Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1803 - 1889
biographical statement
Citation:
Life and letters of J. Alden Weir, 1960: p. 20 (Robert Walter Weir; b. 1803; occupation: professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point)Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
William Bayard Weir riddle book, 1878 March
Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 10
Scope and Contents note
Contains a riddle book belonging to William Bayard Weir, dated circa March 1878. Riddles are collected by famous authors on various subjects including scriptures and anagrams. The joke book was made by William's sister-in-law, Anna C. Weir and six envelopes contain loose papers found between pages of the book.
Dates:
1878 March
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Weir family papers
Dorothy Weir Young papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1291
Abstract
This collection consists of the drafts of a biography of the author's father Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919) and typescripts of his letters. There is also background material on Julian's father, Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889). Both men were prominent American artists from New York state. The collection is typescripts of various drafts of the biography which was published in 1960 under the title of The life and letters of J. Alden Weir. The...
Dates:
1926-1960
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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- Archival Object 20
- Digital Record 10
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- Subject
- Portraits 21
- Gelatin silver prints 16
- Prints 8
- New York (State) 7
- Artists -- United States 6
- Home and Family 6
- Social Life and Customs 6
- Negatives 4
- Salted paper prints 4
- Artists -- New York (State) -- Biography 2
- Artists -- United States -- Biography 2
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2
- Drawings 2
- Fine Arts 2
- Letters 2
- Papers (Documents) 2
- Art 1
- Art -- Photographs 1
- Books 1
- Children -- Death -- Poetry 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Diaries 1
- Drafts (Documents) 1
- Files (Records) 1
- Impressionist artists -- Photographs 1
- Light -- Poetry 1
- Manuscripts, American 1
- Material Types 1
- Nature -- Poetry 1
- Notes 1
- Photographs 1
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- Printed ephemera 1
- Religion 1
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