Theodore Ashmead Langstroth II Collection
(CAA/07)
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Title: |
Theodore Ashmead Langstroth II (b.1910-d.1978) Collection |
Repository: |
Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives, Cincinnati Art Museum
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Creator: |
Langstroth, Theodore Ashmead II, 1910-1978
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Dates: |
1895-1978 |
Quantity: |
Quantity: 2.5 Cubic feet
Quantity: (4 boxes, 6 volumes)
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Abstract: |
A collection of materials that Theodore Langstroth II assembled on Mary Louise McLaughlin and other Cincinnati artists, decorative
arts, and ceramics.
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Identification: |
CAA/7 |
Language: |
English
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Biographical/Historical Information
Theodore (Ted) Ashmead Langstroth II (b.1910-d.1978) was a passionate and eclectic collector. One of the offshoots of his
collecting was the assembly of numerous scrapbooks put together around a specific theme or person. Langstroth took the time
to research his interests and often included insights on the assembled materials, neatly typed and placed on the appropriate
pages in the scrapbook. One of his apparent main collecting interests was color lithography, although it has been suggested
that Langstroth collected not so much of what he was truly fascinated in, but what needed saving. (From: Fleischman, John.
“The Labyrinthine World of the Scrapbook King,” Smithsonian, v. 22, no. 11, 1992, p. 82.)
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials that Thodore Langstroth II assembled on Mary Louise McLaughlin and other Cincinnati artists, decorative
arts, and potteries, including scrapbooks, articles, and various items from his collections. Langstroth donated the items
to the Cincinnati Art Museum in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Some of the letters (addressed to Alice Hook, librarian at
the museum) that accompanied his gifts are also included.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series: the first includes collected materials relating to artist Mary Louise McLaughlin,
whilst the second includes collected materials on various local artists, decorative arts, and ceramics.
Conditions Governing Access
Whilst the archives aims to provide access to the records in its care to the fullest extent possible, it reserves the right
to restrict access for any reason. Please see the archives’ Access Policy for further information: www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/visit/library-archives/the-archives/
Related Material:
Related Archival Materials
Langstroth made a habit out of giving parts of his vast collection to various organizations, usually where the items had originated
from or had a significant connection. The main (Downtown) branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has
a large collection of Langstroth’s scrapbooks.
Baxter, George, Printmaker, ?-1867
Bayliss, George, Artist
Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903
Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953
Cincinnati Art Pottery Company.
Cincinnati Pottery Club.
Cincinnati Southern Railway .
Cowan Pottery (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
Fee, Nannie, Artist
Fry, Laura, 1857-1943
Gest, Joseph Henry, 1859-1935
Hurley, Edward Thomas, 1869-1950
Kronheim, Joseph, Printmaker, 1810–1896
LeBlond, Abraham, Printmaker, 1819-1894
Lithography
Longworth Nichols Storer, Maria, 1849-1932
Losanti ware
McLaughlin, Mary Louise, 1847-1939
Newhall Lathrop, Carrie, 1851-1949
Nourse, Elizabeth
Nourse, Elizabeth, 1859-1938
P.L. Coultry & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio). (Pottery)
Prang, Louis, 1824-1909
Rettig, John, 1855-1932
Rookwood Pottery Company (Cincinnati, Ohio). Rookwood Pottery.
Sanzio, Raphael, 1483-1520
Schlachter, Carrie
Selden, Dixie, 1868-1935
Strietman, Albert P., 1874-1960
Tschudi, Rudolf
Valentien, Albert Robert , 1862–1925
Wheatley Pottery (Cincinnati, Ohio).
William M. Donaldson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio). (Printers)
art pottery, American
ceramics
folk art (traditional art)
printmaking
shell artists
silversmiths
silverwork
Preferred Citation note
Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.
