"American progress" photograph
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P20
Overview
Includes a photograph of the "American progress" painting by John Gast in 1872. George Crofutt worked with Gast to create this painting to distribute as a print in his magazine, Crofutt's Western World. The painting is one of the most enduring artistic represtations of the phrase "Manifest Destiny," coined by John L. O'Sullivan in 1845.
Dates
- Creation: [after 1872]
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH PH P20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Christies, New York, 1982.
Source
- Christies (Donor, Organization)
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the "American progress" Collection
- Subtitle
- "American progress" photograph
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by cmp, 2021. Finding aid encoded by cmp, 2021.
- Date
- 2021-08
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0989761115
- Preferred citation
-
"American progress" photograph, RH PH P20, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository