Archives of American Art
Violet Oakley papers
Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961
AAA.oaklviol
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56.4 Linear feet
1841-1981
The papers of painter, stained glass artist, and muralist Violet Oakley measure 56.4 linear feet and date from 1841-1981. Found within the papers are biographical materials; personal and business correspondence; writings, including essays, lectures, and project drafts; diaries and journals; financial material; artwork; printed material, including scrapbooks; and photographs, 3 albums, 322 glass plate negatives, and 1600 film negatives of Oakley, her family and friends, and her work.
The collection is in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Violet Oakley first loaned the Archives of American Art materials for microfilming in 1959. Edith Emerson, Oakley's longtime friend and companion, donated and lent papers for microfilming in 1977 and 1984. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, who had received the papers from Emerson's estate, donated two feet of materials in 1988.
Separated Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reels 1204, P12, 1187-1188, 1272, and 1194-1195).
Reel 1204 consists of two scrapbooks (circa 1896-1952) containing clippings from magazines of illustrations by Violet Oakley and her sister, Hester, and of Violet's murals for the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Reel P12 is of a scrapbook (1898-1936) containing a photograph of Oakely at her easel, clippings, and letters. Reels 1187-1188 consist of five scrapbooks (1920-1962) containing letters, clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and awards. One of the scrapbooks is devoted to "The Holy Experiment", a limited edition publication by Oakley which commemorating William Penn, and which includes reproductions of Oakley's capitol murals in Harrisburg.
Reel 1272 contains two albums (circa 1900-1949) containing photos of Oakley working on murals in her studio, as well as her works of art, including stained glass windows at the Church of All Angels, New York; murals at the Harrisburg State Capitol; preliminary drawings and site photographs of "Dante's Window"; the lunettes and window for the Yarnall House; murals and preliminary drawings for the Cuyahoga Court House; the mural and dedication ceremonies for the Vassar Alumnae House; and photos and printed material on "Divine Presence--Christ at Geneva," "The Life of Moses," "Great Women of the Bible," and triptychs for the Army and Navy.
Reels 1194-1195 cobsist of photograph albums (circa 1870-1960) containing photographs of the Oakley and Swain families, of Violet Oakley, Edith Emerson, Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, friends, her home, Oakley's "Red Rose" studio in Villanova, Pennsylvania, her "Cogslea" studio in Philadelphia, and of her works of art, mainly portraits of her friends and of delegates to the League of Nations.
Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Related Materials
Also found among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation records and the Violet Oakley autograph and photograph. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts holds the Violet Oakley Foundation Art Collection, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art holds the Violet Oakley Collection.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of the collection and material lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 1204, P12, 1187-1188, 1272, 1194-1195, and 3716-3745 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Processing Information
Materials received a preliminary level of arrangement after donation and correspondence within the collection was microfilmed onto reels 3716-3745. In 1985, nitrate negatives were removed and duplicated onto safety based film. In 1988, 8 photos were professionally conserved. The collection was further processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Judy Ng in 2014, with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
The Archives of American Art has implemented minimal processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections. Minimal processing included arrangement to the series, subseries, and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders.
Preferred Citation
Violet Oakley papers, 1941-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' research center in Washington, D.C.
Terms of Use
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Biographical / Historical
Painter, muralist, and stained glass designer Violet Oakley (1874-1961) lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was known for her Renaissance-revival style of art and the series of murals she completed for the Pennsylvania State Capitol.
Born in Bergen Heights, New Jersey, to a family of artists, both of Violet Oakley's grandfathers were painters and members of the National Academy. In 1892, she began her art studies at the Art Students' League and traveled abroad a year later to study in Paris at the Academie Montparnasse, and in England with Charles Lazar. Upon her return to the states in 1896, she continued her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at Drexel Institute with Howard Pyle.
For fourteen years, Oakley shared her early studios at Red Rose Inn and Cogslea Estate with fellow artists and illustrators Elizabeth Shippen Green and Jessie Willcox Smith. These two studio homes were managed by their friend Henrietta Cozens in a cooperative arrangement which allowed all three artists to focus on their work as commercial artists. Early in her career, Oakley designed covers for magazines such as Collier's Weekly and Century Magazine, and also found work as a stained glass designer for the Church Glass and Decorating Company of New York. In 1900, she received her first major commission to design and execute two large murals and six stained glass pieces for the All Angels' Church in New York City.
In 1902 Oakley was approached by architect Joseph Huston to design 13 murals for the Governor's reception room in the new Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. She eventually completed two additional mural commissions for the Capitol's Senate (1911-1920) and Supreme Court (1917-1927) chambers. Her studies of William Penn in connection with her murals for the State Capitol inspired Oakley to work for international peace and eventually led to the publication of a portrait folio depicting League of Nations delegates (1932). Other significant works include murals, panels, and stained glass commissions completed for the Vassar College Alumni house, Charlton Yarnall house (Philadelphia), and Cuyuhoga County courthouse.
While working as an established artist, Oakley also taught courses at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, arranged a yearly lecture series, and published folios and other writings on topics ranging from art history to Christian Science under the Coslea Studios imprint. Her later studio, Lower Cogslea, was shared by artist and lifelong companion Edith Emerson, who after Oakley's death in 1961, established a memorial foundation in her name.
Oakley was the first woman elected to the National Society of Mural Painters, was a recipient of the Gold Medal of Honor of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and was the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of Honor from the Architectural League of New York. Her writings include The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania (1922) and Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of Law (1933).
Scope and Contents
The papers of painter, stained glass artist, and muralist Violet Oakley measure 56.4 linear feet and date from 1841-1981. Found within the papers are biographical materials; personal and business correspondence; writings, including essays, lectures, and project drafts; diaries and journals; financial material; artwork; printed material, including scrapbooks; and photographs, 3 albums, 322 glass plate negatives, and 1600 film negatives of Oakley, her family and friends, and her work.
Biographical materials include certificates, family records, curriculum vitae, and identification cards, and studio guest books. About one-half of the collection is comprised of correspondence with family, friends, and business associates. Writings include Oakley's notes, essays and lectures, and writings related to 16 of her major artworks and publications, including her work on the Pennsylvania Capitol murals in Harrisburg. Diaries and journals include Oakley's travel notes and research on planned artworks.
