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Charles T. Webber Letters to Wilbur H. Siebert

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Title	Charles T. Webber Letters to Wilbur H. Siebert
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Civil Liberties African American Ohioans Underground Railroad Artists
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio) Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	Artist Charles T. Webber (1825-1911) sent these two letters in response to inquires made by Wilbur H. Siebert, a history professor at the Ohio State University. Siebert (1866-1961) requested a photograph of Webber's painting The Underground Railroad for his book The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1898). In the first letter, dated November 10, 1892, is two pages in length and measures 4.8 by 7.8 inches (12.19 by 19.81 cm). Webber informs Siebert that he expects to finish the painting within three months, but cannot send a photograph until it is completed. He also refers to Siebert's "circular" a list of questions sent to those who had participated in efforts to assist fugitive slaves. The second, one-page letter from September 20, 1894 measures 5.5 by 8.3 (13.97 by 21.08 cm). In it, Webber apologizes for the delay in providing a photograph, but indicates that he will soon have the painting in his home, where he could take a good photograph of it. Webber was a native of New York state. He lived in Cincinnati from 1860 until his death in 1911. Webber created hundreds of works, including portraits, landscapes, genre subjects, and historical scenes. He belonged to many Cincinnati arts organizations and was considered the "dean" of the Cincinnati art community in the nineteenth century. Siebert was a professor of history at the Ohio State University from 1902 until 1935. Between 1891 and 1935, he amassed a wealth of material relating to the Underground Railroad. In the 1940s, he donated the materials to the Ohio Historical Society, together with records pertaining to his two other research interests, American Loyalists and East Florida.
Creator	Webber, Charles T., 1825-1911
Date of Original	November 10, 1892; September 20, 1894
Collection	Wilbur H. Siebert Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); MSS 116 AV Box 1, Folder 1 and Box 1, Folder 3
Format	manuscripts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
Date created	2010-10-19

Title	Om1290_1132107_003
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Full Text	291 W. 4t. [underlined and superscript] Cincinnati O. Nov 10 t [underlined and superscript] , 92 COPIED. [stamped in cross pattern in red ink] Mr W. H. Siebert Ohio State University Columbus O. Dear Sir- Your letter would have received more prompt attention but for the fact that I have been away working on my Underground Rail Road picture, and have only been in town for an hour at a time for some weeks past. I shall take pleasure in furnishing you photographs of it as soon as I have it finished which I hope to accomplish by the middle of February and shall esteem the honor of having my work referred to by you as quite
Date created	2009-01-05

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