Papers [microform], 1840-1965.

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Papers [microform], 1840-1965.

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Microfilmed papers and correspondence of nineteenth century painter, Lilly Martin Spencer, and the Martin family include family history, photographs of Spencer's paintings, articles and Ann Byrd Schumer's M.A. thesis about her life and work, and a miscellany including a list of Spencer's paintings. Letters to the Martins are from reform sympathizers in Ohio and Massachusetts and from their daughter, Lilly Martin Spencer, who comments on the art trade and her career in Cincinnati, New York, and Newark, N.J. Roll two also contains the Bland Gallery Papers, the Oronzo Vito Gasparo Papers, and the Richard Brown Baker Papers, held by the Archives of American Art.

2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7482336

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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