50841881 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tv2mdg revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context English VIAF revised 2015-09-24 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-15T07:43:02 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-15T07:43:02 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF /data/source/findingAids/aar/vosegall.xml Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 /data/source/findingAids/harvard/hou00239.xml Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-. /data/source/findingAids/harvard/hou01623.xml Anna Coleman Ladd. /data/source/findingAids/harvard/hua26003.xml Ladd, Anna Coleman /data/source/findingAids/aar/laddanna.xml Anna Coleman Ladd /data/source/findingAids/harvard/hou00100.xml Ladd, Anna Coleman, recipient. /data/source/findingAids/harvard/hou00100.xml Ladd, Anna Coleman. person Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 presumed Ladd, Anna Coleman presumed Anna Coleman Ladd presumed Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878- presumed Ladd, Anna Coleman, recipient. presumed Ladd, Anna Coleman (American sculptor, 1878-1939) presumed Ladd, Maynard, Mrs., 1878-1939 presumed Ladd, Mrs. Maynard presumed Watts, Anna, 1878-1939 presumed Ladd, Anna presumed Coleman Ladd, Anna 1878-1939 presumed 1878-07-15 1939-06-03 Architectural sculpture Women authors Women authors Portrait sculpture Sculptors Sculptors World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 Women sculptors Women sculptors France--Paris Massachusetts--Boston Americans

Portrait and architectural sculptor; Boston, Mass.

Born Anna Coleman Watts in Philiadelphia, Pa. Raised in Paris and lived and studied in Rome for twelve years. Founded the Studio for Portrait Masks in the American Red Cross in Paris during WWI, where she collaborated with surgeons to fit disfigured soldiers with sculpted faces.

From the description of Anna Coleman Ladd papers, ca. 1881-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84401699

Born in 1878 in Philadelphia to John and Mary Watts, Anna Coleman Ladd (née Watts) was educated in private schools and Europe. She also studied in American under Charles Grafly.

She moved to Boston in 1905 and married Boston pediatrician Maynard Ladd. Working in her studio on Clarendon Street, Ladd became one of the city's most prolific sculptors, creating fountain pieces, portrait busts, memorials, and reliefs in addition to authoring two novels, Hieronymus Rides in 1912, and The Candid Adventurer in 1913.

Between 1907 and 1915 Ladd had solo exhibitions at the Gorham Gallery in New York, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and at the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia. She was also invited to exhibit her bronzes at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. In 1914 she executed a bronze statuette of Eleanora Duse for which the actress posed, and later completed portrait busts of Anna Pavlova and Ethel Barrimore.

In late 1917 in Paris, Ladd founded the American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks to provide cosmetic masks to be worn by men who had been badly disfigured in World War I. Her services earned her the Légion d'Honneur Crois de Chevalier and the Serbian Order of Saint Sava.

For many years, Ladd maintained a summer studio "Arden" at Beverly Farms in Manchester, Massachusetts. In 1923, she received an honorary degree of Master of Arts from Tufts College.

Anna Coleman Ladd died June 3, 1939 in Santa Barbara, California.