Financial materials include a catalog of artworks and price lists, accounting records, and art supply receipts. Artwork includes early childhood juvenilia, a sketchbook, sketches of travel and friends, architectural renderings, and artwork by others. Printed materials include books, clippings, exhibition catalogs, programs, and reproductions of artwork by Oakley and others. Photographic materials include photographs, albums, and negatives depicting Oakley, her friends and family, her studio at Cogslea, and reproductions of artwork.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 8 series. A comprehensive index of individidual correspondents for the chronological correspondence is found in the first folder of the chronological correspondence in box 5, folder 41. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers, but listed where they fall intellectually within the collection.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1841-1970 (2.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, OV 69, OV 71)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1979 (26.7 linear feet; Boxes 3-30)
- Series 3: Notes and Writings, 1899-1976 (10.6 linear feet; Boxes 30-38, 58-64, OV 66, OV 70)
- Series 4: Diaries and Journals, 1891-1958 (0.9 linear feet, Boxes 38-39)
- Series 5: Financial Material, 1874-1977 (3.1 linear feet; Boxes 39-42)
- Series 6: Artwork, 1883-1955 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 43-43, 64, OV 67, OV 71)
- Series 7: Printed Material, 1866-1981 (7.3 linear feet, Boxes 43-50, 65, OV 67)
- Series 8: Photographs, 1890-1980 (5.3 linear feet; Boxes 50-57, 65, OV 68)
Photographs
Stained glass artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Artists' materials
Artists' studios -- Photographs
Mural painting and decoration -- United States
Diaries
Glass plate negatives
Renderings
Scrapbooks
Sketchbooks
Visitors' books
Sketches
Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Muralists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Women artists
Women painters
Women muralists
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Biographical Materials
Series 1
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2.8 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3, OV 69, 71
1841-1970
Arrangement
The majority of materials are arranged by document type. The latter part of the series groups calendars, studio guest books, and other documents relating to Oakley's extended family.
Scope and Contents
Biographical materials include address books, award certificates, curriculum vitae, calendars, identification and membership cards, memorabilia, genealogical research, and Cogslea estate guest/visitor books. The guest books include the dates, signatures, and salutations of visitors to Oakley's studios, including the shared studio space of Violet Oakley, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Jessie Willcox Smith during the 1910s-1920s. In addition to monthly calendars, there are Line-a-Day calendars for 1924, 1929, 1935-1939, 1941 and daybook calendars for 1937, 1941, 1946.
Address Card File
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circa 1920-1960
1
1
Address Books
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circa 1920-1960
1
2-7
Address Books
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circa 1920-1960
1
8-12
Baptism Certificate
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1874
1
13
Biographical Notes and Addenda
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circa 1931
1
14-15
Biographical Notes and Curriculum Vitae
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circa 1950-1965
1
16
Biographical Notes
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circa 1950-1965
1
17
Card, Identity
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1937
1
18
Cards, Membership and Permission
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1895-1960
1
19
Certificate of Appreciation
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1948
1
20
Certificate of Award
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1953
1
21
Certificate of Merit
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1959
1
22
Certificates
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circa 1920-1950
1
23
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in OV 69 and 71.
Honorary Degree
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1948
2
1
Objects, Buttons and Medals
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circa 1920-1960
2
2
Object, Funerary Fabric
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circa 1920-1950
2
3
Object, Leather Diary Cover
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circa 1920-1960
2
4
Object, Leather Journal Cover
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circa 1920-1960
2
5
Objects, Medallions and Wax Seals
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circa 1920-1960
2
6
Passport
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1922
2
7
Calendars
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circa 1925-1960
2
8
Calendars
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1924-1933
2
9-18
Calendars
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1934-1940
2
19-27
Calendars
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1941-1960
2
28-38
Guest Book
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1913-1924
2
39
Guest Books
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1913-1938
3
1-3
Guest Books
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1930-1955
3
4-6
Oakley Children, Dates of Birth
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1875
3
7
Oakley Family Index and Genealogy Research
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1958-1970
3
8-9
Oakley, Cornelia, Baby Teeth
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circa 1870-1880
3
10
Oakley, Cornelia, Address Book
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1908, 1916
3
11-12
Oakley, Cornelia, Calendar
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1884-1888
3
13-14
Oakley, Hester
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1891-1894
3
15
Oakley, Nelson, Estate Settlement
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1919
3
16
Swain, Paul M., Passport
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1872
3
17
Swain, William, Passport
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1841-1843
3
18-20
Emerson, Edith, Calendar
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1927
3
21
Oversize Certificates from Box 1, Folder 23
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circa 1920-1950
69
71
Correspondence
Series 2
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26.7 Linear feet
Boxes 3-30
1857-1979
Arrangement
A small selection of letters are arranged alphabetically by sender. The remaining correspondence is arranged in chronological order. A comprehensive index of individidual correspondents for the chronological correspondence is found in the first folder of the chronological correspondence in box 5, folder 41.
Scope and Contents
Early correspondence dating from 1857 to 1894 is primarily between Oakley family members. Later incoming and outgoing correspondence dating from 1895 onwards is between Violet Oakley and her friends, artists, business associates, and after her death, those people interested in the functions sponsored by the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation through Edith Emerson. Some letters contain enclosures such as photographs, writings, and contracts.
