Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn50
Scope and Contents
Maps, diagrams, pen and ink drawings for the "Birds of the Belgian Congo" (Note that volume number is not specified.) Artists: Jas. Chapin, Seidel, Helen Ziska. Also includes Seidel's "Birds of the Southwest Pacifc" drawings.
Dates:
undated
James P. Chapin collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn47
Scope and Contents
Collection of Christmas cards from and to James Paul Chapin, watercolors, drawings, "colophons" (referenced as colophons but are actually hand drawn illustrations and considered a device), bookplates, cartoons, envelopes with Chapin illustrations. Subject matter mostly birds, also images of fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and plants. Includes watercolors done by Chapin for the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915).
Dates:
1900 -1960s, undated