Cady Wells papers

Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975

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Merle Armitage was born in 1893 on a farm outside Mason City, Iowa. He had many jobs over the years, beginning as a train engineer before taking a job as a graphic designer for the Packard Motor Car Company. His next career was as a set designer for New York theaters, which later turned into a long stint in the theater promotion business. Armitage also managed various performers and their concert tours. He co-founded the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association and was its business manager, and also ...

Graham, Martha, 1894-1991

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Martha Graham, a pioneer in the establishment of American modern dance, was one of the principal choreographers of the twentieth century. Her work, which spanned more than seven decades, resulted in the development of a movement technique and a body of 180 choreographic works. Known also for her innovative collaborations, Graham worked with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who created over thirty-five designs for Graham works; lighting designer Jean Rosenthal; costume designer Halston; and many composers...

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Parrish, Anne, 1888-1957

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Wells, Cady, 1904-1954

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Painter; Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of Cady Wells papers, 1913-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223563 Wells was a noted artist who spent most of his career in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Cady Wells collection, 1940-1970. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37497630 Henry Cady Wells was born November 15, 1904 into a wealthy family in Massachusetts. He received a private education, was artistic...

Brinig, Myron, 1897-1991

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American novelist. From the description of Letter : to Tony [Price], 1933 June 11. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648369 Myron Brinig, a Jewish-American writer, published twenty-one novels between 1929 and 1958. He is remembered for being one of the first authors to create homosexual characters. A homosexual himself, he remained publicly closeted all of his life. Born in Minneapolis on December 22, 1896,...

Jeffers, Una, 1884 or 1885-1950

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Wife of American poet Robinson Jeffers. From the description of Letters to Cortlandt Schoonover [manuscript], 1938 January 11 to December 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647881155 ...

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946

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Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer, founder of the Photo-Secession Group, gallery owner, and editor and publisher of photography magazines, most notably, Camera Work. Frank Hermann was an American painter, who spent most of his career in Germany, where he associated with several avant-garde art groups. Childhood friends, Stieglitz and Herrmann were schoolmates, spent time together when Stieglitz was in Europe, and visited each other in the United States when Herrmann returned in 1919....

Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974

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Museum curator (Santa Fe, N.M.). From the description of E. Boyd memoirs, 1963 November 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502604 E. Boyd helped to establish the Rio Grande Painters (1933-1936) and the Spanish Colonial Arts Society. She worked as a researcher and artist for the W.P.A (Works Progress Administration) Spanish Colonial Design Portfolio and in 1951 became curator of the Spanish Colonial Art Department of the Museum of New Mexico. From the descriptio...

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966

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Painter, mural painter; Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of Olive Rush interview, 1963 Nov. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79951127 From the description of Oral history interview with Olive Rush, 1963 Nov. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026291 Olive Rush (1873-1966) was a painter, illustrator, and muralist from Sante Fe, N.M. Studied at the Art Students League with Twatchman and Mowbray and t...

Barton, Craig Evan

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Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962

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Mabel Ganson was born on February 20, 1879 in Buffalo, New York. She was sent to the finest boarding schools in Buffalo and Manhattan. While living in Florence, Italy and later in Greenwich Village with her second husband, Edwin Dodge, she became known for her reputation for socializing and people gathering. After Mabel and Edwin Dodge divorced, she married artist Maurice Sterne in 1916. They moved to Santa Fe, and then Taos. Antonio Luhan became her fourth husband in 1923. It was in Taos that M...

Warner, Edith, 1893-1951

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Edith Warner was born in eastern Pennsylvania. She relocated to New Mexico in 1922 and settled near Otowi Bridge. From the description of Edith Warner collection, 1944-1990 (bulk, 1944-1950). (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37235977 ...

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958

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Edward Weston, (American, 1886-1958), was born in Highland Park, Illinois and from an early age was involved with photography. He studied at the Illinois College of Photography in 1908, afterwards moving to Los Angeles to work for a commercial portrait studio and eventually starting his own. Weston exhibited his works in many salons and exhibitions, making his works known in the photographic community. In 1929 Weston moved to Carmel, California, where he would spend the rest of his...

Wells, Mason.

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Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979

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Andrew Dasburg (1887-1979) was a painter from Taos, N.M. From the description of Oral history interview with Andrew Dasburg, 1974 Mar. 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595136 ## Use MARC 545 From the guide to the Andrew Dasburg Papers, 1908-1981, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Painter; Taos, N.M. From the description of Andrew Dasburg interview, 1974 Mar. 26 [sound recording]. (Unkn...

Hawkins, Erick

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American dancer. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (2) : New York, to Herbert Cahoon, 1945 Nov. 14 and 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270972456 ...