A
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circa 1890-1960
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22-23
B
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circa 1890-1960
3
24-33
C
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circa 1890-1960
4
1-5
D
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circa 1890-1960
4
6-9
E
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circa 1890-1960
4
10-12
F
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circa 1890-1960
4
13-14
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circa 1890-1960
4
15-16
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circa 1890-1960
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17-20
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circa 1890-1960
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21
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circa 1890-1960
4
22-23
K
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circa 1890-1960
4
24
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circa 1890-1960
4
25-27
M
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circa 1890-1960
4
28-35
N
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circa 1890-1960
4
36-38
O
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circa 1890-1960
4
39-44
P
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circa 1890-1960
5
1-4
Q
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circa 1890-1960
5
5
R
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circa 1890-1960
5
6-7
S
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circa 1890-1960
5
8-16
T
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circa 1890-1960
5
17-21
U
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circa 1890-1960
5
22
V
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circa 1890-1960
5
23
W
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circa 1890-1960
5
24-30
X-Z
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circa 1890-1960
5
31
Writers Unknown, First Name Only
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circa 1890-1960
5
32-38
Writers Unknown
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circa 1890-1960
5
39-40
Chronological
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1857-1879
5
41-47
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1880-1886
5
48-52
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1887-1890
6
1-10
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1891-1893
6
11-21
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1894-1896
6
22-32
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1897
6
33-41
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1898-1900
7
1-7
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1901-1902
7
8-17
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1903-1904
7
18-29
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1905
7
30-42
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1906
7
43-50
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1907-1908
7
51-57
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1909-1910
8
1-9
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1911
8
10-21
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1912
8
22-33
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1913, January-June
8
34-41
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1913, July-December
8
42-49
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1914, January-March
8
50-53
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1914, April-December
9
1-13
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1915, January-February
9
14-24
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1915, March-September
9
25-35
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1915, October-December
9
36-48
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1916, January-April
9
49-54
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1916, May-September
10
1-8
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1916, October-December
10
9-16
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1917, January-April
10
17-23
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1917, May 1-4
10
24-31
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1917, May 5-31
10
32-39
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1917, June-December
10
40-45
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1918, January-July
10
46-52
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1918, August-December
10
53-58
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1919, January-April
10
59-63
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1919, May-December
11
1-10
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1920, January-June
11
11-19
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1920, July-December
11
20-29
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1921, January-June
11
30-36
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1921, July-December
11
37-43
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1922, January-May
11
44-51
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1922, June-August
11
52-57
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1922, September-October
12
1-5
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1922, November
12
6-16
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1922, December
12
17-22
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1923, January-May
12
23-33
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1923, June-July
12
34-45
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1923, August-December
12
46-52
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1924, January-April
13
1-11
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1924, May-December
13
12-24
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1925, January-May
13
25-35
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1925, June-December
13
36-47
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1926, January
13
48-52
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1926, February-April
14
1-11
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1926, May-July
14
12-21
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1926, August-October
14
22-31
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1926, November
14
32-41
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1926, December
14
42-44
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1927, January-March
14
45-53
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1927, April-July
15
1-10
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1927, August-December
15
11-19
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1928-1929
15
20
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Letterbook
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1928, January-July
15
21-31
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1928, August-December
15
32-39
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1929, January
15
40-41
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1929-1930
15
42
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Letterbook
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1929, February-June
15
43-50
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1929, July-September
16
1-12
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1929, October-December
16
13-22
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1930, January-February
16
23-34
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1930, March-June
16
35-45
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1930-1932
16
46
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Letterbook
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1930, July-October
16
47-53
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1930, November-December
17
1-6
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1931, January-April
17
7-15
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1931, May-August
17
16-25
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1931, September-December
17
26-33
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1932, January-March
17
34-41
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1932, April-September
17
42-52
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1932, October-December
17
53-62
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1933, January-May
18
1-12
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1933, June-August
18
13-19
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1933, September-December
18
20-25
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1934, January-June
18
26-33
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1934, July-December
18
34-42
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1935, January-May
18
43-51
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1935, June-December
19
1-9
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1936, January-May
19
10-19
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1936, June-August
19
20-27
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1936, September-October
19
28-35
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1936, November-December
19
36-41
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1937, January-March
19
42-48
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1937, April-July
20
1-9
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1937, August-December
20
10-16
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1938, January-June
20
17-26
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1938, July-December
20
27-37
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1939, January-April
20
38-50
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1939, May-June
21
1-10
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1939, July-October
21
11-20
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1939, November-December
21
21-25
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1940, January-February
21
26-34
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1940, March-May
21
35-46
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1940, June-December
22
1-10
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1941, January-March
22
11-19
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1941, April-September
22
20-28
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1941, October-December
22
29-35
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1942, January-May
22
36-46
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1942, June-December
22
47-58
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1943, January-July
23
1-10
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1943, August-December
23
11-20
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1944, January-April
23
21-31
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1944, May-December
23
32-43
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1945, January-July
23
44-54
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1945, August-December
24
1-9
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1946, January-June
24
10-21
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1946, July-December
24
22-34
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1947, January-May
24
35-44
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1947, June-December
24
45-56
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1948, January-June
25
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1948, July-December
25
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1949, January-May
25
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1949, June-December
25
33-41
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1950, January-August
25
42-53
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1950, September-December
26
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1951, January-June
26
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1951, July-December
26
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1952, January-June
26
31-41
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1952, July-October
26
42-48
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1952, November-December
27
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1953, January-April
27
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1953, May
27
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1953, June-August
27
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1953, September-December
27
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1954, January-June
28
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1954, July-December
28
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1955, January-June
28
22-31
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1955, July-December
28
32-38
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1956, January-September
28
39-47
Chronological
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1956, October-December
29
1-3
Chronological
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1956-1957
29
4
Scope and Contents
Letter register.
Chronological
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1957
29
5-17
Chronological
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1958
29
18-26
Chronological
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1959
29
27-31
Chronological
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1959-1960
29
32-33
Scope and Contents
Birthday greetings.
Chronological
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1960-1965
29
34-44
Chronological
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1966-1968
29
45-51
Chronological
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1969-1972
30
1-9
Chronological
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1973-1979
30
10-20
Notes and Writings
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
10.6 Linear feet
Boxes 30-38, 58-64, OV 66, OV 70
1899-1976
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically within document types.
Scope and Contents
Notes and writings consist of essays, event schedules, lectures and speeches, performances, literary writings, publication drafts, writings by others, and substantial chronological and miscellaneous writings. There are also project files containing writings and notes related to 16 of her major artworks, including her interest in historic figures ranging from William Penn to Jane Addams, her commissioned work for the Vassar Alumni and Charlton Yarnell houses, her work on the League of Nations portfolio, and writings related to her murals for the Pennsylvania Capitol Senate, Supreme Court, and Governor's reception chambers. These include multiple drafts and gallery proofs for her publications The Holy Experiment, The Law Triumphant, and The Geneva Drawings.
