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Stephanie Ashley
Scope and Contents
The James G. Gill letters from artists date from 1884-1885 and circa 1890, and measure 0.01 linear feet. The letters primarily concern a fire in Gill's gallery; the receipt of checks; the sale of art works; and the return of unsold pieces. Artists represented with letters in the collection are: Alfred Bricher, John Bunyan Bristol, George Elmer Browne, George Loring Brown, Harry Chase, M. F. H. de Haas, H. A. Ferguson, Frederick W. Freer, Edward Gay, Charles X. Harris, E. Ritchie Harrison , William Hart, Jonathan Scott Hartley, Edward L. Henry, Edward C. Leavitt, W. Ferdinand Macy, W. S. (William Starbuck) Macy, George Herbert McCord, Frank Knox Morton Rehn, William Trost Richards, Walter Satterlee, F. Schuchardt, Aaron Draper Shattuck, George H. Smillie, William Lewis Sonntag and, George Henry Story.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Letters on Reel 2813 were purchased by the Archives of American Art in 1967. Letters on Reel D8-D10 were donated by Charles Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
Funding
Sponsor
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Processing Information
The letters were microfilmed after receipt on reels D8 (frames 366, 370), D9 (frames 640-41), D10 (frames 1249, 1395-1396, 1525, and 1553) and 2813. The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley in 2023 and was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
