Series 1 | A Finding Aid to the James D. Smillie and Smillie family papers, 1853-1957 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Series 1: James David Smillie papers , 1853-1917

4.5 Linear feet

Boxes 1-7

The James David Smillie papers consist of correspondence, personal business records, 45 daily diaries spanning 1865-1909, a scrapbook of clippings, printed materials, and artwork.

The series is arranged as 6 subseries.

1.1: Correspondence, 1850-1905
1.2: Personal Business Records, 1863-1909
1.3: Diaries, 1865-1909
1.4: Scrapbook, circa 1850s-1900
1.5: Printed Material, 1865-1917
1.6: Artwork, circa 1879

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

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1.1: Correspondence, 1850-1905 The bulk of this subseries is comprised of correspondence with artists and colleagues including Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Stuart Church, Samuel Coleman, Charles Henry Hart, and Eastman Johnson. There are three pieces of personal correspondence to his wife, Anna, and from his father and uncle, Charles Smillie.
Bierstadt, Albert, circa 1863-1869	1 1	Select: Bierstadt, Albert, circa 1863-1869
Bierstadt, Edward, 1863	1 2	Select: Bierstadt, Edward, 1863
Church, Frederick Stuart, 1878 or 1879	1 3	Select: Church, Frederick Stuart, 1878 or 1879
Colman, Samuel, 1871-1906	1 4	Select: Colman, Samuel, 1871-1906
Curtis, George M., 1886	1 5	Select: Curtis, George M., 1886
Ehninger, John Whetton, 1882 Includes printed material from Tom Cobb for the Saratoga Humane Society.	1 6	Select: Ehninger, John Whetton, 1882 Scope and Contents note Includes printed material from Tom Cobb for the Saratoga Humane Society.
Haden, Francis Seymour, circa 1890s	1 7	Select: Haden, Francis Seymour, circa 1890s
Hart, Charles Henry, 1884	1 8	Select: Hart, Charles Henry, 1884
Hitchcock, Ripley, circa 1890	1 9	Select: Hitchcock, Ripley, circa 1890
Hogarth and Sons, 1882	1 10	Select: Hogarth and Sons, 1882
Huntington, Daniel B., 1850-1885	1 11	Select: Huntington, Daniel B., 1850-1885
Jenkins, Will, 1902	1 12	Select: Jenkins, Will, 1902
Johnson, Eastman, 1886	1 13	Select: Johnson, Eastman, 1886
Lossing, Bevden (?), 1883	1 14	Select: Lossing, Bevden (?), 1883
Mathers, Frank Jewell, 1905 Art Editor of the Evening Post, includes clippings.	1 15	Select: Mathers, Frank Jewell, 1905 Scope and Contents note Art Editor of the Evening Post, includes clippings.
Smillie, Anna Cook, 1853	1 16	Select: Smillie, Anna Cook, 1853
Smillie, Charles F., 1893	1 17	Select: Smillie, Charles F., 1893
Smillie, James, 1875	1 18	Select: Smillie, James, 1875
Tait, A. T., 1898	1 19	Select: Tait, A. T., 1898
Waters, M. G., 1901	1 20	Select: Waters, M. G., 1901
Miscellaneous Outgoing Letters, circa 1902	1 21	Select: Miscellaneous Outgoing Letters, circa 1902
1.2: Personal Business Records, 1863-1909 Scattered business records include an agreement between Albert Bierstadt and James D. Smillie concerning the engraving of Forest Glen, donations, loans, and sales records, and a list of works in the Smillie collection.
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Agreement, 1863 May 6	1 22	Select: Agreement, 1863 May 6
Donation Records, 1908-1909	1 23	Select: Donation Records, 1908-1909
Loans and Sales Records, 1882	1 24	Select: Loans and Sales Records, 1882
Smillie Collection Lists, 1901	1 25	Select: Smillie Collection Lists, 1901
1.3: Diaries, 1865-1909 There are forty-five volumes of daily diaries in which Smillie describes his paintings, drawings and prints, and references over 200 artists with whom he was acquainted. Loose items originally filed within the diaries include letters, notes, sketches, a silhouette, calling cards, receipts, printed material, and a photo of Smillie, among many other items. See Appendix for a list of artists mentioned in the diaries from Series 1.3.
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Daily Diary, 1865	1 26	Select: Daily Diary, 1865
Daily Diary, 1866	1 27	Select: Daily Diary, 1866
Daily Diary, 1867	1 28	Select: Daily Diary, 1867