Essays
3.1
Archival Resource Key
1915-1955
"Casket Containing the Gold Medal of the Philadelphia Award"
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circa 1915-1955
30
21
"Constance Armfield"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
30
22
"Essays I Have Never Written"
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circa 1915-1955
30
23
[Landing of Pilgrims]
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circa 1915-1955
30
24
"Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts"
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circa 1915-1955
30
25
"Venetian Notes"
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circa 1915-1955
30
26
"Support of the Monitor"
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1916
30
27
"George de Forest Brush"
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1921
30
28
"Armistice Day" (for American Peace Award)
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1923
30
29
"Fullness of God"
Archival Resource Key
1936
30
30
On Christian Science
Archival Resource Key
1936
30
31
"Fresco Painters of Italy"
Archival Resource Key
1939
30
32
"Modern Revival of Fresco as a Medium"
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1939
30
33
"Fresco Painters of Italy" and "Modern Revival of the Medium"
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1939
30
34
Events
3.2
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1915-1957
Engagement List for Olga Detarnowsky
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circa 1915-1930
30
35
Engagement List for Ruth St. Denis
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circa 1915-1930
30
36
Viewing of "Portrait of a Debutante"
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1941
30
37
Woodmere Exhibition
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1942
30
38
Drexel Institute Commencement
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1948
30
39
Lehigh Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1951
30
40
"Berry Notebook of a Pilgrim"
Archival Resource Key
1951
30
41
Loans to the Harrisburg Public Library
Archival Resource Key
1955
30
42
Pictures for High Oaks Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1955
30
43
Washington, D.C. Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1957
30
44
Lectures and Speeches
3.3
Archival Resource Key
1911-1955
"Architectonic Painting"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
30
45
Cogslea Academy Discussion Series
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
30
46
"Illustration in a Machine Age"
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circa 1915-1955
30
47
"Philadelphia Portraits and Portrait Painters"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
30
48
"Save the Orchestra"
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circa 1915-1955
30
49
Speech for Conshohocken Art League
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circa 1915-1955
30
50
Speech for Women's International League
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circa 1915-1955
30
51
"A Declaration to be Read July 4th, 1911"
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1911
30
52
Lecture Notes
Archival Resource Key
1914-1916
30
53-54
"Philomusean"
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1921
30
55
"The Bible"
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1925
30
56
"Fine Arts and Science Day"
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1926
30
57
"John Singer Sargent"
Archival Resource Key
1926
30
58
"Opportunities Presented by the Sesqui-Centennial in Arts and Education"
Archival Resource Key
1926
30
59
"Outlook for the Drama and the Theatre in America"
Archival Resource Key
1926
30
60
"Pennsylvania in Art"
Archival Resource Key
1926
30
61
Lecture on Murals, Bowdoin College
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1927
30
62
"Mural Painting"
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1927
30
63
"Art"
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1930
30
64
"House of Wisdom"
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1930
30
65
"True Norm, The Carpenter's Square"
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1932
30
66
DuMaurier Lecture
Archival Resource Key
1933
30
67
"50th Anniversary of Contemporary Club, 1886-1936"
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1935
30
68
"In Memorium, Jessie Willcox Smith"
Archival Resource Key
1935
30
69
"Mural Painting From the Mural Painter's Point of View"
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1935-1936
31
1
On Sir Thomas Lawrence
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1939
31
2
"Sir Thomas Lawrence and the Tragic Muse"
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1939
31
3
"Problems of a Mural Painter"
Archival Resource Key
1939
31
4
"John Singer Sargent"
Archival Resource Key
1940
31
5
"Place of Art in an Embattled World"
Archival Resource Key
1940
31
6
Summer Session of Cogslea Academy
Archival Resource Key
1940
31
7
"Edwin Austin Abbey"
Archival Resource Key
1941
31
8-9
"Island Idyll - Without Benefit of Electricity"
Archival Resource Key
1941-1942
31
10
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Archival Resource Key
1942
31
11-12
"Association of Students of D. Eloise Brownell"
Archival Resource Key
1946
31
13
On Art and the Spiritual Life
Archival Resource Key
1947
31
14
"Art the Interpreter"
Archival Resource Key
1948
31
15
"Inspiration: Art and the Bible"
Archival Resource Key
1949
31
16
Performances and Plays
3.4
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1908-1955
"Armour of God"
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circa 1915-1955
31
17
"Dialogues of Emocles"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
31
18
"First Dream"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
31
19
"In Appreciation of the Engagement of the Kennedys at the Little Theatre"
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circa 1915-1955
31
20
"Power"
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circa 1915-1955
31
21
"Re-versal"
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circa 1915-1955
31
22
Notes and Subscriber List for the Little Theater
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
31
23
History Pageant
Archival Resource Key
1908
31
24
Theme for the Decorations in the Little Theatre
Archival Resource Key
1915-1916
31
25
Masque of Elsinore
Archival Resource Key
1918
31
26
"Pageant of the National Academy"
Archival Resource Key
1939
31
27
"Prologue to the Play, "The Black Bear Inn, Devizes"
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1939
31
28
Poetry and Prose
3.5
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1915-1955
Babylon's Streams
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circa 1915-1955
31
29-32
"An Allegory of Love"
Archival Resource Key
1928-1929
31
33
"Composition" (Albert Spalding)
Archival Resource Key
1953
31
34
Projects, Dante
3.6
Archival Resource Key
1915-1940
Divine Comedy/Dante Window
Archival Resource Key
1915
31
35-37
Notes on Dante and Divine Science
Archival Resource Key
1929
31
38
Divine Comedy, Dramatic Reading
Archival Resource Key
1940
31
39
Dante Lecture
Archival Resource Key
1940
31
40
Projects, George Fox
3.7
Archival Resource Key
1955-1957
Voice of George Fox: A Recording Transcribed
Archival Resource Key
1956
31
41
Voice of George Fox
Archival Resource Key
1955-1957
31
42
Projects, George Washington
3.8
Archival Resource Key
1934-1941
Washington Notebook
Archival Resource Key
1934-1941
31
43
The World in Washington
Archival Resource Key
1941
31
44
Projects, Jane Addams
3.9
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1932-1943
Jane Addams and Hull House
Archival Resource Key
1932
31
45
Jane Addams Calendar
Archival Resource Key
1943
31
46
Cathedral of Compassion
Archival Resource Key
1955
31
47-48
Projects, Moses
3.10
Archival Resource Key
1928-1929
Life of Moses
Archival Resource Key
1928-1929
31
49-50
Projects, Samuel Morse
3.11
Archival Resource Key
1937-1939
Dramatic Outline of the Life of Samuel F.B. Morse
Archival Resource Key
1937-1939
32
1
Samuel F.B. Morse
Archival Resource Key
1937-1939
32
2-9
Projects, William Penn
3.12
Archival Resource Key
1915-1955
Bibliography of William Penn Works
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
32
10
"Redemption of Penn's Charter"
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circa 1915-1955
32
11
"Penn's Experiment and the Pilgrimage of Peace"
Archival Resource Key
1931
32
12
"Penn's Plan for Peace and Its Fulfillment in 1932"
Archival Resource Key
1931
32
13-14
"Proposed Programme in Celebration of 250 Years From 1682-1932"
Archival Resource Key
1932
32
15-16
Mighty Penn, A Masque of Peace
Archival Resource Key
1932
32
17
Penn Memorial Fellowship
Archival Resource Key
1938
32
18
Dramatic Outline of Life of William Penn
Archival Resource Key
1943
32
19
"William Penn as Law Giver"
Archival Resource Key
1951
32
20
Projects, Caux Sur Montreaux
3.13
Archival Resource Key
1948-1949
"Moral Re-Armament and A Renaissance of Arts"
Archival Resource Key
1948
32
21
Caux Sur Montreux
Archival Resource Key
1949
32
22-29
"Caux Drawings"
Archival Resource Key
1949
32
30
"Experiences of an Artist at Caux"
Archival Resource Key
1949
32
31
"From William Penn to Caux"
Archival Resource Key
1949
32
32
Projects, First Presbyterian Church
3.14
Archival Resource Key
1930
"Great Window of Healing"
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circa 1930
32
33
Notes on "Windows of Heaven"
Archival Resource Key
1930
32
34
Projects, League of Nations
3.15
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1919-1957
American Peace Plan
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circa 1920-1955
32
35
"League of Nations"
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circa 1920-1955
32
36
Movement of Peace on Earth
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circa 1920-1955
32
37
League of Nations
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1919
32
38
Geneva Calendar
Archival Resource Key
1927
32
39
Geneva Journal
Archival Resource Key
1924-1927
32
40-41
Notes From a Journal de Geneve
Archival Resource Key
1927
32
42
Journal de Geneve (Part 1)
Archival Resource Key
1927
33
1-2
"Miracle of Geneva"
Archival Resource Key
1927
33
3
Miracle of Geneva
Archival Resource Key
1927
33
4
Journal de Geneve (Part 2)
Archival Resource Key
1928
33
5-7
"Law Triumphant"
Archival Resource Key
1928
33
8
"Thoughts in a Cathedral"
Archival Resource Key
1928
33
9
Notes From a Geneva Journal
Archival Resource Key
1929
33
10
Journal de Geneve (Part 3)
Archival Resource Key
1929
33
11-13
The Geneva Fellowship
Archival Resource Key
1929
33
14
Miracle of Geneva/Journal de Geneve
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1927-1929
33
15-18
Florentine Interlude
Archival Resource Key
1927-1929
33
19
Catalog of Drawings of the Delegates to League of Nations
Archival Resource Key
1929
33
20
Miracle of Geneva/The Geneva Drawings
Archival Resource Key
1930-1932
33
21
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 58.
