Poem sent to Proctor and Gamble Co. on Ivory Soap
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Poem written about the German steamship, Columbia
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Poem To My Departed Kidney , Oct. 27, 1899
Select: Poem To My Departed Kidney, Oct. 27, 1899
Poem Lesé Majestie , Dec. 22, 1899
Select: Poem Lesé Majestie, Dec. 22, 1899
Excerpts from Hans Christian Anderson, Robert Southey, in Charles M. Kurtz's hand
Select: Excerpts from Hans Christian Anderson, Robert Southey, in Charles M. Kurtz's hand
Verses describing food aboard ship
Select: Verses describing food aboard ship
Wedding invitation list
Select: Wedding invitation list
U.S. addresses of family and friends, undated
Select: U.S. addresses of family and friends, undated
Paris addresses
Select: Paris addresses
Lists of artists, art administrators, dignitaries and collectors written on Columbian Exposition stationery
Select: Lists of artists, art administrators, dignitaries and collectors written on Columbian Exposition stationery
Membership list of the "Tabard"
Select: Membership list of the "Tabard"
List of New York Newspapers
Select: List of New York Newspapers
Address books re: distribution of catalogues, undated
Select: Address books re: distribution of catalogues, undated (4 vols.)
Distribution list for [the Crabbe?] catalogue
Select: Distribution list for [the Crabbe?] catalogue
Writings, address books, artists, undated
Select: Writings, address books, artists, undated
New York artists address list
Select: New York artists address list
Address books, "Book of the Artists" and index of artists and their addresses, undated
Select: Address books, "Book of the Artists" and index of artists and their addresses, undated
Address book with addresses for artist models and sightseeing list, "New York for Visitors,", 1873 [and later]
Select: Address book with addresses for artist models and sightseeing list, "New York for Visitors,", 1873 [and later]
Address books, 1881 [and later], 1881-1883
Select: Address books, 1881 [and later], 1881-1883 (8 vols.) Scope and Contents note (includes artists directory, 1881; personal expenses, Feb. 2-Dec. 31, 1883; lists of artists by studio location; circulars sent, 1883; personal expenses [some entries by Mrs. Charles M. Kurtz]; contents of "little Paris trunk" and others; advertising, 1882; copies [of catalogues?] sent, 1881)
Address books, 1896
Select: Address books, 1896 Scope and Contents note (New York addresses of art dealers and art editors)
Miscellaneous memo pages containing Glasgow entries, circa 1894-1905
Select: Miscellaneous memo pages containing Glasgow entries, circa 1894-1905
Note fragments, undated
Select: Note fragments, undated Scope and Contents note (miscellaneous notes regarding lectures, short story, medication schedule, theater)
Notes on art, undated
Select: Notes on art, undated Scope and Contents note (exhibition schedules)
Notes, undated
Select: Notes, undated Scope and Contents note (gallery plans - exhibition installations - for J.G. Brown, Glasgow School, Klackner's Gallery exhibitions; plan for "An Ideal City;" sketch for bookcases)
Notes on art, undated
Select: Notes on art, undated Scope and Contents note (lists of artists and their work; list of works from the Paris Salon desired by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; list of drawings not catalogued but for sale with prices; sculptors list; unidentified installation diagram and corresponding key to works of art for [1893 Chicago World's Fair]; list of D. F. Hasbrouck paintings)
Notes on art, undated
Select: Notes on art, undated Scope and Contents note (list of artists, paintings, and their addresses; draft for biographical sketches of Montesquieu, Massillon, G.W. Morrison, Nicola Masschall)
Notes, 1884-1890
Select: Notes, 1884-1890 Scope and Contents note (fragments; list of books; list of paintings with prices)
Notebook, 1891
Select: Notebook, 1891 Scope and Contents note (miscellaneous notes on characteristics of the French; expenses for the World's Columbian Exposition, 1865; letter to a relative; genealogy of Charles M. Kurtz's family; sketches for Prix de Rome competition; diary entry on London trip; unfilmed poem draft The Cannibals! An Original Comic Opera)
Notes, ca 1893
Select: Notes, ca 1893 Scope and Contents note (miscellaneous notations written on World's Columbian Exposition stationery; drafts for lectures or articles)
Notes, circa 1893
Select: Notes, circa 1893 Scope and Contents note (lists of artist names)
Notes, 1893
Select: Notes, 1893 Scope and Contents note (incomplete gallery lists; Chicago Exposition notations concerning the size of the main building and space allotted to various countries)
Notes, 1893
Select: Notes, 1893 Scope and Contents note (gallery floor plans with square footage for Fine Arts Building, Palace of Fine Arts, Chicago Exposition)
Notes, 1894
