Overview
Collection Information
Size: 3.1 Linear feet, linear ft.(on two microfilm reels)
Summary: Resume; art school report cards, 1885; several postcards and greeting cards; 456 photographs of MacNeil, his family, friends, models, studio and sculpture, and of other sculptor's work including his wife, Carol Brooks MacNeil; 9 sketchbooks with notes, and 8 sketches; a sketch by James Coughlin; clippings, exhibition catalogs and printed miscellany.
Biographical/Historical Note
Herman Atkins MacNeil (1866-1947) was a sculptor and art instructor in Queens, N.Y. Born in Everett, Mass., MacNeil taught at Cornell University, Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute and American Academy of Rome. MacNeil established the American Indian as a legitimate artistic theme. He was the husband of sculptor Carol Brooks MacNeil.
Provenance
Donated 1982 by Robert A. Sanborn, who received them from Donald Weeks, an English professor at Mills College, who in turn had received them from James Coughlin, a colleague of MacNeil.
Language Note
English .
