Art, American--20th century; Sales Records; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice)
Sales summary record listed by artist and exhibition. Titles for works of art, price ranges, and buyers listed loosely by date November 4 to December 18, 1929. Handwritten on the back of Christmas Sale announcements.
Virginia--Commerce; Halifax County (Va.)--Commerce; Richmond (Va.)--Commerce
Two-page letter from J. Wimbish Young in Halifax Co. [Virginia] to E. H. Stokes [of Richmond, Virginia] reporting on sales of trade goods and shipments to Richmond.
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean, merchants in Newport, Rhode Island, regarding the sale of cargo from the Sloop Louisa, followed by itemized receipt for the "sales of Sixty Seven African...
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the sale of "negroes" delivered by the [Sloop] Louisa. Includes mention of specific sales to James & Dordin and Tisdale & Dean.
Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island and Thomas Teakle Taylor, captain of the Schooner Little Sally, to notify of current sales and encourage additional slave shipments of men under...
Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, to notify of current sales of slaves and express disappointment that additional shipments had not arrived.
Sinclair writes about his new book, "The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America." He also write a great deal about his book "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox", and its influence on not only the United States but the world as well. He also writes...
Letter from Susan A. Hutchinson, Curator of Prints at the Brooklyn Museum, to Van Vleet Tompkins, dated March 16, 1929. Regarding the sales of lithographs by Glenn Coleman: "The Bowery" and "Coney Island". Includes handwritten notes dated March 20,...
Account record for sales of slaves aboard the Ship Ascension at Mozambique by Samuel Chace on behalf of Messrs. Vernon Gardner & Co. [William Vernon and Caleb Gardner]. Includes purchases of blankets, medical expenses, and "landing" fees, as well...
Detailed account record of Charleston, South Carolina, sale of 54 slaves brought from Africa on the Sloop Hare by Capt. Caleb Godfrey. Includes names of purchasers, amount, terms of payment, and costs associated with the sale, such as wine and...
Account record for the sale of slaves aboard the Sloop Hare by Captain Caleb Godfrey on behalf of Robert Stevens and Saml. [Samuel] and Wm. [William] Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes expenses of medical costs and coffins for slaves that...
One-page list of accounts of the Sloop Union at Savannah, Georgia, under the command of Caleb Cory. Includes the sale of "2 negroes." Additional note at bottom reads, "Savannah in Georgia May 28 1753 - Errors Encyned [?] Joseph Phillip."
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Circus in art; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Stock list for lithographs by Lucile Blanch, dated March 27, 1929. Includes sales prices and instructions for sale during The Circus in Paint exhibition. Prints include: "Clowns", "Acrobatic Clowns", and "At the Bobino". See also: Brought in from 8...
Art, American--20th Century--Sales; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Handwritten sales record for work of art purchased by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney dated January 17, 1930. Artists include Gerard Cochet and Herbert Morgan.
