Oddie, Walter Mason, b. 1807 d. 1865

Educator, Landscape painter
New York, N.Y. (Show Bio)

Walter Mason Oddie papers, 1827-1905

18 items (on 2 microfilm reels)
Reel(s): 1365 and 4307

Diaries, a sketchbook, photographs and biographical documents.

Reel 1365: One sketchbook, Oddie family biographical documents, and photographs of Oddie, his paintings, and family members.

Reel 4307: Diaries (1828-1829) discuss Oddie's family, health and financial difficulties as well as his responses to art works by others, books he had read, and world affairs.

Location of Originals: Reel 1365: The originals were returned to the lender, Allen L. Oddie, after microfilming.
Reel 4307: Originals in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware.

The materials on Reel 1365 were lent by Allen L. Oddie. The diaries on Reel 4307 were microfilmed by the owner, the Winterthur Museum, which donated a copy to the Archives of American Art. The diaries were previously owned by Henry Meigs, Oddie's father-in-law.

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