Box 3

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Re Ellsworth miniature exhibition at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum which took place from October 9 - November 3, 1953, organized by Mitchell. Includes invitation to the exhibition and newspaper and magazine clippings.

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Clippings re Mitchell’s gift of 36 Ellsworth miniatures to the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum in January 1957.

Scope and Contents note Printed notice by Juliette Tomlinson, Director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, sent to museum members with a copy of Art in America, Autumn 1953. Art in America, Autumn 1953, featuring Mitchell's cover story, “James Sanford Ellsworth: American Miniature Painter.” William’s scrapbook of the William Pynchon Memorial Building, Winter...

Scope and Contents note A175. Mr. Crawford of Guilford, Conn. - No photograph attached. A176. Mrs. Crawford of Guilford, Conn. - No photograph attached. A177. Gentleman of the Canfield Family, facing right A178. Lady of the Canfield family, facing left A179. Young Lady, about 18, facing right A180. ...

Scope and Contents note Note included explaining missing Data Sheet A185, Middle-aged Lady - SEE ALSO the James Sanford Ellsworth Artist File - Frick Art Reference Library for the photograph and description. A186. Young Man, Wm. H. Tanner, facing right A187. Joel Clark Jr., facing left A188. Suzannah Babcock Clark, facing right A189. ...

Scope and Contents note Additional oil paintings were produced by Ellsworth and listed in Art in America, Fall 1953, and mentioned by Mitchell in the 1974 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller exhibition catalogue, but not included in the Research Files. See the James Sanford Ellsworth Artist File - Frick Art Reference Library for Oil Painting 7, George Washington, and Oil Painting 12, Portrait of a Young Lady or Lady in a Brown...

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These examples were not presented in the 1974 catalogue for the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection exhibition.

Z1. Copy of #66, Ebenezer Rudd

Z2. Copy of #67, Deborah Baird Rudd

Z3. Middle-aged Lady, facing right

Z4. Copy of #73, Lady of the Folts Family of Albany - No photograph attached.

Scope and Content Note Arranged in number order of the Data Sheets. Includes correspondence re Data Sheets numbers : 17, 18, 22, 23, 27-37, 42, 43, 48, 49, 70, 73-83 ,93, 94, A1, A2, A7, A8, A9 and A12- A16. Correspondents include: Mrs. Hubbel Allen, Clinton deR. Coules, Robert J. Flanagan, Edgar W. Garbisch, Edna P. Hirons, Herbert H. Hosmer, George H. Huntington, Jr. , Miriam McCreem, McKearins Antiques, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mrs. Milton Bartholomew, New Milford Historical Society, New York...

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Re caps worn by ladies in Ellsworth paintings, paper type, and bibliography. File also includes a photostat of drawings of Ellsworth chair styles, which are numbered 1-6, and notes written by Mitchell re dates of miniatures and Ellsworth handwriting.

Correspondents include: Dard Hunter Paper Museum of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Library of the Boston Athenaeum, Malabar Ltd. Theatrical Costumer, Helen D. Perkins, and the Pilgrim Society.

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Arranged alphabetically. Folder includes photostat from the New York State Library of a letter written by Ellsworth on August 28, 1861 to Governor Edwin D. Morgan, and typed notes on Ellsworth.

Correspondents include: Connecticut State Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Dr. Albert A. Siebert, and State of Delaware Public Archives Commission.