Emily and Jean Paul Selinger papers
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Object Details
- Creator
- Selinger, Emily, 1848-1927
- Selinger, Jean Paul, 1850-1909
- Occupation
- Painters -- New Hampshire
- Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Authors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Authors -- New Hampshire
- Landscape painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Landscape painters -- New Hampshire
- Topic
- Women artists
- Women painters
- Provenance
- A portion of the papers was donated in 1982 by Charles and Gloria Vogel when acquired through research on White Mountain artists. Additional material was donated in 1982 by Marion C. Keaney, through her grandparents, the D. H. Remingtons, who were neighbors of Emily Selinger's mother, Mrs. McGary.
- Creator
- Selinger, Emily, 1848-1927
- Selinger, Jean Paul, 1850-1909
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- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
- Summary
- The papers of painters Emily and Jean Paul Selinger measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1882 to 1918. The collection provides scattered documentation of the lives and work of the Selingers through biographical materials, family correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
- Biographical / Historical
- Emily Harris Mcgary Selinger (1848-1927) was a painter, author, and poet in Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Emily was originally from Wilmington, North Carolina, and was instrumental in establishing the Normal Art School in Louisville, Kentucky. She was known for her still-life and floral paintings. Emily's husband, Jean Paul Selinger (1850-1909), was a landscape and portrait painter in Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He opened a summer studio in Glen House, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the mid-1880s.
- Function
- Artists' studios -- Massachusetts
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet
- Date
- 1882-1918
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.seliemil
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Citation
- Emily and Jean Paul Selinger papers, 1882-1918. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
- Processing Information
- Portions of the collection were arranged and microfilmed upon receipt on reels 3768 and 3814. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
- 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.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 3768 and 3814 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Scope and Contents
- The papers of painters Emily and Jean Paul Selinger measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1882 to 1918. The collection provides scattered documentation of the lives and work of the Selingers through biographical materials, family correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
- Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596315661357-1596315661361-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0