Christian C. Sanderson Museum
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The Christian C. Sanderson Museum, or simply Sanderson Museum, is a museum of historical artifacts in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States. The items in the museum were collected over many years by Christian C. Sanderson
(1882-1966), a teacher, musician, poet, actor, writer, traveler, radio commentator and local historian. The Sanderson Museum was founded in 1967 by his friend and Brandywine artist Andrew Wyeth
.
The museum contains part of the bandage put on Abraham Lincoln
after he was assassinated
. The museum also houses the pocket book Jennie Wade
was carrying when she was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, and a number of autographs including those of Sitting Bull
, Shirley Temple
, Helen Keller
and Basil Rathbone
. The Sanderson's archives contain close to 80 letters to Sanderson from Civil War veterans.
As Mr. Sanderson was a great friend of the Wyeth family, the museum has a number of works from N.C.
, Andrew
and Jamie
on display.
In April, 2007 the board observed the museum's 40th anniversary with the dedication of a bronze plaque to the five founding members. Andrew Wyeth and Thomas Thompson, the two surviving founders, were present for the ceremony.
A banquet was held on October 14, 2007 to celebrate the museum's 40th Anniversary. In September, 2008 the museum was filmed as part of a British documentary on U.S. Route 1
.
The museum is located at 1755 Creek Road (Old Route 100), Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Christian C. Sanderson
Christian Carmack Sanderson was a teacher, fiddler, square dance caller, poet, and noted local historian in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States, in the early to mid-20th century. He corresponded with a wide range of notable people of his time and was a remarkable collector of historical...
(1882-1966), a teacher, musician, poet, actor, writer, traveler, radio commentator and local historian. The Sanderson Museum was founded in 1967 by his friend and Brandywine artist Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century....
.
The museum contains part of the bandage put on Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
after he was assassinated
Abraham Lincoln assassination
The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, and his battered Army of...
. The museum also houses the pocket book Jennie Wade
Jenny Wade
Mary Virginia "Ginnie" Wade , a seamstress, was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg....
was carrying when she was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, and a number of autographs including those of Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies...
, Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black , born Shirley Jane Temple, is an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, autobiographer, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia...
, Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree....
and Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone
Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films...
. The Sanderson's archives contain close to 80 letters to Sanderson from Civil War veterans.
As Mr. Sanderson was a great friend of the Wyeth family, the museum has a number of works from N.C.
N. C. Wyeth
Newell Convers Wyeth , known as N.C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators...
, Andrew
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Newell Wyeth was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century....
and Jamie
Jamie Wyeth
James Browning Wyeth is a contemporary American realist painter. He was raised in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, son of Andrew Wyeth and grandson of N.C. Wyeth...
on display.
In April, 2007 the board observed the museum's 40th anniversary with the dedication of a bronze plaque to the five founding members. Andrew Wyeth and Thomas Thompson, the two surviving founders, were present for the ceremony.
A banquet was held on October 14, 2007 to celebrate the museum's 40th Anniversary. In September, 2008 the museum was filmed as part of a British documentary on U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south U.S. Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs 2,377 miles from Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border south to Key West, Florida. U.S. 1 generally parallels Interstate 95, though it is significantly farther west between...
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The museum is located at 1755 Creek Road (Old Route 100), Chadds Ford, PA 19317