Archives of American Art
Nancy Douglas Bowditch and Brush family papers
Bowditch, Nancy Douglas
AAA.bowdnanc
Archival Resource Key
6.2 Linear feet
circa 1860-1985
The papers of painter, author, and designer Nancy Douglas Bowditch and the George de Forest Brush family measure 6.2 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1985. The majority of the collection consists of Bowditch's correspondence with family and friends and her notes and writings, particularly concerning her biography of her father George de Forest Brush The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of her husband painter William Robert Pearmain. Brush family material includes scattered correspondence of George de Forest Brush and other family members, notes, sketches, clippings, and the family home building files, five scrapbooks, including two on William Robert Pearmain, and numerous photographs of the Brush family, Bowditch, and William Robert Pearmain. There is also correspondence between William Robert Pearmain and his family and artwork by Pearmin.
The papers are in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The Nancy Douglas Bowditch papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments by Nancy Douglas Bowditch between 1968 and 1979. Bowditch's daughter, Mary A. Marlowe donated additional materials in 1982. In 2008, Joan Morgan, biographer of George de Forest Brush, donated additional papers she had acquired during her research.
Related Archival Materials note
Also among the collections at the Archives of American Art are the William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers, 1888-1955, and an oral history with Nancy Douglas Bowditch conducted on January 30, 1974 by Robert F. Brown.
Existence and Location of Copies note
This site provides access to the papers of Nancy Douglas Bowditch in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2011, and total 9056 images.
Generally, materials not scanned include duplicates, blank pages and versos, and drafts and edits of Nancy Douglas Bowditch's biography The Joyous Painter.
Processing Information note
Portions of the collection were microfilmed in increments upon receipt on reels 2826-2831 and 3134; these reels are no longer in circulation. In 2011, all accessions were merged, including a small collection that was previously cataloged separately, and fully processed and described by Jayna Hanson and digitized in 2011 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Preferred Citation note
Nancy Douglas Bowditch and Brush family papers, circa 1860-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Biographical/Historical note
Nancy Douglas Bowditch (1890-1979) worked primarily in the New Hampshire area as a painter, author, and costume and set designer. Bowditch's father was painter George de Forest Brush and she was first married to painter William Robert Pearmain, who died at an early age.
Nancy Douglas Bowditch was born to Mary and George de Forest Brush on July 4, 1890 in Paris, France. Along with her siblings Mary, Jane, Thea, Gerome, Tribbie, and Georgia, she often served as a subject of her father's paintings. The family lived in the artist colony of Dublin, New Hampshire where Nancy became close friends with their neighbor Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) daughter Jean Clemens.
Nancy met and became close to one of her father's pupils, William Robert Pearmain while traveling through Europe in 1907. Two years later, Nancy married Robert at the Brush family farm in Dublin, New Hampshire. Together, they had one daughter, Mary Alice whom they called Polly. Robert developed a strong political interest in growing anarchist movements, gave up painting and went to Pittsburgh to work in a factory. Shortly after, he became seriously ill and, upon the advice of a doctor, moved back to New Hampshire with Nancy. He soon died from leukemia in September 1912. In 1918, Nancy married her second husband Dr. Harold Bowditch from Boston, Massachusetts. With her second husband, Nancy had three more children, Martha, Henry, and George de Forest Bowditch.
Professionally, Nancy worked as a painter, wrote plays, and designed theatrical sets and costumes. In 1971, Bowditch published a biography of George de Forest Brush entitled The Joyous Painter. Nancy Douglas Bowditch died in 1979.
Scope and Contents note
The papers of painter, author, and designer Nancy Douglas Bowditch and the George de Forest Brush family measure 6.2 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1985. The majority of the collection consists of Bowditch's correspondence with family and friends and her notes and writings, particularly concerning her biography of her father George de Forest Brush The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of her husband painter William Robert Pearmain. Brush family material includes scattered correspondence of George de Forest Brush and other family members, notes, sketches, clippings, and the family home building files, five scrapbooks, including two on William Robert Pearmain, and numerous photographs of the Brush family, Bowditch, and William Robert Pearmain. There is also correspondence between William Robert Pearmain and his family and artwork by Pearmin.
Scattered family biographical materials include invitations, biographical sketches of George de Forest Brush, a ship's register, certificates, an obituary, and a sound recording of Nancy Bowditch.
Scattered personal business records include deeds of gift from various institutions and agreements from the publishing of The Joyous Painter.
One-third of the collection is correspondence with Nancy Douglas Bowditch, William Robert Pearmain, George de Forest Brush, and other members of the Brush, Pearmain, and Bowditch families. The majority of Nancy Douglas Bowditch's correspondence is from family and friends, although professional correspondence is also found. Nancy's notable correspondents include Jane Clemens, Barry Faulkner, Rockwell Kent, members of the Abbot Handerson Thayer family, and Nelson C. White. Also found are Nancy's letters to her first husband, William Robert Pearmain. Pearmain's correspondence includes letters from his parents, siblings, and his father-in-law, and a few letters from Pearmain to his family. George de Forest Brush's correspondence includes letters from friends and a few copies of letters written by Brush.
Writings and notes are primarily by Nancy Douglas Bowditch, the majority of which pertain to her biography of George de Forest Brush, The Joyous Painter, and her unpublished biography of William Robert Pearmain. Other writings are by George de Forest Brush, Tribbie Brush, Barry Faulkner, and William Robert Pearmain.
Artwork consists of approximately 78 drawings and sketches by William Robert Pearmain, 5 drawings and paintings by Nancy Bowditch, and one drawing by George de Forest Brush.
Brush family home and building files contain materials relating to a log cabin in New Hampshire, and the family home Brushwood which was built by William Robert Pearmain in 1911.
Five scrapbooks were compiled by members of the Brush, Pearmain, and Bowditch families. Two are about Pearmain, two are about George de Forest Brush, and one was organized by Harold Bowditch that contains family photographs.
Within printed materials are exhibition announcements and catalogs for George de Forest Brush, Barry Faulkner, Stephen Parrish, and Abbot Handerson Thayer.
