Art

Scope and Contents Letters; manuscripts; and printed ephemera, including exhibition catalogs pertaining to American artist and muralist Violet Oakley (1874-1961). Includes letters to Edith Emerson (1888-1981), American artist and Oakley's life-long partner. Correspondents include other artists: Maxwell Armfield and Charles Hopkinson, as well as architect William Penn Cresson. Collection includes 7 glass plate negatives (Box 2) and 8 black and white photographs (Folder 1:10) of Oakley's drawings of ...

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The F.D. Owen Papers contain 12 images, including photographs, engravings, and drawings by F.D. Owen. The images, which are numbered 1 through 12, are preserved in a scrapbook, and they demonstrate Owen's skill as a designer.

Scope and Contents note The Donald Powell Papers 2 represent a portion of the personal papers of Catholic intellectual Donald Powell. Of principal interest is a long run of letters from well renown American painter and teacher Carl Schmitt to Powell, regarding their long friendship, their writings, philosophy, Catholic issues, world events, politics, and mutual aquaintances. A manuscript of Powell's "Bennett Mather" is preserved in tact in this part of his papers. Likewise, many short typed manuscripts by Powell...

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Secondary works relating to Baron Corvo, including correspondence from collectors such as Donald Weeks, manuscripts of papers about Corvo by various authors (some photocopied), printed ephemera, and photographs.

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Manuscript notes and articles by Marion Stancioff on Catholicism and a range of humanitarian interests such as art, education, literature, philosophy, as well as economics and politics. Includes correspondence with friends in both English and French on many of the foregoing topics. Notable letters are from Dorothy Day, Anne Fremantle, and Ezra Pound. Family letters are also included.

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Collection pertaining to John W. Thomason (1893-1944), U.S. Marine officer, author and illustrator, consisting of correspondence, documents, and original artwork. Included is a series of letters written by Thomason to his wife during World War I which include pencil sketches and original verse. Also found in the collection are several of Thomason's water color and ink drawings used in a variety of his books and articles.

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The collection documents the careers of both Lynd Ward and May McNeer. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, and subject files related to their publications, exhibitions, and other activities.

See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.