Bryn
Mawr College Library Special Collections
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Collection Number:M 3
Copyright © 2000 by Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library
March 2000
Last Updated:
May 15, 2003
5.50' (11 boxes)
Dates: 1904-1956
Series I, Correspondence, is organized into five subseries: Henrietta Cozens, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, Violet Oakley, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Other People. Some subseries are organized into Incoming and Outgoing, as appropriate.
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Box |
Folder |
Contents |
Date |
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HENRIETTA COZENS: OUTGOING |
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1 |
1 |
Smith, Jessie Willcox |
1907 |
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1 |
2 |
----, Maxine |
1935 Sep 23 |
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HENRIETTA COZENS: INCOMING |
n.d. |
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1 |
3-4 |
Binney, Isabelle N. |
1910-1936 |
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1 |
5-6 |
Cozens, Delia Includes letter to Ellen Cozens, n.y. Aug 14. |
1904-1908, n.d. |
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1 |
7 |
Cozens, Will |
1911 |
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1 |
8-9 |
Elliott, Huger Some letters also addressed to Jessie Willcox Smith. |
1910-1936 |
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1 |
10 |
Emerson, Edith Some letters also addressed to Jessie Willcox Smith. Letter dated 1927 Nov 2 encloses copy of letter from Violet Oakley to Emerson, 1927 Oct 26. |
1923-1936 |
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1 |
11 |
Evans, Susan |
1898-1916 |
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1 |
12 |
Eyre, Louisa |
1906-1937 |
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1 |
13 |
Good Housekeeping |
1933 May 31 |
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1 |
13 |
Lee, Alfred Pyle |
1937 Apr 5 |
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1 |
14 |
Lester, Joseph G. |
1912-1936 |
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1 |
15 |
Lewis, Clifford, Jr. |
1906-1928 |
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1 |
16-17 |
Lewis, Ella E. |
1904-1907 |
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2 |
1-2 |
Lewis, Ella E. (cont.) Letter dated 1920 Mar 9 encloses five photographs of street scenes. |
1910-1938, n.d. |
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2 |
3 |
Oakley, Cornelia S. Some letters also addressed to Jessie Willcox Smith. |
1909-1912 |
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2 |
4-5 |
Parkin, Alice Temple |
1897-1937 |
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2 |
6 |
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
1935 Oct 8 |
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2 |
6 |
Philadelphia Water Color Club Signed by Thornton Oakley. |
1938 Feb 28 |
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2 |
7-9 |
Spackman, Isabel |
1890-1916, n.d. |
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2 |
10 |
Spackman, Samuel |
1909 Aug 18 |
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2 |
11 |
Thompson, Mills |
1907-1911 |
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2 |
12-13 |
Wilde, Frances F. |
1904-1936, n.d. |
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2 |
14-15 |
General family letters |
1898-1938, n.d. |
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3 |
1 |
General family letters (cont.) |
1898-1938, n.d. |
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3 |
2-16 |
General letters |
1883-1936, n.d. |
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ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN ELLIOTT: OUTGOING |
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4 |
1-13 |
Cozens, Henrietta Some letters also addressed to Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith. Letters dated 1914 Oct 11 and 1917 Jan 5 enclose photographs. Letter dated 1919 Jul 6 includes letter from Huger Elliott. |
1904-1912 Aug |
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5 |
1-10 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 11 |
1912 Sep-1915 |
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6 |
1-12 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) |
1916-1918 Mar |
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7 |
1-12 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) |
1918 Apr-1926 |
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8 |
1-13 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) |
1927-1934 |
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9 |
1-3 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) |
1935-1938, n.d. |
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9 |
4 |
Oakley, Violet |
1911 |
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9 |
5-6 |
Smith, Jessie Willcox |
1911-1929 |
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9 |
7 |
Wilde, Frances F. Contains ink drawings. |
1902 |
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ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN ELLIOTT: INCOMING |
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9 |
8 |
Marks, Josephine Peabody |
[1912] |
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9 |
8 |
New York Daily News |
1904 Jan 15 |
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9 |
8 |
The Outlook |
1904 Jul 21 |
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9 |
8 |
Pratt Institute |
1904 |
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9 |
9 |
General letters |
1901-1905, n.d. |
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VIOLET OAKLEY: OUTGOING |
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9 |
10-15 |
Cozens, Henrietta Some letters also addressed to Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott and Jessie Willcox Smith. |
