Peale Family Papers.
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfiche ND237.P27A2
Description
Letters and documents sent by or to the Peale family members through the third generation in America. Charles Willson Peale was a portrait artist, political activist, inventor and progenitor of a family which included many distinguished artists and scientists. He was also founder of one of the first science museums in America as well as co-founder of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Arrangement is by series number, corresponding to material by and about individual family members.
Series I: The Papers of Charles Peale (1709-1750)
Series II: The Papers of Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Series III: The Papers of James Peale, Sr. and his Children (1749-1885)
Series IV: The Papers of St. George Peale (1745-1778) and Margaret Jane Peale M'Mordie Ramsay (1743-1788)
Series V: The Papers of Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825)
Series VI: The Papers of Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)
Series VII: The Papers of Rubens Peale (1784-1865)
Series IX: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Peale (1795-1870)
Series X: [The Papers of Various Members of the Peale Family]
Series XI: Documents Relating to the Peale Museum
Series XII: Records of the United Bowmen (1830-1888) Miscellaneous Tax Records (1785-1818)
Series XIII: Color Sketches and Sketchbooks of Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale, James Peale, Titian Ramsay Peale,and Titian Ramsay Peale II
The index must be used with this collection. It includes a history of the Peale papers, a family chronology, a selected bibliography and a list of lending institutions. Items are listed by series. An alphabetical index to the main entries is appended.
Under each personal name in the index, correspondence is grouped first as sender, then as recipient and finally as mentioned individual. Reference is made to series, subseries, fiche number, row letter and frame number [on the fiche]:
Jefferson, Thomas
To Charles Willson Peale,
1801, July 29 IIA/24 F 5-6
A list of items received late appears at the end of the index.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:- MCK REF ND237.P27A21 Index FOLIO
- Miller, Lillian B., ed.
The Collected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and his Family: A Guide and Index to the Microfiche Collection.
