Collection Information
Size: 4 Reels, ca. 830 items (on 4 microfilm reels)
Summary: Sketches and drawings, writings, correspondence, printed materials, poems, and financial and legal papers.
REEL 961: General and family correspondence; family legal documents; photographs of Farny, his family, his studio, and miscellaneous photographs; clippings; writings and poems apparently by Farny; biographical data; and memorabilia.
REEL 973: a poem by Farny; two letters to his family; notes on his career; sketches and etchings; photographs of his work; and reproductions of his work and illustrations, clippings, and other printed material.
REEL 1196: Undated sketches by Farny and a book of drawings by him, 1859.
REEL 1233: Correspondence, including Robert Taft, Daniel Farny (Farny's son), Joseph Henry Gest, and John Ottis Adams; biographical sketch; sketches; financial and legal papers; magazine and newspaper clippings; and personal photographs.