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    About the Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers

    A Finding Aid to the Sylvester Rosa Koehler Papers, 1833-1904 (bulk 1870-1890), in the Archives of American Art, by Erin Corley (Download PDF Version, 101 KB [Download PDF Version])


    Biographical Information | Description of the Collection | How to Use the Collection | Series Descriptions

    Biographical Information

    Art historian and curator Sylvester Rosa Koehler was born in Leipsic, Germany in 1837. He came to the United States with his family in 1849 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1868 he became the Technical Manager of Louis Prang and Company, a lithograph publisher. Koehler was the founding editor of the American Art Review, which commissioned artists for original etchings, and ran from 1879-1881. Through this publication, as well as his work as writer and exhibition curator, Koehler encouraged an American etching revival in the 1880s. Koehler also published many books on American art and was the first Curator of Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. From 1886 to 1900 he served as the first Curator of Graphic Arts at the United States National Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution. While there, he created a permanent and traveling exhibition of graphic arts. His knowlege of the art world and his extensive personal contacts brought many important collections to the museum. Koehler died in Littleton, New Hampshire in 1900.

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    Description of the Collection

    Overview - Scope and Contents [+]

    The Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1833 to 1904, with the bulk of the material dating from 1870 to 1890. The collection consists primarily of Koehler's extensive correspondence to and from many notable artists and printmakers such as Jean F. Harfin, John M. Falconer, Frederick Juengling, and James D. Smillie, as well as friends, and family members and professional correspondence concerning Koehler's activities as a writer, curator, and editor of the American Art Review. The collection also contains financial records and other miscellaneous items. READ MORE

    Arrangement and Series Description

    The collection is arranged into 3 series:

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    Subjects

    This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following index terms. People, families and organizations are listed under "Subjects" when they are the topic of collection contents and under "Names" when they are creators or contributors.

    Provenance

    The collection was purchased from Argosy Book Stores, Inc, in 1959. A letter from John Sartain and eleven letters from William Merritt Chase were donated by Charles E. Feinberg, 1955-1962. The Archives microfilmed the entire collection on reels D182-191, 3533-3534, and D30.

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    How the Collection was Processed

    The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Erin Corley in 2005 as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Digitization Project.

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    How to Use the Collection

    Restrictions on Use

    The Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

    The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.

    Available Formats

    The microfilm is available on microfilm reels D182-191, 3533-3534, and D30. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in this finding aid does not reflect the order of the material on microfilm.

    Related Collections

    Additional correspondence can be found at the Library of Congress, which houses the Papers of S. R. Koehler, 1868-1904, and includes approximately 3,500 letters. Syracuse University Library houses S. R. Koehler Correspondence, 1879-1896, and includes 107 items.

    How to Cite this Collection

    Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, 1833-1904 (bulk 1870-1890). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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    Series Descriptions

    Series 1: Correspondence, 1833-1904, undated (Box 1-5; 5.0 linear feet)

    Koehler's correspondence is extensive and contains letters to and from over 300 different correspondents. For his career as curator and art critic, Koehler maintained correspondence with many American painters, including Jean F. Harfin, Edwin Howland Blashfield, Emil Carlsen, William Merritt Chase, John Robinson Tait, Samuel Colman, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Anna Lea Merritt, and Walter Shirlaw. Also found in this series is correspondence with American engravers and illustrators, many featured in American Art Review, including John Sartain, Stephen James Ferris, William Baxter Closson, Henry Farrer, R. Swain Gifford, John M. Falconer, Frederick Juengling, Robert Hoskin, Gustav Kruell, Stephen A. Schoff, J. C. Nicoll, James D. Smillie, William Wellstood, Charles A. Platt, Peter Moran, and Stephen Parrish. Koehler also corresponded with many architects, engineers, and designers, including George Corliss, William Rotch Ware, P. B. Wight, Henry Van Brunt, Russell Sturgis, Julius Schweinfurth, and Arthur Rotch. READ MORE

    Box Folder
    1 1 Adams, Charlotte, 1880-1881
    1 2 Allen, Frederick H., 1880
    1 3-4 Amoore, H. E., 1879-1881 (2 folders)
    1 5 Andrew, George T., 1880-1886
    1 6 Andrews, Robert D., 1879
    1 7 Angell, Henry C., 1880-1881
    1 8-13 Assing, Ottilie, 1867-1884, undated, (6 folders)
    1 14 Attwood, Gilbert, 1875-1879
    1 15 A, Miscellaneous: A-Al, 1873-1887
    • Adams Express Company
    • Adler, Felix
    • Adsit, Mrs. C. D.
    • Allen, J. A.
    • Allen, O. H.
    • Allen, Walter

    1 16 A, Miscellaneous: Am, 1875-1889
    • Amand-Durand
    • American Architect and Building News
    • American Art Association
    • American Bank Note Company
    • American Numismatic and Archeological Society
    • American Photo-Engraving Company
    • American Polytechnic Company
    • American Tract Society

    1 17 A, Miscellaneous: An-Ap, 1879-1889
    • Anderson, A. A.
    • Anderson, Dr. William
    • John Andrew & Son Co.
    • Andrews, Ellen
    • Andrews, Frances
    • Anthony, A. V. S.
    • E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.
    • Appleton, T. G.
    • D. Appleton & Co.

    1 18 A, Miscellaneous: Ar-Av, 1875-1889
    • Ardrey, James G.
    • Armstrong & Company
    • Art Interchange
    • Astor, Mrs. [William]
    • Atkinson, Edward
    • Avery, Sam. P.

