Archives of American Art
Blanche Lazzell papers
Lazzell, Blanche, 1878-1956
AAA.lazzblan
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4.6 Linear feet
1893-1986
bulk 1901-1940
The papers of printmaker, etcher, and painter Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) measure 4.6 linear feet and date from 1893 to 1986, with the bulk of the material dating from 1901 to 1940. Found within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings; five diaries; scattered personal business records; printed material; artwork; photographs; and artifacts.
Collection is in English and French.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged as 9 series.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1894-1970 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1897-1965 (1.2 linear feet; Box 1-2)
- Series 3: Writings, 1893-1969 (1.2 linear feet; Box 2-3)
- Series 4: Diaries, 1896-1924 (0.1 linear feet; Box 3)
- Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1894-1916 (0.1 linear feet; Box 3)
- Series 6: Printed Material, 1899-1986 (1 linear feet; Box 3-4)
- Series 7: Artwork, 1924-circa 1940 (0.1 linear feet; Box 4)
- Series 8: Photographic Material, 1897-1956 (0.5 linear feet; Box 5-6)
- Series 9: Artifacts, circa 1910-1956 (0.1 linear feet; Box 6)
Biographical / Historical
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) was a printmaker, etcher, painter, and rug designer who worked primarily in Provincetown, Massachusetts and Morgantwon, West Virginia.
Nettie Blanche Lazzell was born in Maidsville, West Virginia, in 1878, the daughter of Mary Prudence Pope and Cornelius Carhart Lazzell. At some point during her childhood, Lazzell became partially deaf. When Lazzell was fifteen, she enrolled in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, now West Virginia Wesleyan College and graduated in 1898.
In 1899, Lazzell continued her studies at the South Carolina Co-educational Institute and graduated that same year. She later matriculated into the West Virginia University (1901-1905) where she took drawing and art history classes with William J. Leonard and earned a degree in fine arts. After graduation, Lazzell periodically studied at the university until 1909. Lazzell moved to New York City in 1907 and enrolled in the Art Students League of New York in 1908 where she studied under William Merritt Chase.
Lazzell travelled to Europe during the summer of 1912. After visiting several cities, Lazzell went to Paris and stayed beyond the tour to attend classes at the Académie Julian and the Académie Moderne where she studied with painter Charles Guérin.
Lazzell returned to the United States in the fall of 1913 and stayed in West Virginia with her sister Bessie. She held a solo exhibition of her sketches and paintings in 1914. Lazzell moved to the thriving art colony at Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1915. There, she studied with Charles Webster Hawthorne, who founded the Cape Cod School of Art, and Oliver Chaffee, who taught her the technique for white-line woodcuts. Lazzell quickly adopted and excelled at making white-line woodblock prints, joined the Provincetown Printers, an art collective, and regularly exhibited with them.
n 1918, Lazzell converted an "old fish house" overlooking the Provincetown harbor into her studio and summer home. She planted a lush garden that became a tourist attraction where she often hosted teas and taught classes on painting and woodblock printing. The studio became her primary summer residence, though she often returned to Morgantown, West Virginia. Lazzell also visited other artist colonies during this time, including one in Woodstock, New York where she studied with Andrew Dasburg.
In 1919 Lazzell was featured in an exhibition at Touchstone Gallery in New York City. Later that year, the Provincetown Printers were featured at the Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition "Wood Block Prints in Color by American Artists". That show included Lazzell's depiction of the Monongahela River in Morgantown.
From 1923 to 1924, Lazzell travelled again to Europe and studied with Fernand Legér, André Lhote, and Albert Gleizes in Paris. Lazzell studied Cubism and took a class with Gleizes and her work became more abstract. When she returned to Provincetown, she had her studio rebuilt so it was more comfortable during the winter.
She continued to teach art at her studio and participate in exhibitions.
In addition to her woodblock prints, Lazzell also worked with batik, rug design, and hand-painted china. She was a member of numerous arts organizations such as the Société Anonyme, New York Society of Women Artists, Provincetown Art Association, the Sail Loft Club (a Provincetown women's art club), and the Society of Independent Artists. In 1934, Lazzell received a Federal Art Project grant through the Works Progress Administration and created a mural titled Justice for the Morgantown courthouse.
Lazzell died in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1956.
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Separated Materials
The papers were originally loaned for microfilming on reels 2988-2991 and most of them, but not all, were included in a later donation. The papers not included in the later donation are only available on microfilm.
Existence and Location of Copies
The collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reels 2988-2991 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Blanche Lazzell papers were anonymously donated to the Archives of American Art in 1987, including most of the materials that had been earlier loaned for microfilming in 1983.