Extensive photographs are of members of the Brush family, the Pearmain family, the Bowditch family, friends, and works of art by Bowditch, Brush, Pearmain and Douglas Volk. Included are portraits, snapshots, travel photos, wedding photos, and photos of the Brush family homes.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged as 9 series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Information, 1909-1965 (Box 1; 7 folders)
- Series 2: Personal Business and Financial Records, 1908-1974 (Box 1; 3 folders)
- Series 3: Correspondence, 1895-1979 (Boxes 1-3; 2.0 linear feet)
- Series 4: Writings and Notes, circa 1900-1975 (Boxes 3-4; 1.0 linear feet)
- Series 5: Artwork, 1898-1950 (Boxes 4, 9-10; 4 folders)
- Series 6: Printed Material, 1889-1974 (Box 4; 0.2 linear feet)
- Series 7: Brush Family Home Building Files, 1910-1971 (Boxes 4, 8, 10; 0.7 linear feet)
- Series 8: Scrapbooks, circa 1907-circa 1985 (Boxes 5, 8; 0.7 linear feet)
- Series 9: Photographs, circa 1860-1979 (Boxes 5-7, 11; 1.0 linear feet)
Painters -- New Hampshire
Set designers -- New Hampshire
Costume designers -- New Hampshire
Authors -- New Hampshire
Women artists
Women painters
Women designers
Women authors
Biographies
Paintings
Diaries
Sound recordings
Sketches
Scrapbooks
Notes
Photographs
Pearmain, William Robert, 1888-1912
Parrish, Stephen, 1846-1938
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
Clemens, Jane Lampton, 1880-1909
Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966
Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941
White, Nelson C.
Biographical Information
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
7 Folders
Box 1
1909-1965
Scope and Contents note
Found are invitations to Nancy's and Robert Pearmain's wedding, American consolate registration cards pertaining to the Bowditch family (circa 1914), biographical sketches on George de Forest Brush, a portion of a ship's register that carried the Brush family to Europe, Polly Pearmain's wedding invitation, certificates from the International Correspondent School, an obituary for William Robert Pearmain, and a sound recording of Nancy speaking of her trip to Shelbyville, TN.
Arrangement note
This series has been scanned in its entirety, except for the sound recording of Nancy Douglas Bowditch.
Bowditch, Nancy Douglas
Archival Resource Key
undated
1909
1
1
Bowditch, Nancy Douglas
Bowditch Family
Archival Resource Key
1914
1
2
Bowditch Family
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1941-1956
1
3
Brush, George de Forest
Brush Family
Archival Resource Key
1913
1
4
Brush Family
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Archival Resource Key
1932
1
5
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1911-1912
1
6
Pearmain, William Robert
Recording of Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1965
1
7
Scope and Contents note
Tapes runs approximately 11 minutes; Nancy speaks of George de Forest Brush and his relationships with his children, she reads a letter from Brush to a resident of Sheblyville in which the death of his mother is described.
Personal Business and Financial Records
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
Box 1
1908-1974
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of scattered personal business records that include deeds of gift from various institutions and agreements from the publishing of The Joyous Painter. Also found are scattered bills and a lease from 1911 signed by William Robert Pearmain.
Arrangement note
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Personal Business Records
Archival Resource Key
1947-1974
1
8
Personal Business Records
Bills, William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
1908-1912
1
9
Bills, William Robert Pearmain
Lease
Archival Resource Key
1911
1
10
Lease
Correspondence
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3
1895-1979
Scope and Contents note
Found is the personal and professional correspondence of Nancy Douglas Bowditch, William Robert Pearmain, George de Forest Brush, and other members of the Brush, Bowditch and Pearmain families, including Harold Bowditch, Selma Bowditch, Mittie Taylor Whelpley Brush, Georgie Brush, Jane Brush, Mary Brush, Tribbie Brush, Mary Alice (Polly) Pearmain, and Jack Pearmain.
Arrangement note
The series is arranged as 4 subseries:
- Subseries 3.1: Nancy Douglas Bowditch Correspondence, circa 1900-1978
- Subseries 3.2: William Robert Pearmain Correspondence, 1904-1912
- Subseries 3.3: George de Forest Brush Correspondence, 1895-1926
- Subseries 3.4: General Family Correspondence, 1903-1979
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Nancy Douglas Bowditch Correspondence
3.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1978
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of this subseries consists of the personal correspondence of Nancy Bowditch with her parents and parents-in-law, siblings, and first husband, William Robert Pearmain. Also found are letters from Jane Clemens, Barry Faulkner, and Gerald, Gladys, Emma, and Mary Thayer.
Arrangement note
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with the exception of professional correspondence relating to Nancy's book A Joyous Painter, which is arranged chronologically at the end of the subseries.
This subseries has been scanned in its entirety. Duplicates have not been scanned.
Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
1
11
Notes
Alden, D. W.
Archival Resource Key
1971
1
12
Alden, D. W.
