REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist

TITLE: Theodore Richardson Portrait

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2012.008

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1910-1914

Extent: 1 item

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Sweet Studios, Minneapolis

Administrative/Biographical History:
Based primarily in California from the early 1880s onward, Richardson spent summers painting
in Alaska. He was born in Readfield, Maine, in 1855, and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in
1914.

Scope and Content Description:
One portrait photograph, 15.5 x 11”, blind-stamped “Sweet Studios.”

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original item in good condition.

Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.


Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Anchorage
Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not necessarily hold
copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Theodore Richardson Portrait, Anchorage Museum, B2012.007

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by Len Braarud, Braarud Fine Art, in March 1989, along with a collection of
Richardson’s art. The items had been purchased by Braarud from the artist’s niece, Malena
Richardson Waterhouse, in 1988. Transferred from Collections to archives in March 2012.

Separated Materials
Objects in Collections.

RELATED MATERIALS
1989.014

SUBJECTS
Richardson, Theodore J., 1855-1914 – Portraits

Guide written: April 16, 2012