    1 19 Bacher, Otto H., 1880-1884
    1 20 Baker, W. S., 1873-1882
    1 21 Bartle, George P., 1885-1886
    1 22 Bartlett, Francis, 1881, 1886
    1 23-24 Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1880-1887 (2 folders)
    1 25 Beckwith, J. Carroll, 1881, 1883
    1 26 Bellows, A. F., 1879-1880
    1 27-30 Benjamin, Samuel G. W., 1879-1881 (4 folders)
    1 31-32 Bezold, Welhelm von, 1875-1877 (2 folders)
    1 33 Bishop, W. H., 1879-1880
    1 34 Blake, W. P., 1880-1881
    1 35 Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1880-1885
    1 36 Brennan, A., 1879-1880
    1 37 Bridgman, F. A., 1880-1886
    1 38 Brown, George L., 1879-1885
    1 39 Brown, H. Louisa, 1887-1889
    1 40 Bunner, Andrew F., 1880-1881
    1 41 B, Miscellaneous: Ba, 1836, 1870-1895
    • Baba, Tatui
    • Bacon, Edwin M.
    • Baer, William J.
    • Bagley, George B.
    • Balch, F. A.
    • Baldwin, Caleb
    • Ballue, A.
    • B[annan?], S. Z.
    • Bannister, E. M.
    • Barnard, Edward M.
    • Barry, August
    • Barton, E. M.
    • Bastian, Huber
    • Bates, Geo. A.
    • Bates, Miss S. A.
    • Bauch, A.
    • Baudry, Miss R. M.
    • Baxter, Sylvester
    • Bayer, Mrs. H. H.
    • Baylies, W. S.
    • Beavan, John

    1 42 B, Miscellaneous: Be, 1870-1895
    • Becket, Maria J. C.
    • Beesley, J.
    • Bell, William
    • Belmont, August
    • Benjamin, William Evarts
    • Bergandorff, Carl
    • Berger & Wirth
    • Bergerat, E.
    • Berlin, Dr. F.
    • Bernheim Baur & Co.
    • Bette, Paul

    1 43 B, Miscellaneous: Bi-Bl, 1879-1886
    • Bigelow, M. T.
    • Blackshear, T. B.
    • Blair & Son
    • Bliss, Chas. M.
    • Bloor, A. J.
    • Blum, J.
    • Blum, Robert
    • Blume, Andreas

    1 44 B, Miscellaneous: Bo, 1871-1890
    • Bobbett, Walter
    • Bollé, Carl
    • Bonn, J. H.
    • Bonpiani, Sofia
    • Booth, George
    • Boston Art Club
    • Boston Public Library
    • Borrman, S. L.
    • Boyd, Mrs. H. H.

    1 45 B, Miscellaneous: Br-Bu, 1842, 1870-1889
    • Bradford, William
    • Brandis Manufacturing Co.
    • Breton, Sidney G.
    • Brigham, William F.
    • Brinch, William Brinkley, Captain F.
    • Brinton, D. G.
    • Brock, F. B.
    • Brooks, Noah
    • Brown, J. Appleton
    • Brown, J. G.
    • Brown, Marie A.
    • Brownell, William C.
    • Bruce, W. J.
    • B[rueck?], H. V.
    • B[ruer?], Edward B.
    • Bruere, Theodore
    • B[uehn?], Ferdinand
    • Bulloch, A. G.
    • Bunce, A. B.
    • Burns, M. J.
    • Burrage, William Clarence

    1 46 Cadart, Veuve A., 1879-1880
    1 47 Carlsen, Emil, 1881-1887
    1 48-53 Cassell and Company, 1882-1889 (6 folders)
    1 54 Cesnola, Luigi P. di, 1878-1880
    1 55 Champney, J. Wells, 1877-1885
    1 56 Chase, Harry, 1880-1881
    1 57 Chase, William Merritt, 1880
    1 58-59 Cheney, Ednah D., 1879-1890, 1904 (2 folders)
    1 60 Clark, Jr., William J., 1879-1888
    1 61 Clarke, J. Edwards, 1874-1886
    1 62 Clarke, Joseph Thatcher, 1880-1881
    1 63 Clarke, Thomas B., 1881-1886, undated
    1 64-65 Clement, Clara Erskine, 1878-1880 (2 folders)
    1 66-69 Closson, William Baxter, 1880-1890 (4 folders)
    1 70 Cole, J. Foxcroft, 1879-1889
    1 71 Colman, Samuel, 1879-1888
    1 72-75 Cook, Clarence, 1871-1887 (4 folders)
    1 76-80 Corliss, George, 1879-1890 (5 folders)
    1 81 Cross, Charles R., 1877-1878, 1883
    1 82 Crum and Ringler, 1879-1880
    1 83 C, Miscellaneous: Ca, 1879-1889
    • Cabot, Edw. C. (Cabot & Chandler)
    • Cabot, J. E. (Cabot & Chandler)
    • Call, Dr. Norman
    • Carmalt, W. H.
    • Carpenter, H. Bernard
    • Carter, Charles M.
    • Castellani, Alessandro

    1 84 C, Miscellaneous: Ce-Ch, 1870-1890
    • Centennial Congress of Liberals
    • Century Co.
    • Century Magazine
    • Chadwick, Charles W.
    • Champier, Victor
    • Champney, Edwin G.
    • Chandler, Frank W.
    • Channing, Eva
    • Chapman, J. Linton
    • Chase, J. Eastman
    • Chérié, A.
    • Chicago World
    • Chick, Edward E.
    • Christele, Charles
    • Church, F. S.

    1 85 C, Miscellaneous: Cl-Col, 1871-1895
    • Claghorn, J. Raymond
    • Clark, Charles E.
    • Clark, David H.
    • Clark, T. M.
    • Clement, E. H.
    • Clements, Gabrielle D.
    • Cleveland, H. W. S.
    • Coale, Samuel A., Jr.
    • Codman, C. H. and Abby
    • Cole, Timothy
    • Collor, W. C.
    • Coltman, Ora A.
    • Colvin, Sidney

    1 86 C, Miscellaneous: Con-Cr, 1874-1889
    • Conely, William B.
    • Coolidge, Cassius M.
    • Corwin, Charles A.
    • Cox, Kenyon
    • Coyriere, E. Miriam
    • Cram, George W.
    • Cronemeyer, G.
    • Crosman, J. C.
    • Cross, K. A.
    • Crotzer, H. W.
    • Crowninshield, F.

