Doris Leist Papers, 1947-2004, (bulk 1954-1982).

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Doris Leist Papers, 1947-2004, (bulk 1954-1982).

Collection is comprised of correspondence, a scrapbook, clippings, loan agreement forms, jury decisions, and ephemera related to Leist's artwork and her involvement with the Crescent Hill Woman's Club, Woman's Club of St. Matthews, and the CRIT CLUB of the Art Center Association in Louisville, Ky. This collection documents Leist work as an artist which reciprocally provides a glimpse into the regional art scene of the mid-to-late twentieth century.

.33 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7952264

The Filson Historical Society

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Stovall, Thelma Loyace,

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Crescent Hill Women's Club (Louisville, Ky.)

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McMeekin, Isabel McLennan, 1895-1973

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Louisville author. From the description of Isabel McLennan McMeekin : papers, 1960-1972. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252910 From the description of Isabel McLennan McMeekin : miscellaneous papers, 1951-1959. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252935 ...

Women's Club of Louisville (Ky.)

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Leist, Doris, 1911-2004

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Doris Leist was born on February 19, 1911 in New Albany, Indiana. Before marrying Ray F. Leist in 1934, she attended art school and worked briefly with an advertising firm. When her only son Ray, Jr. was 13 years old she returned to the study of painting. Leist studied under Eugene Leake at the Art Center Association School in Louisville, KY as well as with Leo Manso and Victor Candell in Provincetown, MA and at Ohio University in Athens. A realist portrait painter working primarily in oils, Lei...

Art Center Association (Louisville, Ky.)

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Woman's Club of St. Matthews (Louisville, Ky.)

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