Violet Oakley papers

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Violet Oakley papers

1841-1981

The papers of painter, stained glass artist, and muralist Violet Oakley measure 56.4 linear feet and date from 1841-1981. Found within the papers are biographical materials; personal and business correspondence; writings, including essays, lectures, and project drafts; diaries and journals; financial material; artwork; printed material, including scrapbooks; and photographs, 3 albums, 322 glass plate negatives, and 1600 film negatives of Oakley, her family and friends, and her work.

56.4 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8258589

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Buehrmann, Elizabeth, b. 1886?

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Maynard, Florence,

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Photographs printed in 1934 at the request of the Boston Athenaeum following the death of the Earl of Camperdown. He was a long-time proprietor of and benefactor to the Boston Athenaeum. Original date of negatives unknown, possibly circa 1925. From the description of [Four photographic portraits of the fourth Earl of Camperdown] [graphic] / Florence Maynard. 1934. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 71010204 ...

Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935

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Jessie Willcox Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1863. She originally studied to be a kindergarten teacher and actually served in that capacity before accidentally discovering a propensity for drawing. She's one of the few illustrators I've profiled who wasn't an astonishing child prodigy. She was probably around 20 before she took up a pencil. Initial studies were quickly replaced with formal courses at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she learned from Thomas Eakins, and others. ...

Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation.

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Haeseler (Firm: Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Elliot, J. Mitchell (James Mitchell)

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Weil, Mathilde

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Schütze, Eva Watson, 1867-1935

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Eva Watson-Schütze was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1867. At the age of sixteen she enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she studied under Thomas Eakins. She eventually became a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement and contributed both images and articles to Stieglitz's Camera Work, while being an active participant in Steiglitz's circle of followers and artists. Like many late-19th-century photographers, Eva Watson-Schütze or...

Potts, Olive M.,

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Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961

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Muralist and illustrator, of Pennsylvania; 1896, student of Howard Pyle; d. 1961. From the description of Violet Oakley papers, 1897-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975899 Violet Oakley died on 25 February 1961. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1935-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122584716 Muralist, painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Violet Oakley autograph and photogra...

Harris, Clayton B.

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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Illustrator; b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1871; d. 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott files, 1896-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973996 From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott photographs, [19--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974358 Illustrator; Philadelphia, Penn. Died 1954. From the description of Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott papers, 1848-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565413 ...

Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981.

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Painter, mural painter, book illustrator; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Oxford, Ohio, Emerson studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with John Vanderpoel and Thomas Wood Stevens and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Cecilia Beaux, Violet Oakley, and Daniel Garber. She assisted Violet Oakley primarily between 1917 and 1930 and shared her studio from 1918 until Oakley's death in 1961. Emerson served on the Board of Directors of the Woodmere Art Galle...

Jamison, T. S.,

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Dodd, Helen,

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