Allison, Hildreth and Henry
Archival Resource Key
1946-1973
1
13
Allison, Hildreth and Henry
Barton, Bob
Archival Resource Key
1974
1
14
Barton, Bob
Beloin, Mary
Archival Resource Key
1975
1
15
Beloin, Mary
Biagi, Laura
Archival Resource Key
1908
1
16
Biagi, Laura
Bowditch, Harold
Archival Resource Key
undated
1917-1921
1
17
Bowditch, Harold
Bowditch, Martha
Archival Resource Key
1939-1971
1
18
Bowditch, Martha
Bowditch, Martha
Archival Resource Key
1971
1
19
Bowditch, Martha
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1905-1910
1
20
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1911-1915
1
21
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1916-1933
1
22
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1938-circa 1940
1
23
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1940
1
24
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1941
1
25
Brush, George de Forest
Scope and Contents note
condolence letters
Brush, Gerome
Archival Resource Key
1912-1921
1
26
Brush, Gerome
Brush, Gerome
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1912-1971
1
27
Brush, Gerome
Brush, Grandmother
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
1
28
Brush, Grandmother
Brush, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1946-1952
1
29
Brush, Jane
Brush, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1952
1
30
Brush, Jane
Brush, Mary
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1955
1
31
Brush, Mary
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
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1910-1914
1
32
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
1918-1929
1
33
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
1933-1941
1
34
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
1942-1946
1
35
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
1927-1948
1
36
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1950
1
37
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Thea
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1935
1
38
Brush, Thea
Brush, Thea
Archival Resource Key
1935
1
39
Brush, Thea
Brush, Tribbie
Archival Resource Key
1910
1
40
Brush, Tribbie
Brush, Tribbie
Archival Resource Key
1941
1
41
Brush, Tribbie
Chantal, Bianca de
Archival Resource Key
1908
1
42
Chantal, Bianca de
Chantal, Lya de
Archival Resource Key
1907
1
43
Chantal, Lya de
Childers, Molly
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
44
Childers, Molly
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Archival Resource Key
1906-1908
1
45
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Archival Resource Key
1909
1
46
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1908
1
47
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Coates, Winslow Shelby
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circa 1940-1948
1
48
Coates, Winslow Shelby
Coates, Winslow Shelby
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circa 1940-1948
1
49
Coates, Winslow Shelby
Coburn, Frederick
Archival Resource Key
1947
1
50
Coburn, Frederick
Cogswell, Kathleen
Archival Resource Key
1962-1977
1
51
Cogswell, Kathleen
Cooper, Hortense
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circa 1960s
1
52
Cooper, Hortense
Dresser, Faith
Archival Resource Key
1917-circa 1920
1
53
Dresser, Faith
Faulkner, Barry
Archival Resource Key
1909-1964
1
54
Faulkner, Barry
Faulkner, Barry
Archival Resource Key
1964
1
55
Faulkner, Barry
Faulkner, Martha B.
Archival Resource Key
1908
1
56
Faulkner, Martha B.
Forbes, Grace
Archival Resource Key
1965
1
57
Forbes, Grace
Greene, Mary
Archival Resource Key
1907-1912
1
58
Greene, Mary
Greene, Mary
Archival Resource Key
1912
1
59
Greene, Mary
Hume, Hugh
Archival Resource Key
1910-1928
1
60
Hume, Hugh
Hume, Lillie
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
1
61
Hume, Lillie
Henderson, C. Hanford
Archival Resource Key
1912
1
62
Henderson, C. Hanford
Henderson (?), Gerald
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
1
63
Henderson (?), Gerald
Henderson, Hilly (probably Hildegarde)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
1
64
Henderson, Hilly (probably Hildegarde)
Kent, Kathleen
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
1
65
Kent, Kathleen
Kidder, Homer H.
Archival Resource Key
1905
1
66
Kidder, Homer H.
Lemmi, Charles
Archival Resource Key
1910
1
67
Lemmi, Charles
McKittrick, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
1908-1909
1
68
McKittrick, Margaret
McVeigh, Rogers
Archival Resource Key
1912
1
69
McVeigh, Rogers
Proctor, A. Phimister
Archival Resource Key
1947-1949
1
70
Proctor, A. Phimister
Proctor, Hester
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978
1
71
Proctor, Hester
Pumpelly, Eliza
Archival Resource Key
1909
1
72
Pumpelly, Eliza
Osgood, Hamilton
Archival Resource Key
1907
1
73
Osgood, Hamilton
Osgood, Margaret (Nonna)
Archival Resource Key
1912-1915
1
74
Osgood, Margaret (Nonna)
Osgood, Margaret (Nonna)
Archival Resource Key
1915
1
75
Osgood, Margaret (Nonna)
Pearmain, Alice
Archival Resource Key
1907-1927
1
76
Pearmain, Alice
Pearmain, Alice
Archival Resource Key
1919-1927
1
77
Pearmain, Alice
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Archival Resource Key
1907-1955
1
78
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Archival Resource Key
1955
1
79
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Pearmain, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
1909-1932
1
80
Pearmain, Margaret
Pearmain, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
1909-1932
1
81
Pearmain, Margaret
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Archival Resource Key
1928-1947
1
82
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Archival Resource Key
1928-1947
1
83
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Pearmain, Sumner B.
Archival Resource Key
1909-1929
1
84
Pearmain, Sumner B.
Pearmain Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
1
85
Pearmain Family
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1905
1
86
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1907
1
87
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1908
2
1
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1909-1912
2
2
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907-1912
2
3
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907-1912
2
4
Pearmain, William Robert
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1905-1907 September
2
5
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1907 October-December
2
6
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1908
2
7
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
2
8
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
circa 1905-1910
2
9
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
2
10
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Fragments
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1912
2
11
Pearmain, William Robert
Scope and Contents note
Condolence letters
Sanger, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
undated
1912
2
12
Sanger, Margaret
Smith, Corina
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
2
13
Smith, Corina
Storer, Grandmother
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
2
14
Storer, Grandmother
Tharp, Louise Hall
Archival Resource Key
1954-1979
2
15
Tharp, Louise Hall
Thayer, Emma Beech
Archival Resource Key
1907-1910
2
16
Thayer, Emma Beech
Thayer, Gerald (Gra)
Archival Resource Key
1903-1910
2
17
Thayer, Gerald (Gra)
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Archival Resource Key
1903-1908
undated
2
18
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
19
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Thayer, Mary
Archival Resource Key
1904-1907
2
20
Thayer, Mary
Upton, Grandmother
Archival Resource Key
1907
2
21
Upton, Grandmother
Volk, Marion
Archival Resource Key
1909-1911
2
22
Volk, Marion
Vose, Robert C.
Archival Resource Key
1948-1949
2
23
Vose, Robert C.
Whelpley, J.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920
2
24
Whelpley, J.
Whelpley, Nan
Archival Resource Key
1912-1970
2
25
Whelpley, Nan
Whelpley, Nan
Archival Resource Key
1970
2
26
Whelpley, Nan
Whelpley (?), Page
Archival Resource Key
1976
2
27
Whelpley (?), Page
White, Nelson C.
Archival Resource Key
1940-1978
2
28
White, Nelson C.
White, Nelson C.
Archival Resource Key
1978
2
29
White, Nelson C.