1901-1912 |
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10 |
1-6 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) Letter dated 1913 Jan 6 encloses note from Cornelia S. Oakley to Cozens. |
1913-1936 |
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10 |
7 |
Smith, Jessie Willcox |
1909-1923, n.d. |
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VIOLET OAKLEY: INCOMING |
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10 |
8 |
Elliott, Huger |
1911 |
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10 |
9 |
General letters |
1911-1936 |
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JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH: OUTGOING |
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10 |
10-14 |
Cozens, Henrietta Some letters also addressed to Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott and Violet Oakley. |
1904-1927 |
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11 |
1-5 |
Cozens, Henrietta (cont.) Some letters also addressed to Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott and Violet Oakley. |
1928-1933, n.d. |
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JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH: INCOMING |
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11 |
6 |
Campbell Prints, Inc. With letter from Frances F. Wilde to Campbell. |
1935 |
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11 |
7 |
Elliott, Huger |
1911, 1914 |
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11 |
7 |
Emerson, Edith |
n.d. |
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11 |
7 |
Fay, Frances W. Encloses photograph. |
1906 Apr 4 |
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11 |
7 |
The Hartford Faience Company |
1906 Feb 7 |
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11 |
8 |
The Junior Book of Authors |
1934 |
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11 |
8 |
Long Beach Public Schools (Long Beach, Calif.) |
1938 Mar 24 |
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11 |
8 |
Oakley, Cornelia S. |
1909 Dec |
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11 |
8 |
Patten, William |
1932, 1935 |
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11 |
9 |
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
1935 Mar 26 |
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11 |
9 |
Rathbone, Lina |
1906 Mar 4 |
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11 |
9 |
Société des Gens de Lettres |
1906 Jun 30 |
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11 |
10-11 |
General letters |
1906-1937 |
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OTHER PEOPLE |
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11 |
12 |
Cunningham, Warren to Huger Elliott |
1932 |
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11 |
12 |
Emerson, Edith to Isabel Lewis For enclosed photographs, see: box 13, folder 1 |
1956 Aug 5 |
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11 |
12 |
Unidentified |
n.d. |
Series II. Art and Photographs
0.75' (3 boxes)
Dates: 1890-1947
Series II, Art and Photographs, is organized into two subseries: Art, and Photographs.
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Box |
Folder |
Contents |
Date |
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ART |
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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green |
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Bookplate of Henrietta Cozens. Block forStored in: Oversize, box 15 |
n.d. |
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11 |
13 |
Bookplate of Henrietta Cozens. Printed version (multiple copies) |
n.d. |
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11 |
14-15 |
Christmas cards, printed versions |
1913-1931 |
Christmas card, pen and ink drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 1 |
1931 |
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11 |
15 |
Christmas cards, printed versions |
1932-1940 |
Christmas card, pen and ink drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 1 |
1941 |
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11 |
15 |
Christmas cards, printed versions |
1947, n.d. |
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Cogshill shield, pencil drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 2 |
[1930?] |
Letter "G," watercolor drawingShows garden scene, four women, two cats, and a dog. |
n.d. |
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"Little girls keep right on growing," pen and ink drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 2 |
n.d. |
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"The Plastic Club Exhibition of Designs," color posterStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 2 |
[1902] Jan |
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12 |
1-2 |
Plates, color and black and white, of paintings and drawingsWith envelope postmarked 1909. |
n.d. |
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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green and Jessie Willcox Smith |
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"Bryn Mawr College Calendar," printedStored in: Oversize, box 16 |
1901 |
"Bryn Mawr College Calendar," printedStored in: Oversize, box 17 |
1902 |
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"Bryn Mawr College Calendar," printedStored in: Oversize, box 18 |
1909 |
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Elliott, Huger |
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Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "Go little booklet go..." pen and ink drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 3 |
n.d. |
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12 |
3 |
Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "Go little booklet go..." printed version (3 copies) |
n.d. |
Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "May blessings rest upon the head of Cadmus..." pen and ink drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 3 |