Select: Notes, 1894 Scope and Contents note (weight list for Glasgow and Danish paintings, lists of artists and works for St. Louis Exposition)
Notes, St. Louis Exposition hanging plans, 1894
Select: Notes, St. Louis Exposition hanging plans, 1894 Scope and Contents note (hanging plans for art gallery: numbered diagrams for placement of paintings and for the Water Color Gallery)
Note, St. Louis Exposition diagrams and exhibition plans, 1895
Select: Note, St. Louis Exposition diagrams and exhibition plans, 1895 Scope and Contents note (diagrams for placement of paintings including those by the Glasgow School and American artists)
Notes, 1896
Select: Notes, 1896 Scope and Contents note (diagrams for the American and Glasgow paintings exhibited in Art Gallery at St. Louis Exposition)
Notes, gallery plans for St. Louis Exposition, 1897
Select: Notes, gallery plans for St. Louis Exposition, 1897 Scope and Contents note (diagrams for placement of paintings with identifying numbers but no corresponding key)
Shipping and storage information, St. Louis Exposition, 1897
Select: Shipping and storage information, St. Louis Exposition, 1897
Notes, 1898-1899
Select: Notes, 1898-1899 Scope and Contents note (catalogue data, 1898, and miscellaneous artists biographies)
Notes, circa 1900
Select: Notes, circa 1900 Scope and Contents note (list of nations and types of art contributed to 1876 Centennial vs. World's Fair, 1900)
Notes, circa 1901
Select: Notes, circa 1901 Scope and Contents note (proposal for selling picture "The Castelane Scheme")
Notes, 1904-circa 1909
Select: Notes, 1904-circa 1909 Scope and Contents note (list of artists and assignments re: Louisiana Purchase Exposition; list of masterworks; personal medical notations)
Notes by Isabel Kurtz, circa 1980
Select: Notes by Isabel Kurtz, circa 1980 Scope and Contents note (list of Glasgow School paintings at St. Louis Exposition, 1895, and subsequent exhibitions thru 1906 with bibliography)
Notes and writings, 1872, undated
Select: Notes and writings, 1872, undated Scope and Contents note (drafts of lectures: Art and the Nations, The Influence of the Fine Arts, and Art: Its, Evolution, Influence, and Mission; fragments of writings for The Tribune; Bunco Picture Dealing; notes on history of coin collecting; L'Art Nouveau, The Irresponsible in Art; General Art Notes; Christ Before Pilot; Christ on Calvary; The Collectors Club with the Bric-a-Brac Club; draft, information for visitors to the United States section; The Metropolitan Museum on the Question of Sunday Opening; English Stately Homes; miscellaneous notations on foreign paintings with comments; Some Art Talk; The First Exhibition of the Society of American Artists; poem, L'Envoy; draft of account of Kurtz's trip to Italy, 1881; Kind Words, The American Art Union; untitled draft on American architecture and national characteristics; Extract from Semple letter on Protective Art Society; What Is Art?; lecture course for 1892-93, St Louis Museum of Art; Art In St. Louis, 1898 (signed Stuart MacDonald); art building exhibit space; poem to Zolnay; list of names of commissioners from foreign countries; The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 - lecture; Department of Art Awards to Exhibitors; text for informational circulars to artists)
Miscellaneous notes and writings, 1872-1908, undated
Select: Miscellaneous notes and writings, 1872-1908, undated Scope and Contents note ( My Last Day in Paris; Garfield's Assassination; The "Company" in a Clock; creative writing exercises; The Reviewer; A Strange Interview; Thurlow Weed editorial; The Stone Fort Club; The Festive Microbes (signed Ch. Breve); A Brave Little Soldier, A Story of War Time; The Chimpanzee and the Ass, A Fable; The Three Blind Mice, A Sermon; A Month in Massachusetts; The Artist and the Philanthropists, - - short story)
Miscellaneous Writings, 1872-1908, undated
Select: Miscellaneous Writings, 1872-1908, undated Scope and Contents note (miscellaneous poems, untitled and Will H. Low; Madame Quarante-neuf; Before the Beginning; The Banker Prince; Good News; To A Lady Singing in a Church Choir; A Greeting; War's Newest Terror; Trumpet Calls; (C. A. Price) An Ode Owed to Mr. C. M. Kurtz by J. F. Riley; The Life of Adam notebook; Selections from Original Poems, New York, 1877; undated list of questions and answers about an impending election and the outlook for the Republican Party in Pennsylvania; Prophetic Spirits - draft of a report on spiritualist meeting; New York, 1880; The Aldermen of Man-hat-tan, An Original Comic Opera; The Cannibals! An Original Comic Opera - typescript and 1892 libretto; miscellaneous poems by Charles M. Kurtz)
Poem [untitled], August 9, 1889
Select: Poem [untitled], August 9, 1889 Scope and Contents note (written in Charles M. Kurtz's hand, possibly a reflection of his personal situation: "I think you're wrong for letters, you're in debt")
Smythe's Song from Charles M. Kurtz's comic opera, The Cannibals
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