Whiting, Sue
Archival Resource Key
1909
2
30
Whiting, Sue
Wood, Lisa
Archival Resource Key
1908
2
31
Wood, Lisa
Aunt Jay and Uncle Phil
Archival Resource Key
1904-1911
2
32
Aunt Jay and Uncle Phil
Aunt Sue
Archival Resource Key
1919
2
33
Aunt Sue
A-Z
Archival Resource Key
1911-1970s
2
34
A-Z
Fragments
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1955
2
35
Fragments
First Name Only
Archival Resource Key
1909-1972
2
36
First Name Only
Duplicate Typescripts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
2
37
Illegible, Not Signed
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
2
38
Illegible, Not Signed
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1947
2
39
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1948-1949
2
40
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1950-1958
2
41
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1960-1968
2
42
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1969-1971
2
43
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1972-1978
2
44
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush
William Robert Pearmain
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1904-1912
Scope and Contents note
Pearmain's correspondence is scattered and from family and friends.
Arrangement note
Researchers should note that Pearmain's correspondence with Nancy Bowditch is arranged in Subseries 3.1.
This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1907-1910
2
45
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, George de Forest
Archival Resource Key
1907-1910
2
46
Brush, George de Forest
Brush, Georgie
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907
2
47
Brush, Georgie
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
2
48
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Cable (?), J. W.
Archival Resource Key
1906
2
49
Cable (?), J. W.
Carlomagno
Archival Resource Key
1910-1911
2
50
Carlomagno
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Archival Resource Key
1907
2
51
Clemens, Jane (Jean)
Faulkner, Barry
Archival Resource Key
1908-1910
2
52
Faulkner, Barry
Faulkner, Barry
Archival Resource Key
1908-1910
2
53
Faulkner, Barry
Gaden (?), Maddalena
Archival Resource Key
1910
2
54
Gaden (?), Maddalena
Gay, Arthur
Archival Resource Key
1909
2
55
Gay, Arthur
Goodnow, Ruth Lois
Archival Resource Key
1910
2
56
Goodnow, Ruth Lois
Goodnow, W. L.
Archival Resource Key
1911
2
57
Goodnow, W. L.
Henderson, C. Hanford
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
2
58
Henderson, C. Hanford
Henderson, C. Hanford
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
2
59
Henderson, C. Hanford
Lemmi, Charles
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
2
60
Lemmi, Charles
Osgood, Hamilton
Archival Resource Key
1906-1907
2
61
Osgood, Hamilton
Osgood, Nonna
Archival Resource Key
1910s
2
62
Osgood, Nonna
Pearmain, Alice
Archival Resource Key
1907-1910
2
63
Pearmain, Alice
Pearmain, Alice
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907-1910
3
1
Pearmain, Alice
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Archival Resource Key
1904-1908
3
2
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Archival Resource Key
1904-1908
3
3
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Pearmain, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
1905-circa 1912
3
4
Pearmain, Margaret
Pearmain, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
1905-circa 1912
3
5
Pearmain, Margaret
Pearmain, Margaret
Archival Resource Key
1905-circa 1912
3
6
Pearmain, Margaret
Pearmain, Sumner B.
Archival Resource Key
1907-1910
3
7
Pearmain, Sumner B.
Pearmain, Sumner B.
Archival Resource Key
1907-1910
3
8
Pearmain, Sumner B.
Proell, Albert
Archival Resource Key
1910-1911
3
9
Proell, Albert
Storer, Mary L.
Archival Resource Key
1907
3
10
Storer, Mary L.
Upton, S. M.
Archival Resource Key
1906
3
11
Upton, S. M.
Thayer, Gerald (Gra)
Archival Resource Key
1910-1911
3
12
Thayer, Gerald (Gra)
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
3
13
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Agagmat (?)
Archival Resource Key
1908
3
14
Agagmat (?)
Scope and Contents note
letter in French
Gerry (no surname)
Archival Resource Key
1910
3
15
Gerry (no surname)
Gretchen (no surname)
Archival Resource Key
1912
3
16
Gretchen (no surname)
George de Forest Brush Correspondence
3.3
Archival Resource Key
1895-1926
Scope and Contents note
George de Forest Brush's correspondence is primarily with Brush and Pearmain family members and the Thayer family.
Arrangement note
Researchers should note that Brush's correspondence with Nancy Brush is found in Subseries 3.1 and correspondence with William Robert Pearmain is found in Subseries 3.2. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
Bowditch, Harold
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920
1916-1918
3
17
Bowditch, Harold
Brush, Georgie
Archival Resource Key
1907
3
18
Brush, Georgie
Brush, Mary
Archival Resource Key
1912
3
19
Brush, Mary
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
3
20
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley
Brush, Tribbie
Archival Resource Key
1910
3
21
Brush, Tribbie
Pearmain, Alice
Archival Resource Key
1908
3
22
Pearmain, Alice
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Archival Resource Key
1926
3
23
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Pearmain, William Robert
Archival Resource Key
1908
3
24
Pearmain, William Robert
Thayer, Gerald (Gra)
Archival Resource Key
1907
3
25
Thayer, Gerald (Gra)
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
Archival Resource Key
1903
3
26
Thayer, Gladys (Galla)
A-Z
Archival Resource Key
1895-1924
3
27
A-Z
First Names Only, Not Signed
Archival Resource Key
1904-circa 1910
3
28
First Names Only, Not Signed
Other Family Members Correspondence
3.4
Archival Resource Key
1903-1979
Scope and Contents note
Found are pieces of correspondence from members of the Bowditch, Brush, and Pearmain families.