    1 87 C, Miscellaneous: Cu, 1879-1887
    • Cund, Thomas
    • Cundall, H. M.
    • Cundall, Joseph
    • Currier, E. W.
    • Curtis, Albert W.
    • Curtis, Charles B.

    1 88-89 Davidson, Thomas, 1879-1881 (2 folders)
    1 90 Davis, John P., 1880-1885
    1 91 de Katow, A., 1879-1881
    1 92 De Kay, Charles, 1885-1886
    1 93 Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1880-1886
    1 94 Dorety, Joseph H., 1881-1883
    1 95 Drake, William H., 1879-1880
    1 96 Dunbar, W. H. (Dunbar and Co.), 1879-1880
    1 97 Dunham, O. M., 1882-1884
    1 98-99 Durand, John, 1879-1896 (2 folders)
    1 100 D, Miscellaneous: Da-Den, 1878-1897
    • Dalziel, Charles
    • Dana, William Jay
    • Dana, William P. W.
    • Danderhof, Charles A.
    • Daniels, J. H.
    • Dawson, Henry B.
    • Degeon, René
    • Dengler, Franz Haver
    • Dermett, William S.

    1 101 D, Miscellaneous: Des-Dex, 1879-1889
    • Despard, Matilda
    • Despard, W. D.
    • Deutsch Verlags-Anstalt
    • Deutscher Frauenstimmerechts-Derein
    • Devens, Charles
    • Devoe, Frederick W. & Co.
    • Dewson, Edward
    • Dewson, Francis A.
    • Dexter, Arthur
    1 102 D, Miscellaneous: Di, 1879-1889
    • Didier, Eugene L.
    • Die Kunst Fur Alle
    • Diehl, Conrad
    • Dillaye, Blanche
    • Dimitry, John
    • Dingelstedt & Co.
    1 103 D, Miscellaneous: Do-Dy, 1877-1900
    • Doane, W. C.
    • Dodd, Mead & Company
    • Dodge, C.
    • Dodson, Sarah P. B.
    • Donlevy, Alice
    • Douglas, Lewis H.
    • Drake, A. W.
    • Dreer, Ferd. J. Dreer
    • Du Fais, J. L.
    • Dunbar, Charles F.
    • Duncan, Florence I.
    • Duncan, W. H.
    • Duplessis, George
    • Dyall, Charles


    Box Folder
    2 1 Edelheim, Carl, 1878-1889
    2 2 Emmet, Rosina, 1880-1881
    2 3-5 Estes, Dana (Estes and Lauriat), 1877-1884 (3 folders)
    2 6 E, Miscellaneous: Ea-Ed, 1879-1889
    • Earle, L. C.
    • Earll, R. Edward
    • Eckman, W. H.
    • Eddy, William A.
    • Edwards, Ernest
    • Edwards-Ficken, H.

    2 7 E, Miscellaneous: Ei-Em, 1866-1896
    • Einlasskarte zur Humboldt-Feier
    • Elias, Moses
    • Eliot, Charles W.
    • Eliot, Dr. S.
    • Elliot, Lucius A.
    • Ely, Lydia
    • Emerton, Sibyl C.

    2 8 E, Miscellaneous: En-Ev, 1870-1887
    • Englehorn, J.
    • Engelmann, Dr. Wilhelm
    • Enneking, John J.
    • Eppler, John George
    • Ernst, C. W.
    • Erxleben, August
    • Esposizione Nazionale in Milano
    • Evans, George W.

    2 9-16 Falconer, John M., 1879-1893 (8 folders)
    2 17-20 Farrer, Henry, 1878-1889 (4 folders)
    2 21-23 Ferris, Stephen James, 1879-1882 (3 folders)
    2 24 Fillebrown, F. E., 1885-1887
    2 25 Filmer, John, 1880-1881
    2 26 Francke, Kuno, 1888-1889
    2 27 Fraser, W. Lewis, 1883-1890
    2 28 Frauenstein, G., 1879-1889
    2 29 French, W. M. R., 1879-1889
    2 30 F, Miscellaneous: Fa, 1879-1886
    • Falb, Joseph
    • Falke, J.
    • Farmer, Ella A.
    • Farny, H. F.
    • Fausel, D.

    2 31 F, Miscellaneous: Fe-Fi, 1879-1891
    • Fehr, Lina
    • Fell, Anne Palmer (Mrs. E. Nelson)
    • Fellows, F. Wayland
    • Fenn, Harry
    • Field, Kate
    • Finsch, Dr. Otto
    • First Japanese Manufacturing and Trading Company
    • Fish, William R.
    • Fisher, A. J.
    • Fiske, Charles H.

    2 32 F, Miscellaneous: Fl-Fo, 18331870-1887
    • Fletcher, A. C.
    • Folwell, Dr. William W.
    • Foote, E. K.
    • Foote, Catherine
    • Forbes, Edwin
    • Forbes Co.
    • Ford, H. C.
    • Ford, Nellie M.
    • Forrer, R.
    • Foster, Dwight
    • Fowler, Frank

    2 33 F, Miscellaneous: Fr-Fu, 1874-1886
    • French, Daniel C.
    • French, Harry W.
    • Fuchs & Lang
    • Fuchsel, Herman
    • Fuller, George
    • Fuller, Spencer

    2 34 Gaugengigl, Ignaz M., 1881-1886
    2 35-36 Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1878-1889 (2 folders)
    2 37-39 Gifford, R. Swain, 1879-1887 (3 folders)
    2 40-41 Greenleaf, Edward H., 1878-1889 (2 folders)
    2 42 Guy, S. J., 1886
    2 43 G, Miscellaneous: Ga-Gi, 1870-1889
    • Garrett, Edmund H.
    • Garrison, F. J.
    • Gazette Des Beaux-Arts
    • Geare, R. I.
    • Georges, F.
    • Gerber, Carl
    • Gest, J. H.
    • Giani, Carl
    • Gibson, Henry C.
    • Gilder, Joseph B.
    • Gilder, R. W.

