Papers of Alice Barber Stephens [manuscript], 1892-1907.

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Papers of Alice Barber Stephens [manuscript], 1892-1907.

The papers contain the autograph manuscript of an essay "A girl in a garden" re a portrait of her mother; and letters addressed chiefly to Edward William Bok, regarding her paintings and her illustrations for the "Ladies' Home Journal," with receipts for payment. Mentioned are the exhibit of two pictures in the World's Exposition and a show regarding Philadelphia and the arts. The correspondents include Bok and William Valentine Alexander. There is also a magazine photograph of Stephens.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Stephens, Alice Barber, 1858-1932

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American artist, illustrator. From the description of Papers of Alice Barber Stephens [manuscript], 1892-1907. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814467 American illustrator. From the description of Autograph letters signed (31) and a telegram : Philadelphia, to Messrs. Schell and Bradley of the art department of Harper & Bros., 1890 Jun. 30-1891 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580343 Illustrator; Pennsylvania. ...

Alexander, William Valentine

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