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Critical Biography Files

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Collection Creator
McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965
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Elizabeth McCausland papers
Elizabeth McCausland papers / Series 6: Marsden Hartley
Sponsor
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Date
1911-1964
bulk 1953-1964
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.mccaeliz, Subseries 6.1
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement note
Files are arranged in alphabetical order. Related material can be found in correspondence and general files and other research files within this series. This material was most likely originally kept in notebooks, but was removed from them at some previous point in time, perhaps during preliminary processing.
Collection Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Existence and Location of Copies
This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
Scope and Contents note
Subseries consists of files relating to McCausland's work researching and writing a planned critical biography of the artist Marsden Hartley. McCausland began work on the biography sometime after her monograph on Hartley was published in 1952. She worked on the Hartley biography for several years off and on up until her death in 1965, though it was never completed. Files are primarily comprised of notes on Hartley's life and work (organized according to time period), as well as some research material, including typescripts and some originals of Hartley's letters, exhibition catalogs and other printed material, and scattered papers belonging to Hudson Walker and relating to Hartley. Also found are an outline and a manuscript of Chapters 1-3 of the planned biography, and some notes and research material on exhibitions, memorabilia, and portaits. Most of the material is undated, yet it can be reasonably assumed that it was collected and created during the time period from 1953 to 1964, roughly when McCausland was working on the biography.
Collection Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503510374718-1503510374907-2
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dddd8561-dfef-44fe-96fa-5a03505b5be8

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