Exhibition, Art Alliance of Philadelphia
Archival Resource Key
1930
33
22-23
"Miracle of Geneva" (lectures)
Archival Resource Key
1930-1931
33
24-28
"Inner Light at Geneva"
Archival Resource Key
1931
33
29
Pennsylvania League of Nations, Membership Lists
Archival Resource Key
1932
33
30
"Christ at Geneva" (lecture)
Archival Resource Key
1935
33
31
Christ at Geneva (journal)
Archival Resource Key
1936
33
32
"Christ at Geneva" (play)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1936
33
33
Christ at Geneva
Archival Resource Key
1936
33
34
Committee of Donors of the Geneva Drawings
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1936
33
35
Geneva Journal
Archival Resource Key
1936
33
36-38
Geneva and Rome
Archival Resource Key
1936-1937
33
39-40
Second Report on the Geneva Drawings
Archival Resource Key
1936
33
41
Speech in Geneva
Archival Resource Key
1936
33
42
Christ at Geneva - The Divine Presence
Archival Resource Key
1937
33
43-44
Excerpts from An Artist in Geneva
Archival Resource Key
1937
33
45
Stronger Than Armies: Building of the City of God
Archival Resource Key
1938
33
46
"Geneva and Rome"
Archival Resource Key
1940
34
1
"Geneva and the Development of the League of Nations"
Archival Resource Key
1942
34
2
"Miracle of Geneva" (lecture)
Archival Resource Key
1942
34
3
"From William Penn to the United Nations"
Archival Resource Key
1946
34
4
"Journal of an Artist at the United Nations"
Archival Resource Key
1946
34
5-6
"Making of the United Nations Drawings"
Archival Resource Key
1946
34
7
"From William Penn to the United Nations"
Archival Resource Key
1948-1949
34
8
The Coming of the City of God
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1950
34
9
Group of United Nations Drawings
Archival Resource Key
1952
34
10
The Coming of the City of God
Archival Resource Key
1953
34
11
"250th Anniversary of the Coming of Willia Penn to His 'Holy Experiment' of Pennsylvania and in Honor of United Nations Week"
Archival Resource Key
1957
34
12
"Majesty, Beauty, and Power of the Moral Law From Moses On"
Archival Resource Key
1957
34
13-14
Oversize Drafts of Miracle of Geneva/The Geneva Drawings from Box 33, Folder 21
Archival Resource Key
1930-1932
58
Projects, Pennsylvania Capitol Murals
3.16
Archival Resource Key
1906-1960
Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual
Archival Resource Key
1906
34
15-18
Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual
Archival Resource Key
1906
34
19
Scope and Contents
Oversize materials housed in Box 59.
Mural Decorations for the Senate Chamber
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
20
Oxford Notes on Law
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
21-22
Philosophy of Government
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
23-24
"Philosophy of Government"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1912
34
25
The Constitutional Convention
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
26
The Federalist
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
27
The Supreme Court
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
28
Preliminary Notes for Holy Experiment
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
29
Research Notebook
Archival Resource Key
1912
34
30
Notes on the Constitutional Convention
Archival Resource Key
1915
34
31
Philosophy of Government, Creation and Preservation of the Union
Archival Resource Key
1917
34
32
Senate
Archival Resource Key
1917
34
33
Senate Chamber
Archival Resource Key
1919
34
34
Supreme Court Chamber
Archival Resource Key
1920
34
35
Press Comments on Holy Experiment
Archival Resource Key
1920-1924
34
36
Holy Experiment
Archival Resource Key
1921-1923
34
37
Holy Experiment (typescript)
Archival Resource Key
1922
35
1-2
Holy Experiment (draft)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1922
35
3-5
Exhibition and Subscription Lists, Oxford University
Archival Resource Key
1923
35
6
"Pilgrimage with The Holy Experiment"
Archival Resource Key
1923
35
7
Book of Law, Supreme Court
Archival Resource Key
1926
35
8-11
Holy Experiment
Archival Resource Key
1928
35
12
Lecture on Holy Experiment
Archival Resource Key
1929
35
13
Lecture on Holy Experiment and Peace
Archival Resource Key
1929
35
14
Lecture Notes, Lyceum of Florence
Archival Resource Key
1929
35
15
Exhibition Catalog, Grand Central Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1930
35
16
Law Triumphant
Archival Resource Key
1930
35
17
The Law
Archival Resource Key
1931
35
18
"Law Divine"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1931
35
19
Law Triumphant
Archival Resource Key
1931
35
20-21
Holy Experiment / Law Triumphant
Archival Resource Key
1931-1932
35
22
Law Triumphant
Archival Resource Key
1931-1932
35
23-24
Law Triumphant (subscriber lists)
Archival Resource Key
1931-1932
35
25
Law Triumphant - A Pageant of Peace
Archival Resource Key
1931-1932
35
26
"Opening of the Book of Law"
Archival Resource Key
1931-1932
35
27
Law Triumphant
Archival Resource Key
1931-1933
35
28-30
Lecture, Pennsylvania Literary Club
Archival Resource Key
1932
35
31-32
Opening of the Book of Law
Archival Resource Key
1932
35
33-34
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Boxes 60-61.
