Weir (Family : Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889)
Biographical History
The Weir family included Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), professor of drawing; his first wife Louisa Ferguson (d. 1845); his second wife Susan Martha Bayard; and their children, especially John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926), director of Fine Arts, Yale; and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), artist.
Citation:
Weir family papers, 1765-1929 (descendants of Robert Walter Weir)Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Weir family clippings and other material, 1917
Contains papers of the Weir family, dated from around 1914 to 1917, in New York and Yale College. The papers includes "The Yale Alumni Weekly, Commencement 1917," Julian Alden Weir sketches, and newspaper clippings.
Weir family papers
Contains the papers of various members of the Weir family, including Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), John F. Weir (1841-1926), and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919) and others. Contains correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, speeches, artwork, clippings, and published material relating to the family, dating from between 1765 to 1952. The bulk of the collection relates to Julian Alden Weir.
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- Diaries 1
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