| 3 | Creator: | Peale family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peale family papers, 1803-1854
| | | | Dates: | 1803-1854 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include accounts of Peale's Museum, including records and accessions (1804-1842), and current expenditures (1808-1819), and papers relating to Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, and Titian Ramsay Peale. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1310 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Accounts. | Microfilm Collection | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The collected papers of Charles Willson Peale and his family, 1735-1885 (inclusive), [microform].
| | | | Dates: | 1735-1885 | | | | Abstract: | The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, financial records, writings, lectures, reproductions of sketches and documents which detail the lives of three generations of the Peale family. Material relating to the Peale Museum is also included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Fiche.11 | | | | Extent: | 449.0 Microfiche card(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art | Artists. | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Painters -- United States. | Peale family. | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | United States -- History -- 1783-1865. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Willson Peale lectures, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | These lectures, numbered 1 through 39 and three unnumbered, were delivered at Mr. Peale's Museum and are on such topics as natural history, physical phenomena and the elements, quadrupeds, fishes, birds, primates, and systems of identification. There are notes in the lectures for pauses, music, and illustrations to be included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.240 Reel 10 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Birds. | Fishes. | Lectures. | Mammals. | Museums -- Educational aspects. | Natural history. | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Primates. | Weather. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Joseph Banks papers, 1766-1820 (bulk)
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1820 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is comprised of materials from seven repositories and includes correspondence from Banks' colleagues and explorers, such as John Hope, Josiah Wedgwood, Georg Forster, and Captain William Bligh; records of expenses for voyages and journeys; and journals kept during voyages to New Foundland and Labrador (1766) and around the world with Captain James Cook (1768-1771). Topics include botany and horticulture, marine life, and collecting specimens. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.3 | | | | Extent: | 50.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Bligh, William, 1754-1817 | Botany. | Bounty (Ship). | Brazil -- Description and travel. | Canada -- Discovery and exploration. | Cook, James, 1728-1779 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Endeavour (Ship). | Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822 | Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Hope, John, 1725-1786 | Horticulture. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Journals (notebooks). | Marine biology | Microfilm Collection | Naturalists - England | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration. | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Pitcairn Island -- Discovery and exploration. | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Voyages and travels. | Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Coleman Sellers Collection
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1940-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980) contains copious and detailed documentation of the art of Charles Willson Peale and his family. It consists of working files for Sellers's numerous publications, including his
Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale (1952);
Charles Willson Peale with Patron and Populace (1969);
C. W. Peale's Portraits of Washington (1951);
Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture (1962);
Mr. Peale's Museum (1980).
Most files include photographs of the art work, notes on the piece, and correspondence with authorities or owners. Other series include one relating to the paintings of various other Peales, including Anna C., James, Mary Jane, Raphaelle, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Sarah Miriam, and a miscellaneous artist file, which includes the same type of material and information on many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists, including Thomas Eakins, George Healy, Robert Edge Pine, William Rush, Thomas Sully, Benjamin West, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, etc. There is a separate Sellers collection at Dickinson College, primarily personal in nature. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.3 | | | | Extent: | 19.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art | Artists | Comanche Indians | Cree Indians | Crow Indians | Dakota Indians | Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gelatin silver prints | Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894 | Indians of North America--Great Lakes (North America) | Indians of North America--Oklahoma | Indians of North America--Pacific Coast | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) | Mandan Indians | Northwest Coast Indians | Ojibwa Indians | Painters--United States | Peale family | Peale, Anna Claypoole, 1791-1878 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, James,1749-1831. | Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902 | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 | Peale, Sarah Miriam, 1800-1885 | Photographs | Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788 | Plains Indians | Rush, William, 1756-1833 | Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980 | Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | Tlingit Indians | Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits, caricatures, etc | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 | Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1825 | | | | Abstract: | The Thomas Jefferson papers contain a large number of correspondence both to and from Jefferson, as well as various other material related to American Revolutionary War and Early Republic. Includes correspondence with Patrick Henry, Charles Willson Peale, Richard Henry Lee, Horatio Gates, David Rittenhouse, Robert Patterson | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J35 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Boundaries, State. | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Canals. | Chemistry | Colony and State Specific History | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Indians of North America--Languages | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Linguistics. | Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Mitchill, Samuel L., (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Native America | Natural History | Official Government Documents and Records | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Plants. | Political Correspondence | Presidents -- United States. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Science -- United States -- 18th century. | Science and Technology | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seeds. | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Virginia -- History. | Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
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