    2 44 G, Miscellaneous: Go, 1879-1887, undated
    • Goddard, D. A.
    • Goepel, Christian
    • Gonse, Louis
    • Goode, George Brown
    • Goodnough, Walter S.
    • Gookin, Fred W.
    • Gookins, James F.
    • Goupil & Co.

    2 45 G, Miscellaneous: Gra, 1877-1895
    • Graffield, W.
    • Graham, William
    • The Graphic
    • Graul, Richard
    • Gravesande, Ch. Storm van's
    • Gravuretype Co.

    2 46 G, Miscellaneous: Gre-Gu, 1864-1888
    • Greene, E. B.
    • Greenough, W. C.
    • Griffin, R. H.
    • Griffis, William Elliot
    • Griggs, L. D.
    • Grundmann, Otto
    • Gullick, Thomas J.
    • Gummere, Barker
    • Gutekunst, F.

    2 47 Hannah, George, 1886-1887
    2 48-53 Harfin, Jean F., 1884-1890 (6 folders)
    2 54-60 Harney, George Julian, 1870-1889, undated (7 folders)
    2 61 Harper and Brothers, 1878-1881
    2 62-72 Hart, Charles Henry, 1873-1890 (11 folders)
    2 73 Heinemann, E., 1886-1887
    2 74-75 Hill, J. Henry, 1880-1889 (2 folders)
    2 76-78 Hodges, William R., 1879-1886 (3 folders)
    2 79-83 Hoskin, Robert, 1880-1890 (5 folders)
    2 84 Hunt, T. F., 1880-1886
    2 85 H, Miscellaneous: Ha-Hay, 1870-1889
    • Haeger, A. D.
    • Hahn, David F.
    • Hahn, George R.
    • Hale, Ellen Day
    • Hallowell, Sara T.
    • Halm, George R.
    • Halsey, F. R.
    • Hamor, J.
    • Hanshatten, Aug.
    • Hapgood, M. P.
    • Harris, G. W.
    • Harrison, Birge
    • Hartley, Joseph
    • Hartmann, C. Sadakichi
    • Hawley, E. H.
    • Haynes, H. W.

    2 86 H, Miscellaneous: He, 1880-1890
    • Healy, A. Augustus
    • Heinzen, K. F.
    • Heliotype Printing Co.
    • Helmboldt, H. F.
    • Helmboldt, Mathilde
    • Henry, Louise
    • Hess, Georg
    • Hess, Selmar
    • Hetherington, Fred A.
    • Hewes, H. G.
    • Hewitt, Lydia Ely

    2 87 H, Miscellaneous: Hi-Ho, 1870-1891
    • Hiersemann, Karl W.
    • Hingst, A.
    • Hirshfield, H.
    • Hitchcock, J. R. W.
    • Hoe, Robert, Jr.
    • R. Hoe & Co.
    • Hoffman, R.
    • Hollingsworth, A. L.
    • Hooper, Lucy H.
    • Hoppin, Courtland
    • Horgan, S. H.
    • Houghton, Osgood & Co.
    • Houston, Frances C.
    • Howland, Henry S.
    • Hovenden, Thomas
    • Howison, G. H.
    • Howland, Henry S.

    2 88 H, Miscellaneous: Hu, 1870-1889
    • Hubbard, David G.
    • Hubbard, Gardiner G.
    • Huff, W. A.
    • Huish, Marcus
    • Hullen, John
    • Humpheys, Mary Gay
    • Hunt, David
    • Hunt, Jane
    • Hussey, M. B.
    • Hutton, Laurence
    • Hyde, William H.

    2 89 Ives, Halsey C., 1879-1888
    2 90 I, Miscellaneous, 1879-1885
    • Illustrated London News
    • Ingersoll, H. C.
    • Ingersoll, William H.
    • Inness, George
    • Ipsen, L. S.
    • Irwin, Theodore


    Box Folder
    3 1 Janes, Margaret P., 1881, 1887
    3 2-3 Johnson, Thomas, 1880-1884 (2 folders)
    3 4-15 Juengling, Frederick, 1879-1887 (12 folders)
    3 16 J, Miscellaneous: Ja-Je, 1870-1887
    • Jackson, John
    • Jackson, L. A.
    • Jaeger, F.
    • Jaeger, Gustel
    • Jaeger, William
    • Jaeschke, Gustav
    • Jameson & Morse
    • Janetzky & Company
    • Jarves, J. Jackson
    • Jeffries, B. Joy
    • Jewitt, Llewellyn

    3 17 J, Miscellaneous: Jo-Ju, 1876-1892
    • Johns, Frederick
    • Charles Eneu Johnson and Company
    • Johnson, John G.
    • Johnston, John Taylor
    • Jones, H. Bolton
    • Jones, McDuffre & Stratton
    • Juglaris, Thomas
    • Junken, E.
    • F. W. Jurge & Co.
    • Justi, Carl

    3 18 Kelly, George F., 1881-1887
    3 19 Kende, S., 1889
    3 20 Keppel, Frederick, 1882-1889
    3 21 Kimberly, D., 1880-1881
    3 22-28 Kimmel and Voigt, 1879-1886 (7 folders)
    3 29-34 Koehler, Amalie, 1878-1890, undated (6 folders)
    3 35-37 Koehler, Hans J., 1876-1890 (3 folders)
    3 38-41 Koehler, Hedwig J., 1877-1890 (4 folders)
    3 42-44 Koehler, Robert, 1878-1879, 1887-1890 (3 folders)
    3 45-50 Koehler, Walter J., 1870-1890 (6 folders)
    3 51-55 Kruell, Gustav, 1879-1885 (5 folders)
    3 56 K, Miscellaneous: Ka, 1870-1889
    • Kaeppel, Gottlob
    • Kaiser, Ferd. P.
    • Kann, Em.
    • Kappes, A.
    • Karst, John

    3 57 K, Miscellaneous: Ke-Kim, 1879-1886
    • Keller, George
    • Kellogg, William
    • Kelly & Co.
    • Kennard, M. P.
    • Kennedy, W. S.
    • Kenyon, W. W.
    • Keuffel & Esser
    • Kilburn, S. S.
    • Kimball, C. F.
    • Kimball, David K.

