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Ferargil Galleries records, circa 1900-1963

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Series 1: Correspondence, 1920s-1963
6 Linear feet
Boxes 1-15

The bulk of the correspondence (approximately 75 percent) is written to Frederic Newlin Price, W. Frank Purdy and Ferargil Galleries by artists, dealers, and museums and other art and educational institutions. Artist correspondence is well represented with a significant number of letters from, or relating to, artists represented by the gallery including Bartlett Arkell, Randall Davey, Hunt Diedrich, Ernest Lawson, Agnes Potter Lowrie, Barse Miller, Maxfield Parrish, John Pike, Paul Sample, Wells M. Sawyer, and many others. Some correspondence relating to Price's involvement with Swarthmore College can also be found here.
Found at the end of the incoming correspondence is a folder relating to an exhibition "The Circus Comes to Ferargil Galleries," and a folder of circa 19 letters regarding the authentication and disposition of Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne portrait of George Washington.
Outgoing correspondence consists primarily of copies of letters and memoranda written in response to the incoming material. The bulk of the outgoing correspondence ends in 1956 with one letter each from 1958 and 1963.
Incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent; outgoing correspondence follows, and is arranged chronologically.
Description Container Select
Incoming Correspondence
A-Ak, 1930s-1950s
1
1
Al, 1930s-1950s
1
2
American Academy-American Collector, 1930s-1950s
1
3
American Federation of Arts, 1930s-1940s
1
4
American Friends-Arensberg, 1930s-1950s
1
5
Arkell, Bartlett, 1930s-1940s
1
6
Armour-Arts, 1930s-1940s
1
7
Ashe-Atherton, 1930s-1950s
1
8
Atlanta-Ayd, 1930s-1950s
1
9
Ba, 1930s-1950s
1
10
Beal-Benton, 1920s-1950s
1
11
Ber-Bes, 1930s-1950s
1
12
Bi, 1930s-1950s
1
13
Bl, 1930s-1940s
1
14
Bo, 1930-1950s
1
15
Bra-Bre, 1920s-1940s
1
16
Bri-Bry, 1930s-1950s
2
1
Buc-Bue, 1930s-1950s
2
2
Buf-Bux, 1930s-1950s
2
3
By, 1930s-1940s
2
4
Cad-Cam, circa 1920s-1950s
2
5
Can-Carl, 1920s-1940s
2
6
Carnegie Institute, 1920s-1940s
2
7
Carn-Ce, 1920s-1950s
2
8
Ch, 1930s-1940s
2
9
Ci-Cl, 1930s-1950s
2
10
Cob-Col, 1930s-1950s
2
11
Com-Coo, 1920s-1950s
2
12
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1930s-1950s
2
13
Cor-Cr, 1920s-1950s
3
1
Cu, 1930s-1950s
3
2
Da, 1920s-1950s
(2 folders)
3
3-4
Davey, Randall, 1930s-1940s
3
5
Dayton Art Institute, 1940s-1950s
3
6
De Braux-De Witt, 1930s-1950s
3
7
Dee-Dev, circa 1920s-1950s
3
8
Di, 1920s-1950s
(2 folders)
3
9-10
Doa-Dods, 1930s-1950s
3
11
Dol-Doy, 1930s-1950s
3
12
Dr-Du, 1920s-1950s
3
13
Dy, 1930s-1940s
3
14
Ea-El, 1920s-1950s
4
1
Em-Ex, 1920s-1950s
4
2
Fa-Fl, 1920s-1950s
4
3
Fo, 1920s-1950s
4
4
Fo, 1920s-1950s
4
5
Fra-Fred, 1930s-1950s
4
6
Freu-Fu, 1920s-1950s
4
7
Ga-Ge, 1930s-1950s
4
8
Gi, circa 1920s-1940s
4
9
Gl-Go, 1930s-1950s
4
10
