Overview
Collection Information
Size: 18 Items, (on 2 microfilm reels)
Summary: Diaries, a sketchbook, photographs and biographical documents.
Reel 1365: One sketchbook, Oddie family biographical documents, and photographs of Oddie, his paintings, and family members.
Reel 4307: Diaries (1828-1829) discuss Oddie's family, health and financial difficulties as well as his responses to art works by others, books he had read, and world affairs.
Biographical/Historical Note
Landscape painter and teacher; New York City.
Provenance
The materials on Reel 1365 were lent by Allen L. Oddie. The diaries on Reel 4307 were microfilmed by the owner, the Winterthur Museum, which donated a copy to the Archives of American Art. The diaries were previously owned by Henry Meigs, Oddie's father-in-law.
Language Note
English .
Location of Originals
- Reel 1365: The originals were returned to the lender, Allen L. Oddie, after microfilming.
- Reel 4307: Originals in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware.
