Archive of members of the Hanedoes family

Ca. 1850-1970, including letters, correspondence concerning Cornelis Peter David Pape (1841-1922) and his so-called "Pape-fonds", notarial correspondence of the Amsterdam notary C.F.J. Hanedoes, a cash-book and documents dealing with the legacy of the artist Louwrens Hanedoes (1822-1905), incl. the large estate "Kraaiveld" near Woudrichem, a photographic portrait of the artist at work, lecture notes on various subjects concerning art history (ca. 1930, illustrated with many drawings), newspapers with articles related to the Handoes family etc., etc.

Interesting archive, mainly consisting of documents concerning the mentioned two members of the Hanedoes family. Louwrens Hanedoes was a landscape painter and owner of the large estate Kraaiveld. In the archive is a detailed description of the estate, a list of paintings and their value, his business card and notarial documents concerning his legacy. In 1863, Louwrens Hanedoes was named a knight in the Order of Leopold by the Belgian king in 1863 on occasion of a general art exhibition in Belgium, the archive holds the official documents concerning this nomination, as well as a letter in which Hanedoes thanks "Monsieur le Ministre" for the honour. The other main part of the archive comprises the correspondence and other documents concerning the legacy of Cornelis Peter David Pape and a so-called "Pape-fonds", in which several firms in Indonesia are mentioned, such as "Koffieonderneming Wonokerto Dampit" and "Cultuuronderneming Petoeng Omboh Dampit-Malang". Notary C.P. Hanedoes was involved in the settlements concerning this legacy, that took place in the 1920s.