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Howard C. Rice Collection on Saint-Mémin

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Rice

Historian and author, Howard C. Rice (1904-1980), directed Princeton's Special Collections during the 1960s.

The collection consists of research notes, correspondence, photographs, and drafts for three articles by Rice, published in the Princeton University Library Chronicle (autumn 1951, summer 1959, spring 1971), concerning the French engraver, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852). Saint-Mémin spent the years 1793 to 1814 in America, where he became known for his portraits, made with the use of a "physiognotrace" machine, of many famous Americans, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Included is correspondence with Pierre Quarre concerning an exhibition on Saint-Mémin in Dijon, France, in 1963, and miscellaneous notes, articles, and illustrations about Saint-Mémin.

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Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

"An Album of St.-Mémin Portraits," Princeton University Libarary Chronicle: Correspondence and Notes, 1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"St.-Mémin Portrait of Jefferson," Princeton University Libarary Chronicle: Preliminary Drafts, 1959. 2 folders.
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2 folders

"St.-Mémin Portrait of Jefferson," Princeton University Libarary Chronicle: Reprints, 1959. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"St.-Mémin Portrait of Jefferson," Princeton University Libarary Chronicle: Correspondence, 1958-1960. 2 folders.
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2 folders

"St.-Mémin Portrait of Jefferson," Princeton University Libarary Chronicle: Photographs, etc., 1956-1959. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dijon Exhibition on St.-Mémin, 1963: Correspondence with Quarré, 1963-1966. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dijon Exhibition on St.-Mémin, 1963: Correspondence with Mme. Hérard, 1965-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Virginia Gentleman: Portrait by St.-Mémin," Princeton University Libarary Chronicle: Drafts and Notes, 1970. 2 folders.
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2 folders

St.-Mémin Portrait of Landon Carter II: Photographs, 1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St.-Mémin Portrait of Landon Carter II: Provenance, Notes, 1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St.-Mémin Portrait of Landon Carter II: Correspondence, 1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St.-Mémin: General Information article, clippings, etc., 1880-1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Quenedey's Sketch of the Physiognotrace Machine, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St.-Mémin Crayon Portraits, 1959-1969. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St.-Mémin Oil Paintings, 1962-1968. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Journal of St.-Mémin père: Correspondence with Warren W. Wolfe, 1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St.-Mémin's Views of New York, 1943-1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Valdenuit Portraits of Mr. Leeds, 1962 August 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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