    3 58 K, Miscellaneous: Kin-Kr, 1870-1889
    • King, F. S.
    • King, Jas. S.
    • King, Moses
    • King, W. W.
    • Kingsley, Elbridge
    • Kinney, Louise W.
    • Kirby, Thomas E.
    • Kirkpatrick, Frank L.
    • Klackner, C.
    • Klein, Jacob
    • Knowlton, W. J.
    • Koecker, L. R.
    • Kramer, John
    • Kress, Charles

    3 59 K, Miscellaneous: Ku, 1882-1888
    • Kudlich, H. C.
    • Kunz, George F.
    • Kurtz, Charles M.
    • Kurtz, W.

    3 60 Laffan, William Mackay, 1874-1880
    3 61-78 Lange, Johs. D., 1868-1890, undated (18 folders)
    3 79 Lathrop, George P., 1879-1886
    3 80 Lee, John W. M., 1885-1889
    3 81 Lehrs, M., 1888-1890
    3 82-83 Lorge, F. A., 1873-1889 (2 folders)
    3 84-87 Loring, Charles G., 1877-1889 (4 folders)

    Box Folder
    4 1 Low, Will H., 1881-1885
    4 2 L, Miscellaneous: La-Lan, 1870-1890
    • Labsap, [F.?]
    • LaFarge, John
    • Lamansky, S.
    • Lamb, Charles R.
    • Lambdin, Alfred
    • Lambros, Spyr P.
    • Landreth, Olin H.
    • Lane, William C.
    • Lange, Alvine (Mrs. J. D.)
    • Langley, S. P.
    • Lanman, Charles
    • Lansil, Walter F.

    4 3 L, Miscellaneous: Lau-Le, 1881-1888
    • Lauber, Joseph
    • Lawrence, Frank
    • LeClear, Thomas
    • Leaming, Thomas
    • Lee, Jno. W. M.
    • Leggo Bros. & Co.
    • Lehuricht, Hermann
    • Leibl, W.
    • Leitz, Emil
    • Lent, Frank T.
    • Leveridge, C. A.
    • Leypoldt, F.

    4 4 L, Miscellaneous: Li, 1873-1896
    • L'Illustration
    • Limpert, Ludwig
    • Lindeman, Dr. Phil
    • Linton, W. J.
    • J. B. Lippincott & Co.
    • Lippincott, William H.
    • Lippmann, F.
    • Littlefield, Mrs. S. E.

    4 5 L, Miscellaneous: Lo-Ly, 1879-1886
    • Longfellow, W. P. P.
    • Lord, Grace V.
    • Lorr, C.
    • Lovejoy, Son & Co.
    • Lovewell, R.
    • Low, John G.
    • Low, Lyman H.
    • Lowell, William S.
    • Lowenthal, E. J.
    • Lutzow, Carl von
    • Lyman, Jos., Jr.

    4 6 MacAlister, James, 1879-1888
    4 7-9 Macleod, William, 1879-1885 (3 folders)
    4 10 Mansfield, John W., 1883-1885
    4 11 Martin, Henry A., 1877-1882
    4 12 Mason, Otis T., 1879-1881
    4 13 Mayer, Frank B., 1879-1886
    4 14-17 McLaughlin, George, 1879-1886 (4 folders)
    4 18 Meder, Ferdinand, 1888-1890
    4 19 Meehan, Thomas, 1878-1879, 1886-1887
    4 20-21 Merritt, Anna Lea, 1879-1881 (2 folders)
    4 22 Meyer, Carl Herm, 1874-1879
    4 23 Middleton-Wake, Charles H., 1894-1895
    4 24 Miller, Charles Henry, 1880-1889
    4 25-29 Miller, William, 1880-1890 (5 folders)
    4 30 Millet, F. D., 1880-1884
    4 31 Millet, J. B., 1881-1886
    4 32 Mitchell, Francis B., 1883-1886
    4 33 Mitchell, J. A., 1880-1881
    4 34 Moran, Peter, 1879-1889
    4 35-36 Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1879-1889 (2 folders)
    4 37 Moses, H. H., 1873-1879, undated
    4 38-42 Moss Engraving Co., 1880-1881, 1885 (5 folders)
    4 43 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880-1889
    4 44 M, Miscellaneous: Ma-Mag, 1870-1885
    • MacDonald & Sons
    • MacDonough, J.
    • Macmillan & Co.
    • Macomber, F. G.
    • Maes, Camillus
    • Magazine of Art

    4 45 M, Miscellaneous: Man-Mat, 1877-1886
    • Madel, P. H.
    • Manhattan Photo-Engraving Company
    • Marks, Montague
    • Marquand, Allan
    • Marshall, William E.
    • Martin, Mary Bacon
    • Mason, Charles J.
    • Mason, George C.
    • Mason, Perry
    • Matchett, W. F.
    • Mathews, Arthur F.

    4 46 M, Miscellaneous: May, 1879-1883
    • Maycock, Mark M.
    • Robert Mayer & Co.
    • Maynard, George W.