Arrangement note
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
Bowditch, Harold
Archival Resource Key
1917-1944
circa 1950
3
29
Bowditch, Harold
Bowditch, Selma
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
1914-1916
3
30
Bowditch, Selma
Brush, Georgie
Archival Resource Key
1904-1905
circa 1910
3
31
Brush, Georgie
Brush, Jane
Archival Resource Key
1926-1941
3
32
Brush, Jane
Brush, Mary
Archival Resource Key
1904-circa 1910
3
33
Brush, Mary
Brush, Tribbie
Archival Resource Key
1903
3
34
Brush, Tribbie
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Archival Resource Key
1904-1909
3
35
Pearmain, John (Jack)
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Archival Resource Key
1920
undated
3
36
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly)
Pearmain, Sumner
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
3
37
Pearmain, Sumner
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920
3
38
Miscellaneous
Writings and Notes
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1 Linear foot
Boxes 3-4
circa 1900-1975
Scope and Contents note
The majority of this series consists of drafts, editing notes, and research notes for Nancy's biography of her father, The Joyous Painter. Also found are general notes and a typescript of a biography of William Robert Pearmain which contains original photographs of the Pearmain family. Writings by others are found in a separate subseries.
Arrangement note
The Writings and Notes series is arranged into 2 subseries:
- Subseries 1: by Nancy Douglas Bowditch, circa 1910-1975
- Subseries 2: by Others, circa 1900-circa 1970s
This bulk of this series has been scanned.
by Nancy Douglas Bowditch
4.1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1975
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains drafts, typescripts, edits, and notes for The Joyous Painter; a typescript for A Brief Biography of Robert Pearmain; a written recollecion of when Nancy and her siblings and friends sewed a new dress for her mother, Mittie Brush, with an accompaning photograph of the event; and various notes.
Arrangement note
The bulk of this series has been scanned. Some drafts, corrections, and proofs of The Joyous Painter have not been scanned.
The Joyous Painter
Archival Resource Key
3
Typescript
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
3
39
Typescript
Typescript
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
3
40
Typescript
Dedication and Outline
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
3
41
Draft
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
3
42-45
Corrections
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
3
46
Edited Pages
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
3
47-48
Research Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
3
49
Research Notes
Research Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
3
50
Research Notes
Research Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
4
1
Research Notes
Research Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
4
2
Research Notes
Research Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
4
3
Research Notes
Research Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
4
4
Research Notes
Editing Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
4
5
Layout Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971
4
6
Typescript (Duplicate)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971
4
7
A Brief Biography of Robert Pearmain, 1888-1912
Archival Resource Key
1975
4
8
A Brief Biography of Robert Pearmain, 1888-1912
Notes on William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
4
9
Notes on William Robert Pearmain
"My Mother's New Dress"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950
4
10
"My Mother's New Dress"
"My Mother's New Dress"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1908
4
11
"My Mother's New Dress"
Scope and Contents note
includes a photograph
Notes on Samuel and Jane Clemens
Archival Resource Key
1968
4
12
Notes on Samuel and Jane Clemens
Notes on Paint Colors
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
4
13
Notes on Paint Colors
Speech Text
Archival Resource Key
1970 May 5
4
14
Speech Text
General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s-1950s
4
15
General
by Others
4.2
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-circa 1970s
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes notes written by George de Forest Brush, Trubbie Brush and Barry Faulkner; scattered writings by William Robert Pearmain; a song dedicated to the Brush family by Gerald "Gra" Thayer; and miscellaneous lists.
Arrangement note
This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
Notes by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
4
16
Notes by George de Forest Brush
Notes by Tribbie Brush
Archival Resource Key
1902
4
17
Notes by Tribbie Brush
Notes by Barry Faulkner
Archival Resource Key
circa 1941
4
18
Notes by Barry Faulkner
Writings by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
circa 1909
4
19
Writings by William Robert Pearmain
Poem and Song by Gra
Archival Resource Key
1906
4
20
Poem and Song by Gra
Concerning Various Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
4
21
Concerning Various Artists
Lists of Works of Art by Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
4
22
Lists of Works of Art by Brush
Artwork
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
4 Folders
Boxes 4, 9-10
1898-1950
Scope and Contents note
Artwork is by Nancy Douglas Bowditch, William Robert Pearmain, and George de Forest Brush. Nancy Douglas Bowditch's work consists of one sketch, one study, and three completed drawings of William Robert Pearmain and Alan Seeger. Pearmain's artwork comprises twenty-four sketches including one watercolor, twelve studies, and forty-two completed drawings. Also found is one pencil sketch by Brush.
Arrangement note
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Nancy Douglas Bowditch, Pencil Sketches
Archival Resource Key
1912-1950
4
23
Nancy Douglas Bowditch, Pencil Sketches
George de Forest Brush, Pencil Sketch
Archival Resource Key
1912
4
24
George de Forest Brush, Pencil Sketch
Scope and Contents note
Oversized item housed in OV 9
William Robert Pearmain, Pencil Sketches and Drawings
Archival Resource Key
1898-1909
4
25
William Robert Pearmain, Pencil Sketches and Drawings
Scope and Contents note
Oversized items housed in OV 9-10
William Robert Pearmain, Tempera and Oil Sketches
Archival Resource Key
1908
4
26
William Robert Pearmain, Tempera and Oil Sketches
Oversized Sketch by George de Forest Brush and Oversized Sketches by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1912
9
Scope and Contents note
Scanned with Box 4, F24 and F25
Oversized Sketches by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
1898-1909
10
Scope and Contents note
Scanned with Box 4, F25
Printed Material
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
0.2 Linear feet
Box 4
1889-1974
Scope and Contents note
Printed materials include clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, calling cards, and other materials concerning Nancy Douglas Bowditch, George de Forest Brush, Barry Faulkner, Stephen Parrish, and Abbot Handerston Thayer.
Arrangement note
This bulk of this series has been scanned.