Law Triumphant
Archival Resource Key
1933
35
35
Law Triumphant (subscriber lists)
Archival Resource Key
1933
35
36
Commission Preparatoire
Archival Resource Key
1934
35
37
"Law Triumphant" Lecture
Archival Resource Key
1934
35
38
"The Holy Experiment - Some Problems of a Mural Painter"
Archival Resource Key
1940
35
39
Pennsylvania Speaking!
Archival Resource Key
1942
35
40
Holy Experiment (notes)
Archival Resource Key
1944
36
1-4
Holy Experiment (book drafts)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1949
36
5-7
Holy Experiment (book proofs)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1949
36
8-10
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Boxes 62-63 and OV 66 and OV 70.
Holy Experiment (subscription lists)
Archival Resource Key
1944
36
11-12
Holy Experiment (ad proofs and cover)
Archival Resource Key
1952
36
13
Oversize Draft of Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual from Box 34, Folder 19
Archival Resource Key
1906
59
Oversize Drafts of Opening of the Book of Law from Box 35, Folder 34
Archival Resource Key
1932
60
Oversize Drafts of Opening of the Book of Law from Box 35, Folder 34
Archival Resource Key
1932
61
Oversize Proofs of Holy Experiment from Box 36, Folder 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1949
62
Oversize Proofs of Holy Experiment from Box 36, Folder 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1949
63
Oversize Proofs of Holy Experiment from Box 36, Folder 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1949
66
Oversize Proofs of Holy Experiment from Box 36, Folder 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1949
70
Projects, Pilgrimage of a Painter
3.17
Archival Resource Key
1944-1955
Pilgrimage of a Painter (notes)
Archival Resource Key
1944-1953
36
14
"Pilgrimage of a Painter"
Archival Resource Key
1953
36
15
Pilgrimage of a Painter (book draft)
Archival Resource Key
1955
36
16
Projects, Triptychs
3.18
Archival Resource Key
1941-1945
Book of Triptychs
Archival Resource Key
1941-1945
36
17
Army and Navy Triptychs
Archival Resource Key
1944
36
18
Projects, Vassar Alumni House
3.19
Archival Resource Key
1924
"Great Wonder"
Archival Resource Key
1924
36
19
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 64, Folder 1.
Overture Plan
Archival Resource Key
1924
36
20
Oversize Proofs of "Great Wonder" from Box 36, Folder 19
Archival Resource Key
1924
64
1
Projects, Women of the Bible
3.20
Archival Resource Key
1945-1954
Great Women of the Bible (book draft)
Archival Resource Key
1945
36
21
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 64, Folder 2.
Great Women of the Bible (notes)
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
36
22
Great Women of the Bible
Archival Resource Key
1948-1949
36
23
"Great Women of the Bible"
Archival Resource Key
1954
36
24
Oversize Draft of Great Women of the Bible from Box 36, Folder 21
Archival Resource Key
1945
64
2
Projects, Yarnall House
3.21
Archival Resource Key
1911
"Building of the House of Wisdom"
Archival Resource Key
1911
36
25
Publications
3.22
Archival Resource Key
1915-1957
Book Dummies 4-6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
36
26
Christian Science Literature and Its Distribution
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
36
27
Christian Science Periodicals as Seen by an Artist
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
36
28
The Magic Table
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
36
29
Structure of the Second Church of Christ Scientist Philadelphia
Archival Resource Key
1917
36
30-31
Brochures, Philadelphia Art Alliance
Archival Resource Key
1919
36
32
American Field of Honor
Archival Resource Key
1920
36
33
Appointed to Be Read in Churches
Archival Resource Key
1934
36
34
Book of Remembrance
Archival Resource Key
1939
36
35
Bookplates for the Cosmopolitan Club
Archival Resource Key
1941
36
36
Faith at Work
Archival Resource Key
1957
36
37
By Others
3.23
Archival Resource Key
1899-1976
G.W.B.H., "At 'Red Rose'"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
1
E.S.L., "American Relief in Vienna"
Archival Resource Key
1921
37
2
Angell, Sir Norman, "What Was - And Is - "The Great Illusion?"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
3
Armfield, Maxwell, "This Art Business"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
4
Drummond, J. Roscoe, "Peace That Passeth Misunderstanding"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
5
Emerson, Edith, Various Writings
Archival Resource Key
1906, 1976
37
6
Jennings, W.B., "Poet's and Painter's Bibles"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
7
Lethaby, W.R., Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks
Archival Resource Key
1915
37
8
Marquess of Lothian, "Recovery"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
9
Merrill, Margaret Bell, Poem
Archival Resource Key
1918
37
10
Miller, Lewis Rex, "Looking Forward"
Archival Resource Key
1934
37
11
Oakley, Arthur, Poem
Archival Resource Key
1900
37
12
Oakley, Hester, Poem (sonnet)
Archival Resource Key
1899
37
13
Raymond, W. Oakley, Various Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1942-1956
37
14
Richardson, "For the Wide Horizon"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
15
Seymour, Violet, "Wheels"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
16
Steele, Rufus, "Clipping the Wings of Fear"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
17
Wallace, Henry A., "World at the Crossroads"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
18
Wyllie, Philip, "Generation of Vipers"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
19
Author Unknown
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
20
Miscellaneous
3.24
Archival Resource Key
1900-1975
Chronological Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1903-1925
37
21-33
Chronological Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1926-1935
37
34-43
Chronological Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1936-1945
37
44-54
Chronological Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1946-1955
37
55-64
Chronological Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1956-1975
37
65-70
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
37
71-77
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 64, Folder 3.
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
38
1-11
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
38
12-22
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
38
23-33
Oversize Miscellaneous from Box 37, Folder 71
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
64
3
Diaries and Journals
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
0.9 Linear feet
Boxes 38-39
1891-1958
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents
Diaries and journals document Oakley's travels, research, notes on works. Some journals include sketches and enclosures such as cards, notes, and ephemera.
Journal/Notebook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
38
34
Journals/Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
1891-1913
38
35-40
Journals/Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
1915-1923
39
1-3
Journal Enclosures, 1923
Archival Resource Key
1923
39
4
Journals/Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
1924-1925
39
5-6
Journal Enclosures, 1924-1925
Archival Resource Key
1924-1925
39
7
Journals/Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
1928-1952
39
8-13
Journals/Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
1953-1958
39
14-21
Financial Material
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
3.1 Linear feet
Boxes 39-42
1874-1977
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by document type.
