Mary Frances Fenton Collection, 1908-2000

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Mary Frances Fenton Collection, 1908-2000

Personal papers, correspondence, books, bibliographies, evaluations, lectures, notes, newsletters, brochures, catalogs, maps, genealogical records, photographs, slides, videotapes, and audio cassettes relating to Fenton, the sculptor Malvina Hoffman, Ina Redding, the Women's Spirituality Circle in Kalamazoo, and other artists and educators known to Fenton during her lifetime, 1908-2000.

20 cu. ft.

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Hoffman, Malvina Cornell, 1885-1966

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Malvina Cornell Hoffman, the American sculptor known for her life-size bronzes figures, portraits, and dance sculptures, was born in New York City on June 15, 1885. She was the youngest child of Richard Hoffman, an English concert pianist and teacher, and Fidelia Marshall Lamson Hoffman, an amateur pianist from a socially prominent New York family. From the beginning of her life Hoffman was immersed in an artistic and intellectual milieu, surrounded not only by her parents' music, but by a large...

Fenton, Mary Frances, 1937-2006

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Mary Frances Fenton (1937-2006) was associate professor emerita of Education and Professional Development at Western Michigan University where she served as a faculty member of the Faculty Graphics Service from 1963 to 1991. She was also an artist, women's advocate, lecturer, organic gardener, and the life partner of noted environmental educator Mary Appelhof. In 1972, she became the first president of the WMU Commission on the Status of Women, and she co-founded Kalamazoo's first feminist art g...

Frostic, Gwen

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Poet and engraver of Benzonia, Michigan. From the description of Gwen Frostic papers, 1964-1972. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418467 ...

Redding, Ina 1866-1946.

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