Mary Bartlett Cowdrey papers

Series I. National Academy of Design; American Academy of Fine Arts; American Art-Union Exhibition Record, circa 1790-1954, 1940-1954

This series is divided into three subseries corresponding to the chronological periods before 1820s, 1800s-1890, and late 1800s-1930. Within each period, general alphabetical files (A - F, etc.) are followed by individual files alphabetized by the artist's last name. These files include information on more than 1,200 American artists and 12,000 works of art, which Cowdrey collected to write her books National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1820-1860 and American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art-Union Exhibition Record, 1816-1852 .

Subseries I.A. American Artists, active before 1820s

This subseries includes artists selected by Cowdrey who were active before the 1820s and displayed their work at the three major annual art exhibitions held during the nineteenth century in New York City at the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Art-Union.

A - F	Box 1, F1

G - P	Box 1, F2

R - W	Box 1, F3

Badger, Joseph	Box 1, F4

Blackburn, Joseph	Box 1, F5

Cooper, J (J. F.)	Box 1, F6

Feke, Robert, ca. 1705-1750	Box 1, F9

Hesselius, Gustavus, 1682-1755	Box 1, F10

Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828	Box 1, F11

Malbone, Edward Greene, 1777-1807	Box 1, F12

Pratt, Matthew, 1734-1805	Box 1, F13

Sharples, James, 1752-1811	Box 1, F14

Smibert, John, 1688-1751	Box 1, F15

Theus, Jeremiah, ca. 1719-1774	Box 1, F16

Wollaston, John, 1710-1775?	Box 1, F17

Wright, Joseph, 1756-1793	Box 1, F18

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 [Box 1, F7]

Subseries I.B. American Artists, active 1800s-1890

This subseries includes artists selected by Cowdrey who were active during the period 1800s-1890, and displayed their work at the three major annual art exhibitions held during the nineteenth century in New York City at the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Art-Union.