From the guide to the Anna Coleman Ladd papers, 1881-1950, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution) American Red Cross American Red Cross. Studio for Portrait Masks (Paris, France) Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Houghton Mifflin Company. Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 McCall, Irva Struthers. Vose Galleries of Boston. Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication, 1882-1931. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication 103 boxes, 1 volume (130 linear ft.) Reader reports on manuscripts submitted for review and potential publicationby Houghton Mifflin Company. English Houghton Library Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939. Artist file. Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939. Artist file. 1 folder. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927(inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). 53 boxes (18 linear ft.) Correspondence of the American poet, Amy Lowell. Houghton Library Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). 36 boxes (48 linear ft.) Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts. English English Houghton Library Papers of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, ca. 1860-1969 (inclusive) Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962. Papers of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, ca. 1860-1969 (inclusive) 58.22 cubic feet (174 containers) Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) and his wife, Mildred Barnes Bliss (1875-1969) were prominent art collectors and the founders of Dumbarton Oaks, an estate which they developed and conveyed in 1940 to Harvard University as the Center for Byzantine Studies. Contains personal, philanthropic and United States Foreign Service-related papers. Harvard University Archives. Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Berenson, Mary, 1864- Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Isabella Stewart Gardner papers Letters, business records, diary, and photographs. Archives of American Art Ladd, Anna Coleman (Watts), 1878- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Ladd, Anna Coleman (Watts), 1878- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. 1 folder. The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library Anna Coleman Ladd papers, 1881-1950 Anna Coleman Ladd Anna Coleman Ladd papers The papers of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd measure 4.26 linear feet, date from 1881-1950, and document the career of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd. Found within the papers are biographical material, letters, diaries, financial material, notes and writings, art work, a file concerning the American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.Biographical materials are scattered and include calling cards, biographical sketches notes, and certificates.Correspondence includes letters written to Anna Coleman Ladd from various family members, friends, and colleagues. Notable correspodents include William Aldrich, Gabriella Fabbricotti, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Natalie Hays Hammond, and Jessie Eldridge Southwick.Diaries are daily diaries dating from 1903-1905 and from 1911-1912. Each diary includes short descriptions of Ladd's days.Financial materials include receipts, stock certificates, travel materials, lists, and an account book for Dr. Maynard Ladd.Writings and notes consists of notebooks, lists of works of art, inventories, manuscripts by Ladd and by others.Artworks include two sketchbooks, loose drawings, and a plaster relief by Ladd as well as several sketches by others.American Red Cross Studio for Portrait-Masks files include correspondence, writings, a scrapbook, printed materials, and photographs. Materials concern portrait masks used to disguise the disfigured faces of World War I veterans.Scrapbooks consists of three scrapbooks containing photographs, printed materials, and writings.Printed materials include clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for Ladd's works, books and booklets, and posters, some of which are French World War I propaganda.Photographs include photographs of Anna Coleman Ladd with her works of art and in the studio, Dr. Maynard Ladd, friends, family, colleagues, and works of sculpture. English Archives of American Art Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927(inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). 53 boxes (18 linear ft.) Correspondence of the American poet, Amy Lowell. Houghton Library Central Press Photograph (London). Press photographs of early twentieth century artists and sculptors. Central Press Photograph (London) Keystone View Company. Wide World Photos. Fox Photos (London) International Illustrations (London) International News Photos, Inc. (New York) Photopress (London) Press Illustrating Service, Inc. (New York) Press photographs of early twentieth century artists and sculptors. ca. 1920-ca. 1939. 242 photographic prints : silver gelatin ; 26 x 21 or smaller. Shown are mainly British and American artists, predominantly sculptors. Many of the artists are shown with a work in progress, sometimes also with the sitter of a portrait. Some images are of European artists who were working in New York or London. The artist, subject of the work shown, and other information is included in typescript notes attached to the photographs' versos. The majority of these artists, although acclaimed in their time, are not well known today. Among the executing companies are Keystone View Co.; Wide World Photos; Fox Photos; International News Photos, Inc. and International Illustrations. Getty Research Institute Vose Galleries of Boston records, circa 1876, 1890s-1996 Vose Galleries of Boston records The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 26.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.Correspondence of note is with artists Childe Hassam, Malvina Hoffman, Alfred Jonniaux, and John Singer Sargent; galleries Ehrich Galleries, Clapp & Graham Co., M. Knoedler & Co., Macbeth Galleries, Milch Galleries, Newhouse Galleries, Arthur U. Newton Galleries, Norton Galleries, and Howard Young Galleries; the estates of Anna Coleman Ladd and William E. Norton; and the family of Abbott H. Thayer.Researchers should note that the records do not comprehensively span the gallery's history or operations. The bulk of the collection is correspondence from Robert C. Vose's era running the Robert C. Vose Galleries in the 1920s-1930s and, lesser so, under Robert C. Vose, Jr.'s direction in the 1970s. There is little material in the collection which dates before the 1910s or the 1950s-1960s, other than correspondence regarding Alfred Jonniaux and some financial records. There is a handful of correspondence which covers the period of R.C. & N.M. Vose Gallery. Records loaned for microfilming should be consulted for materials outside of the bulk dates of this collection, especially for materials from the late 1800s-early 1900s. Archives of American Art Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939. [Letter : 19]26 15 Sept[ember], Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts, [to Irva Struthers] McCall. Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939. McCall, Irva Struthers. [Letter : 19]26 15 Sept[ember], Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts, [to Irva Struthers] McCall. [3] p. ; 21 cm. Has been chiselling plasters of portraits; has chiselled her Madonna and child shrine which will sell for $300 in bronze or other replica; would McCall's committee facilitate getting her "Eros and Anteros" fountain for Philadelphia. Haverford College Library