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Mary Bartlett Cowdrey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0556
Abstract
The papers of American art historian Mary Bartlett Cowdrey comprise nine linear feet of notes; correspondence; manuscripts of published and unpublished books and articles; engravings and lithographs from published sources; photographs of paintings and engravings; postcards; clippings from books, exhibition catalogs, magazines, and newspapers, for approximately 1,600 American artists active during the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries. The collection is arranged in five series that...
Dates:
1834-1963; Majority of material found within 1930-1954
John Masefield letters to Mary Jerrold
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0768
Abstract
This collection comprises John Masefield’s letters to English actress Mary Jerrold, a selection of privately printed poems, and a few photographic postcards.
Dates:
1911-1941
Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans
Collection
Identifier: GRA 0148
Abstract
Gregory C. Wilson is a white collector and dealer of antiquarian material. The Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans contains over 450 items, the majority of which are examples of negative stereotypes and racist portrayals of Black people in general and African Americans specifically.
Dates:
1870s-2000s