Scope and Contents
Financial materials include a card catalog of annotated artworks, artwork price lists, Cogslea studio publication costs and sales, subscriber and membership lists, and accounting records tracking home expenses for Oakley's studios and homes. These include monthly tracking sheets that split the home expenses shared by Oakley, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Jessie Willcox Smith at the Cogslea studio and estate.
Artwork
5.1
Archival Resource Key
1915-1981
Account Book for Classes Taught by Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1953-1955
39
22
Account Book for Cogslea Studio Publications
Archival Resource Key
1949-1952
39
23
Account Ledger for "Great Wonder"
Archival Resource Key
1925-1930
39
24
Account Ledgers for "Holy Experiment"
Archival Resource Key
1923-1926
39
25-26
Artworks and Price List
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1950
39
27
Artwork Card File
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
40
1-3
Copyright Record
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
40
4
Record of Book Sales
Archival Resource Key
1950-1981
40
5
Artwork, Lists
5.2
Archival Resource Key
1915-1950
Cogslea Studio Publications List
Archival Resource Key
1939
40
6
Emerson Publishing Society List
Archival Resource Key
1923
40
7
Membership/Names, Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania
Archival Resource Key
1959
40
8
Membership, Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania
Archival Resource Key
1953-1959
40
9-10
Membership List, Cosmopolitan Club
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
40
11
Membership Nominees, Philadelphia Museum
Archival Resource Key
1957
40
12
Mural Painter's Portfolio Mailing Lists
Archival Resource Key
1950
40
13
Name List (Morse?)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
40
14
Name Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
40
15-20
Portraits Owned by R.L. Taylor
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
40
21
Subscriber Lists
Archival Resource Key
1920
40
22-23
Woodmere Patrons List
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967
40
24
Home Expenses
5.3
Archival Resource Key
1891-1955
Acount Book/Ledger
Archival Resource Key
1891-1892
41
1
Account Book for Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1927-1929
41
2
Checkbook for Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1902-1903
41
3
Account Book for Cornelia Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1895-1897
41
4
Bank Deposit Receipts for Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1921-1927
41
5-6
Checkbooks for Cornelia Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1900-1906
41
7
Domestic Help
Archival Resource Key
1925-1926
41
8
House Account Books for Violet Oakley, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Henrietta Cozens
Archival Resource Key
1903-1918
41
9-10
House Expenses for Violet Oakley, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Henrietta Cozens
Archival Resource Key
1902-1913
41
11-12
Inventory of Property
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
41
13
Miscellaneous Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
41
14-15
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1874-1910
41
16-29
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1911-1919
41
30-38
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1920-1922
41
39-46
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1923, January-April
41
47-53
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1924, May-December
42
1-4
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1925-1929
42
5-18
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1930-1936
42
19-30
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1937-1949
42
31-41
Invoices/Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1950-1977
42
42-43
Artwork
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 42-43, 64, OV 67, OV 71
1883-1955
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by document type.
Scope and Contents
Artwork includes architectural drawings and renderings; publication designs; a sketchbook; pencil sketches documenting travel, garden scenes, and portraits; prints; and a selection of works that are also cataloged in the card file. The series also includes Oakley family juvenilia, artwork by others, and miscellaneous drawings.
Architectural Drawings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
44
Architectural Drawings, Cogslea Garden
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
45
Architectural Drawings, Gardens
Archival Resource Key
1906
42
46
Book Illumination Designs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
47
Brochure and Letterhead Designs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
48
Preliminary Designs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
49-51
Drawings of Europe
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1950
42
52-59
Drawings of Europe, Coronation
Archival Resource Key
1953
42
60
Landscape and Garden Sketches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
61
Portrait Sketches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
62
Prints
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
63
Sketchbook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
42
64
Miscellaneous Drawings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
43
1
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 64, Folder 4.
Works Cataloged in Card File Stored Under "Financial Material"
Archival Resource Key
1883-1884
43
2-3
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in OV 67.
Works Cataloged in Card File Stored Under "Financial Material"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
43
4-5
Drawings by Oakley Children
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1920
43
6-7
Cornelia Oakley's Drawings for Papa's [Pocket]
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1920
43
8
By Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
43
9
By Others, Blueprints and Renderings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
43
10
Scope and Contents
Oversize materials housed in Box 64, Folder 5 and OV 71.
Oversize Miscellaneous Drawings from Box 43, Folder 1
Archival Resource Key
circa 1915-1955
64
4
Oversize Blueprints and Renderings by Others from Box 43, Folder 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
64
5
Oversize Works Cataloged in Card File from Box 43, Folder 2
Archival Resource Key
1883
67
Oversize Blueprints and Renderings by Others from Box 43, Folder 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
71
Printed Material
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
7.3 Linear feet
Boxes 43-50, 65, OV 67
1866-1981
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by document type.
Scope and Contents
Printed materials are of books, brochures, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, organizational reports and minutes, periodicals, programs, and reproductions of artwork by Oakley and others. These materials either relate directly to coverage of Oakley's artwork and career, or to her interests in the fields of politics, religion and spirituality, and philosophy.
Books, Children
Archival Resource Key
1873, 1906
43
11
Books, League of Nations
Archival Resource Key
1935-1937
43
12
Books, Reports
Archival Resource Key
1911-1949
43
13-15
Scope and Contents
Includes reports for the Pennsylvania Sesquicentennial, Society of Mural Decorators and Painters, William Penn Memorial, and World Assembly for Moral Rearmament.
Books, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
1943-1955
43
16
Scope and Contents
By Peter Howard and Alan Thornhill.
