Records, 1888-1957.

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Records, 1888-1957.

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Correspondence with gaps dating 1920-1954 to and from Charlotte R. Partridge, Director of Layton Art Gallery. Letters relate primarily to exhibition scheduling at the Layton. Publications primarily include permanent collection catalogues 1888-1921 and later temporary exhibition items. Prefaces describe the history of the Layton Art Gallery formation. Photographs date ca. 1888 through 1957, documenting the Layton's facade, galleries and portraits of Frederick Layton and Edwin C. Eldridge, first curator of the Layton Art Gallery.

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Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Milwaukee Art Center

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An outgrowth of the Milwaukee Art Association, the Milwaukee Art Society was reorganized in 1909 by civic leaders and a nucleus of the Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors, Inc. in the city of Milwaukee. The Society's mission was to display exhibitions, create a permanent collection, and provide fine arts education to the public. Industrialist Charles Allis was named the first president and Frederick Layton the first vice-president. Membership in the newly formed American Federation of Arts gained a...