Charlotte Russell Partridge and Miriam Frink visual materials, 1864-ca. 1967.

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Charlotte Russell Partridge and Miriam Frink visual materials, 1864-ca. 1967.

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Description: Photographs, glass slides, slides, lantern slides, and 16mm film footage from the Charlotte R. Partridge and Miriam Frink Papers. The two women were co-founders of the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wis. Personal and family photos of both Partridge and Frink form a part of the collection which also contains images of the Church School of Art in Chicago where Charlotte attended, the Commonwealth Art Colony in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and the Partridge-Frink home in Mequon, Wis. There are also photographs pertaining to the Layton Art Gallery including Frederick Layton, gallery building, and permanent gallery collection. Photographs document a variety of exhibitions on temporary display at the gallery including two photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibit at the gallery in 1930. However, the bulk of the photographs pertain to the Layton School of Art and to depression-era federal arts programs in Wisconsin. Layton School of Art photographs depict the school's buildings, art work of Layton faculty, campus views and student life, classroom scenes, and a variety of student projects. Federal Art Program images include views of project artists and their work for the Public Works of Art Project and Federal Arts Program. There is also photographed work from the Index of American Design project, of post office murals, and of other WPA murals which Charlotte researched while funded by a Carnegie grant administered through the Federal Works Agency. Finding aid available in the Archives.

6.3 cubic ft. + 1 film reel.

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552710

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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