    4 47 M, Miscellaneous: Mc, 1867-1889
    • McCann, Hugh A.
    • McCauley, C. A. H.
    • McCoy, John W.
    • McCutcheon, S. G.
    • McDaniel, Elizabeth S. (Mrs. I. L.)
    • McEntee, Jervis
    • McLaughlin, Jas. W.
    • McLaughlin, Mary Louise
    • McLellan, Charles H.

    4 48 M, Miscellaneous: Me-Mi, 1859, 1870-1889
    • Mechanical Company
    • Meigs, Jabez B.
    • Meissner & Buch
    • Menger, Louis R.
    • Meyer, Amandus
    • Meyer, F.
    • Meyer, Julius
    • Michiels, Alfred
    • Mitchell, Francis B.
    • Miles, John C.
    • Miller, France
    • Miller, L. W.
    • Miller, M.D.
    • Miller, W. E.
    • Millspaugh, J. H.
    • Minot, Charles Sedwick

    4 49 M, Miscellaneous: Mol-Moo, 1879-1885
    • Molleson Bros.
    • Momgian, L.
    • Momotaro Sato & Company
    • Monks, J. A. S.
    • Mooney, John
    • Moor, Jacob B.
    • Moore, Charles H.
    • Moore, R. E.

    4 50 M, Miscellaneous: Mor-Mu, 1876-1889
    • Moran, Mrs. M. Nimmo
    • Moran, Paul
    • Moran, Thomas
    • Morse, Miss E. L.
    • Mosler, Henry
    • Moss, Frank
    • Muller, Richard A.
    • Munroe, Jas. V.
    • Murphy, J. Francis
    • Murray, David
    • Murray, John
    • Murrell, D. G.

    4 51 Neal, David, 1881-1885
    4 52-53 Nicoll, J. C., 1880-1892 (2 folders)
    4 54 Niemeyer, John H., 1880-1888
    4 55 N, Miscellaneous, 1874-1889
    • Nashville Art Association
    • Neely, J., Jr.
    • Nelson, Anson
    • Neuman & Hallman
    • Newbury, Spencer
    • Norcross, Laura
    • Norton, C. B.
    • Norton, C. E.
    • Nutting, W. F.

    4 56 Osborne, Charlotte, 1888-1890
    4 57 O, Miscellaneous, 1871-1889
    • Oakey, Miss M. A.
    • Orange Judd Company
    • Orell Fussli & Co.
    • Osborne, J. W.
    • Osborne, Sidney
    • Otis, A. B.

    4 58 Palmer, George H., 1872-1873
    4 59-61 Parrish, Stephen, 1880-1889 (3 folders)
    4 62 Pearce, Charles Sprague, 1880-1881, 1887
    4 63-72 Perkins, Charles C., 1871-1896, undated (10 folders)
    4 73 Photo-Electrotype Co., 1880-1881, 1889
    4 74-75 Photo-Engraving Co., 1879-1881 (2 folders)
    4 76 Photo-Gravure Company, 1885-1888
    4 77 Pickering, Edward C., 1875-1878
    4 78 Pinches, Thoe. G., 1879-1880
    4 79 Platt, Charles A., 1881, 1885
    4 80 Prang, Louis (L. Prang and Co.), 1868-1889
    4 81-82 Pratt, Waldo S., 1880-1881 (2 folders)
    4 83 Preston, Margaret J. (Mrs. J. T. L. Preston), 1879-1882
    4 84 Prime, William C., 1879-1881
    4 85 Putnam, Frederic W., 1879-1881
    4 86 P, Miscellaneous: Pa, 1880-1889
    • Paar, Hermann
    • Palmer, Alice W.
    • Palmer, J. E., Jr.
    • Palmer, Walter L.
    • Paris, Walter
    • Park, John G.
    • Parton, Arthur
    • Pascoe, Charles E.
    • Paul, C. Kegan

    4 87 P, Miscellaneous: Pe, 1865-1888
    • Peabody & Stearns
    • Peckham, Rosa F.
    • Peet, Stephen D.
    • Peirce, Edith L.
    • Penfold, F. C.
    • Perkins, Edward
    • Perry, Winthrop H.
    • Peschan, F. W. E.
    • Petromann, Theodor

    4 88 P, Miscellaneous: Ph-Pi, 1879-1887
    • Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
    • Phillips, Barnet
    • Phillips, Henry, Jr.
    • Phillips, J. W., Jr.
    • Phinney, Emma E.
    • Pierce, Charles F.
    • Pierce, S. E.
    • Pierson, postmaster
    • P[iph?], H.
    • Pitman, Benn

    4 89 P, Miscellaneous: Po, 1870-1887
    • Poillon, Wm.
    • Pollock, Charles
    • Poore, Harry R.
    • Porter, George M.
    • Powell, J. W.
    • Powers & Weightman

    4 90 P, Miscellaneous: Pr-Pu, 1872-1890
    • Preston, John Aiken
    • Prud'homme, John F. E.
    • Publishers' Weekly
    • Putnam, G. P.

    4 91 Quantin, A., 1881
    4 92-94 Riordan, Roger, 1880-1888 (3 folders)
    4 95 Rotch, Arthur, 1880-1883
    4 96-97 Rowlands, Walter, 1877-1890 (2 folders)
    4 98 R, Miscellaneous: Ra-Rie, 1869-1889
    • Ramsdell, H. Powell
    • Rand, George D.
    • Randebruch, J. F.
    • Rattermann, H. A.
    • Redaction Der Illustrirten Zeitung in Leipzig
    • Reddon-Learing, Laura
    • Reed, Thomas R.
    • Reinhart, Charles S.
    • Rewling, Dr. G.
    • Rice, Richard A.
    • Richards, T. Addison
    • Richards, William V.
    • Richardson, F. H.
    • Richardson, Thomas O.
    • Riedler, Maxim

    4 99 R, Miscellaneous: Rim-Rob, 1873-1888
    • Rimmer, Caroline Hunt
    • Riotte, C. N.
    • Ritchie, G. W. H.
    • Robbins, E. O.
    • Robert, Mrs. A. J.
    • Robinson, Charles
    • Robinson, Frank T.
    • Robinson, Henry H.

