James E. Allen papers

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James E. Allen papers

1921-1949

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Correspondence, including letters from artists Dean Cornwell, Harvey Dunn, Howard N. Cook, and writers Carl E. Freeman, Herbert Ravenel Sass, and Richard Wetjin; six sketchbooks; one notebook on etching; 27 photographs of Allen and his friends, studio, and work, included among the photos is one of Allen sketching; and exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings.

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Sass, Herbert Ravenel, 1884-1958

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Charleston, S.C. newspaperman, writer, and historian. He was the son of George Herbert Sass (1845-1908), also a writer, and Anna Ravenel Sass. Sass served on the editorial staff of the News & Courier, a Charleston newspaper, and later gave up newspaper work to write stories, articles, novels, and other works, most of which concern the natural history and history of South Carolina. He married Marion Hutson and was the father of three children. From the description of Herbert Raven...

Freeman, Carl E.

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Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980

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American painter, illustrator, muralist. From the guide to the Howard Norton Cook Papers, 1866-1979, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Allen, James E., 1894-1964

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Educator; interviewee b. 1911, d. 1971. From the description of Reminiscences of James Edward Allen, Jr. : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720385 Etcher, lithographer; Larchmont, New York. From the description of James E. Allen papers, 1921-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122570938 ...

Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960

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Muralist, painter, illustrator. Cornwell was born in Louisville, Ky. in 1892. He attended the Chicago Art Institute and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator. He painted murals for the lobby of the Eastern Airlines Building at Rockefeller Plaza, the Hotel Warwick's Raleigh Room, and the Los Angeles Public Library. He is also well known for his painting of WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle. From the description of Dean Cornwell papers, 1893-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Dunn, Harvey, 1884-1952

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Painter and illustrator; b. in the Dakota Territory; studied at Howard Pyle School of Art. From the description of Harvey Dunn papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972388 ...

Wetjin, Richard.

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