Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Catlin, George, 1796-1872
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- George Catlin papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Extent
- 14 Folders (Boxes 5, 6, OV 7; Reel 5825)
- Date
- undated
- 1832-1904
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.catlgeor, Series 5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- George Catlin papers, undated. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- This series consists of exhibition announcements, certifications of authenticity for Catlin's portraits and other paintings, miscellaneous broadsides, announcements, clippings, petitions in support of the proposed purchase of the Indian Gallery by Congress, obituaries for George Catlin, reviews of the exhibitions, photogravures of Catlin, and a handwritten journal belonging to Catlin's son, Theodore, and other miscellaneous handwritten documents and printed matter. Additional items of interest include a sheet music cover print used to advertise a music and dance performance by North American Indians who accompanied Catlin as part of his Indian Gallery exhibition in Paris and a handpainted mineral chart of previously unknown clay specimens gathered by Catlin during his travels among Indians in Minnesota, later named "Catlinite" in his honor. Folder headings include all oversize material.
- Collection Restrictions
- A digitized version of the microfilm of this collection is available online via the Archives of American Art website.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511408075-1503511408096-3
