Jay H. Connaway papers

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Jay H. Connaway papers

1896-1979

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Biographical material; correspondence of Jay H. and Louise B. Connaway, 1922-1979, with the Macbeth Gallery, Edna and Frank Spencer, friends, students of Jay Connaway Art School, and others; notes; sketches, sketchbooks, and oil paintings; financial material; files of the Southern Vermont Art Center; scrapbooks containing printed material; letters and photographs; correspondence from the Veteran's Administration regarding Connaway's students studying under the G.I. Bill; photographs and photograph albums of Connaway, his family, and works of art; printed material; 12 tapes (5") of Jay and Louise Connaway and others discussing their careers, and a partially transcribed interview (19 p.) of Jay Connaway conducted by his wife, Louise Connaway, October 1969; and miscellany.

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Connaway, Jay Hall, 1893-1970

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Painter, instructor; Monhegen Island, Maine. From the description of Jay H. Connaway papers, 1896-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647994 ...

Spencer, Frank W.

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Frank W. Spencer who liked to go by Jack was born on 19 November 1882 in Savannah, Georgia. He was the son of Captain William H. and Mary Elizabeth Wilson Spencer. Spencer attended Savannah public schools and later attended the New York Nautical College. He became a licensed Master and Marine Engineer of United States ocean-going vessels and spent seventeen years at sea before he was appointed Master Pilot of the Port of Savannah, a position which he held for thirty years. In 1920, he was appoin...

Macbeth Gallery

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Art gallery at 237 5th Avenue and 450 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Macbeth Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1892-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84558225 Macbeth Gallery (founded 1892) is an art gallery from New York, N.Y. Founded in 1892 by William Macbeth in New York City, the first gallery at that time to deal solely in American art. The most famous of Macbeth's exhibitions was that of The Eight, in 1908. Robert Macbeth, the...

Jay Connaway Art School.

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Connaway, Louise B., ca. 1903-

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Southern Vermont Art Center (Manchester, Vt.)

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Spencer, Edna Isbester, b. 1883.

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