Muybridge, Eadweard James, 1830-1904
Photographer
Size: 0.1 Linear feet, (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Printed matter (1885-1890), receipts, and certificates (1888-1899) include the prospectus and final publication of ANIMAL LOCOMOTION (1887), the Library of Congress register of copyright, clippings, and insurance certificates. Correspondence (1886-1901) generally relates to the University's effort to sell the equipment after the project's completion and contains 17 letters from Muybridge.
Muybridge contracted with the University of Pennsylvania in 1883 to conduct and publish animal locomotion studies.
Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
University of Pennsylvania papers on Eadweard Muybridge; Also located at; International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.
35mm microfilm reel 4399 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
University of Pennsylvania papers relating to Eadweard Muybridge's studies on animal locomotion, 1886-1901. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
