Mary Bartlett Cowdrey papers 1834–1963 1930–1954

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Mary Bartlett Cowdrey papers 1834–1963 1930–1954

Thepapers of American art historian Mary Bartlett Cowdrey comprise nine linear feet of notes; correspondence; manuscripts of published and unpublished books and articles; engravings and lithographs from published sources; photographs of paintings andengravings; postcards; clippings from books, exhibition catalogs, magazines,and newspapers, for approximately 1,600 American artists active during the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries. The collection is arranged in five series that roughly correspond to Cowdrey's publishing and research projects.

9 linear feet; (9boxes)

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