Boston Art Commission records

Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958

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Boston Public Library

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Edgell, George Harold, 1887-1954

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Edgell (1887-1954) graduated from Harvard in 1909 and taught fine arts at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Harold Edgell, 1929-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973020 ...

Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957

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Shurcliff was a landscape architect who, with Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., founded the landscape architecture program at Harvard University. From the description of Notebooks, 1897-1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79025322 From the guide to the Notebooks, 1897-1902., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Arthur A. Shurcliff (born Shurtleff) was educated at MIT and Harvard's Bussey Institute. He apprenticed at the Olmsted offi...

Allen, Thomas, 1849-1924

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Walker, Charles Howard, 1857-1936

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Architect; Boston, Mass. Full name Charles Howard Walker. From the description of C. Howard Walker papers, 1877-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118576 Professor. From the description of Charles L. Walker papers, 1880(ca.)-1920. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155426264 ...

Bellows, Robert Peabody, 1877-1957.

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Parker, J. Harleston

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Boston Art Commission.

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The Boston Art Commission was founded in 1890. From the description of Boston Art Commission records, 1890-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291232 ...

Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945

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Bartlett, Paul, 1881-1965

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Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Paul Bartlett papers, 1930-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384480 Biography Bartlett was born July 13, 1909 in Moberly, Missouri; attended Oberlin College, University of Arizona, and National University of Mexico; edited a literary annual, Workshop, the only issue of which was published in Ciudad Guzman, Mexico in 1942; wrote short stories and a novel, When the Owl...

Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882

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Mayor of Boston and older son of Josiah Quincy, president of Harvard. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Andrew Preston Peabody, 1865 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709622062 Mayor of Boston. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1848 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616007 ...

Maginnis, Charles Donagh, 1867-1955

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Charles Donagh Maginnis was born in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland on January 7, 1867. He attended intermediate school in Londonderry and studied at Cusack’s Academy of Art in Dublin. In 1885, Maginnis immigrated to America with his widowed mother, brothers, and sisters, and eventually settled in Boston. In 1891, Maginnis began work as a designer in the office of Edmund M. Wheelwright, the City Architect of Boston. In 1898, Maginnis went into partnership with Timothy F. Walsh and Matthew Sullivan ...

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931

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Sculptor and artist. From the description of Daniel Chester French papers, circa 1848-1968 (bulk 1911-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450719 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. and Glendale, Mass. From the description of Daniel Chester French letters, 1908-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648173 Biographical Note 1850, Apr. 20 Born, Exeter, N.H....

Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863?-1947

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Sculptors; Boston, Mass. Henry Hudson Kitson's actual name was Harry Kitson. Theo(dora) Alice Ruggles became his student in 1886 at the age of 15; in 1893 they were married and were notable monumental and portrait sculptors by the turn of the century. They had three children: Theo (also known as Babsy or Babbins), Dorothy and John. Three years after Theo's death, in 1935, Henry married Marie Hobron. From the description of Henry Hudson and Theo Alice Ruggles ...

Coolidge, J. Templeman 1888-1945.

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Collins, Patrick A. (Patrick Andrew), 1844-1905

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Patrick A. Collins was born on March 12, 1844, in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. After the death of his father he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1848 and settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts. With limited formal education, he worked his way up in the upholstery trade, became involved in union activities and began to study the law. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1873, he married Mary E. Carey, and they had three children, Paul, Marie, a...

Longfellow, A. W. (Alexander Wadsworth), 1854-1934

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Architect, of Portland, Me.; b. Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr.; son of A.W. Longfellow (1814-1901) and nephew of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From the description of A.W. Longfellow scrapbook, ca. 1890-1915. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 226720896 Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr., was the son of Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Sr., a U.S. Coast Survey topographer, and nephew of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Anne Longfellow Pierce. After...

Warren, Samuel D. (Samuel Dennis), 1852-1910

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