A	Box 1, F19

B - Bl	Box 1, F20

Bo - Bu	Box 1, F21

C - Ch	Box 1, F22

Cl - Cus	Box 1, F23

D - De	Box 1, F24

Di - Du	Box 1, F25

E	Box 1, F26

F	Box 2, F27

G	Box 2, F28

H - He	Box 2, F29

Hi - Ho	Box 2, F30

Hu - J	Box 2, F31

K	Box 2, F32

L	Box 2, F33

M - Me	Box 2, F34

Mi - Mu	Box 2, F35

N - O	Box 2, F36

P - Pee	Box 2, F37

Pel - Pr	Box 2, F38

Q - Ri	Box 2, F39

Rob - Sa	Box 2, F40

Sc - Spe	Box 2, F41

Sta - Swo	Box 3, F42

T - U	Box 3, F431

V - Wa	Box 3, F44

Web - Wim	Box 3, F45

Win - Y	Box 3, F46

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843	Box 3, F47

Ames, Ezra, 1768-1836	Box 3, F48

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851	Box 3, F49

Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854	Box 3, F50

Beard Family	Box 3, F51

Benett, William James, 1787-1844	Box 3, F52

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902	Box 3, F53

Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879	Box 3, F54

Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851	Box 3, F55

Blythe, David Gilmour, 1815-1865	Box 3, F56

Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893	Box 3, F57

Bonaparte, Charlotte, princess, 1802-1839	Box 3, F58

Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896	Box 3, F59

Browere, Albertis D. O., 1814-1887	Box 3, F60

Bullard, O. A. (Otis Allen), 1816-1853	Box 3, F61

Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894	Box 3, F62

Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893	Box 3, F63

Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900	Box 3, F64

Catherwood, Frederick, 1799-1854	Box 3, F65

Catlin, George, 1796-1872	Box 3, F66

Chambers, Thomas, 1808?-ca. 1866	Box 3, F67

Chapman, Conrad Wise, 1842-1910	Box 3, F68

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889	Box 3, F69

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900	Box 3, F70

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848	Box 3, F71

Cooke, G. (George), 1793-1849	Box 3, F72

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900	Box 4, F73

Currier Ives	Box 4, F74

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888	Box 4, F75

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856	Box 4, F76

Dunlap, William, 1766-1839	Box 4, F77

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886	Box 4, F78

Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863	Box 4, F79

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916	Box 4, F80

Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875	Box 4, F81

Ehninger, John Whetton, 1827-1889	Box 4, F82

Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842	Box 4, F83

Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868	Box 4, F84

Fairman, Gideon, 1774-1827	Box 4, F85

Fisher, Alanson	Box 4, F86

Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860	Box 4, F87

Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880	Box 4, F88

Guy, Francis, 1760-1820	Box 4, F89

Hamilton, James, 1819-1878	Box 4, F90

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866	Box 4, F91

Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892	Box 4, F92

Harvey, George, ca. 1800-1878	Box 4, F93

Heade, Martin Johnson, 1819-1904	Box 4, F94

Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894	Box 4, F95

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919	Box 4, F96

Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849	Box 4, F97

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910 [1 of 2]	Box 4, F98

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910 [2 of 2]	Box 4, F99

Huntington, Daniel, 1788-1858	Box 4, F100

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846	Box 4, F101

Inness, George, 1854-1926	Box 4, F102

Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1840	Box 4, F103

Jennys Family	Box 4, F104

Jocelyn, Nathaniel, 1796-1881	Box 4, F105

Jonhson, Eastman, 1824-1906	Box 4, F106

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872	Box 4, F107

La Farge, John, 1835-1910	Box 4, F108

Lane, Fitz Hugh, 1804-1865	Box 4, F109

Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868	Box 4, F110

Lewis, Henry, 1819-1904	Box 4, F111

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872	Box 5, F112

Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868 [1 of 2]	Box 5, F113

Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868 [2 of 2]	Box 5, F114

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902	Box 5, F115

Neagle, John, 1796-1865	Box 5, F116

Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876 [1 of 5]	Box 5, F117

Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876 [2 of 5]	Box 5, F118

Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876 [3 of 5]	Box 5, F119

Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876 Catalog [4 of 5]	Box 5, F120

Palmer, F. (Fanny), 1812-1876 Catalog [5 of 5]	Box 5, F121

Peale Family	Box 5, F122

Perry, Enoch Wood, 1831-1915	Box 5, F123

Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907	Box 5, F124

Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873	Box 5, F125

Quidor, John, 1801-1881	Box 5, F126

Ranney, William Tylee, 1813-1857	Box 5, F127

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872	Box 5, F128

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909	Box 5, F129

Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905	Box 5, F130

Rimmer, William, 1816-1879	Box 5, F131

Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895	Box 5, F132

Robertson, Archibald, 1765-1835	Box 5, F133

Rogers, John, 1829-1904	Box 5, F134

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871	Box 5, F135

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895	Box 5, F136

Rush, William, 1756-1833	Box 5, F137

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917	Box 5, F138

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907	Box 5, F139

Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852	Box 5, F140

Salmon, Robert, 1775- ca. 1848	Box 5, F141

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925	Box 5, F142

Savage, Edward, 1761-1817	Box 5, F143

Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879	Box 5, F144

Spenser, Lilly Martin, 1824-1902	Box 5, F145

Stearns, Junius Brutus, 1810-1885	Box 6, F146

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828	Box 6, F147

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872	Box 6, F148

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905	Box 6, F149

Thompson, Cephas Giovanni, 1809-1888	Box 6, F150

Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878	Box 6, F151

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843	Box 6, F152

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852	Box 6, F153

Waldo, Samuel Lovett, 1783-1861 Jewett, William S. (Smith), 1812-1873	Box 6, F154

Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889	Box 6, F155

Wellstood, John Geikie, 1813-1893	Box 6, F156

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820	Box 6, F157

Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892	Box 6, F158

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910	Box 6, F159

Woodville, Richard Caton, 1825-1855	Box 6, F160

Subseries I.C. American Artists, active late 1800s-1930

This subseries includes artists selected by Cowdrey who were active during the late 1800s-1930 and displayed their work at the three major annual art exhibitions held during the nineteenth century in New York City at the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Art-Union.

