Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
Painter, Author, Draftsmen (artists)
Size: 5 v. (on 2 partial microfilm reels)
Summary: REEL D193 (fr. 955-1341): 4 v., 1886-1904, of ledgers recording the household accounts of the Eilshemius family. REEL 4781: 1 v., 1892-1894, recording the household accounts of the Eilshemius family, probably kept by Eilshemius' brother or another family member.
Painter, mathematician, composer, writer; New York, N.Y.
Donated by the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1956 (reel D193) and 1984 (reel 4781), who received it from the Eilshemius family.
Additional Louis Eilshemius papers also located at: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.
Microfilm reel D193 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Louis M. Eilshemius and family account books, 1886-1904. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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