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Weir (Family : Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889)

 Family

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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook on Gulian Verplanck Weir, Harry Weir Casey, and William Bayard Weir, undated

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 13
Scope and Contents note

Scrapbook contains information about Gulian Verplanck, Harry Casey Weir, and William Bayard Weir, with materials dating from between 1849 and 1886. The Gulian Verplanck section contain newspaper clippings about his suicide. Harry Casey Weir section contains one photograph of Weir and his obituaries. William Bayard Weir section contains newspaper clipping about his murder by the Indians. There is also a note by Lavinia M. Morehead, written between 1765 and 1929.

Dates: undated

Weir family clippings and other material, 1917

 Series — Box 5: Series 14; Series 15; Series 16; Series 17; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197233249504], Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 17
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: Other: 1917

Weir family papers, undated

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 18
Scope and Contents note

Microfiche copy of all materials in Weir family collection, created by Brigham Young University Records Management between 1957 and 1989 in Provo, Utah.

Dates: undated

Weir family papers

 Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 31197232567112]
Identifier: Vault MSS 511
Scope and Contents

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). Contains correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, speeches, artwork, clippings, and published material relating to the family, dating from between 1765 to 1929. The bulk of the collection relates to Julian Alden Weir.

Dates: 1765-1929

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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Scrapbooks 2
Diaries 1
Drawings 1
Letters 1