Louise Shattuck Papers 1881-2006

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Louise Shattuck Papers 1881-2006

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An artist, teacher, and breeder of English cocker spaniels, Louise Shattuck (1919-2005) was a third generation Spiritualist from Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts. After graduating from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1941, Shattuck built a career as an animal artist, producing an array of popular figurines, pastels, paintings, and cartoons, and specializing in renderings of dogs. Outside her artwork, Shattuck became a noted dog breeder as the proprietor of Carry-On Kennel, and the author of four books. The bulk of the Shattuck Papers pertains to Louise Shattuck's personal and professional life. Her work as a teacher, writer, artist, and dog breeder are established through correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and personal diaries kept from 1998 through 2005. This collection also contains numerous photographs and realia which document the history of Lake Pleasant as a Spiritualist center.

31 boxes; (24 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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Shattuck, Sarah Bickford.

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Shattuck, Louise F.

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Louise Shattuck, ca.1945 In her long life, Louise Shattuck wore many hats -- artist, teacher, dog-breeder, writer, and Spiritualist -- but to her, she only wore one: that of an art-making, skill-teaching, dog-breeding, writing, and spirit-talking resident of Lake Pleasant, Mass. Somehow, Shattuck managed the difficult feat of knitting these disparate strands into a single, seamless life, her professional and personal interests weaving together in a uniquely creative way...