Elfriede Abbe papers, 1840-2010.
Collection Number: 13-7-1102
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Elfriede Abbe papers, 1840-2010.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
13-7-1102
Abstract:
Collection consists of professional papers; letters concerning a piece of her sculpture,
"The Hunter," and the publication of an article on her work; photographs of her and
her sculpture; appointment calendars with descriptions of her work, photographs of
her works; a catalog of her sculpture; wood cut illustrations, materials for books
she illustrated; sketches; wood engraving blocks; announcements of publications of
her books and of her gallery shows; typescripts of lectures given; and news articles
on her works of art.
Creator:
Abbe, Elfriede, 1919-2012.
Quanitities:
4.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Elfriede Abbe, a sculptor, printer, printmaker, and scientific illustrator, received
a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University in 1940 and worked as an artist for
the University from 1942-1974.
Collection consists of professional papers, including correspondence with persons
and organizations commissioning her sculpture, suppliers of sculpture materials and
casting firms, and from the publisher of her books, collectors of her books and prints,
and other artists and craftsmen, admirers and well wishers, and organizations of which
she was a member; also, letters concerning a piece of her sculpture, "The Hunter,"
on display at the 1939 World's Fair and the publication of an article on her work
in American Artist in 1962; photographs of her and her sculpture; appointment calendars, annotated with
descriptions of her work, methods, and activities, and including photographs of her
works, 1978-1988; a catalog of her sculpture; wood cut illustrations, notes, manuscripts
and page proofs for books she illustrated, printed, or translated; sketches; wood
engraving blocks; prints; pamphlets; announcements of publications of her books; mimeographed
typescripts of lectures given; news articles on her works of art; and announcements
concerning her gallery shows. Also, a catalog from the Southern Vermont Art Center's
60th Anniversary Festival of the Arts, 1989, and correspondence related to the National
Geographic Society Centennial (1988). Also paper with watermark from Dard Hunter and
a Broadside printed by Jim Tyler for Elfriede Abbe's 70'th birthday, 1989.
Includes an annotated copy of The Sculpture of Elfriede Abbe; professional correspondence,
1940-2012, with Cornell Library staff and others; a holiday letter from James, Mary,
and John Sumner, 1947; personal letters from Erika Pignatti, 1961-1987; a letter from
Herbert Finch relating to Mary Bovier; correspondence, newsletter relating to the
Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine; programs and invitations; and miscellaneous biographical
materials and clippings.
Also included in the collection are Abbe family papers which consist mainly of the
letters (1840-1883) of Elfriede Abbe's great-grandparents, George Waldo Abbe, pioneer
of meteorology and climatology and founder of the United States Weather Bureau, and
Charlotte Colgate Abbe. The letters refer to concerts and lectures, opinions and incidents
relating to abolition, Baptists, New Versionists, the depression of 1857, and summer
visits by Charlotte Abbe and the children to "Dog Hill," Moses Cleveland Abbe's farm
in South Windham, Connecticut. These letters are printed in a book annotated by Elfrieda
Abbe, Letters of George Waldo Abbe and Charlotte Colgate Abbe, 1840-1883, a copy of which is in the collection. Other material consists of biographical and
visual material related to Cleveland Abbe and Cleveland Abbe, Junior, particularly
a large series of photographs of a European trip in 1901 by Cleveland Abbe, Jr., and
photographs and other items relating to her mother Frieda Dauer Abbe.
Correspondents include Charlotte Colgate Abbe, George Waldo Abbe, Talitha Abbe, William
Colgate Abbe, Harriet Allen, Edgar Anderson, Stanley Brogren, Knox F. Burnett, Cornelia
Van A. Chapin, Gilmore D. Clarke, Theodore R. Dudley, Ettl Studios, John Folinsbee,
Roscoe Guernsey, J.L. Hautman, Katherine Thayer Hobson, Carleton Howe, Roy A. Hunt,
Arthur Jones, Norman Kent, Irvin Kerlan, Alison Mason Kingsbury, Knight and Son Metal
Letters and Figures, Carolyn and Lewis Knudson, Robert D. Kohn, George H.M. Lawrence,
Walter Leuba, J. Ben Lieberman, Paul Manship, Ivan Meštrović, James L. Montague,
Minnie and Walter C. Muenscher, Hobart Nichols, Richard Pennington, The Rachel McMasters
Miller Hunt Botanical Library, Lilly and Felix Reichmann, Roman Bronzeworks, Lessing
Rosenwald, Ross W. Sloniker, Lieselotta and Friedrich Solmsen, Alice and Rolla Tryon,
Vermarco Lime Company, Vermont Marble Company, S. F. Vorhees, James Lamar Weygand,
and Wheeler Williams.
Wood panel carving titled "Edge of the Pond"; Mahogany sculpture of Ptolemy displayed
in Reference Room of Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Elfriede Abbe papers, #13-7-1102. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Abbe, Charlotte Colgate, 1817-1885.
