Financial and Legal Records

Object Details

Sponsor: Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Collection Citation: Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Existence and Location of Copies: This series has been partially scanned. Items not scanned include bills and receipts, estate records, banking documents, earning statements, royalty reports, social security documents, tax records, and stock records.

Scope and Contents note: Financial and legal records include account books, expenditure notebooks, bills and receipts, leases, power of attorney documents, and scattered social security, stock, banking, and tax records. There are legal and financial records regarding Datchet House, the Brinleys' home in New Canaan, Connecticut, including documents concerning construction and the eventual sale of the house. Also found are publication agreements and royalty statements for the four travel books written by Kathrine Sanger Brinley. Additionally, this series contains estate settlement records for two of Daniel Putnam Brinley's relatives.