Preferred Citation
Blanche Lazzell papers, 1893-1986, bulk 1901-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
This collection was fully processed by Rihoko Ueno in October 2014 with funding provided by Leslie J. and Johanna Garfield.
Scope and Contents
The papers of printmaker, etcher, and painter Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) measure 4.6 linear feet and date from 1893 to 1986, with the bulk of the material dating from 1901 to 1940. Found within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings; five diaries; scattered personal business records; printed material; artwork; photographs; and artifacts.
Biographical material includes school report cards, address books, obituaries, membership certificates, and travel documents from Blanche Lazzell's travels abroad in Europe.
Correspondence is with family, friends, and colleagues. Family correspondence is predominately with Lazzell's sisters, and a lesser amount with her brother Rufus and other relatives. Well over one-half of the correspondence is with friends and colleagues, including Arthur Lee Post and John O' Connor, and one or more letters from Oliver Chaffee, Andrew Dasburg, Robert Henri, and Ralph M. Pearson, among others.
Writings include notebooks, essays, and notes. Notebooks are primarily class notes, including one from Lazzells's studies in France during her second trip to Europe, and another maintained as a record of artwork. Also found are essays,including one about Provincetown; notes; biographical sketches; and lists of exhibitions and artwork. Five diaries document the late 1890s and Lazzell's trips to Europe in 1912-1913 and 1923-1924.
Scattered personal business records consist of 3 expense account ledgers and one sales ledger. Printed Material includes guest books, news clippings, exhibition catalogs, exhibition announcements, magazines, brochures, and newsletters. Artwork includes pencil drawings and sketches, mostly from studies with the artist Albert Gleizes in Paris. Photographic material consists of photographs, slides, and one lantern slide. The photographs are of Blanche Lazzell with artists and friends, her studio and the harbor in Provincetown, artwork, and travels in Italy.
Artifacts include 2 metal signs and 1 paint palette in a metal case.
Separated Materials
Portions of the microfilmed material were retained by the donor.
Printmakers -- Massachusetts
Etchers -- Massachusetts
Painters -- Massachusetts
Textile designers -- Massachusetts
Art -- Study and teaching
Artists' studios -- Photographs
Women artists
Women painters
Women printmakers
Women designers
Sketches
Photographs
Visitors' books
Drawings
Diaries
Women textile designers
Gleizes, Albert, 1881-1953
Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
O'Connor, John
Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958
Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
Chaffee, Oliver Newberry, 1881-1944
Biographical Material
Series 1
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0.3 Linear feet
Box 1
1894-1970
Scope and Contents
Biographical material includes school report cards from West Virginia Conference Seminary and West Virginia University, 2 address books, obituaries, membership certificates, and assorted travel documents from Blanche Lazzell's trips to Europe.
West Virginia Conference Seminary Report Cards
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1894-1898
1
1
West Virginia University Report Cards
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1902-1910
1
2
Membership Certificates
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1896-1956
1
3
Europe Trip Printed Material
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1912-1913
1
4
Europe Trip Receipts and Expenses
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1912-1923
1
5
Address Book
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circa 1913
1
6
Address Book
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1949
1
7
Obituaries for Siblings
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1931-1955
1
8
Family History
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circa 1956-1970
1
9
Blanche Lazzell Estate Papers
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circa 1956
1
10
Blanche Lazzell Obituary
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1956
1
11
Short Biographical Profiles
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circa 1958
1
12
Correspondence
Series 2
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1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2
1897-1965
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is with family members, friends, and colleagues.
Arrangement
This series is arranged as 2 subseries.
Missing Title
- 2.1: Family Correspondence, 1899-1956
- 2.2: Friends and Colleagues, 1897-1965
Family Correspondence
2.1
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1899-1956
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Lazzell's family correspondence is with her sisters on the subject of daily life, experiences, and travels. There is also additional scattered correspondence with her brother Rufus and other relatives, such as her niece Frances Reed.
Arrangement
The correspondence with Lazzell's sisters are grouped together at the beginning of the series and arranged chronologically. The letters with her sisters were not alphabetized since they were frequently addressed "Dear Sister" and did not specify the recipient's name, though Lazzell often wrote to her younger sister Bessie. The rest of the subseries is arranged alphabetically, starting with an aunt and uncle who are only given nicknames.
