Maxfield Parrish collection, 1888-1986.

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Maxfield Parrish collection, 1888-1986.

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Letters, photographs, transparencies, drawings, illustrations, notebooks, articles, exhibit catalogs, clippings, and other items related to Parrish and his wife, Lydia A. Parrish. Includes 77 letters (1896-1951) of Lydia Parrish and 21 letters (1896-1912) of Maxfield Parrish addressed to artist Bertha Day Bates; topics include their friendship and appreciation of her work as an artist, news of family, friends and the Parrish's summer homes in N.H. and VT; also 22 letters (1891-1954) of Maxfield Parrish related mostly to Haverford College affairs; drawings include caricatures (reproductions and originals) for Haverford College reunions (1891, 1894), Haverford Classbook (1889); also Christmas cards, book illustrations, magazine illustrations (for Century, Collier's, Scribner's and others) and advertisements; college chemistry and physics notebooks of Parrish while at Haverford; also German textbook used by Parrish; Haverford College Athletic Annual (1897-1898); biographical material and bibliography on Parrish; calendar (1986); clippings (obituaries, etc.), articles on Parrish and criticism of his work.

ca. 400 items.

Haverford College Library

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Parrish, Lydia A. (Lydia Austin)

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Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966

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Frederick Parrish was born July 25, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA. He later took a family name, Maxfield, as his middle name. He was an illustrator and commercial artist who designed his first magazine cover for Harper's Weekly in April, 1895. Following that he did pictures and posters for other popular periodicals. His works also became familiar to the public through his illustrations for calendars and advertisements. He was noted for his use of rich colors, especially the shade of blue named for hi...

Bates, Bertha Corson Day, 1875-1968

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Born in Philadelphia, Pa.; illustrator and artist; student of Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., and summer classes at Chadds Ford, Del.; res. of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Bertha Corson Day Bates collection, 1864-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971503 ...

Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...