Overview
Collection Information
Size: 8 Items, (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Letters, 1879-1918, of Adelaide Deming: She writes to Victor Hugo, 1879, requesting an autographed photo of him; the reply from his secretary includes the photo. Booker T. Washington requests a painting for the Tuskegee Institute, and in a second note acknowledges a drawing which she sent. Other letters are from Julia Marlowe Sothern, Hamilton Holt, William Beebe, and Helen Woodrow Bones.
Biographical/Historical Note
Adelaide Deming, born in Litchfield, Conn., was a mural and landscape painter.
Provenance
Litchfield Historical Society lent the Adelaide Deming letters in addition to the Anson Dickinson sketchbook and sketches, which have been described separately.
Language Note
The correspondence with Victo Hugo is in French.
Location of Originals
- Originals returned to the Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Conn. after microfilming.
