Correspondence, catalogs and inventories, research notes, photographs, printed ephemera
and microfilm. The correspondence, primarily with institutions which own West drawings,
is arranged chronologically and includes letters from the British Museum, the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, and the Metropolitan Museum, 1961-1987, scattered years.
Catalogs, photocopies, and Bloch's inventories document his attempt to compile an
exhaustive list of West work. These date from 1821-1987, scattered years. Other research
materials, some compiled by Bloch's students, include photographs, notes, clippings and
a microfilm of the West sketchbook in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Photographs, inventories and a few letters relate to Raphael Lamar West. Photocopies of
auction records and photographs document Benjamin West's own collection of drawings.
Series V.A. Correspondence, 1961-1987
2
folder(s)
Correspondence, primarily with institutions that own West drawings, including the
British Museum, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Museum, arranged
chronologically.
box
folder
36
1
1961-1969
36
2
1970-1987
Series V.B. West exhibit catalogs/inventories, 1821-1987, undated
1
folder(s)
Catalogs, photocopies, tearsheets and Bloch's own lists, 1821. [See also box 44,
folder 5, and index card box 46.]
box
folder
36
3
1839-1987, undated
Series V.C. West research, 1926, 1961-1987, undated
1 Linear
Feet
Research notes, bio-bibliographical and other support materials, ephemera,
photocopies, clippings, and photographs of works (arranged by series and genres).
box
folder
36
4
Notes and bio-bibliographical materials
Most compiled by Bloch students, with photographs and prints of self-portraits and
portraits [see also box 46].
box
folder
37
1
Notes and support materials for the West holdings of the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania, 1969, 1987, undated
Including microfilm of its West sketchbook.
37
2
Research, with photographs, on three individual West series, 1965, 1985, undated