Correspondence with Sisters
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1896-1956
1
13
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1913
1
14
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1915-1919
1
15
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1920-1926
1
16
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1927-1929
1
17
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1931-1940
1
18
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1941-1944
1
19
Correspondence with Sisters
Correspondence with Sisters
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1945-1950
1
20
Correspondence with Sisters
"Aunt Jo"
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circa 1901
1
21
"Barkis"
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1901-1903
1
22
Scope and Contents
"Barkis" is probably an uncle. The nickname is from David Copperfield.
Lazzell, B. F.
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1927
1
23
Lazzell, Rufus F.
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1899-1919
1
24
Lazzell, Delmar
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1944-1945
1
25
Lazzell, Mrs. Charles
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1956
1
26
Lazzell, Nellie
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1899
1
27
Reed, James Cornelius and Janet
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1926-1954
1
28
Reed, James Cornelius and Janet
Sellers, Frances Reed
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1923-1953
1
29
Sellers, Frances Reed
Taylor, Grace Martin (Frame)
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1932-1942
1
30
Friends and Colleagues
2.2
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1897-1965
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the correspondence with friends is with Arthur Lee Pos. Additional scattered correspondence is with friends and colleages, including artists Oliver Chaffee, Andrew Dasburg, Robert Henri, and Ralph M. Pearson, among others. There is also limited correspondence with museums and art organizations, such as the Société Anonyme, of which Lazzell was a member, and one folder of acceptance and rejection notices from exhibitions. regarding artwork Blanche Lazzell submitted.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically. Prominent artists and individuals with three or more letters have individual named folders. Unidentified correspondents, holiday cards, and notices about exhibition submissions are arranged at the end of the series.
Anthony, Mrs. Harvey C.
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1927-circa 1932
1
31
A-B, Miscellaneous
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1911-1948
1
32
Cain Family
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1899-1903
1
33
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from W. O., Lois, Ida, Ruth, and Jameson Cain.
Chaffee, Oliver
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1941
1
34
Scope and Contents
Letters from Lois, Ida, Ruth, Jameson, and W. O. Cain.
C, Miscellaneous
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1898-1944
1
35
Dasburg, Andrew
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1919
1
36
Dwight Family
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1900-1941
1
37
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Annie, Frank, and Mary Dwight.
D, Miscellaneous
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1901-1934
1
38
E-F, Miscellaneous
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1908-1943
1
39
Grant, Justin F.
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1939-1945
1
40
G, Miscellaneous
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1942-1955
1
41
Henri, Robert
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1910
1
42
H, Miscellaneous
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1897-1945
1
43
J-K, Miscellaneous
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1897-1934
1
44
Leonard, William J.
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1917
1
45
de Liva, H.
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1913-1916
1
46
L, Miscellaneous
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1903-1910
1
47
Marshall, Emma R.
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1913-1914
1
48
McCormick, Katherine H.
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1943-1953
1
49
M-N, Miscellaneous
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1900-1939
1
50
New York World's Fair
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1938
1
51
O'Connor, John, Jr.
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1934-1948
1
52
Pearson, Ralph M.
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1929-1930
1
53
Post, Arthur Lee
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1890-1900
1
54-57
Post, Arthur Lee
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1901-1906
2
1-4
Post, Arthur Lee - Undated
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circa 1895-1906
2
5
P, Miscellaneous
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1902
2
6
Ramsey Family
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1900-1901
2
7
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Boyce, Tallulah, and Hattie Ramsey.
R, Miscellaneous
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1898-1934
2
8
Schanzenbacher, Nellie
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1908-1912
2
9
Smith, Simeon Earnest and Mother
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1921-1923
2
10
Société Anonyme
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1928
2
11
S, Miscellaneous
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1898-1942
2
12
T, Miscellaneous
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1933-1941
2
13
W, Miscellaneous
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1930-circa 1965
2
14
Young, M. G.
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1923
2
15
Y, Miscellaneous
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1926
2
16
Unidentified Correspondents
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1897-1955
2
17
Partial Undated Letters
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circa 1900-circa 1940
2
18
Scope and Contents
Fragments of letters written by Blanche Lazzell with dates and names of correspondents missing.
Notices for Exhibition Submissions
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1951-1952
2
19
Christmas Cards
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1924-1961
2
20
Writings
Series 3
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1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 2-3
1893-1969
Scope and Contents
Writings include notebooks, essays, and notes. The bulk of the notebooks contain class notes from Lazzell's classes at West Virginia Conference Seminary and West Virginia University. There is also one notebook from Lazzell's art studies with Albert Gleizes in Paris and one notebook that tracks time spent and progress made on prints and works in progress, with some information about pricing. Essays and notes consist of school papers, handwritten and typed drafts of essays on art, biographical sketches, lists and inventories of exhibitions and artwork, and miscellaneous notes.
