Collection: Weir family photographs | BYU Library (original) (raw)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 78
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections
- Weir family photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection contains 142 photographs of the Weir family and friends from approximately 1840 to 1940, including French, German, English, and American impressionist painters. Includes photographs taken by Samuel Morse, Jessie Tarbox Beals, George C. Cox, and Pirie MacDonald. Photographs include portraits, landscapes, and group photographs of leisure activities. A majority of the photographs are centered around Julian Alden Weir. Also includes three photograph albums of European art and architecture.
Dates
- approximately 1840-1940
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Copyright resides with the Weir family. Permission to publish material from the Weir family photographs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical note
The Weir family included Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), professor of drawing; his first wife Louisa Ferguson (d. 1845); his second wife Susan Martha Bayard; and their children, especially John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926), director of Fine Arts, Yale; and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), artist.
Extent
1 box (0.25 linear ft.)
1 oversize folder (0.08 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes (2 linear ft.)
3 album
Language of Materials
English
Additional Description
Arrangement
Organized into five series: 1. Photographs of Julian Alden Weir. 2. Photographs of the Weir family. 3. Photographs of Julian Alden Weir and friends. 4. Photographs of Weir family and friends. 5. Photograph albums of art and architecture.
Custodial History
Donated to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections by the Mahonri Young estate.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Mahonri Young estate.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
Processing Information
Processed; Katelin Tanner, Lionel Thomas; student processors; 2011.
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
Title
Register of the Weir family photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Katelin Tanner, Whitney Peterson, Lionel Thomas
Date
April 15, 2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States