Detailed List of Collection
Mary Louise McLaughlin Collection, 1879-1965, undated
Box 1 / Folder 1-3
Photographs of Mary Louise McLaughlin, her home, studio, and works, undated
Quantity: 3 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 4
Copper etched printing plate by Mary Louise McLaughlin, showing child in hat, 1879
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
"Catalogue of An Exhibition of Paintings in Oil, Water Colors, Wood Carvings, Etchings, Dry-points, Art Pottery, and Etched
Decoration on Metal - The Work of Miss Mary Louise McLaughlin of Cincinnati", 1892
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 6
"The Second Madame: A Memoir of Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans." Mary Louise McLaughlin, 1895
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 7
"The China Painter's Handbook." Mary Louise McLaughlin, 1917
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 8
"The Art of Painting on China (6th edition)." H.R. Robertson [belonged to McLaughlin], undated
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 9
"M. Louise McLaughlin, 1848-1939" [scrapbook] - includes color photographs of pottery and paintings by McLaughlin, 1965
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 10
"Decorative Pottery of Cincinnati." Harper's Magazine (May 1881), 1881
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Oversize_Box 2
Diploma of Honor awarded to M.L. McLaughlin by the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 1895
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Oversize_Box 2
Show-through prints by Mary Louise McLaughlin: flowers (1930); portrait, unidentified (1930); portrait, unidentified (1930), 1930
Quantity: 3 item/s
Oversize_Box 2
Scrapbook (unbound) – Mary Louise McLaughlin, undated
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Oversize_Box 2
Scrapbook (unbound) – Cincinnati Pottery Club, undated
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Other Artists Collection, 1880-c.1976, undated
Box 1 / Folder 1
Articles on Theodore Langstroth II, and information on donations in CAM's permanent collection, 1970, 1992, undated
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 2-4
Letters to Alice Hook (1963-1970, undated); includes photographs of works by: Robert Blum; Frank Duveneck (portrait of Twachtman);
Laura Fry; E.T. Hurley; Mary Louise McLaughlin; Fannie Manser; Lou Miller; Elizabeth Nourse; John Rettig; Mary Spencer; R.
Tschudi; Albert Valentien; T.J. Wheatley; Cincinnati Art Pottery Co.; Cowan Pottery; Rookwood Pottery. Also, two greetings
cards (19th century); reproductions of photographs of Nicholas and Clara Longworth; article on Langstroth, 1963-1970, undated
Quantity: 3 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Miscellaneous, 1880-c.1969, undated
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Program from the Inaugural Excursion banquet of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, held at Music Hall, Mar 18, 1880
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Promotional flyer for William M. Donaldson & Co., Cincinnati, printers, 1883
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Unidentified print of girl, "Forget-Me-Not", undated
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Photographs of Mardi Gras costume exhibit, c.1969
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
"The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. S.J. Levin" (Apr 22-Jun 3, 1961), George Peabody College for Teachers,
Nashville TN - catalog, 1961
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Program from the Inaugural Excursion banquet of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, held at Music Hall, Mar 18, 1880
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Promotional flyer for William M. Donaldson & Co., Cincinnati, printers, 1883
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Unidentified print of girl, "Forget-Me-Not", undated
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
Photographs of Mardi Gras costume exhibit, c.1969
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 5
"The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. S.J. Levin" (Apr 22-Jun 3, 1961), George Peabody College for Teachers,
Nashville TN - catalog, 1961
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 6
"Louis Prang" [scrapbook], 1970
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Box 1 / Folder 7
Materials relating to Nannie Fee and George Bayliss, correspondence and images, 1880s-1890s
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 8
"A History of the Strietman Family" [scrapbook], c.1975
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Box 1 / Folder 9
"The Life and Work of Sir Muirhead Bone", by Albert P. Strietman, 1939
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Quantity: (2 copies)
Box 1 / Folder 10
"History of Commodore John Paul Jones' Coffee Pot", 1971
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Box 1 / Folder 11
"Raphael – Les Heures du Hours" [scrapbook] - photographs of works by Raphael Sanzio, undated
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 1 / Folder 12
Autograph book of Carrie Newhall Lathrop - includes many sketches by signers, c.1881
Quantity: 1 folder/s
Box 2
"The Pottery of Miss Carrie Schlachter" [scrapbook] - photographs of Schlacter's porcelain, 1967
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Box 2
"Art is Where You Find It or New Guinea Pearl Shell Carving" [scrapbook] - photographs of shell-carvings in Langstroth's collection, 1966
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Box 2
Glass plate image of an unidentified woman in a conservatory, undated
Quantity: 1 item/s
Volume 1
"The Colorful World of Porcelains" [scrapbook] - photographs and information on: Cincinnati Art Pottery Company; Cincinnati
Pottery Club; P.L. Coultry; Losanti Ware; Mary Louise McLaughlin; Rookwood Pottery; Carrie Schlachter; Storer, Maria Longworth
Nichols Storer; T.J Wheatley, 1969
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Volume 2
"Dixie Selden" [scrapbook] - inxludes original drawings by Selden, exhibition information, clippings, and correspondence concerning
her estate, 1971
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Volume 3
"[George] Baxter's Prints" [scrapbook] - wood block prints by Baxter, Abraham Le Blond, and Joseph Kronheim, 1971
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Volume 4
"Stone Lithographs" [scrapbook], 1970
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Volume 5
"American Silver Collection [of] W.T.H. Howe" [scrapbook], 1971
Quantity: 1 volume/s
Volume 6
"The Gests" [scrapbook] - information on the Gest family, including Joseph Henry Gest; includes original artwork, letters,
and photographs, as well as correspondence concerning a collection of "prehistoric" [Native American] artifacts excavated
by Mr. S.F. Covington, Madisonville, OH., 1971
Quantity: 1 volume/s