Guide to the Hermon Atkins MacNeil Papers,
1888-1966

Collection Number: 2425

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
March 1, 1976
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, October 2012

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hermon Atkins MacNeil papers, 1888-1966.
Collection Number:
2425
Creator:
Hermon Atkins, MacNeil 1866-1947.
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, photographs
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Letters from colleagues, public figures, friends, relatives, and others concerning the execution and sale of various works, his nomination to membership in honorary and professional societies and related professional and social matters; an autobiographical sketch (typescript carbon), 1943, membership certificates and citations, numerous photographs of the artist and his sculpture, newspaper clippings on his career, and miscellaneous printed items. Also, messages of condolence and formal tributes sent to his widow, Cecelia W. Muench MacNeil, obituaries, and press reports concerning a memorial established for the artist. Correspondents include Adriaan Jacob Barnouw, Emile Brunet, Jo Davidson, William Henry Fox, Carl Paul Jennewein, Leon Kroll, and Victor Emanuel III.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Sculptor.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters from colleagues, public figures, friends, relatives, and others concerning the execution and sale of various works, his nomination to membership in honorary and professional societies and related professional and social matters; an autobiographical sketch (typescript carbon), 1943, membership certificates and citations, numerous photographs of the artist and his sculpture, newspaper clippings on his career, and miscellaneous printed items. Also, messages of condolence and formal tributes sent to his widow, Cecelia W. Muench MacNeil, obituaries, and press reports concerning a memorial established for the artist. Correspondents include Adriaan Jacob Barnouw, Emile Brunet, Jo Davidson, William Henry Fox, Carl Paul Jennewein, Leon Kroll, and Victor Emanuel III.
SUBJECTS

Names:
MacNeil, Hermon Atkins,1866-1947.
Barnouw, Adriaan Jacob, 1877-1968.
Brunet, Emile, 1899-
Davidson, Jo, 1883-1951.
Emanuel, Victor,
Fox, William Henry.
Jennewein, Carl Paul, 1890-
Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974.
MacNeil, Cecelia W. Muench.

Subjects:
Sculpture.
Sculptors.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Hermon Atkins MacNeil papers, #2425. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Link to a printed finding aid.