Archives of American Art Publications
Archival Resource Key
1967-1973
4
27
Archives of American Art Publications
Articles Concerning Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1965-1971
4
28
Articles Concerning Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Articles Concerning George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1889-1971
4
29
Articles Concerning George de Forest Brush
Book Reviews, The Joyous Painter
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974
4
30
Book Reviews, The Joyous Painter
Calling Cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
4
31
Calling Cards
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
4
Files Kept by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
1910-1912
4
32
Files Kept by William Robert Pearmain
Concerning Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1970
4
33
Concerning Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Concerning George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1923-1941
4
34
Concerning George de Forest Brush
Concerning Cornish Colony Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
4
35
Concerning Cornish Colony Artists
General
Archival Resource Key
1913-1973
4
36
General
General
Archival Resource Key
1970-1973
4
37
General
Dust Jacket, The Joyous Painter
Archival Resource Key
1970
4
38
Dust Jacket, The Joyous Painter
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
4
George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1930-1971
4
39
George de Forest Brush
Barry Faulkner
Archival Resource Key
1956-1967
4
40
Barry Faulkner
Stephen Parish
Archival Resource Key
1970
4
41
Stephen Parish
Abbot Handerson Thayer
Archival Resource Key
undated
1923
4
42
Abbot Handerson Thayer
Mark Twain Quarterly, Winter 1957
Archival Resource Key
1957
4
43
Mark Twain Quarterly, Winter 1957
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
1912
4
44
Miscellaneous
Reproductions of Artwork, by Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
4
45
Reproductions of Artwork, by Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Reproductions of Artwork, by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
4
46
Reproductions of Artwork, by George de Forest Brush
Brush Family Home Building Files
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
10 Folders
Boxes 4, 8
1910-1971
Scope and Contents note
This series contains materials relating to two homes of the Brush family: Brushwood, built by William Robert Pearmain, and a logcabin in Dublin, NH. Materials include plans, a map of Dublin, New Hampshire, Stave Church inspirations used by Pearmain to design the house, photographs, and a watercolor of Brushwood by Nancy.
Arrangement note
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Brushwood
Archival Resource Key
4
Plan of Brushwood
Archival Resource Key
1910
4
47
Plan of Brushwood
Scope and Contents note
photograph of original
Map of Dublin, New Hampshire
Archival Resource Key
1970 September 18
4
48
Map of Dublin, New Hampshire
Examples of Stave Churches
Archival Resource Key
undated
circa 1910
4
49
Examples of Stave Churches
Photographs of Home
Archival Resource Key
1911 October
4
50
Photographs of Home
Photographs of Home
Archival Resource Key
1923-1924
4
51
Photographs of Home
Scope and Contents note
taken by Harold Bowditch
Photographs of Interior
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
4
52
Photographs of Interior
Watercolor of Brushwood, by Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
4
53
Watercolor of Brushwood, by Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 8
Log Cabin
Archival Resource Key
4
Sketch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s
4
54
Sketch
Scope and Contents note
photocopy
Photographs of Construction
Archival Resource Key
1971 August-November
4
55
Photographs of Construction
Photographs
Archival Resource Key
after 1971
4
56
Photographs
Oversized Watercolor
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
8
1
Scope and Contents note
Oversized item scanned with Box 4, F53
Scrapbooks
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 5, 8
circa 1907-circa 1985
Scope and Contents note
Found are five scrapbooks compiled by members of the Brush, Pearmain, and Bowditch families. The majority of the albums consist of photographs and reproductions of works of art by George de Forest Brush and William Robert Pearmain. There are also photographs of exhibitions of Brush's art and of installations. One scrapbook contains family photographs organized by date by Harold Bowditch.
Arrangement note
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Scrapbook Owned by Lo. Halaby
Archival Resource Key
5
Letter
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985
5
1
Letter
Photographs of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
5
2
Photographs of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Reproductions of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
5
3
Reproductions of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Scope and Contents note
loose materials tucked into album
Reproductions of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
5
4
Reproductions of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Scrapbook by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
5
Fragments
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911
5
5
Fragments
Scrapbook of Works of Art by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
5
Album Cover
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
5
6
Photographs and Obituary
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
1916
5
7
Photographs and Obituary
Photographs of Works of Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
5
8
Photographs of Works of Art
Photographs of Works of Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
5
9
Photographs of Works of Art
Scope and Contents note
loose materials tucked into album
Sketch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907
5
10
Sketch
Album of Exhibition of Works of Art by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
5
Album Cover
Archival Resource Key
1968
5
11
Album Cover
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1968
undated
5
12
Printed Material
Photograps of Works of Art and Installations
Archival Resource Key
1968
undated
5
13
Photograps of Works of Art and Installations
Photographs of Reception
Archival Resource Key
1968
5
14
Photographs of Reception
Photographs of Installations
Archival Resource Key
1968
5
15
Photographs of Installations
Scope and Contents note
Polly Pearmain's photos
Photographs of Reception
Archival Resource Key
1968
5
16
Photographs of Reception
Scope and Contents note
Polly Pearmain's photos
Photographs of Works of Art
Archival Resource Key
1968
5
17
Scope and Contents note
Polly Pearmain's photos
Scrapbook by Harold Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
5
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
5
18
Scope and Contents note
Oversized items housed in Box 8
Oversized items from Harold Bowditch Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
8
2
Oversized items from Harold Bowditch Scrapbook
Photographs
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1 Linear foot
Boxes 5-7, 11
circa 1860-1979
Scope and Contents note
Found are family photographs of the Brush family, snapshots, vacations, portraits, interiors, studios, buildings, pets and animals, family events, and of works of art. Among those photographed include George de Forest and Mittie Taylor Whelpley Brush and their children; Nancy Bowditch's children and grandchildren; the Pearmain family; the wedding of Clara Clemens with her father Samuel Clemens; and the Thayer children, their homes, and sleeping huts. A portrait of Nancy as a young woman was taken by Jean Clemens and has a love letter written by Robert Pearmain on verso. Also found are copies of photographs used in a biography of George de Forest Brush by Joan Morgan entitled George de Forest Brush, 1855-1941: Master of the American Renaissance (1985).
Arrangement note
The bulk of this series has been scanned. Photographs of works of art have not been scanned.
Portraits
Archival Resource Key
5
George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1898-1926
5
19
George de Forest Brush
Mittie Taylor Whelpley Brush
Archival Resource Key
1870-1912
5
20
Mittie Taylor Whelpley Brush
Mary Brush and Children
Archival Resource Key
1897-1898
5
21
Mary Brush and Children
Brush Children
Archival Resource Key
1898-1908
5
22
Brush Children
Georgia Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1908
5
23
Georgia Brush
Jane Brush
Archival Resource Key
1908-1918
5
24
Jane Brush
Mary Brush
Archival Resource Key
1898-1918
5
25
Mary Brush
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1898-1905
5
26
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Scope and Contents note
Nancy Douglas Bowditch as a Child
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
5
27
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs taken by Jean Clemens of Nancy as a young woman. Verso contains love letters written to Nancy by William Robert Pearmain.
