Collection Information

Size: 5 v. (on partial microfilm reel)

Summary: Account books presumed to have been kept by Oliver, listing his customers, charges, and sometimes naming the painting restored; names and addresses, probably of customers; copies of signatures of various artists.

Biographical/Historical Note

Painting restorer; New York, N.Y.

Provenance

Lent 1974 by the New York Historical Society.

Location of Originals

• Originals in: New York Historical Society.

Alternative Forms Available

Microfilm reel 801 available from the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.

Restrictions on Access

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

How to Cite This Collection

James Oliver account books, 1865-1890. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.