Carl Rieser papers relating to Juliana Force, 1844-1977

Collection Information

Size: 0.1 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)

Summary: Rieser's letters concerning the publication of Juliana Force's biography in NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN, 1977 (one, to Lloyd Goodrich was inadvertently not microfilmd); copies and photographs of 19th century family documents; articles about Force by Rieser, Avis Berman, and others; and a typescript, "Juliana Rieser Force: A Family Memoir," by Rieser, detailing Force's family life.

Biographical/Historical Note

Rieser, an editor and publisher, New York, N.Y. is the nephew of Juliana Force. Force worked with Gertrude Vanderbuilt Whitney and was instrumental in the establishment of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Provenance

Donated by Rieser, 1977.

Language Note

English .