Mary Bartlett Cowdrey papers. 1834-1963, bulk 1930-1954.

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Mary Bartlett Cowdrey papers. 1834-1963, bulk 1930-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311142716

The papers of American art historian Mary Bartlett Cowdrey comprise nine linear feet of notes; correspondence; manuscripts of published and unpublished books and articles; engravings and lithographs from published sources; photographs of paintings and engravings; postcards; clippings from books, exhibition catalogs, magazines, and newspapers, for approximately 1,600 American artists active during the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries. The collection is arranged in five series that roughly correspond to Cowdrey's publishing and research projects.

9 linear feet (9 boxes)

University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7306726

University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library

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