Abbe, George Waldo, 1811-1879.
Anderson, Edgar.
Brogren, Stanley.
Burnett, Knox F.
Chapin, Cornelia Van A.
Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982.
Dudley, T. R. (Theodore R.), 1936-
Folinsbee, John Fulton, 1892-1972.
Guernsey, Roscoe.
Hautman, J. L.
Hobson, Katherine Thayer.
Howe, Carleton.
Hunt, Roy A.
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
Jones, Arthur, 1889-1979.
Kent, Norman, 1903-1972.
Kerlan, Irvin.
Kingsbury, Alison Mason, 1898-
Knudson, Carolyn.
Knudson, Lewis, 1884-1958.
Kohn, Robert D., 1870-1953.
Lawrence, George H. M. (George Hill Mathewson), 1910-1978.
Leuba, Walter, 1902-
Lieberman, J. Ben.
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966.
Meštrović, Ivan, 1883-1962.
Montague, James L.
Muenscher, Minnie Worthen.
Muenscher, Walter Conrad Leopold, 1891-1963.
Nichols, Hobart, 1869-1962.
Pennington, Richard.
Pignatti, Erika.
Reichmann, Lilly, 1909-
Reichmann, Felix, 1899-1987.
Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979.
Sloniker, Ross W.
Solmsen, Friedrich, 1904-1989.
Solmsen, Lieselotte.
Sumner, James B. (James Batcheller), 1887-1955.
Tryon, Alice F.
Tryon, Rolla M. (Rolla Milton), 1916-2001
Vorhees, S. F.
Weygand, James Lamar.
Williams, Wheeler, 1897-1972.
Cornell University
Ettl Studios
Knight and Son Metal Letters and Figures
Roman Bronzeworks
Vermarco Lime Company
Vermont Marble Company
Subjects:
Women artists.
Sculptors.
Printmakers.
Printers.
Artists.
Sculpture.
Art.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Illustrations.
Woodcuts.
Photographs.
Insignias.
Sketches.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
|
1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
|
1940-1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
|
1950-1951 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
|
1952-1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Dard Hunter watermark on sheet of paper and envelope
|
1952-1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
|
1955-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
|
1958-1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
|
1960-1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
|
1963 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
|
1964-1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
|
1966-1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
|
1968-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
|
1970-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
|
1977-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
|
1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
|
1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
|
1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
|
1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
|
1985-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
|
1988-1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library
|
1960-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Harriet Allen correspondence
|
1921-1924 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3-5 |
Correspondence
|
n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Diary of trip to Europe
|
1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Diary of trip to Europe
|
1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
"An Artist Looks at the Georgics" - summary, drafts of purpose of essay
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Talks by Elfriede Abbe
|
1964-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
"Walter Conrad Muensche" - reprint
|
1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Receipts and bills
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Certificates
|
1957, 1965, 1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13-16 |
Miscellaneous: newsletters, announcements, articles, releases, exhibit catalogs, invitations
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 17-18 |
Newspaper clippings
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Photographs - Elfriede Abbe at sculpting work
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Photograph - Abbe at printing work
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 21-22 |
Portraits of Elfriede Abbe
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
60th Anniversary - Festival of the Arts, Manchester, Vermont
|
1989 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
George Waldo Abbe and Charlotte Colgate Abbe correspondence
|
1840-1850 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
George Waldo Abbe and Charlotte Colgate Abbe correspondence
|
1851-1855 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
George Waldo Abbe and Charlotte Colgate Abbe correspondence
|
1857-1903 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Cleveland Abbe biographical material
|
1916-1917, 1963 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Cleveland Abbe, Jr. account books; biographical material
|
1895-1900, 1931, 1935 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Journal of European trip - geological notes and sketches, and expense account of Cleveland
Abbe, Jr.
|
1902 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Abbe biographical information
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
National Geographic Society Centennial
|
1988 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Tata, Hungary - Count Tege von Konkoly
|
1909-1914 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Two portfolio covers for Abbe letters given to Cleveland Abbe, Jr. by Harriet Colgate
Abbe
|
1969 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Abbe miscellany
|
|
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Albrecht Penck
|
1917 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Abbe family - Cleveland Abbe
|
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Scope and Contents
Includes Cleveland Abbe's 1901 US Passport for trip to Pulkova Observatory
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Cleveland Abbe photos and 1922 passport
|
1898-1922 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Frieda Dauer Abbe
|
1903-1981 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Abbe family
|
1903 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Misc. programs, certificates, articles
|
1884-1944 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence re: Letters of George Waldo Abbe and Charlotte Colgate Abbe
|
1969 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Volume - Letters of George Waldo Abbe and Charlotte Colgate Abbe
|
1968 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
William Colgate Abbe correspondence
|
1852-1867 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
William Colgate Abbe correspondence
|
1870-1879 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Talitha Abbe correspondence
|
1856, 1875 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Photograph of Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Photograph of Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
|
1898 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Photographs (2) of Mrs. Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
|
1905 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Photograph of Mrs. Cleveland Abbe, Jr. and Elfriede Abbe
|
1921 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Photograph of Ernst Cleveland Abbe and parents
|
1907 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Photograph of Dog Hill Road (Moses Cleveland Abbe's farm estate was called Dog Hill)
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Photograph of Mt. Abbe, Johns Hopkins Fiord, Glacier Bay, Alaska, named for Cleveland
Abbe, Jr.