    4 100 R, Miscellaneous: Rog-Ros, 1872-1900
    • Rogers, Fairman
    • Rondot, Natalie
    • Ropp, Alfred
    • Rosenberg, Adolf
    • Ross, Jno. Joline

    4 101 R, Miscellaneous: Rou-Ry, 1879-1890
    • Rouam, J.
    • Round, W. M. F.
    • Ruster, H. H.
    • Russell, C. H., Jr.
    • Russell, F. P.
    • Russell, Samuel H.
    • Russell & Richardson
    • Ryan, John T.

    4 102-105 Savage, A. Duncan, 1879-1885 (4 folders)

    Box Folder
    5 1 Schem, A. J., 1872-1878
    5 2 Schoenhof, Carl, 1881-1889
    5 3-8 Schoff, Stephen A., 1878-1889 (6 folders)
    5 9 Schunemann-Poss, Freidrich, 1867-1874
    5 10 Schweinfurth, Julius A., 1879-1880
    5 11 Scribner and Co. (Charles Scribner's Sons), 1878-1880
    5 12-14 Seeman, E. A., 1879-1880, 1890 (3 folders)
    5 15 Sewall, Henry F., 1885-1889
    5 16 Shirlaw, Walter, 1881-1886
    5 17-27 Smillie, James D., 1879-1890, 1895 (11 folders)
    5 28 Smithsonian Institution, 1881-1890
    5 29 Spaulding, Henry G., 1876-1880
    5 30 Sprague, Julia A., 1886-1890, undated
    5 31 Stetson, Charles Walter, 1882-1885
    5 32-33 Sturgis, Russell, 1879-1880 (2 folders)
    5 34 Swett, Susan, 1880-1881
    5 35 S, Miscellaneous: Sa, 1877-1890
    • Sabin, J. F.
    • Sachtleben, A.
    • Saffield, Thomas
    • Sampson, Alden
    • Sandham, Henry
    • Sargent, C. S.
    • Sartain, Emily
    • Sartain, John
    • Saunders, Frederick

    5 36 S, Miscellaneous: Sc-Sch, 1870-1891
    • Scribner & Welford
    • Schell, Fred B.
    • Schilling, Alex
    • Schlosser, H.
    • Schmidt, Delius
    • Schraubstadter, Carl, Jr.
    • Schreiber, W. L.
    • Schultz, H. E.
    • Schulze, Paul
    • Schumm, George
    • Schuricht, Herrmann
    • Schuster, Rudolph
    • Schwarz, L.
    • Schwazenbach, Jos.

    5 37 S, Miscellaneous: Scu-Sel, 1880-1890
    • Scudder, Miss
    • Sears, George Edward
    • Sears, J. M.
    • Sedelmeyer, Charles
    • Seitz, Emil
    • Selinger, John

    5 38 S, Miscellaneous: Sen-Sha, 1871-1889
    • Senat, Prosper L.
    • Sentz, Theodor
    • P. M. Shanks & Co.
    • Share, H. P.
    • Sharp, John S.
    • Sharp, William
    • Shaw, Annie C.
    • Shaw, C. H.

    5 39 S, Miscellaneous: Shi-Sl, 1870-1882
    • Shinn, Earl
    • Shuman, Roger M.
    • Shoninger, Jos.
    • Sigmund, J. C.
    • Sihler, K. Elizabeth
    • Silliman, B.
    • Skeel, Lucy
    • Slack, Charles W.
    • Sloan, Charles F.

    5 40 S, Miscellaneous: Sm, 1879-1887
    • Smart, W. G. H.
    • Smillie, George H.
    • Smith, Benj. E.
    • Smith, Frank Hill
    • Smith, Marshall J., Jr.
    • Smith, Mary Stuart
    • Smith, Thomas C.
    • Smith, Walter
    • Smithson, T. W.
    • Smithwick, John G.

    5 41 S, Miscellaneous: So-Sp, 1877-1886
    • Solberg, Thorvald
    • Somerville, James M.
    • Spemann, W.
    • Spencer, H. L.
    5 42 S, Miscellaneous: St-Su, 1872-1889
    • Stanton, J. M.
    • Stanwood, Edward
    • Steiger, E.
    • Stevens, Samuel
    • Stone, F. D.
    • Stornay, J. O.
    • Stuart, Jas. R.
    • Sturgis, John H.
    • Sutro, Emil
    • Sutton, James

    5 43-47 Tait, John Robinson, 1879-1887 (5 folders)
    5 48 Terquem, Emil, 1879-1883
    5 49 Tileston and Hollingsworth, 1879-1881
    5 50 Tracy, John M., 1870, 1881
    5 51 T, Miscellaneous: Ta-Th, 1884-1889
    • Tallmadege, Frederick S.
    • Taphy, W. A.
    • Teel, George A.
    • Temple, F. L.
    • Teubner, H.
    • Thayer, Abbott H.

    5 52 T, Miscellaneous: Ti-To, 1871-1886
    • Tietze, R. G.
    • Tilden, Geroge T.
    • Tillinghast, C. B.
    • Tobey, S. E.
    • Tombola
    • Townley, D.

    5 53 T, Miscellaneous: Tr-Ty, 1870-1890
    • Trafton, Edwin H.
    • Trinity Historical Society
    • Trotter, Newbold H.
    • Trouvelot, George
    • True, F. W.
    • Trumble, Alfred
    • Tuckerman, H. T.
    • Turner, C. Y.
    • Turnure, Arthur B.
    • Tyndale, T. H.

