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Letters from Paris: American Artists in Paris, 1860-1930
In the mid- to late 1800s and early 1900s, many Americans traveled to Paris, France, to further their careers, and artists were no exception! American portraitists, realists, impressionists, and abstract artists all studied, lived, and worked in Paris, France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of them wrote letters back home to family and friends describing their lives there, whether it was studio visits, copying the masters at the Louvre, or their military service during World War I. Transcribe the letters of thirteen of these artists and their families and friends, and travel with them to the small world of expatriate American artists in Paris, circa 1860-1930.
Subprojects
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Edmund Tarbell Letters to Emeline Souther Tarbell, 1885 January
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Edmund Tarbell Letters to Emeline Souther Tarbell, 1885 February-October
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Mary Cassatt Letters to Robert and Minnie Cassatt, 1921-1925
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Cecilia Beaux General Correspondence, 1888
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Cecilia Beaux General Correspondence, 1888 (Part 4)
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William Cushing Loring Letters to Stanton D. Loring, 1904
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William Cushing Loring Letters to Mrs. Stanton D. Loring, 1901
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William Cushing Loring Letters to Mrs. Stanton D. Loring, 1903
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John White Alexander Correspondence, 1896-1897
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John White Alexander Correspondence, 1898-1900
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Henry Ossawa Tanner General Correspondence, 1918-1924
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Henry Ossawa Tanner General Correspondence, 1924-1925
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Henry Ossawa Tanner General Correspondence, 1926-1928
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Henry Ossawa Tanner General Correspondence, 1929-1930
National Numismatic Collection - Chinese Bank Notes, Set 5
Ready for a new challenge volunpeers? Help us transcribe Chinese Bank Notes from the Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection (NNC). Established in the mid-19th century, several of the earliest additions to the NNC were artifacts from Japan, Korea, and China, including coins and medals gifted to President Ulysses S. Grant from Japanese Emperor Meiji (received in 1881) and the 2,025 East Asian coins, amulets, and notes from George Bunker Glover’s private collection (received in 1897). These donations were the foundation of the NNC’s East Asian holdings, which continues to grow with new acquisitions, such as the Howard F. Bowker collection in 2017. The NNC is now working to digitize 6,000 Chinese notes and paper transactional objects that range from the Ming Dynasty to the present day. One of the main challenges to the digitization process is transcription, transliteration and translation of several Asian alphabets. Sometimes this can be done quickly, but often the process is too lengthy for NNC team members to complete while moving the project forward efficiently. In order to continue to share these objects rapidly, we need your help! The transcription of these bank notes will help NNC staff figure out how best to make these objects available and more easily searchable online. Please visit the special instructions for this project before beginning transcription.
