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Boston Public Library Arts Department collection of John Singer Sargent clippings and other ephemera
Collection
Call Number: MS.SC.0001
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings and other ephemera outlining Sargent's work and exhibitions. Topics include murals at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Harvard Widener Library, portraiture, religious imagery, Boston Public Library murals, and biographical information.
Dates:
1896 - 1939
Celia Thaxter correspondence with Annie Fields
Collection — Container: MS C.1.38
Call Number: MS C.1.38
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 269 letters written by Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) between 1869 and 1893. The majority of the letters are addressed to American writer Annie Fields (1834-1915) and document Thaxter’s daily life: writing and other artistic endeavors, gardening, book discussions, family troubles and successes, domestic life and her experiences with Spiritualism. She often included descriptions of nature in her letters and was well-known for her descriptions of the Isle of Shoals, first from...
Dates:
1869-1893
