A Guide to the John Townsend Trowbridge Collection, 1873-1894 Trowbridge, John Townsend, Collection 6346-r

A Guide to the John Townsend Trowbridge Collection, 1873-1894

A Collection in
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6346-r

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6346-r

Title

Papers of John Townsend Trowbridge 1873-1894

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 2 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of John Townsend Trowbridge, Accession #6346-r, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 1991 February 14.

Scope and Content Information

In letters to a Mrs. Carr, and a Miss Ellis, Trowbridge complains that artists often do not read a story carefully before illustrating it, includes a humorous drawing about his illegible hand and supplies information on some art lectures by Francis Hopkinson Smith.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

F[rancis]

Contents List

John T. Trowbridge to Mrs. Carr 1882 Mar 29

ALS. 3 p.

[Responds to her letter asking about their intentions of returning to Bar Harbor and Mt. Desert, Maine, with Mrs. Gilman and Mr. Higgins, by expressing concerns about the climate upon Alice [Trowbridge ?], and including a humorous drawing of Mr. Higgins, his neighbors, and the postmaster all trying to decipher Trowbridge's handwriting]

John T. Trowbridge to Miss Ellis 18[9 ?]4 Jan 2

ALS

[Supplies the titles and dates of lectures concerning art to be given by F[rancis] Hopkinson Smith in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Cambridge, [Massachusetts] 2 p.