August Jaccaci papers, 1889-1935, bulk 1904-1914

This series consists of research files about American art collections and individual works of art that were to be featured in August Jaccaci's book Noteworthy Paintings in Private American Collections. Collections and collectors covered include Isabella Stewart Gardner, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Clay Frick, John Hay, William H. Vanderbilt, Peter A. B. Widener, and others. Arranged alphabetically by collector name, the files contain a variety of research materials that often include manuscript and typescript essays about the collection and individual works of art, notes, and scattered photographs. Most of the photographs of artwork from these art collections can be found in Series 5.2: Photographs of artwork. Essays were written by prominent art historians and artists, including Kenyon Cox, Harper Pennington, Samuel Isham, Max Friedlander, Ernst Moes, as well as many others.