n.d. |
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Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "May blessings rest upon the head of Cadmus..." block forStored in: Oversize, box 15 |
n.d. |
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12 |
3 |
Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "May blessings rest upon the head of Cadmus..." printed version (2 copies) |
n.d. |
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12 |
4 |
Christmas cards, printed versions |
1910-1946, n.d. |
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12 |
5 |
Handrup, Oxford Street, London. Silhouette of Jessie Willcox Smith |
1916 Aug |
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Oakley, Violet |
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12 |
6 |
Card to Henrietta Cozens |
1929 |
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12 |
7 |
Christmas cards, printed versions |
1914-1923 |
"Cogslea sends to the Lady Ella grateful thanks for the Curate...," pen and ink and watercolor drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 4 |
n.d. |
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Cozens, Henrietta. Watercolor portrait of, seated in garden at Cogshill, framedStored in: Art |
n.d. |
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"The Great Wonder: A Vision of the Apocalypse," color plateWith brochure describing presentation by VO of painting to Vassar College in memory of Hester Caldwell Oakley Ward. |
1924 Mar 30 |
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12 |
8 |
Plates, color and black and white, of paintingsStored also in: Oversize, box 19, folder 4 |
n.d. |
Portrait of woman, plate of drawingStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 4 |
n.d. |
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Smith, Jessie Willcox |
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12 |
9 |
Christmas cards, printed versionsSome hand-colored. |
1912-1926 |
Girls: A Calendar. New York: Fox, Duffield & Co.Stored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 5 |
[1905] |
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12 |
10 |
Plates, color, of paintings |
n.d. |
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12 |
11-12 |
Various artists. Plates, color and black and white, of paintings and drawings Stored also in: Oversize, box 19, folder 6 |
n.d. |
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Unidentified artists |
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12 |
13 |
Bookplate of Elizabeth McNairy, printed version (2 copies) |
n.d. |
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12 |
13 |
Christmas card of Cogslea, printed version, hand-colored |
n.d. |
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12 |
13 |
Christmas cards, printed versions, hand-colored |
1916 |
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12 |
13 |
Man with long beard, print |
n.d. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: PEOPLE |
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Cozens, Henrietta |
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12 |
14 |
Christmas card showing photograph of HC in garden at Cogslea (10 copies)Six copies inscribed by HC. |
1912 |
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12 |
15 |
Standing outside next to gate at Cogshill (3 versions, all copy prints) |
[193-?] |
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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green |
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12 |
16 |
Portrait, head and shoulders, mounted |
[ca. 1892] |
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12 |
16 |
Postcard portrait with Huger ElliottAnnotated on back by ESGE. |
[ca. 1910] |
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12 |
16 |
With Huger Elliott and Violet Oakley at Fontainebleu, snapshot |
1928 Aug 17 |
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Smith, Jessie Willcox |
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12 |
17 |
Studio portrait, head and shoulders, mountedSigned by Eva Watson. |
[ca. 1895] |
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12 |
18 |
Sitting at table with unidentified woman |
[ca. 1900] |
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12 |
19 |
Studio portrait, sitting, left arm on chair, mounted (2 copies) |
[ca. 1900] |
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12 |
20 |
Studio portrait, sitting reading, with Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott leaning on shoulder, mounted (3 copies) |
[ca. 1900] |
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12 |
21 |
Standing, head turned to left, mounted (2 copies) |
[ca. 1900] |
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12 |
22 |
Studio portrait, standing, wearing white dress, mounted (3 copies) |
[ca. 1910] |
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12 |
23 |
Standing outside, with hand on the door |
[ca. 1920] |
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12 |
24 |
Studio portrait, head and shoulders (5 copies) |
[ca. 1925] |
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12 |
25 |
Standing, holding artist's palette (2 copies) |
[ca. 1925] |
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Other People |
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13 |
1 |
Lewis, Isabel and Eleanor. Twelve snapshots taken by Jessie Willcox SmithOriginally enclosed in letter from Edith Emerson to Isabel Lewis, 1956 Aug 5, box 11, folder 12 |
n.d. |
Two women. Studio portrait by Rita Martin, 74 Baker Street W.Stored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 7 |
[ca. 1890] |
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13 |
2-4 |
Unidentified family. Seventy photographsIncludes photographs of scenes. |
[ca. 1900-1930s] |
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13 |
5 |
Woman carrying muff, postcard portrait |
[ca. 1900] |
