Henry G. Keller papers, circa 1880-1962
Object Details
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- United States
- Physical Description
- 1.3 Linear feet
- Arrangement
- Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1920-1945 (4 folders; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1905-1961 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1) Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1920-circa 1952 (4 folders; Box 1) Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1925-circa 1955 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1) Series 5: Printed Material, 1913-1962 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1-2) Series 6: Photographs, circa 1880-circa 1940 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2, 4) Series 7: Sketchbooks, Artwork and Artifacts, circa 1898-1948 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2-4) The collection is arranged as 7 series.
- Access Note / Rights
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Summary
- The papers of Ohio painter, lithographer, and educator Henry G. Keller date from circa 1880-1962 and measure 1.3 linear feet. Found are biographical materials, professional and personal correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed material, photographs, and artworks and artifacts.
- Citation
- Henry G. Keller papers, circa 1880-1962. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- The collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reel 1321 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Funding
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Use Note
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Biography Note
- Henry G. Keller (1869-1949) was a painter, lithographer, and educator active in Cleveland, Ohio.
- In 1869, Henry Keller was born at sea to German parents who settled in Northern Ohio. Keller received arts education in Cleveland as well as the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhem, Germany and the Art Students League in New York City. He returned to Ohio where he worked as a lithographer for the Morgan Lithography Company. For forty years, Keller taught painting classes at the Cleveland School of Art (Cleveland Institute of Art) and at his artist colony in Berlin Heights, Ohio.
- Keller married Imogene Leslie in 1893 and they had two sons, Albert and Leslie. The family travelled throughout Europe. After the death of his wife, Henry Keller moved to California to be with Albert. He died a year later in 1949.
- Language Note
- The collection is in English
- Provenance
- The Henry G. Keller papers were donated by Albert Keller via the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1976.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)7698
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209862
- AAA_collcode_kellhenr
- Creator
- Keller, Henry G., 1869-1949
- Subject
- Keller, Albert
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Carnegie Institute
- Type
- Photographs
- Theme
- Lives of artists
- Topic
- Lithographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
- Theme
- Lives of artists
- Record ID
- AAADCD_coll_209862
