moran to G. H. Buek regarding the price of a painting, September 14, 1909

 Item — Folder 104: [Barcode: 150.104]
Identifier: 3827.811
Description Folder 104 Curatorial Remarks This letter concerns the monetary value of a painting by J. M. W. Turner owned by Thomas Moran. The painting was the basic for Moran's etching Conwy Castle after Turner {Gilcrease 14.391a}. See Morand, Anne and Nancy Friese, T. Victoria Hansen, Linda C. Hults. The Prints of Thomas Moran in the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American HIstory and Art. Edited by Linda C. Hults, assisted by Nancy C. Hermann. Tulsa,...
Dates: September 14, 1909

Letter from Thomas Moran to the National Gallery of Art’s Curator William H. Holmes regarding the National Parks exhibition, 1916

 Item — Folder 107: [Barcode: 150.107]
Identifier: 3827.814
Description Folder 107 Curatorial Remarks The exhibition mentioned took place from January 2 - March 9, 1917 at the National Gallery in Washington, D. C. The two paintings lent by Moran were Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain Solitude. No further information as to date of the works or dimensions given. See Anderson, Nancy K. with contributions by Thomas P. Bruhn, Joni Louise Kinsey, and Anne Morand. Thomas Moran. Washington, D.C.:...
Dates: 1916

Letter from W. H. Porter to Friend Eno, November 4, 1860

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: 3826.1286
Description

Letter from W. H. Porter in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Friend Eno. He states that George Johnson killed Old Wiley, an enslaved man belonging to Judge Wheeler, and that a five hundred dollar reward is being offered. Porter also warns Eno not to let another enslaved person named Arch Stand escape. Folder 37

Dates: November 4, 1860

Letter from Waddie Hudson to G.W. Benge, January 3, 1896

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 55
Identifier: 3826.1293
Description

Handwritten letter from Waddie Hudson in Tahlequah to G.W. Benge in Washington, D.C. requesting news about the Committees on Indian Affairs and treatment of delegates. Written on three pages labeled The Arrow Printing Co., which is managed by Hudson. Folder 55

Dates: January 3, 1896

Letter from Will Crawford to Homer E. Britzman, June 9, 1941

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.4490
Description

From Will Crawford, June 9, 1941, a very amiable letter concerning "Charlie's old screen", made in 1904; several artists apparently contributed to this screen for Charles M. Russell, including Russell himself; gives information on a few other artists, hopes the letters answers any of Britzman's questions regarding the screen.

Dates: June 9, 1941