Gra, 1930s-1950s
4
11
Gre-Gru, 1930s-1950s
4
12
Gu, 1940s
4
13
H.-Hac, 1930s-1950s
5
1
Hal-Ham, circa 1920s-1950s
5
2
Han-Har, 1920s-1950s
5
3
Has-Haz, 1930s-1950s
5
4
Hea-Hee, 1930s-1940s
5
5
Hei-Hes, 1930s-1950s
5
6
Hi, 1920s-1950s
5
7
Hof-Hol, 1920s-1950s
5
8
Hom-Hoy, 1930s-1950s
5
9
Hu-Hy, 1930s-1950s
5
10
I, 1930s-1950s
5
11
J.-Jex, 1930s-1950s
5
12
Jo, circa 1920s-1950s
5
13
Jo-Ju, circa 1920s-1950s
6
1
Kal-Kan, 1930s-1950s
6
2
Ka-Ke, 1920s-1950s
6
3
Ki-Ku, 1930s-1950s
6
4
La, 1910s-1950s
(2 folders)
6
5-6
Le, 1920s-1940s
(2 folders)
6
7-8
Li, 1930s-1950s
6
9
Lob-Los, 1930s-1950s
6
10
Lot-Low, 1930s-1950s
6
11
Lu, 1930s-1950s
6
12
Ly, 1930s-1950s
6
13
M.-Ma, 1920s-1950s
7
1
Ma, 1930s-1950s
7
2
Mc-Mer, 1920s-1950s
7
3
Metropolitan-Mey, 1930s-1950s
7
4
Mi, 1930s-1940s
7
5
Mo, 1930s-1950s
7
6
Mu, 1930s-1950s
7
7
Museum of..., 1930s-1950s
7
8
Na, 1930s-1950s
7
9
Ne-Ni, 1920s-1950s
7
10
No-Nu, 1940s-1950s
7
11
O, circa 1920s-1950s
7
12
Pa, 1920s-1950s
7
13
Pea-Pei, 1930s-1950s
8
1
Pen-Pet, 1920s-1950s
8
2
Ph, 1920s-1950s
8
3
Pi-Pl, 1930s-1950s
8
4
Po-Pre, 1920s-1950s
8
5
Pri-Pu, 1930s-1950s
8
6
Pu-Py, 1930s-1940s
8
7
Q, 1930s-1940s
8
8
R.-Re, 1920s-1950s
8
9
Rh-Ri, 1930s-1950s
8
10
Ro, 1930s-1950s
(2 folders)
8
11-12
Ru-Ry, 1930s-1950s
8
13
Sa, 1930s-1950s
8
14
Sample, Paul, circa 1930s-1940s
(1-2 of 4 folders)
8
15-16
Sample, Paul, circa 1930s-1940s
(3-4 of 4 folders)
9
1-2
Sampliner-Saw, 1920s-1950s
9
3
Sawyer, Wells M., circa 1930s-1940s
9
4
Sc, 1920s-1950s
9
5
Se-Sh, 1920s-1950s
9
6
Si-Sl, circa 1920s-1950s
9
7
Sm-Sn, 1920s-1950s
9
8
So-Sp, 1920s-1950s
(2 folders)
9
9-10
St-Su, 1930s-1950s
9
11
Swan-Swarthmore College, 1930s-1940s
9
12
Swarthmore College, 1930s-1940s
9
13
Swarthmore College, Benjamin West Society, 1930s-1940s
(2 folders)
10
1-2
Swarthmore College-Sy, 1940s-1950s
10
3
Ta-Ti, 1930s-1940s
10
4
To, 1930s-1940s
10
5
Tr, 1930s-1950s
10
6
Tu-Ty, 1920s-1940s
10
7
U, 1920s-1950s
10
8
Va, 1920s-1950s
10
9
Ve-Vi, 1920s-1950s
10
10
Vo-Vy, 1920s-1950s
10
11
W.-Wa, 1930s-1950s
11
1
Walker, Horatio, circa 1920s-1930s
(2 folders)
11
2-3
Wal-Wan, 1920s-1940s
11
4
War-Way, 1930s-1950s
11
5
We, 1930s-1950s
11
6
Whi, 1920s-1950s
(2 folders)
11
7-8
Wi, 1920s-1950s
11
9
Wo, 1930s-1950s
11
10
Wr-Wy, 1930s-1950s
11
11
Y, 1920s-1950s
(2 folders)
11
12-13
Z, 1930s-1940s
11
14
Re. "The Circus Comes to Ferargil Galleries,", 1948
11
15
Re. Gilbert Stuart's Portrait of Washington, circa 1920s-circa 1930s
11
16
Illegible/Unidentified, circa 1920s-1950s
11
17
Envelopes, circa 1930s-1950s
11
18
Outgoing Correspondence, circa 1920s-circa 1950s
12
1
Outgoing Correspondence, 1923, 1927-1933
12
2-7
Outgoing Correspondence, 1934
12
8
Outgoing Correspondence, 1935-1940 February
12
9-13
Outgoing Correspondence, 1940 March-1942 July
(14 folders)
13
1-14
Outgoing Correspondence, 1942 Aug-1945 Feb
(13 folders)
14
1-13
Outgoing Correspondence, 1945 March-1958, 1963
(13 folders)
15
1-13

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