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
5
28
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Scope and Contents note
Nancy with a child, probably Polly Peamrain
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1964
5
29
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Scope and Contents note
Nancy as an adult
Tribbie Brush
Archival Resource Key
1898-1909
5
30
Tribbie Brush
Nancy and William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
1907 August
5
31
Nancy and William Robert Pearmain
Nancy and Harold Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1940
5
32
Nancy and Harold Bowditch
Mary "Polly" Pearmain Marlowe
Archival Resource Key
circa late 1920s
5
33
Mary "Polly" Pearmain Marlowe
Clifford Seymour Brush and Gerome Brush II
Archival Resource Key
1957 December
5
34
Clifford Seymour Brush and Gerome Brush II
Scope and Contents note
Gerome Brush's children
Harold Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1944
5
35
Harold Bowditch
Lillie Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s
5
36
Lillie Brush
Scope and Contents note
George de Forest Brush's sister
Dr. James Davenport Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890s
5
37
Dr. James Davenport Whelpley
Scope and Contents note
copyprint
William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
1892 September
circa 1895
5
38
William Robert Pearmain
Pearmain Siblings
Archival Resource Key
1888-1904
5
39
Pearmain Siblings
Scope and Contents note
Margaret, Jack, Edward, and William Robert with their mother, Alice
Gladys Thayer (Galla)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1909
5
40
Gladys Thayer (Galla)
F. L. W.
Archival Resource Key
1936 or 1937
5
41
F. L. W.
John Ruskin and Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1900
5
42
Unidentified
Weddings
Archival Resource Key
5
Clara Clemens (?)
Archival Resource Key
1910
5
43
Clara Clemens (?)
Scope and Contents note
Clara Clemens, Samuel Clemens, Jarvis Langdon, Jean Clemens, Mr. Twitchell
Nancy and Robert
Archival Resource Key
1909 September 11
5
44
Nancy and Robert
Nancy and Robert
Archival Resource Key
1909 September 11
5
45
Nancy and Robert
Nancy with Bridesmaids
Archival Resource Key
1909 September 11
5
46
Nancy with Bridesmaids
Scope and Contents note
Margaret Pearmain and Tribbie Brush
Gerald Thayer and Alina Wallerman
Archival Resource Key
before 1916
5
47
Gerald Thayer and Alina Wallerman
Graduations and Reunions
Archival Resource Key
5
Wellsley
Archival Resource Key
1935
5
48
Wellsley
Snapshots
Archival Resource Key
5
George de Forest Brush with Children and Grandchildren
Archival Resource Key
1892-circa 1930s
5
49
George de Forest Brush with Children and Grandchildren
George de Forest Brush with Children and Grandchildren
Archival Resource Key
1931
5
50
George de Forest Brush with Children and Grandchildren
Scope and Contents note
framed photograph
George de Forest Brush with Sons-in-Law
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930
5
51
George de Forest Brush with Sons-in-Law
George de Forest Brush Painting Outside
Archival Resource Key
1900
5
52
George de Forest Brush Painting Outside
Mittle Taylor Whelpley Brush with her Children
Archival Resource Key
1909-1930s
5
53
Mittle Taylor Whelpley Brush with her Children
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
5
54
Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Nancy Douglas Bowditch (?) as a Young Child
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890
5
55
Nancy Douglas Bowditch (?) as a Young Child
Nancy Douglas Bowditch with her Children
Archival Resource Key
1911-1969
5
56
Nancy Douglas Bowditch with her Children
Scope and Contents note
with Polly and George
Nancy Douglas Bowditch with Family and Friends
Archival Resource Key
1966-1973
5
57
Nancy Douglas Bowditch with Family and Friends
Harold and Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1919-1948
5
58
Harold and Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Harold and Nancy Douglas Bowditch with Their Grandchildren
Archival Resource Key
late 1930s
5
59
Harold and Nancy Douglas Bowditch with Their Grandchildren
Harold Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1923
undated
5
60
Harold Bowditch
Harold Bowditch with his Children
Archival Resource Key
early 1920s
5
61
Harold Bowditch with his Children
Bowditch and Pearmain Children
Archival Resource Key
1920s-1930s
5
62
Bowditch and Pearmain Children
Scope and Contents note
Polly, George, Henry and Martha
Brush Sisters
Archival Resource Key
1907-1911
circa 1915
5
63
Brush Sisters
Scope and Contents note
Mary, Thea and Jane
Mary Brush in World War I Service Uniform
Archival Resource Key
1918
5
64
Mary Brush in World War I Service Uniform
Clifford and Gerry Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
5
65
Clifford and Gerry Brush
Faith Lea Storer
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
5
66
Faith Lea Storer
Philip Whelpley
Archival Resource Key
circa 1909
5
67
Philip Whelpley
Scope and Contents note
standing in front of Thayer family home
Whelpley Family Members
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1952
5
68
Whelpley Family Members
Pearmain Family Members
Archival Resource Key
circa 1909
5
69
Pearmain Family Members
Bowditch Family Members
Archival Resource Key
1964
5
70
Bowditch Family Members
Scope and Contents note
likely Harold Bowditch's mother, Selma Bowditch
Hildegarde and Gerard Henderson
Archival Resource Key
1905
5
71
Hildegarde and Gerard Henderson
Gerard Henderson, Georgie Brush, and Unknown
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
5
72
Gerard Henderson, Georgie Brush, and Unknown
Scope and Contents note
likely Hildegarde Henderson
Thayer Family
Archival Resource Key
1904-1909
5
73
Thayer Family
Scope and Contents note
Mary, Gladys, Gerald and Abbot Handerson
Miss Lyons, Mr. Paine and Gerome Brush
Archival Resource Key
1906
5
74
Miss Lyons, Mr. Paine and Gerome Brush
Scope and Contents note
Samuel Clemens' secretary and biographer
Ilka Howells
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890
5
75
Ilka Howells
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1976
5
76
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
Identified photographs, relationships to the Brush family unknown
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1976
5
77
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950s
5
78
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified photographs
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950s
5
79
Miscellaneous
Gravestones
Archival Resource Key
5
George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
1969 August
5
80
George de Forest Brush
Animals
Archival Resource Key
5
Family Dogs and Chickens
Archival Resource Key
1902-circa 1920s
5
81
Family Dogs and Chickens
Cars
Archival Resource Key
5
Cars
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930
5
82
Cars
Studios
Archival Resource Key
5
George de Forest Brush's Italian Studio and Garden
Archival Resource Key
circa 1908
5
83
George de Forest Brush's Italian Studio and Garden
Pearmain's Paris Studio (?)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1905-1908 March 21
5
84
Pearmain's Paris Studio (?)