Arrangement
This series is arranged as 2 subseries.
Missing Title
- 3.1: Notebooks, 1893-1937
- 3.2: Essays and Notes, 1899-1969
Notebooks
3.1
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1893-1937
Untitled School Notebook
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1893
2
21
West Virginia Conference Seminary Notebook
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1896
2
22
West Virginia Conference Seminary Notebook
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1898
2
23
West Virginia Conference Seminary Notebook
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1898
2
24
West Virginia University Notebooks
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2
17th Century Literature Notebook
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1901-1911
2
25
Scope and Contents
Mostly class notes, but also includes a few pages at the end of the notebook on sales of handpainted "china pins" in 1911.
17th Century Literature Notebook
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1901
2
26
Chapel 47 Notebook
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1901
2
27
Botany Notebook
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1902
2
28
Scope and Contents
Includes a few drawings of budding branches.
Chapel 49 Notebook
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1902
2
29
Chapel 51 Notebook
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1902
2
30
Literature: The Elizabethan Period Notebook
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1902
2
31
Literature: The Classic Period Notebook
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1902
2
32
Literature 15 Notebook
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1902-1903
2
33
Literature 17 Notebook
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1903
2
34
History of Greek Art Notebooks
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1903
2
35-36
History of Roman and Modern Art Notebooks
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1904
2
37-38
West Virginia University Notebooks
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3
19th Century Literature Notebook
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1904
3
1
Art History Notebook
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1904
3
2
Bible as Literature Notebook
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circa 1904
3
3
Art History Notebook
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1906
3
4
Loose Pages School Notebooks
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circa 1901-1904
3
5
Untitled Notebook
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1902-1934
3
6
Scope and Contents
Mostly school notes from 1902-1904, but also includes several pages used as a studio guest list from 1930-1934.
"Measurements in Paintings" Notebook
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circa 1923
3
7
"Measurements in Paintings" Notebook
Scope and Contents
Notebook is written in French, possibly from a class with Albert Gleizes, and includes several sketches.
Art Record Book
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1936-1937
3
8
Essays and Notes
3.2
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1899-1969
School Papers
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1899-1904
3
9
Essays on Art
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1912-circa 1939
3
10
Essays on Art
"Some Palaces of Florence"
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circa 1925
3
11
"The Color Wood Block Print"
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1929
3
12
"The Color Wood Block Print"
Notes on the Creativity of Children
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1930
3
13
Wood Block Print Exhibitions List
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1931-1953
3
14
Biographical Sketch
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1931-circa 1953
3
15
Biographical Notes
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circa 1934-1955
3
16
"Creative Design" Essay on Rugs and Fabrics
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1934
3
17
"The Provincetown Print" Drafts
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circa 1935-1953
3
18
Compilations of Publicity and Notes
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1914-1952
3
19
Compilations of Publicity and Notes
Scope and Contents
Includes retyped excerpts from reviews of Blanche Lazzell's work along with other notes.
Miscellaneous Notes
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circa 1925-circa 1952
3
20
"On a Provincetown Dock" by Mary A. Kirkup
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circa 1920
3
21
"Metamorphic Progressions of Shape" by Stanley E. Shafer
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circa 1969
3
22
Diaries
Series 4
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0.1 Linear feet
Box 3
1896-1924
Scope and Contents
There are five bound diaries and a few loose scattered diary entries. Three of the diaries are from Lazzell's first trip to Europe from 1912 to 1913, one of which also includes entries about her second trip to Europe in 1923-1924. There is also a guidebook heavily annotated by Lazzell with information about itineraries and and locations of interest.
Diary
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1896
3
23
Loose Pages from Diaries
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1897-1902
3
24
Diary
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1899
3
25
"My Winter in Paris" Travel Diary
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1912-1913
3
26
Europe Travel Diary
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1912-1913
3
27
Europe Travel Diary
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1912-1934
3
28
Scope and Contents
Includes entries about first Europe trip and second trip from 1923-1924.
Europe Guidebook with Annotations
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1912
3
29
Personal Business Records
Series 5
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0.1 Linear feet
Box 3
1894-1916
Scope and Contents
Personal business records consist of 3 ledgers that list Lazzell's expenses beginning in her early school years at the West Virginia Conference Seminary, and one book tracking the sales and expenses for hand-painted china.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Expense Account Ledger
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1894-1897
3
30
Expense Account Ledger
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1902-1905
3
31
Expense Account Ledger
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1905-1915
3
32
Account Book for Handpainted China Expenses and Sales
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1903-1916
3
33
Printed Material
Series 6
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1 Linear foot
Boxes 3-4
1899-1986
Scope and Contents
Printed material includes guestbooks of visitors to exhibitions and Lazzell's studio, news clippings, exhibition catalogs for solo and group shows, exhibition announcements, assorted magazines, brochures, newsletters, and other miscellaneous material. Most but not all of the clippings and catalogs include references to Blanche Lazzell and her art.