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13 |
5 |
Maid standing behind dining room table |
[ca. 1910] |
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13 |
5 |
Woman sitting in field looking at mountains |
[ca. 1910] |
Man wearing suit. Studio portrait by HowlandStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 7 |
[ca. 1920] |
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13 |
5 |
"What is wrong with this Picture?," photograph of man on porch |
1925 Jul 26 |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: PLACES |
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Cogshill |
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13 |
6 |
View of house from front lawnAlso sent by HC as Christmas card, 1927. |
[1915] |
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13 |
6 |
Gate and arched door in snow (5 copies)Sent by HC as Christmas card. |
1928 |
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13 |
6 |
Arched door (5 copies)Sent by HC and JWS as Christmas card. |
1929 |
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13 |
7 |
Entryway through gate (4 copies)Sent by HC and JWS as Christmas card. |
1930 |
View of house from lawn (2 versions)Stored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 7 |
[ca. 1930] |
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13 |
7 |
View of house from front lawn (3 copies)Sent by HC and JWS as Christmas card. |
1933 |
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13 |
7 |
Cat sitting in windowSent by HC as Christmas card. |
1937 |
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13 |
7 |
View of garden in snowSent by HC as Christmas card. |
1938 |
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13 |
7 |
Garden in September (6 copies)Sent by HC as Christmas card. |
1939 |
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13 |
8 |
View of house from front lawn (6 copies) |
[193-] |
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13 |
8 |
View of gate from house (2 copies) |
[193-] |
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13 |
8 |
Steps in snow |
[193-] |
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13 |
9 |
Unidentified house, from lawn, snapshot |
[1910?] |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: OTHER |
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13 |
9 |
Photograph by Chester A. Lawrence of painting of woman sitting and reading |
[1900?] |
0.50' (2 boxes)
Dates: 1889-1940
Series III, Other Papers, is arranged alphabetically.
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Box |
Folder |
Contents |
Date |
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Cozens, Henrietta |
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13 |
10 |
Calling card (5 copies) |
n.d. |
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13 |
11-12 |
Financial materials |
1910-1940, n.d. |
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13 |
13 |
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green. [Humorous poems], holograph |
n.d. |
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Elliott, Huger |
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13 |
14 |
"The Artistic Manifestations of Colonial and Early Republican Times," course announcement |
1917 |
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13 |
14 |
Clippings |
1924, n.d. |
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Gilchrist, Edmund B. "A Residence at Allens Lane, Pa. for Miss Smith and Miss Cozens," blueprints Includes two complete sets and two incomplete sets. |
1913 Aug 14 |
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13 |
15 |
Hamilton, John McLure. Calling card |
n.d. |
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13 |
15 |
Kerbaugh, Henry. Eviction notices regarding Red Rose Inn Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 12 |
1905, 1906 |
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13 |
16 |
Morley, Christopher. "To Jessie Willcox Smith in gratitude of her illustrations of Stevenson's 'A Child's Garden of Verses,'" poem, holograph, signed |
1912 Aug 18 |
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13 |
16 |
Oakley, Thornton. Calling card |
n.d. |
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Oakley, Violet |
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13 |
17 |
Clippings |
1923, n.d. |
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13 |
17 |
"In Memoriam Jessie Willcox Smith, Her Character & Work: Illustrator, Portrait-Painter, Interpreter, of Children," invitation for lecture at Cogslea (6 copies) |
1935 Dec 5 |
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13 |
17 |
Invitation to view her murals for the Pennsylvania State Capitol |
[1913] Dec 14 |
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13 |
17 |
"The Life of Jessie Willcox Smith: Her Character and Work," admission card for lecture at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (2 copies) |
[1936] Mar 14 |
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13 |
17 |
Reproductions of six murals in supplement to Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pa.)Stored also in: Oversize, box 19, folder 8 |
1913 Dec 14 |
Press release for lecture at Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organizations, GenevaStored in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 13 |
1936 Oct 7 |
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13 |
17 |
"'Trilby' Come to Life," clipping of letter to editor of Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
1918 Apr 30 |
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13 |
18 |
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Clipping |
1927 Jun 19 |
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13 |
19-20 |
Postcards, unused |
n.d. |
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13 |
21 |
Red Rose Inn (Villanova, Pa.). Postcard of |
[ca. 1900] |
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Smith, Jessie Willcox |
