Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Subject: Art / Language: English - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Printers Guild collection, 1980

Extent:: 0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The collection contains a small poster informing about the existence of the club and its first meeting.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

James House collection, 2008 - 2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.02 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: The collection contains email printouts with information about events taking place at James House.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

George Segal letter, 1986

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Letter from artist George Segal to curator Thomas Garver, congratulating Garver on the installation of Segal's statue "Gay Liberation" in Madison, Wisconsin. The statue was created as a commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Princeton Artwork Collection, circa 1820-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 3 folders
Abstract:: This collection comprises paintings, drawings, prints, cartoons, and other original artwork and reproductions representing the Princeton campus, its dezinens, sporting and other events, and symbols of the school.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Phyllis Pray Bober papers, 1940-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear ft.
Abstract:: Phyllis Pray Bober (b. 1920) received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1941. In 1973 she accepted the position of Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Bryn Mawr College which she held until 1980. Bober's life long interest in culinary history led to courses, "historical banquets", and a book: Art, Culture, and Cuisine: Ancient and Medieval Gastronony. The collection consist of miscellaneous materials on Bober's career, miscellaneous research notes, typescripts, materials course notes, lecture scripts, correspondence (organized by subject matter), miscellaneous correspondence filed chronologically, tapes and disks for her talks, and materials from her own graduate and undergraduate education.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers, 1888-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 boxes
Abstract:: Lucy T. Shoe Meritt (1906- 2003) was an acclaimed archaeologist, scholar, teacher and editor who received her B.A, M.A, and Ph.D degrees from Bryn Mawr. During her life time, Shoe Meritt taught at Mount Holyoke College and the University of Texas at Austin, was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome, and served as the Editor of Publications for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Additionally, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and the American Institute of Archaeology. She received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 1976. The collection is largely comprised of Shoe Meritt's correspondence with her family and notable scholars who were her contemporaries. It also includes diaries, publications, academic and professional papers, as well as photographs, postcards and scrapbooks.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Queen's Dolls' House Correspondence, 1922-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 boxes
Abstract:: The Queen's Dolls' House was created between 1921 and 1924 as a gift from the British people to their monarch. The project was organized by Princess Marie Louise, a cousin of the king, who solicited artists, authors,and craftsmen for donations for the various rooms and furnishings. The majority of this collection is 396 letters addressed to the Princess Marie Louise by artists who had been invited to contribute works for the print files in the library of the dollhouse. These letters accompanied the submitted drawings, paintings, and prints. There are also eight literary works, mostly n typscript, to be written into books for the library. There are also sketches of the royal monogram, used for a frieze on the edges of the book shelves in the library, by Edwin Lutyens, the prominent architect who designed the house and coordinated much of the physical work of its construction and assembly.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Henrietta Cozens papers, 1889-1956 (inclusive) 1901-1938 (bulk)

Extent:: 14.5 linear ft.
Abstract:: Henrietta Cozens (fl. 1900-1930s) was a horticulturalist and a friend of the artists Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott (1872-1954), Violet Oakley (1874-1961), and Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935). In 1902, the three artists held their first group exhibition at the Plastic Club, a professional organization for women artists on Camac Street in Philadelphia. After their experience renting studio space at Bryn Mawr College to escape the summer heat of the city, they decided in 1902 to lease the Red Rose Inn in Villanova, where they lived and worked until 1906. The collection consists of correspondence, art, photographs, papers, and other miscellaneous materials.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Jonathan Bean papers, 2016, 2016

Extent:: 0.92 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection comprises promotional materials created by Bean for the book, Real Cowboys by Kate Hoefler.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection [Contact Us]

Lizi Boyd illustration, 2014, 2014

Extent:: 1.58 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains one illustration by Lizi Boyd.

Held at: Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection [Contact Us]

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