This site provides access to the papers of S. Sylvester Rosa Koehler in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in , and total 16, images. Image assets for this folder have not been fully processed. We apologize for any inconvenience. Search and Browse Collections Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, , bulk Series 1: Correspondence , circa circa Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, , bulk Make a Request To request an appointment to view materials , make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reading Room" button.
Please note, you will receive the full box. Reading Room. Series 1 : Correspondence , circa circa Box ; 5. For his career as curator and art critic, Koehler maintained correspondence with many American painters, including Jean F.
Swain Gifford, John M. Schoff, J. Nicoll, James D. Smillie, William Wellstood, Charles A. Platt, Peter Moran, and Stephen Parrish. Koehler also corresponded with many architects, engineers, and designers, including George Corliss, William Rotch Ware, P. Also found in this collection is correspondence with authors such as Ednah D. Cheney, educators including Kuno Francke and William Unger, and museum directors and curators such as A.
Duncan Savage, W. French and William MacLeod. As a writer and editor, Koehler corresponded with several publishers, including Cassell and Company, Estes and Lauriat, and E. Also of note, is Koehler's correspondence with many prominent people working in other fields including scientists Henry C.
Pratt, and astronomer Edward C. Users should note that a significant portion of the correspondence is in German. A few letters within the collection are neither to or from Koehler, but concern American art. It is unclear if Koehler collected these letters. The bulk of this series has been digitized. Some of the correspondence is pasted onto scrap paper and the versos of the scrap paper were not digitized. Many of the letters in this series have been pasted together along the corners and edges of the pages.
