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Mary Margaret Sittig research material on Louis Prang, 1860-1978

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Series 1:Biographical Material, 1881-1973
(Box 1; 10 folders)

Biographical material concerning Louis Prang includes listings of Prang family members, a certificate of esteem for Louis Prang, a ship's passenger list, material from Prang's funeral and from the funeral of his mother, and an employment application for Prang's granddaughter Henriette Heinzen. Biographical material concerning Mary Margaret Sittig includes resumes, application forms for federal employment, receipts, and a photograph of Sittig.
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Prang Family Record Book, 1891
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A Genealogical List of Prang Family Members, a Certificate of Esteem for Louis Prang, and a Passenger List from the Ship Columbia, 1881-1900
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Booklet "Addresses at the Memorial Services of Mrs. Rosa Prang,", 1898
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Miscellaneous Material Concerning the Funeral of Louis Prang, 1909
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4-5
Employment Application of Henriette Heinzen, 1933
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6
Biographical Material Concerning Mary Margaret Sittig, 1961-1973
(4 folders)
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7-10
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Series 2:Letters, 1864-1974
(Box 1; 23 folders)

Letters primarily consist of scattered communications between miscellaneous Prang family members. Letters to Mary Margaret Sittig are primarily from friends and discuss her research activities.
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families from Unidentified Correspondents, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families from Correspondents with Unknown Surnames, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families from Correspondents with Surnames "A" - "O,", circa 1860-circa 1978
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families from Correspondents with Surnames "P,", circa 1860-circa 1978
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15 Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families from Correspondents with Surnames "R" - "Z,", circa 1860-circa 1978
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1864-1887
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1891-1899
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1900-1903
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1904-1908
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1909-1912
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1913-1914
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1915-1923
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1924-1927
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1928
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Letters to the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1963
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Letters to Mary Margaret Sittig, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Letters to Mary Margaret Sittig, 1968-1969
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Letters to Mary Margaret Sittig, 1970
(3 folders)
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Letters to Mary Margaret Sittig, 1971
(2 folders)
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31-32
Letters to Mary Margaret Sittig, 1973-1974
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33
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Series 3:Personal Business Records, 1875-1917
(Box 1; 2 folders)

Personal business records consist of an account book for Louis Prang's wife, Rosa, and miscellaneous receipts for Louis Prang.
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Account Book for Rosa M. Prang, 1875
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Miscellaneous Receipts for Louis Prang, 1899-1917
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Series 4:Notes and Writings, 1890-1978
(Box 1; 16 folders)

Notes and writings primarily consist of photocopies of research material on Louis Prang collected by Mary Margaret Sittig, but include a typescript of her thesis L. Prang and Company, Fine Art Publishers, compilations of writings and poems by Henriette Heinzen, and miscellaneous notes by members of the Prang and Heinzen families.
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Hand-made Book "School Reminiscences" by Henriette Heinzen, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Henriette Heinzen's Album of Poems and Inserted Printed Material, 1899-1931
(4 folders)
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37-40
Miscellaneous Notes by Members of the Prang and Heinzen Families, 1890, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of 1869 Article "What Pictures Shall I Hang on My Walls?" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of Microfilm of an 1875 Catalog of Art Sale from the Louis Prang Collection, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of Microfilm of an 1893 Auction Catalog, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of an 1892 Art Work Catalog Collection of L. Prang and Company of Boston, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of 1899 Catalog Louis Prang's Collection of Oil and Water-Color Paintings, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Thesis Typescript L. Prang and Company, Fine Art Publishers by Mary Margaret Sittig, 1970
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of Typescript "Kingly Print: An American Chromo" by Lucy E. Leitzell, 1972
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Notes by Sittig: Photocopy of Indiana Historical Society Lectures, Autographed by Lillian B. Miller, 1974
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Miscellaneous Notes by Sittig, 1978, circa 1860-circa 1978
(2 folders)
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50-51
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Series 5:Art Work, circa 1880
(Box 1; 9 folders)

Art work includes ink drawings, watercolor sketches primarily of floral borders, young girls, and scenic views, an etching signed by Ellen Day Hale, a block print of a Native American design, and an oil portrait painting of an unidentified man on fabric.
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Ink Drawings, circa 1880
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Watercolor Sketches, circa 1880
(6 folders)
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53-58
Etching Signed by Ellen Day Hale, circa 1880
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Block Print of a Native American Design, circa 1880
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Oil Portrait Painting on Fabric, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Series 6:Printed Material, 1866-1972
(Box 1-8; 2.5 linear feet)