    5 54 Unger, William, 1879-1880
    5 55 U, Miscellaneous, 1870-1886
    • Ulrich, Charles F.
    • United States Centennial Commission
    • United States Treasurey Department

    5 56 Van Brunt, Henry, 1879-1880
    5 57 Van Elten, Kruseman, 1880-1887
    5 58-66 Van Rensselaer, Mariana G., 1879-1889 (9 folders)
    5 67-68 Vinton, Frederic P., 1879-1892 (2 folders)
    5 69 Volkmer, Charles, 1880-1883
    5 70 Von Lutzow, Carl, 1869-1890
    5 71 V, Miscellaneous: V-Va, 1859, 1877-1885
    • D. V. [initials only]
    • Valentine, Edward V.
    • Van Cleef, Aug.
    • Vanderhoof, Charles A.
    • Van Nostrand, D.
    • Van Rensselaer, Schuyler
    • Vaux, Calvert

    5 72 V, Miscellaneous: Ve-Vol, 1878-1888
    • Verestchagin, Vassili
    • Vignal, E.
    • Vogel, Hermann
    • Volkmann, Meta

    5 73 V, Miscellaneous: Von-Voy, 1879-1886
    • Von Hillern, Bertha
    • Von Hoesslin, George
    • Von Tschudi, Hugo
    • Von Waldheim, R.
    • Vorholz, A.
    • Voynl, L.

    5 74-75 Ware, William Rotch, 1875-1888, undated (2 folders)
    5 76 Wells, Kate Gannett, 1881, undated
    5 77-79 Wellstood, William, 1879-1880 (3 folders)
    5 80 Wendt, Mathilde F., 1870-1881
    5 81 Wheeler, Dora, 1881
    5 82 Whipple, H. C., 1877, 1885-1890
    5 83 Whitney, Elias J., 1880-1881, 1889
    5 84-85 Wight, P. B., 1879-1880, 1882 (2 folders)
    5 86 Wilson, John, 1879-1886
    5 87 Winthrop, T. L., 1880-1881
    5 88 W, Miscellaneous: Wa-Wal, 1870-1887
    • Wagner, H. Dumont
    • Wager-Fisher, Mary
    • Waldheim, H.
    • Walker, Charles A.
    • Walker, Howard
    • Wall, Mary Minton
    • Wallace, W. Henry
    • Waller, Frank
    • Wallis, George
    • Walter, James
    • Walther, August

    5 89 W, Miscellaneous: War-Wel, 1873-1889
    • Ward, Edgar M.
    • Ward, Ella F.
    • Ward, J. Humphrey
    • Warder, R. H.
    • Waterston, R. C.
    • Watkins, J. Elfreth
    • Wehle, Charles
    • Weigel, T. O.
    • Weir, John F.
    • Welch, Joseph
    • Welch, Bigelow, and Company
    • Wells, Charles L.

    5 90 W, Miscellaneous: Wes-Whe, 1871-1886
    • Wesselhoft, William P.
    • West, Charles E.
    • Westcott, Thompson
    • B. Westerman & Co.
    • Weyprecht, Louis J.
    • Wheeler, Candace
    • Wheeler, Dunham
    • Wheeler, William A.

    5 91 W, Miscellaneous: Whi-Who, 1879-1889, undated
    • White, George Merwanjee
    • Whitehouse, F. C.
    • Whitman, E. F.
    • Whitmore, W. H.
    • W[holst?], W.

    5 92 W, Miscellaneous: Wi-Wilm, 1870-1887
    • Wibiral, F.
    • Wickersham, Morris S.
    • Wiese, F.
    • Wigand, Otto C.
    • Wight, William W.
    • Wiles, L. M.
    • Williams, George P.
    • Williams, Ichabod T.
    • Wilmurt, Thomas A.

    5 93 W, Miscellaneous: Wils-Wis, 1879-1889
    • Wilson, Anna M.
    • Wilson, Edward S.
    • Wilson, George
    • Wilson, Solon D.
    • Winslow, W. Henry
    • Wiseman, Robert R.

    5 94 W, Miscellaneous: Wo-Wy, 1879-1889
    • Wolf, Henry
    • Wood, T. W.
    • Woodward, Wilbur W.
    • Worsnop, C. Arthur
    • Wright, George
    • Wright, Margaret Bertha
    • H. Wunderlich & Co.
    • Wyatt, J. Noel

    5 95 Y, Miscellaneous, 1879-1886
    • Yale, Leroy M.
    • Young, Charles L., Jr.
    • Young, Jennie L.

    5 96-101 Unidentifiable and Illegible, 1858, 1870-1890, undated (6 folders)

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    Series 2: Financial Records, 1870-1890, undated (Box 6; 14 folders)

    Financial Records include Koehler's receipts, mostly dating 1885. The receipts are primarily for the purchase of books, but are also for professional services, printing, advertising, and membership dues. Also found is a handwritten estimate of costs for publishing the American Art Review.

    Box Folder
    6 (hol) 1 Cost estimate for publishing American Art Review, circa 1879
    6 (hol) 2-14 Receipts, 1870-1890, undated (13 folders)

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    Series 3: Miscellany, 1859-1896, undated (Box 6; 10 folders)

    This series includes a folder of biographical information on the wood engraver, Alexander Anderson. Also found are various notes and quotations by unidentified authors many of which are written on small envelopes. Also included are event programs and handwritten song texts for music performances. This series also contains news clippings. Most of the material in this series is in German.

    Box Folder
    6 (hol) 15 Biographical Information on Alexander Anderson, 1886
    6 (hol) 16 Calling Cards and Address Notes, undated
    6 (hol) 17 Envelopes with Notes and Quotations, undated
    6 (hol) 18 Event Programs, 1862-1864
    6 (hol) 19-22 Handwritten Song Texts, 1859, undated (4 folders)
    6 (hol) 23 News Clippings, 1867-1868, 1896
    6 (hol) 24 Notes by Unidentified Authors, undated

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