Barrett-Stoutenburgh family papers, 1850-1947, 1911-1947 (bulk)

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Barrett-Stoutenburgh family papers, 1850-1947, 1911-1947 (bulk)

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Correspondence includes letters to Katherine S. Barrett from her sister Blanche Stoutenburgh and other friends and relatives, 1911-1947, concerning family news, excursions, auto strikes in Detroit in the 1930s, Atlantic City in 1929, property matters, and the deaths of her husband and son; letters from Tom Barrett, Jr. to his parents and sister Elizabeth, 1919-1939, concerning art school, his art work, rooming house life in Boston in the 1920s, experiences at the Research Studio, an art colony in Maitland, Fla. in 1939, the first exhibit of Dutchess County artists in 1934, working with the WPA, and the Dutchess County Art Association; childhood letters of Tom Barrett, Jr. and Elizabeth Barrett concerning school and camp; and one family letter from 1850. Other items include Elizabeth's diary for 1916 and a diary kept by Tom Jr.; family photographs, ca. 1860-1940; estate papers; genealogy materials; and Tom Jr.'s collection of art prints and reproductions. There are also short biographies of Blanche Stoutenburgh (b. 1876) and Ada Willett (1880-1959) who lived and worked together at the Vassar Brothers Home for Aged Men, 1930-1947.

ca. 8 cubic ft.

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Barrett, Thomas Weeks, 1902-1947.

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Vassar Brothers Home for Aged Men.

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Barrett family.

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The Barrett-Stoutenburgh family includes Thomas Weeks Barrett, Sr. (d. 1925), his wife Katherine Stoutenburgh Barrett, and their children Thomas Weeks Barrett, Jr., and Elizabeth Barrett. Thomas Weeks Barrett, Jr. (1902-1947) was educated in Boston, worked in New York City as a commercial artist in the 1920s, and founded the Dutchess County Art Association in 1934. He was an American Regionalist painter and print-maker. From the description of Barrett-Stouten...

Willett, Ada, 1880-1959.

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Barrett, Thomas Weeks, d. 1925.

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Barrett, Katherine Stoutenburgh.

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Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Stoutenburgh, Blanche, b. 1876.

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Research Studio (Maitland, Fla.)

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Barrett, Elizabeth Ann Manhart

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Dutchess County Art Association (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

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