Collection Information

Size: 17 items (on partial microfilm reel).

Summary: Six letters to Harrison from John Singer Sargent, 1886-1921, and eleven letters from Henry James, 1907-1915. Sargent mainly comments on plays and concerts, and James mainly writes thank-yous and routine comments on the weather.

Biographical/Historical Note

Art collector; Boston, Mass.

Provenance

The letters were lent for microfilming by Christine Harrison, daughter-in-law of Alma Harrison.

Alternative Forms Available

Microfilm reel 2764 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.

Restrictions on Access

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

How to Cite This Collection

Alma Strettell Harrison letters, 1886-1921. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.