Betty Carpenter papers

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Betty Carpenter papers

1919-1965

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Papers documenting Betty Carpenter's extensive research of John Orne Johnson Frost and George E. Lothrop, the naive painters whose work she collected. Included are: drafts, notes and typescripts of Carpenter's unpublished book on Frost; primary source material including letters from Frost to his grandchildren, copies of articles by Frost; photographs of Frost, his family and paintings; 3 scrapbooks compiled by Frost; exhibition catalogs; notes on George E. Lothrop; and miscellaneous printed material.

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Frost, J.O.J. (John Orne Johnson) 1852-1928

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Lothrop, George E., 1867-1939.

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Carpenter, Betty O.

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Frost began to paint at, approximately, age 70. His naive paintings recreated from memory scenes from his youth at sea, or scenes of village life in Marblehead, Massachusetts. His death date is Nov. 3, 1928 (although listed in some sources as 1929 or 1952). Lothrop, also of Massachusetts, painted fanciful or mythical scenes in oil. Betty Carpenter, was an art historian, biographer and collector; Massachusetts. Her collection comprised the work of Massachusetts folk artis...