Henry Ward Ranger Estate papers, 1888-circa 1999, bulk 1904-1954
Object Details
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- United States
- Physical Description
- 1 Linear foot
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as two series. Series 1: Henry Ward Ranger Estate, 1888-circa 1999 (0.95 linear feet; Boxes 1, 4) Series 2: Settlement of Will, 1907-1920 (1.05 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)
- Access Note / Rights
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
- Summary
- The estate papers of New York tonalist painter Henry Ward Ranger, measure one linear foot and date from 1888-circa 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1904-1954.The collection primarily documents the settlement of Ranger's contested will and the administration of his estate, but also provides scattered biographical information on Ranger's life, provenance information about his work, and documentation of the significance of his estate gift to the National Academy of Design. Records include appraisal information including an estate ledger, correspondence and memoranda including two letters from Ranger, court documents, financial and real estate records, news clippings, and two photographs and eight negatives of Ranger.
- Citation
- Henry Ward Ranger Estate papers, 1888-circa 1999, bulk 1904-1954. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- A portion of the collection was digitized in 2019 and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Materials which have been digitized include records which provide biographical information about Ranger and provenance information for his artwork, or document his estate gift to the National Academy of Design.
- Records which have not been digitized include records documenting the contesting of the will by Edith Ranger and the litigation and criminal investigations which ensued; records documenting individual claims against the will; routine estate records, not related to the purchase and distribution of artwork; and duplicates.
- Funding
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and 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
- Tonalist landscape and marine painter, Henry Ward Ranger (1858-1916), became a full academician of the National Academy of Design in 1906 and bequeathed his entire residuary estate to the academy. The investment of this substantial gift of nearly $400,000, known as the Ranger fund, would provide for the purchase of paintings by living American artists, which were distributed or accessioned by the Smithsonian Institution's then National Collection of Fine Arts.
- Language Note
- English .
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by the National Academy of Design in 2018.
- Digitization Note
- This site provides access to the papers of Henry Ward Ranger in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2019, and total 1,408 images.
- 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)17563
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)394192
- AAA_collcode_ranghenr
- Creator
- Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916
- Theme
- Lives of artists
- Theme
- Lives of artists
- Record ID
- AAADCD_coll_394192