Pearmain's Paris Studio (?)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1905-1908 March 21
5
85
Pearmain's Paris Studio (?)
George de Forest Brush in his Studio
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
5
86
George de Forest Brush in his Studio
Interiors
Archival Resource Key
5
Russels Camp
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
5
87
Russels Camp
44 Harvard Avenue, Brookline, MA
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s
5
88
44 Harvard Avenue, Brookline, MA
Scope and Contents note
Harold and Nancy Bowditch's Home
12 Pine
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965
5
89
12 Pine
Scope and Contents note
Includes Baha'i art and portraits
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1905-1969
5
90
Unidentified
Theatrical Costume
Archival Resource Key
5
Brush Family and Friends in Italy
Archival Resource Key
1908
5
91
Brush Family and Friends in Italy
Gerome Brush in Soldier Girl
Archival Resource Key
circa 1906 or 1907
5
92
Gerome Brush in Soldier Girl
Scope and Contents note
play written by Gerome Brush
Mary and Jane Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
5
93
Mary and Jane Brush
Harold Bowditch in School Play
Archival Resource Key
circa 1905 or 1915
5
94
Harold Bowditch in School Play
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900s
5
95
Unidentified
Scope and Contents note
probably Pearmain family in Medival costume
Nancy Douglas Bowditch in Colonial and Post-Civil War Dresses
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
5
96
Nancy Douglas Bowditch in Colonial and Post-Civil War Dresses
Nancy Douglas Bowditch and David Marlowe as Mr. Haseltine
Archival Resource Key
1964 June 13
5
97
Nancy Douglas Bowditch and David Marlowe as Mr. Haseltine
Nancy Douglas Bowditch in Native American Dress
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
5
98
Nancy Douglas Bowditch in Native American Dress
Polly Marlowe
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-1979s
5
99
Polly Marlowe
Polly Marlowe and Kathleen Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
1960s
5
100
Polly Marlowe and Kathleen Bowditch
Alina Thayer and Mary Brush
Archival Resource Key
1909
5
101
Alina Thayer and Mary Brush
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1909
5
102
Unidentified
Buildings and Homes
Archival Resource Key
6
George de Forest Brush's Birthplace
Archival Resource Key
circa 1860
6
1
George de Forest Brush's Birthplace
Scope and Contents note
print of original
Brush Home in Florence, Italy
Archival Resource Key
circa 1907
6
2
Brush Home in Florence, Italy
Farm in Dublin, New Hampshire
Archival Resource Key
1910-1920s
6
3
Farm in Dublin, New Hampshire
Putnam Camp
Archival Resource Key
1941
6
4
Putnam Camp
295 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
6
5
295 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Scope and Contents note
William Robert Pearmain's family home
Groton School Dormitory
Archival Resource Key
circa 1952
6
6
Groton School Dormitory
Thayer Home and Sleeping Huts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
6
7
Thayer Home and Sleeping Huts
Douglas Volk's House in Lowell, ME
Archival Resource Key
1911 August
6
8
Douglas Volk's House in Lowell, ME
Churches and Baha'i Temples
Archival Resource Key
1952-1969
6
9
Churches and Baha'i Temples
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
1908-1950s
6
10
Unidentified
Outdoors
Archival Resource Key
6
Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
Archival Resource Key
1911 August
6
11
Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
Scope and Contents note
White Mountains
Dublin, New Hampshire
Archival Resource Key
1911 October
6
12
Dublin, New Hampshire
Bedford, MA
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900s
6
13
Bedford, MA
Scope and Contents note
view of Charles River
Travel
Archival Resource Key
6
Paris, France
Archival Resource Key
circa 1908
6
14
Paris, France
Gibraltar
Archival Resource Key
circa 1908
6
15
Gibraltar
Cyprus, Greece and Aegean Sea
Archival Resource Key
1909
6
16
Cyprus, Greece and Aegean Sea
Florence, Italy
Archival Resource Key
undated
1908
6
17
Florence, Italy
Naples, Italy
Archival Resource Key
1908
6
18
Naples, Italy
Palermo and San Reggio, Italy
Archival Resource Key
1907-1909
6
19
Palermo and San Reggio, Italy
Works of Art
Archival Resource Key
6
Polly Pearmain Marlowe with Works of Art by her Parents
Archival Resource Key
1969 August
6
20
Polly Pearmain Marlowe with Works of Art by her Parents
Bust of Nathaniel Bowditch by Ball Hughes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
6
21
Bust of Nathaniel Bowditch by Ball Hughes
by Nancy Douglas Bowditch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1970s
6
22-25
by George de Forest Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1970s
6
26-32
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 11
by William Robert Pearmain
Archival Resource Key
1909-1910
6
33
by Douglas Volk
Archival Resource Key
1909
6
34
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920
6
35
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
6
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
6
36
Miscellaneous
Duplicates
Archival Resource Key
1888-1939
6
37
Duplicates
Archival Resource Key
1950s
7
1
Negatives and Slides
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s-1980s
7
2-7
Notes and Photo Enclosures
Archival Resource Key
1969
7
8
Notes and Photo Enclosures
George de Forest Brush, 1855-1941: Master of the American Renaissance (1985), by Joan Morgan
Archival Resource Key
7
Prints Used in Book
Archival Resource Key
1980s
7
9
Prints Used in Book
Oversized Photograph of Work of Art by Brush
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
11
Scope and Contents
Material from Box 6, F26