Mary E. Hutchinson and Dorothy King papers, 1900-1988.

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Mary E. Hutchinson and Dorothy King papers, 1900-1988.

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The collection consists of the papers of Mary E. Hutchinson and Dorothy King, including correspondence, writings, artwork, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed material from 1900-1988. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, including letters from to and from Hutchinson throughout her lifetime, relating to her personal life as well as her professional career as an artist. In addition, there is a large amount of correspondence between Dorothy King, her mother, and fiance, Will Ferguson. The collection also includes the writings and correspondence of Minne Belle Hutchinson as well as a small amount of material relating to Dorothy King's mother's family, the Sewells.

22 linear ft. (22 boxes and 1 oversized paper (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7131767

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Hutchinson family.

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Sewell family.

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King, Evea.

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King, Dorothy, 1908-1988.

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Ferguson, William A., Confederate soldier

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Confederate soldier in the 8th Confederate Cavalry, Company D. From the description of Civil War letters of William A. Ferguson, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166428715 ...

Hutchinson, Minnie Belle, 1876-1859.

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Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)

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Hutchinson, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1906-1970.

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Mary Elizabeth Hutchinson (1906-1970), artist and teacher, and her partner of 25 years, Dorothy King (1908-1988), lived in Atlanta, Georgia. Mary was the only daughter of Minnie Belle and Merrell W. Hutchinson, Christian Science practitioners. Hutchinson's mother, Minnie Belle took up art and poetry later in life, exhibiting her work at galleries and museums in Atlanta. In the early 1930s, Hutchinson moved to New York City and from 1934 to 1943 was a teacher in the New York Federal Art Project u...