Gardner Cox papers

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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Shaw was born in Boston to abolitionists Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw, who were well-known Unitarian philanthropists and intellectuals of Scottish descent. The Shaws had the benefit of a large inheritance left by Shaw's merchant grandfather and namesake Robert Gould Shaw (1775–1853). Shaw had four sisters—Anna, Josephine (Effie), Susanna, and Ellen (Nellie). When Shaw was five years old, the family moved to a large estate in West Roxbury, adjacent to Brook Farm. During his te...

Driver, Phoebe Barnes, 1908-2008

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Putnam & Cox (Boston, Mass.)

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School

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Art school. From 1877-1901 was called the School of Drawing and Painting of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Managing body from its founding until 1902 was the Permanent Committee, followed by the Council of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts into the 1950s, with the chairman serving as the head of the School and a Manager in charge of day-to-day management. In the 1950s, a member of the faculty was made the first Head of the School. The School functioned until 1909 in the first Museum buildi...

Cox, Gardner, 1906-1988

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Painter; Boston, Mass. Died in 1988. From the description of Gardner Cox interviews, 1974 Mar. 19-1974 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192687 Gardner Cox (1906-1988) was a painter from Boston, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Gardner Cox, 1974 Mar. 19-July 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744430542 From the description of Oral history interview with Gardner Cox, 1974 Mar. 19-July 8 [sound recording]. ...

Saint Botolph Club (Boston, Mass.)

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Art club; Boston, Mass. From the description of Saint Botolph Club exhibition catalogs, 1892-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502919 Gentlemen's club; Boston, Mass. Established in 1880 "for the promotion of social intercourse among authors and artists, and other gentlemen connected with or interested in literature and art." From the description of Saint Botolph Club records, 1879-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557204 ...

Portraits (Firm: New York, N.Y.)

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Massachusetts Art Commission

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The Massachusetts Art Commission (named by statute the Art Commission for the Commonwealth) consists of five gubernatorial appointees serving five-year terms. Established by St 1910, c 422, it was placed in the governor's department by St 1919, c 350, s 16. As currently defined in MGLA c 60, s 20, its responsibilities include advisory approval relating to plans for creation, acquisition, construction, erection, or remodeling by the Commonwealth of any work of art; or to the artistic character of...

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, circa 1848-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071553 Sculptor and artist. From the description of Augustus Saint-Gaudens papers, 1891-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981198 Sculptor, New York. From the description of Letter, 1893 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553768 American sculptor. From the description of Saint-Gaudens National...

Morison, Samuel Eliot

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Morison graduated from Harvard in 1908 and taught American history at Harvard. From the description of Course material for History 161b, the discovery of America, 1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512193 Morison earned his Harvard AB in 1908, his Harvard AM in 1909, and his Harvard PhD in 1912. He taught history at Harvard. From the description of Notes in English 28, second half year, 1904-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074686...

Boston Arts Festival.

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American Academy in Rome

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Art school; Rome, Italy. Organized in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome. In 1897, it was dissolved and its assets turned over to the newly established American Adademy in Rome, not a traditional school, but a place where architects, painters, and sculptors could work in close association. After merging with the American School of Classical Studies (f. 1895) on the last day of 1912, the American Academy in Rome consisted of the School of Fine Arts and th...

Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969

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Relation of Alexander Forbes (1882-1965). From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 176629718 Forbes graduated from Harvard in 1895. From the description of Notes in Zoology 1, 1893. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073959 From the description of Notes and midyear thesis in Philosophy 9, 1894-1895. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074017 From t...

Stevens, Austin

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