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 8 Collections and/or Records:
Photograph albums of art and architecture, circa 1880-1920
Includes three photograph albums containing photographs of art and architecture from various cities in Europe. There are also photographs of people in everyday life situations in Europe.
Photographs of Julian Alden Weir, circa 1840-1919
Includes forty-nine photographs of Julian Alden Weir most of which are portraits. Also included are portraits of Robert Walter Weir.
Photographs of Julian Alden Weir and friends, circa 1890-1919
Includes thirty-five photographs of Julian Alden Weir and his friends. Most of the photographs are of leisure activities such as fishing and hunting.
Photographs of the Weir family, circa 1880-1919
Includes fifteen photographs of various members of the Weir family.
Photographs of Weir family and friends, circa 1860-1919
Series includes forty-three photographs of the Weir family and friends. Included are portraits of friends and family members along with group photographs and landscapes.
Scrapbook on Gulian Verplanck Weir, Harry Weir Casey, and William Bayard Weir, undated
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.
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, undated
Microfiche copy of all materials in Weir family collection, created by Brigham Young University Records Management between 1957 and 1989 in Provo, Utah.
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- Architecture 1
- Art 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Europe 1
- Fishing -- Photographs 1
- Hunting -- Photographs 1
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- Portraits 1
- Portraits, Group 1
- Publications 1
- Recreation -- Photographs 1
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