Daily Diary, 1868	1 29	Select: Daily Diary, 1868
Daily Diary, 1869	1 30	Select: Daily Diary, 1869
Daily Diary, 1870	1 31	Select: Daily Diary, 1870
Daily Diary, 1871	1 32	Select: Daily Diary, 1871
Daily Diary, 1872	1 33	Select: Daily Diary, 1872
Daily Diary, 1873	1 34	Select: Daily Diary, 1873
Daily Diary, 1874	1 35	Select: Daily Diary, 1874
Daily Diary, 1875	1 36	Select: Daily Diary, 1875
Daily Diary, 1876	2 1	Select: Daily Diary, 1876
Daily Diary, 1877	2 2	Select: Daily Diary, 1877
Daily Diary, 1878	2 3	Select: Daily Diary, 1878
Daily Diary, 1879	2 4	Select: Daily Diary, 1879
Daily Diary, 1880	2 5	Select: Daily Diary, 1880
Daily Diary, 1881	2 6	Select: Daily Diary, 1881
Daily Diary, 1882	2 7	Select: Daily Diary, 1882
Daily Diary, 1883	2 8	Select: Daily Diary, 1883
Daily Diary, 1884	2 9	Select: Daily Diary, 1884
Daily Diary, 1885	2 10	Select: Daily Diary, 1885
Daily Diary, 1886	2 11	Select: Daily Diary, 1886
Daily Diary, 1887	2 12	Select: Daily Diary, 1887
Daily Diary, 1888	3 1	Select: Daily Diary, 1888
Daily Diary, 1889	3 2	Select: Daily Diary, 1889
Daily Diary, 1890	3 3	Select: Daily Diary, 1890
Daily Diary, 1891	3 4	Select: Daily Diary, 1891
Daily Diary, 1892	3 5	Select: Daily Diary, 1892
Daily Diary, 1893	3 6	Select: Daily Diary, 1893
Daily Diary, 1894	3 7	Select: Daily Diary, 1894
Daily Diary, 1895	3 8	Select: Daily Diary, 1895
Daily Diary, 1896	3 9	Select: Daily Diary, 1896
Daily Diary, 1897	3 10	Select: Daily Diary, 1897
Daily Diary, 1898	3 11	Select: Daily Diary, 1898
Daily Diary, 1899	3 12	Select: Daily Diary, 1899
Daily Diary, 1900	4 1	Select: Daily Diary, 1900
Daily Diary, 1901	4 2	Select: Daily Diary, 1901
Daily Diary, 1902	4 3	Select: Daily Diary, 1902
Daily Diary, 1903	4 4	Select: Daily Diary, 1903
Daily Diary, 1904	4 5	Select: Daily Diary, 1904
Daily Diary, 1905	4 6	Select: Daily Diary, 1905
Daily Diary, 1906	4 7	Select: Daily Diary, 1906
Daily Diary, 1907	4 8	Select: Daily Diary, 1907
Daily Diary, 1908	4 9	Select: Daily Diary, 1908
Daily Diary, 1909	4 10	Select: Daily Diary, 1909
Materials Tucked into Diaries		Select: Materials Tucked into Diaries
Biographical Sketches and Writings, 1897-1909	4 11	Select: Biographical Sketches and Writings, 1897-1909
Ephemera, 1865-1880	4 12	Select: Ephemera, 1865-1880
Addresses and Notes, 1897-1909	4 13	Select: Addresses and Notes, 1897-1909
Calendar Fragments, 1881-1896	4 14	Select: Calendar Fragments, 1881-1896
Financial Statements, Lists of Expenses, 1865-1880	4 15	Select: Financial Statements, Lists of Expenses, 1865-1880
Price Lists, Bills, 1881-1896	4 16	Select: Price Lists, Bills, 1881-1896
Insurance Documents, 1865-1880	4 17	Select: Insurance Documents, 1865-1880
Loan Agreements, 1865-1880	4 18	Select: Loan Agreements, 1865-1880
Receipts, 1897-1909	4 19	Select: Receipts, 1897-1909
Prescriptions, 1865-1880	4 20	Select: Prescriptions, 1865-1880
Prescriptions, 1881-1896	4 21	Select: Prescriptions, 1881-1896
Prescriptions, 1897-1909	4 22	Select: Prescriptions, 1897-1909
Rental Payments, 1865-1880	4 23	Select: Rental Payments, 1865-1880
Voting Tallies for National Academy of Design, 1881-1896	4 24	Select: Voting Tallies for National Academy of Design, 1881-1896
Correspondence, 1865-1880	4 25	Select: Correspondence, 1865-1880
Correspondence, 1881-1896	4 26	Select: Correspondence, 1881-1896
Lists of Works of Art, 1865-1880	4 27	Select: Lists of Works of Art, 1865-1880
Lists of Works of Art, 1897-1909	4 28	Select: Lists of Works of Art, 1897-1909
Note, Found in Pocket of Uncle, 1865-1880	4 29	Select: Note, Found in Pocket of Uncle, 1865-1880
Writings, 1865-1880	4 30	Select: Writings, 1865-1880
Writings, 1881-1886	4 31	Select: Writings, 1881-1886
Notes, 1881-1896	4 32	Select: Notes, 1881-1896
Business Cards, 1865-1880	4 33	Select: Business Cards, 1865-1880
Business Cards, 1881-1896	4 34	Select: Business Cards, 1881-1896
Business Cards, 1897-1909	4 35	Select: Business Cards, 1897-1909
Calling Cards, 1865-1880	4 36	Select: Calling Cards, 1865-1880
Calling Cards, 1881-1896	4 37	Select: Calling Cards, 1881-1896