|
|
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Photograph of decorations of the U.S. Geological Survey for Roosevelt inauguration
|
1905 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1-2 |
Photograph of Prof. and Mrs. Cleveland Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Daguerreotype of William Colgate Abbe
|
1860s |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Daguerreotype of Talitha Waldo Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Daguerreotype of Moses Cleveland Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Abbe, Dr. and Mrs. Cleveland Abbe, Jr., "Aunt
Harriet"
|
1903-1908 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Hand-colored lantern slide of Charlotte Colgate Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Photograph of George Waldo Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Photograph of Ernst C. Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Photograph and news clipping of Mary "Aunt Mollie" O'Toole, godmother of Elfriede
Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Photographs re: Elfriede Abbe
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Photograph of Walter Conrad Muenscher plaque
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Photographs of family and friends
|
|
| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Original wood engravings which were reproduced as illustrations for Plants of Virgil's Georgics (3 matted prints in map case)
|
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| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
The Georgics of Virgin - English translation
|
|
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
The Plants of Virgil's Georgics - page proofs, notes, etc.
|
|
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
The Plants of Virgil's Georgics - draft
|
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Christmas Card 1954 - wood engraving
|
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| Box 7 |
3 matted prints
|
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| Box 7 |
3 original prints
|
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| Box 7 |
1 blueprint of location and pedestal for sculpture "The Hunter" by Elfriede Abbe
|
1939 | |
| Box 7 |
Wood engraving titled "Stronghold", pictures from "The Revelation of St. John the
Divine" panels, pencil sketch of mother and self-portrait
|
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| Box 7 |
Certificates and awards
|
1939-1985 | |
| Box 8 |
Photographs taken in Europe by Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
|
1901 | |
| Box 9 |
Volume - Garden Spice and Wild Pot-Herbs
|
1955 | |
| Box 10 |
Miscellaneous catalogs and publications
|
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| Box 11 |
Elfriede Abbe engagement books (11)
|
1978-1988 | |
| Box 12 |
6 wood printing blocks
|
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| Box 12 |
3 framed prints
|
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| Box 12 |
Printing block: Seal of Gardner, Maine
|
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 |
pictures of art work with correspondence
|
1970-2008 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Abbe Museum
|
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| Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Letters, student project
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Art
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Publications with art
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 6 |
Exhibitions
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 7 |
Programs, etc.
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 8 |
Magazines
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 9 |
Swann Galleries
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 10 |
City of Carcassonne
|
|
| Box 13 | Folder 11 |
Clippings
|
|
| Box 14 | Folder 1 |
Biographical information and clippings
|
1972-1997 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 |
Invitations, programs, etc
|
1978-1994 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 |
Abbe Museum
|
1980-2001 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 |
Professional correspondence
|
1940-1960 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 |
Professional correspondence
|
1970 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Professional correspondence
|
1980's |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Professional correspondence
|
1990's |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Professional correspondence
|
2000's |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 |
Professional correspondence
|
n.d. |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 |
Letter regarding Mary Bovier
|
1968 |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 |
Pignatti, Erika and Sandro
|
1961-1987 |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 |
Sumner letter
|
1947 |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 |
"Valley Forge" loss
|
1968-1985 |
| Box 14 | Folder 14 |
"The Sculpture of Elfriede Abbe" (annotated)
|
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| Manuscript Box 26 |
Folder of Ivan Mestrovic letters in MSS file
|
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| Manuscript Box 46 |
Broadside of Geoffrey Chaucer's prologue to "Tales of Canterbury", printed by J. Tyler
for Elfriede Abbe's 70th birthday, in MSS file
|
1989 | |
| MU-1313 |
Mahogany sculpture of Ptolemy, by Elfriede Abbe, displayed in Reference Room of Division
of Rare and Manuscript Collections
|
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| MU-1314 |
Wood panel carving "Edge of the Pond", by Elfriede Abbe
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| Manuscript Box 26 |
Leaflet on the exhibition "The Artistry of Elfriede Abbe," Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections
|
1996 | |
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Creator: Cornell University Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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1 items.
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| Box 14 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence and greeting cards sent to Mrs. Ben Light
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1955-1968 |