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Rihoko Ueno
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook of New York painter and etcher Charles Yardley Turner consists of 3 folders of letters and date from 1894 to 1913. The disbound scrapbook contains 26 illustrated letters to Turner from painter Frederick S. Church, and one letter from John LaFarge.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Charles Yardley Turner scrapbook of letters from Frederick S. Church and John LaFarge were transferred to the Archives of American Art from the National Museum of American Art Library in 1981. The letters on reel 3480 were originally donated to the National Collection of Fine Arts by Turner's sister, Mrs. A. T. Yardley, on July 17, 1926. Letters on reel D8 are from an unknown donor, possibly one "Whittenberg" in Oct. 1958.
Processing Information
The collection was microfilmed sometime after its transfer from the National Museum of American Art. The Charles Yardley Turner Scrapbook of Letters from Frederick S. Church and John LaFarge were later processed and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2022.