A	Box 6, F161

B	Box 6, F162

C	Box 6, F163

D	Box 6, F164

E	Box 6, F165

F	Box 6, F166

G	Box 6, F167

H - J	Box 6, F168

L	Box 6, F169

M	Box 6, F170

N - Q	Box 6, F171

R	Box 6, F172

S	Box 6, F173

T	Box 6, F174

V	Box 6, F175

W - Z	Box 6, F176

Beale, Joseph Boggs, 1841-1926	Box 6, F177

Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919	Box 6, F178

Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903	Box 6, F179

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941	Box 6, F180

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932	Box 6, F181

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926	Box 6, F182

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916	Box 7, F183

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928	Box 7, F184

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938	Box 7, F185

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919	Box 7, F186

Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928	Box 7, F187

Moran Family	Box 7, F188

Murphy, John Francis, 1853-1921	Box 7, F189

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921	Box 7, F190

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903	Box 7, F191

Wyant, A. H. (Alexander Helwig), 1836-1892	Box 7, F192

Series II. National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1861-1890

This series comprises Cowdrey’s unpublished manuscript National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1861-1890 , which she completed in 1965. Intended to be a continuation of her earlier work, National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1820-1860 , the manuscript includes 3,700 artists and 27,000 entries.

A	Box 7, F193

B - Bea	Box 7, F194

Bec - Bix	Box 7, F195

Bl - Bre	Box 7, F196

Bri - By	Box 7, F197

C - Ca	Box 7, F198

Ce - Cl	Box 7, F199

Col - Coz	Box 7, F200

Cr - Cu	Box 7, F201

D - De	Box 7, F202

Di - Dz	Box 7, F203

E	Box 7, F204

F - Fi	Box 7, F205

Fl - Fu	Box 7, F206

G - Go	Box 7, F207

Gr - Gu	Box 7, F208

Ha	Box 8, F209

He - Hl	Box 8, F210

Ho - Hy	Box 8, F211

I - J	Box 8, F212

K	Box 8, F213

L - Le	Box 8, F214

Li - Ly	Box 8, F215

M - Mar	Box 8, F216

Mas - Moo	Box 8, F217

Mor - My	Box 8, F218

N	Box 8, F219

O	Box 8, F220

P - Pf	Box 8, F221

Ph - Q	Box 8, F222

R - Ri	Box 8, F223

Ro - Ry	Box 8, F224

S - Se	Box 8, F225

Sh - Sm	Box 8, F226

Sn - Sy	Box 8, F227

T - Th	Box 8, F228

Ti - Ty	Box 9, F229

U - V	Box 9, F230

W - Web	Box 9, F231

Weh - Wh	Box 9, F232

Wi	Box 9, F233

Wo - U	Box 9, F234

Series III. A History of American Painting and Sculpture, 1700-1913

This series is a draft of the manuscript A History of American Painting and Sculpture, 1700-1913 , which was commissioned by the National Park Service as part of a project for the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings.

Outline and name list	Box 9, F235

Introduction	Box 9, F236

Chapter 1. Early Professional Portrait Painters, 1700-1760	Box 9, F237

Chapter 2. Art as Document: Portrait and History painting, 1760-1800	Box 9, F238

Chapter 3. Art and Artists of the US. The Age of Romanticism, 1800-1840	Box 9, F239

Chapter 4. The American School, Mid-19th Century, 1840-1876	Box 9, F240

Chapter 5. Art vs. Photography, the Fulfillment of Realism, 1876-1913	Box 9, F241

Chapter 6. American Sculpture, 1800 to 1913	Box 9, F242

Correspondence with NPS, 1962-1963	Box 9, F243

Series IV. Writing and publicity (by years)

This series combines two groups of materials. The first group comprises clippings from publications and articles in manuscript form that Mary Cowdrey wrote between 1936-1965 for a variety of publications, including exhibit catalogs, art magazines, bulletins, and books. The second group is composed of press publicity devoted to Cowdrey.

1936-1942	Box 9, F244

1942-1945	Box 9, F245

1943-1949 Old Print Shop	Box 9, F246

1949-1953	Box 9, F247

1953-1964	Box 9, F248

Series V. English Art

This series is composed mainly of engravings from published sources and photographs of British paintings and engravings, with some notes and articles interspersed among the visual materials. Cowdrey began collecting this material while studying at the University of London in 1934-1935, and continued her efforts after her return to the United States.

Painting [1 of 2]	Box 9, F249

Painting [2 of 2]	Box 9, F250

Engravings	Box 9, F251

Shakespeare	Box 9, F252

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