Painting Exhibitions Guestbook
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1914-1916
3
34
Blanche Lazzell Studio Guestbook
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1926-1936
3
35
Loose Pages from Wood Block Print Exhibition Guest Sign-In
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1949
4
1
Newspaper Clippings
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1904-1982
4
2-8
Undated Newspaper Clippings
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circa 1910-1956
4
9
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
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circa 1910-1972
4
10
Magazine Articles
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1927-1986
4
11
Blanche Lazzell Exhibition Catalogs
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1914-1957
4
12-14
Scope and Contents
Includes catalogs for solo shows and group exhibitions that Lazzell participated in.
Exhibition Catalogs for Other Artists
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1913-1957
4
15
Blanche Lazzell Exhibition Announcements
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1914-1985
4
16
Exhibition Announcements for Other Artists
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circa 1923
4
17
School Arts
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1940
4
18
Art News
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1953
4
19
West Virginia University Magazine
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1972-1981
4
20
Pittsburgher Magazine
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1979
4
21
Provincetown Brochures
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1915-circa 1974
4
22
The Student Newsletters
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1912-1914
4
23
Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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1920
4
24
Vedanta Quarterly
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1947
4
25
Pamphlets and Programs
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1899-1952
4
26
Blanche Lazzell Exhibit Poster
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circa 1979
4
27
Press Releases
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circa 1979
4
28
Miscellaneous Printed Material
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1907-1954
4
29
Artwork
Series 7
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0.1 Linear feet
Box 4
1924-circa 1940
Scope and Contents
Artwork includes pencil drawings from a class with Albert Gleizes during Lazzell's second trip to Paris in 1924. The drawings and sketches include annotations by Lazzell along with some class notes. There is also one folder of miscellaneous, undated sketches.
Pencil Drawings from Albert Gleizes Class
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1924
4
30
Sketches from "The Golden Section and Mathematics in Art"
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circa 1924
4
31
Miscellaneous Sketches
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circa 1924-circa 1940
4
32
Photographic Material
Series 8
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0.5 Linear feet
Boxes 5-6
1897-1956
Scope and Contents
This series includes photographs, slides, and one lantern slide. Most of the photographs are black and white, with a few in color, and they show Blanche Lazzell with artists and friends, her Provincetown studio and harbor, artwork, and travels in Italy.
Arrangement
The materials are grouped first by format, such as prints and slides, then by subjects in chronological order.
Blanche Lazzell and Lotta Kemp
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circa 1897
5
1
West Virginia University Group Outing at Coopers Rock
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1905
5
2
Italy Trip
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1923
5
3
Italian Art from Italy Trip
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1923
5
4
Blanche Lazzell and Friends
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1923-1950
5
5
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Blanche Lazzell alone and accompanied by friends, a few while traveling in Italy, but mostly at outside her Provincetown studio.
Provincetown Wharf and Boats
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1926-1946
5
6
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of the Provincetown wharf, harbor, and shore near Lazzell's studio.
Photographs of Blanche Lazzell's Artwork
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circa 1925-1956
5
7
Artwork Photographed on Site at Provincetown
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1927-1951
5
8
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of artwork at various locations in Provincetown such as inside Lazzell's studio and at Hans Hofmann's class.
Provincetown Studio Exterior
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1933-1954
5
9
Justice Mural at Courthouse in Morgantown, West Virginia
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1934
5
10
Group Photos of "Gallery 200" Artists at Provincetown
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1949
5
11
Assorted Kodak Films Envelopes
Archival Resource Key
1923-1951
5
12
Color Slides of Provincetown Studio
Archival Resource Key
1942-1950
5
13
Color Slides of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940
6
1
Lantern Slide of Red and White Petunia
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940
6
2
Artifacts
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
0.1 Linear feet
Box 6
circa 1910-1956
Scope and Contents
Artifacts include 2 metal signs and 1 paint palette in a metal case.
Arrangement
The signs are first, followed by the paint palette.
"Franklin Wheeling" Metal Sign
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1956
6
3
"Insured Peabody Wheeling" Metal Sign
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1956
6
4
Paint Palette in Metal Case
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1956
6
5