Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Speight Papers, 1836-1998

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Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Speight Papers, 1836-1998

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North Carolina landscape painter Francis Speight (1896-1989) and his wife, Sarah Blakeslee Speight (1912-2005), landscape and portrait painter. Francis Speight spent many years on the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and as artist-in-residence at East Carolina University. He was best known for his paintings of Manayunk, a working-class community just outside Philadelphia. The collection includes correspondence, financial and legal materials, clippings, writings, pictures (both sketches and photographs), and other papers relating to the Speights. Subgroup 1 consists of materials that relate primarily to Francis Speight's teaching career, chiefly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and to his relations with other artists, art organizations, and art dealers. It also includes material relating to the Speights as a couple. Also included are materials relating to Francis Speight's family. Subgroup 2 contains materials primarily relating to Sarah Blakeslee Speight, including correspondence, pictures (chiefly sketches), and other papers. Correspondence is divided between general correspondence and letters exchanged between Sarah and her long-time friend, anti-war and anti-nuclear activist Margaret Goddard Holt (1911-2004) of Massachusetts. Also included is a small amount of material relating to the Blakeslee family. Additions contain materials similar to those received earlier.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6629109

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Blakeslee, Sarah, 1912-2005

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Sarah Blakeslee (1912-2005) was an American painter known for her landscapes, still lifes, and portraits and was the wife of the painter, Francis Speight. Blakeslee was born January 13, 1912 in Evanston, Illinois to Walter Conklin and Carolyn Van Akin Blakeslee. She moved often while growing up, living in Evanston, Washington, D.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Muskegon, Michigan. In 1924, Blakeslee began studying art in Muskegon and Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago. When her family retur...

Speight, Francis, 1896-

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Landscape painter Francis Speight was born 11 September 1896 in Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., the son of Margaret Sharrock Cobb Speight and the Reverend Thomas T. Speight, a Baptist preacher. As a boy, he was an energetic farm worker, but always displayed an aptitude for writing and drawing. In 1915, Speight enrolled at Wake Forest College and began taking art lessons at Meredith College from Ida Poteat. In 1920, Speight enrolled at the Corcoran School of Art in Washingt...

Speight, Sarah Blakeslee, 1912-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w1f0b (person)

Landscape painter Francis Speight was born 11 September 1896 in Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., the son of Margaret Sharrock Cobb Speight and the Reverend Thomas T. Speight, a Baptist preacher. As a boy, he was an energetic farm worker, but always displayed an aptitude for writing and drawing. In 1915, Speight enrolled at Wake Forest College and began taking art lessons at Meredith College from Ida Poteat. In 1920, Speight enrolled at the Corcoran School of Art in Washingt...