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William A. K. Martin Family Papers
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William A. K. Martin was a Philadelphia-born landscape, marine, and historical painter, whose work, Palermo, was shown at the Pennsylvania Academy in1853.
This collection houses incoming and/or outgoing correspondence and other records of several members of William A. K. Martin and his family. There are letters from his father, Captain John Martin; his brother, James F. Martin, a Philadelphia merchant dealing in wheat, oil, sugar, mackerel, and iron; and his son, William A. K. Martin. Other relatives represented include Frances Martin and Eleanor Furlong. Most of the letters offer discussion of family members' day to day life and business interests. William A. K. Martin's interests in European painting and his relationships with artists in Nicaragua and Cuba are reflected in the letters he received.
Gift of Willman and Carol Spawn, 2008
Collection was minimally processed and finding aid prepared in June 2015 by Courtney Smerz, Collection Management Archivist.
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- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
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- February 2024
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Collection is open for research.
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The William A. K. Martin Family Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.