Scrapbook of newspaper articles compiled by Harriet Lane Johnston.The volume begins with the obituary of James Buchanan and articles about his death and funeral. Harriet continued to save articles about Buchanan, as well as other topics of personal interest.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
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James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
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JBB03.6.1
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Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Portrait of James Buchanan. Watercolor done by Susan Musser Gibson of Lancaster, 1838, based on the portrait done by Jacob Eichholtz in 1834. From the collection of John and Ann Sanders, 1982. Letter from John Sanders accompanies the photograph.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Reverse of the portrait of James Buchanan. Watercolor done by Susan Musser Gibson of Lancaster, 1838, based on the portrait done by Jacob Eichholtz in 1834. From the collection of John and Ann Sanders, 1982. Letter from John Sanders accompanies the photograph.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Portrait of James Buchanan. Watercolor done Jacob Eichholtz in 1834. Written on back: painted at the age of about 40 years and before his departure as Minister to St. Petersburg, Harriet Lane Johnston Bequest. Stamped on back: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Reprint of daguerrotype of James Buchanan and Harriet Lane with President James K. Polk, circa 1846. James Buchanan is at far left, with Harriet Lane second from left. President Polk is third from right. From the collections of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. File includes an article about the image from unidentified periodical and a letter to George Eastman House from Sally Smith Cahalan requesting to purchase a reprint of the image.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives. From the collections of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Image not to be reproduced. For study purposes only.
