James B. Rankin Autograph Collection 1834-1931

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

The Autograph Collection includes letters from nineteenth and early twentieth century English, French, and American illustrators. A few manuscripts and illustrations are included as well.

Description

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Description

Consists predominantly of autograph letters of 19th- and early 20th-century English, French, and American illustrators, but with some manuscripts and illustrations included, collected by Rankin. The collection contains autograph letters of Thomas Nast, Maxfield Parrish, Frederic Remington, Kate Greenaway, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Herbert Hoover, F. C. Burnand, and many of the artists and writers of Punch magazine.

Collection Creator Biography

Collection History

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Acquisition

Gift of James Rankin '23 in 1961.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Preferred Citation

James B. Rankin Autograph Collection; 1834-1931, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Art history

Subject Terms

• Artists
• Autographs
• Collections
• England
• Illustrators
• United States

Genre Terms

• Letters

Contents and Arrangement

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Series 1: Autograph Collection, undated

Series 2: Miscellaneous Material, undated