Printed material includes clippings, commercial lithographs of book illustrations, chromolithographs of ceramics from the Walters Collection and of work by others, The Card Autograph Album by L. Prang and Co., color lithographs of miniature pictures of mammals, birds, fish, insects, and miscellaneous subjects, calendars, miscellaneous greeting cards including salesmen's sample books of cards, programs, labels, and advertising cards. There are chromolithographed and block-printed fabric items including fabric squares, a fabric-covered box, shawls, and fabric-covered portfolio covers displaying images primarily of flowers and young girls. The books published by L. Prang and Co. include Prang's Standard Alphabets, American Text-Books of Art Education, The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, Illustrations of the History of Art, and Yawcob's Dribulatons that is autographed by Charles Follen Adams (a.k.a. Yawcob Strauss). Books published by others are primarily German children's books with fine illustrations. There is also a large portfolio of machine-cut stencil designs.
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Clippings, circa 1860-circa 1978
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61
Clippings, 1918-1946
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Clippings, 1952-1972
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63
Commercial Lithographs of Book Illustrations, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Chromolithographs of Ceramics from the Walters Collection, circa 1860-circa 1978
(4 folders; Oversized Material Housed in Box 4)
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65-68
Chromolithographs of Art Work by Others, 1866-1903, circa 1860-circa 1978
(5 folders; Oversized Material Housed in Box 4)
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69-73
The Card Autograph Album by L. Prang and Co., 1871
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Color Lithographs of Miniature Pictures of Mammals, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Color Lithographs of Miniature Pictures of Birds, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Color Lithographs of Miniature Pictures of Fish and Sea Creatures, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Color Lithographs of Miniature Pictures of Insects, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Color Lithographs of Miniature Pictures of Miscellaneous Subjects, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Calendars, 1888-1952
(2 folders; Oversized Material Housed in OV 8)
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6-7
New Year's Cards, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Valentine's Day Cards, circa 1882-1893
(3 folders)
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9-11
Easter Cards, 1880s
(2 folders)
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Christmas Cards, circa 1881-1890
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Christmas Cards, circa 1881-1890
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Christmas Cards, circa 1881-1890
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Christmas Cards, circa 1881-1890
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Birthday Cards, 1870s-1890s
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Miscellaneous Printed Cards, circa 1870-1887
(3 folders; Oversized Material Housed in Box 4)
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19-21
Programs, 1881-1903
(2 folders; Oversized Material Housed in Box 4)
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Miscellaneous Labels and Advertising Cards, circa 1860-circa 1978
(Oversized Material Housed in OV 8)
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Chromolithographed and Block-Printed Fabric Items, circa 1860-circa 1978
(2 folders; Oversized Material Housed in Box 5 and Box 6)
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Book Prang's Standard Alphabets, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Book Prang's Prize Babies, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Book Language of Flowers, Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Book Prang's Natural History Series for Children, 1878
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Books American Text-Books of Art Education, Numbers 2-7 and 9, Published by L. Prang and Co., 1879-1888
(7 folders)
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31-37
Book Der Kinder Wundergarten by Friedrich Hofmann, 1882
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Book Prinzessin Wunderhold by J. Trojan, 1883
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Book Drei Gute Freunde, 1884
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Book A Gay Day for 7 by Mrs. Rose Mueller Sprague, Published by L. Prang and Co., 1887
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Book Autograph Recipes Published by L. Prang and Co., 1888
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Book The Baby's Bouquet by Walter Crane, 1890
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Book Das Schönste UBC Buch für die Jugend, 1890
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Book Yawcob's Dribulatons, Published by L. Prang and Co., 1894
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Book Flora's Feast by Walter Crane, 1895
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Book Dream Pansies by Bessie Gray, 1897
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Books The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction, 1897-1898
(2 folders)
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Oversized Commercial Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln, 1865
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Oversized Chromolithographs of Ceramics from the Walters Collection, circa 1860-circa 1978,
(from Box 1, Folder 68)
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Oversized Chromolithographs of Art Work by Others, circa 1866-1869
(from Box 1, Folder 73)
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Two Oversized Salesmen's Sample Books of Miscellaneous Cards, circa 1860-circa 1978,
(from Box 2, Folder 19)
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Five Oversized Miscellaneous Printed Cards, 1870-1884,
(from Box 2, Folder 21)
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Two Copies of Oversized Program The Prang Souvenir, 1881
(from Box 2, Folder 22)
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Two Oversized Chromolithographed and Embroidered Shawls (?) and a Chromolithographed Portfolio Cover; Oversized Fabric-Covered Portfolio Decorated with a Block Print Design, circa 1860-circa 1978,
(from Box 2, Folder 25)
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2-5
Oversized Chromolithographed Fabric-Covered Box; Eight Chromolithographed Fabric Squares, circa 1860-circa 1978,
(from Box 2, Folder 25)
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Oversized Books Illustrations of the History of Art, Series 1 - IV, 1879
(4 folders)
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Oversized Portfolio of Machine-Cut Stencil Designs, circa 1860-circa 1978
(2 folders)
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Oversized Calendar Page, 1952,
(from Box 2, Folder 7)
OV 8
Oversized Advertisement for Prang's Valentines, circa 1860-circa 1978,
(from Box 2, Folder 24)
OV 8
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Series 7:Photographs, 1860-1957
(Box 3, 7; 6 folders)

Photographs are of Louis Prang, miscellaneous Prang family members, and scattered art work including the painting The Valley of Wyoming by Jasper Cropsey, and a still life arrangement of a table setting signed by Antoinette Perrett. There is also the Prang Family Photograph Album that contains annotations, but no photographs.
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Prang Family Photograph Album, circa 1860
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Photographs of Louis Prang, Rosa Prang, and Mary Dana Hicks Prang, 1905, circa 1860-circa 1978
(Oversized Material Housed in Box 7)
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Photographs of Miscellaneous Prang Family Members, 1925-1957, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Photograph of Painting The Valley of Wyoming by Jasper Cropsey, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Photograph of Drawing of an Unidentified Woman and of a Lithograph of an Unidentified Man, circa 1860-circa 1978
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Oversized Photograph of Louis Prang, circa 1860-circa 1978,
(from Box 3, Folder 5)
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Oversized Photograph of a Still Life Arrangement of a Table Setting Signed by Antoinette Perrett, circa 1860-circa 1978
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