Calling Cards, 1897-1909	4 38	Select: Calling Cards, 1897-1909
Clippings, 1865-1880	4 39	Select: Clippings, 1865-1880
Clippings, 1881-1896	4 40	Select: Clippings, 1881-1896
Clippings, 1897-1909	4 41	Select: Clippings, 1897-1909
Admission Tickets, 1865-1880	4 42	Select: Admission Tickets, 1865-1880
Admission Tickets, 1897-1909	4 43	Select: Admission Tickets, 1897-1909
Playbills and Invitations, 1881-1896	4 44	Select: Playbills and Invitations, 1881-1896
Playbills, 1897-1909	4 45	Select: Playbills, 1897-1909
Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1865-1880	4 46	Select: Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1865-1880
Sketches and Silhouettes, 1865-1880	4 47	Select: Sketches and Silhouettes, 1865-1880
Sketches, 1881-1896	4 48	Select: Sketches, 1881-1896
Sketches, Landscape Sketch for a House, 1881-1896	4 49	Select: Sketches, Landscape Sketch for a House, 1881-1896
Photographs, 1864-1880 Photographs of James David Smillie and William J. Turrell.	4 50	Select: Photographs, 1864-1880 Scope and Contents note Photographs of James David Smillie and William J. Turrell.
1.4: Scrapbook, circa 1850s-1900 The scrapbook contains clippings, publications with etchings, and reproductions of prints. Although not all are labeled, many of the clippings were written by or concern James D. Smillie.
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Scrapbook of Clippings and Reproductions of Works of Art, circa 1850s-1900	7 1	Select: Scrapbook of Clippings and Reproductions of Works of Art, circa 1850s-1900
1.5: Printed Material, 1865-1917 Found are scattered printed materials including exhibition catalogs for James D. Smillie, clippings, reproductions of works of art, and miscellanous art publications. Of note are advertisement circulars for engravings of Abraham Lincoln by William E. Marhsall and of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet by F. B. Carpenter. Also found is a publishing proposal for a work by Bierstadt.
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Exhibition Catalog (fragment), 1909	5 1	Select: Exhibition Catalog (fragment), 1909
Exhibition Catalog, 1910	5 2	Select: Exhibition Catalog, 1910
Clipping, 1901-1905, 1866	5 3-5	Select: Clipping, 1901-1905, 1866
Reproductions of Works of Art, circa 1860s Oversized material housed in Box 6, Folder 4	5 6	Select: Reproductions of Works of Art, circa 1860s Scope and Contents Oversized material housed in Box 6, Folder 4
Publishing Proposal, circa 1865 For Picture of the Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt.	5 7	Select: Publishing Proposal, circa 1865 Scope and Contents note For Picture of the Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt.
Advertisement, 1866 William E. Marshall's line engraving to Abraham Lincoln.	5 8	Select: Advertisement, 1866 Scope and Contents note William E. Marshall's line engraving to Abraham Lincoln.
Advertisement, circa 1866 F. B. Carpenter's President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet.	5 9	Select: Advertisement, circa 1866 Scope and Contents note F. B. Carpenter's President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet.
Art Publications, 1885-1917 Oversized material housed in Box 6, Folder 4	5 10	Select: Art Publications, 1885-1917 Scope and Contents Oversized material housed in Box 6, Folder 4
Oversized Reproductions of Works of Art scanned with Box 5, Folder 6, circa 1860s	6 4	Select: Oversized Reproductions of Works of Art scanned with Box 5, Folder 6, circa 1860s
Oversized Art Publications scanned with Box 5, Folder 10, 1885-1917	6 4	Select: Oversized Art Publications scanned with Box 5, Folder 10, 1885-1917
1.6: Artwork, circa 1879 Found is one etching by James D. Smillie entitled Up the Hill.
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Etching, Up the Hill, circa 1879	5 11	Select: Etching, Up the Hill, circa 1879

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Series 1: James David Smillie papers , 1853-1917

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Boxes 1-7