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14 |
1 |
Advertisements for picturesStored also in: Oversize, box 19, folder 8 |
1917, n.d. |
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14 |
2 |
Calling card (2 copies) |
n.d. |
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14 |
2 |
Clippings |
1901-1938, n.d. |
Deed and surveys regarding land near St. George's Road and McCallum Street, PhiladelphiaStored in: Oversize, box 19, folder 8 |
1928 |
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14 |
3 |
Diary of trip to England, holograph, in volumeVolume stamped: "My trip abroad." |
1907 Aug10-Sep 9 |
Financial materialsStored in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folders 14-15 |
1920-1936, n.d. |
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14 |
4 |
[Humorous poem], holograph |
n.d. |
[Painting children], article, holographWith letter from American Childhood, 1927 Aug 14. |
[1927] |
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14 |
4 |
"Portraits, Drawings, and Illustrations," checklist for exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (2 copies) |
1924 |
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14 |
5 |
Trees in Philadelphia. Clipping regarding |
n.d. |
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14 |
5 |
Wernunger, Howard. Notebook cover On cover: "Howard Wernunger, Rec 89." |
[1889] |
Oversize
7.75' (5 boxes)
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Box |
Folder |
Contents |
Date |
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15 |
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green. Bookplate of Henrietta Cozens, block for (Series II) |
n.d. |
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15 |
Elliott, Huger. Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "Go little booklet go...," block for (Series II) |
n.d. |
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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green and Jessie Willcox Smith |
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16 |
"Bryn Mawr College Calendar," printed (Series II) |
1901 |
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17 |
"Bryn Mawr College Calendar," printed (Series II) |
1902 |
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18 |
"Bryn Mawr College Calendar," printed (Series II) |
1909 |
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Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green |
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19 |
1 |
Christmas card, pen and ink drawing (Series II) |
1931 |
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19 |
1 |
Christmas card, pen and ink drawing (Series II) |
1941 |
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19 |
2 |
Cogshill shield, pencil drawing (Series II) |
[1930?] |
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19 |
2 |
Letter "G," watercolor drawing (Series II) |
n.d. |
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19 |
2 |
"Little girls keep right on growing," pen and ink drawing (Series II) |
n.d. |
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19 |
2 |
"The Plastic Club Exhibition of Designs," color poster (Series II) |
[1902] Jan |
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Elliott, Huger |
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19 |
3 |
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n.d. |
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19 |
3 |
Bookplate of Frank Adair Monroe, Jr.: "May blessings rest upon the head of Cadmus...," pen and ink drawing (Series II) |
n.d. |
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Oakley, Violet |
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19 |
4 |
"Cogslea sends to the Lady Ella grateful thanks for the Curate...," pen and ink and watercolor drawing (Series II) |
n.d. |
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19 |
4 |
"The Great Wonder: A Vision of the Apocalypse," color plate (Series II) |
1924 Mar 30 |
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19 |
4 |
Plates, color and black and white, of paintings (Series II) |
n.d. |
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19 |
4 |
Portrait of woman, plate of drawing (Series II) |
1918 |
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Smith, Jessie Willcox |
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19 |
5 |
Christmas card, printed version, hand-colored (Series II) |
[1914] |
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19 |
5 |
Girls: A Calendar. New York: Fox, Duffield & Co. (Series II) |
[1905] |
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19 |
6 |
Various artists. Plates, color and black and white, of paintings and drawings (Series II) |
n.d. |
|
19 |
7 |
Cogshill. Photograph of house from lawn (2 versions) (Series II) |
[ca. 1930] |
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19 |
7 |
Two women. Studio portrait by Rita Martin, 74 Baker Street W. |
[ca. 1890] |
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19 |
7 |
Man wearing suit. Studio portrait photograph by Howland (Series ) (Series II) |
[ca. 1920] |
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19 |
8 |
Oakley, Violet. Reproductions of six murals for the Pennsylvania State Capitol in supplement to Public Ledger (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Series III) |
1913 Dec 14 |
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19 |
8 |
Smith, Jessie Willcox. Advertisements for pictures (Series III) |
n.d. |
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19 |
8 |
Smith, Jessie Willcox. Deed and surveys regarding land near St. George's Road and McCallum Street, Philadelphia (Series III) |
1928 |
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19 |
9-12 |
Gilchrist, Edmund B. "A Residence at Allens Lane, Pa. for Miss Smith and Miss Cozens," blueprints (Series III) |
1913 Aug 14 |
PART I: Collection Description
Last Update: May 15, 2003 , Special Collections at SpecColl@brynmawr.edu