Brochures and Pamphlets, Violet Oakley (publication samples)
Archival Resource Key
1906-1979
43
17
Brochures and Pamphlets, Violet Oakley (subscription mailings)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
43
18-19
Brochures and Pamphlets, Violet Oakley (subscription mailings)
Archival Resource Key
1920-1973
43
20-24
Brochures and Pamphlets (businesses, art supplies)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
25-26
Brochures and Pamphlets (businesses, booksellers)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
27
Brochures and Pamphlets (businesses, garden suppliers)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
28
Brochures and Pamphlets (businesses, international)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
29
Brochures and Pamphlets (businesses, United States)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
30
Brochures and Pamphlets (instruction and classes)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
31
Brochures and Pamphlets (lectures)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
43
32
Brochures and Pamphlets (Pennsylvania capitol)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
43
33
Brochures and Pamphlets (philosophy, politics, and religion)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
44
1-2
Brochures and Pamphlets (miscellaneous)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
44
3
Brochures and Pamphlets
Archival Resource Key
1873-1929
44
4-15
Brochures and Pamphlets
Archival Resource Key
1930-1953
44
16-25
Brochures and Pamphlets
Archival Resource Key
1954-1979
45
1-2
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1980
45
3-13
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1896-1929
45
14-27
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1930-1945
45
28-40
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1946-1950
45
41-45
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1951-1964
46
1-7
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1961-1980
46
8-16
Clippings, Artwork for Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1939-1950
46
17
Clippings Scrapbook, Grandma's Book for Little Margaret (Cornelia Oakley)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1920
46
18
Clippings Scrapbook, Mounted by C.G. Nicholson
Archival Resource Key
1926
46
19
Clippings Scrapbook, Poems and Articles
Archival Resource Key
1953-1954
46
20
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1955
46
21-22
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1901-1929
46
23-30
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1930-1939
47
1-8
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1940-1979
47
9-16
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, By Others
Archival Resource Key
1916-1979
47
17-25
Exhibition Labels
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1955
47
26
Organizations, Annual Reports
Archival Resource Key
1915-1948
47
27-31
Organizations, Annual Reports
Archival Resource Key
1950-1978
48
1-2
Organizations, Constitutions and By-Laws
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
48
3
Organizations, Constitutions and By-Laws
Archival Resource Key
1895-1971
48
4-6
Organizations, Minutes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
48
7
Organizations, Minutes
Archival Resource Key
1931-1972
48
8-13
Periodicals, with Artwork by Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1922-1952
48
14
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1866-1932
48
15-23
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1933-1954
48
24-32
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1955-1979
49
1-4
Postcards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
49
5
Posters
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
49
6
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 1 and OV 67.
Programs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
49
7-8
Programs
Archival Resource Key
1891-1935
49
9-22
Programs
Archival Resource Key
1936-1959
49
23-33
Programs
Archival Resource Key
1960-1979
50
1-3
Reproductions of Artwork by Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
1927-1934
50
4
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 2 and OV 67.
Reproductions of Artwork by Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
50
5
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 3.
Travel Related
Archival Resource Key
circa 1888-1949
50
6-9
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
50
10
Oversize Posters from Box 49, Folder 6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
65
1
Oversize Reproductions of Artwork by Oakley from Box 50, Folder 4
Archival Resource Key
1927-1934
65
2
Oversize Reproductions of Artwork by Others from Box 50, Folder 5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1960
65
3
Oversize Posters from Box 49, Folder 6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1955
67
Oversize Reproductions of Artwork by Oakley from Box 50, Folder 4
Archival Resource Key
1927-1934
67
Photographs
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
5.3 Linear feet
Boxes 50-57, 65, OV 68
1890-1980
Arrangement
Materials are organized by document type and subject. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.
Scope and Contents
Photographs include albums, photographs, and negatives depicting Oakley, views of Cogslea, her family and friends, travel, exhibition events, and of her studio and works of art. Individuals of note include Edith Emerson, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Willcox Smith. Among the photographers are Elizabeth Buehrmann, Helen Dodd, J. M. Elliot, Haeseler, Philadelphia, Clayton Stone Harris, T. S. Jamison, Florence Maynard, Olive M. Potts, Eva Watson Schutze, and Mathilde Weil.
Existence and Location of Copies
Glass plate negatives have been scanned.
Album II
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1929
50
11-15
Album III
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1960
50
16
Album IV
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1960
50
17-19
Photographs of Violet Oakley
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
50
20-21
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 4.
Photographs of Violet Oakley in Studio
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
50
22
Photographs of Violet Oakley with Friends and Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
50
23-26
Photographs of Family, Arthur and Cornelia Oakley
Archival Resource Key
circa 1898
50
27
Photographs of Family, Hester Oakley Ward and Baby Margaret
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
50
28-29
Photographs of Friends, Edith Emerson
Archival Resource Key
circa 1954-1979
50
30
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 5.
Photographs of Friends, Frere-Smith Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
50
31
Photographs of Friends, Elizabeth Shippen Green
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1940
50
32-33
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 5.
Photographs of Friends, Jessie Willcox Smith
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1925
51
1-2
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 5.
Photographs of Friends, Ruth St. Denis
Archival Resource Key
1955-1964
51
3
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 5.
Photographs of Friends, Thayer (baby)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1930
51
4
Photographs of Friends
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
51
5
Scope and Contents
From envelope "What a beautiful place to live."
Photographs of Friends
Archival Resource Key
circa 1895-1975
51
6-12
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 5 and OV 68.
Photographs of Cogslea Estate, Exterior
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1972
51
13-21
Photographs of Cogslea Estate, Interior
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1940
51
22-23
Photographs of Miscellaneous Houses
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
51
24
Photographs of Events, Art Related (exhibition, Bulletin Building, PA)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1955
51
25
Photographs of Events, Art Related (exhibition, Corcoran)
Archival Resource Key
1930
51
26
Photographs of Events, Art Related (exhibition, Corcoran)
Photographs of Events, Art Related (exhibition, Corcoran)
Archival Resource Key
1930
51
27
Photographs of Events, Art Related (exhibitions, miscellaneous)
Archival Resource Key
1943-1974
51
28
Photographs of Events, Philadelphia Award
Archival Resource Key
1921
51
29
Photographs of Events, Westchester County Pageant
Archival Resource Key
1909
51
30
Photographs of Travel, Bermuda
Archival Resource Key
1964
51
31
Photographs of Travel, France
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1936
51
32-33
Photographs of Travel, Gibraltar
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1930
51
34
Photographs of Travel, Great Britain
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1940
51
35
Photographs of Travel, Italy
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1930
51
36-38
Photographs of Travel, Low Countries and Switzerland
Archival Resource Key
circa 1936-1949
51
39
Photographs of Travel, Panama
Archival Resource Key
1914
51
40
Photographs of Travel, United States
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1970
51
41
Photographs of Travel, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910-1950
51
42
Photographs of Works of Art, All Angels Church Stained Glass Windows
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900
51
43
Photographs of Works of Art, All Angels Church Stained Glass Windows
Photographs of Works of Art, Army and Navy Triptychs
Archival Resource Key
1941-1942
51
44
Photographs of Works of Art, "Building of the House of Wisdom" (Charlton Yarnall house)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910
51
45
Photographs of Works of Art, "Constitutional Convention" (Cuyahoga County Courthouse)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911
51
46
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 6 and OV 68.
Photographs of Works of Art, Christ at Geneva
Archival Resource Key
circa 1937
52
1
Photographs of Works of Art, "Dante's Window"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911
52
2
Photographs of Works of Art, Great Women of the Bible
Archival Resource Key
circa 1945
52
3-4
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 6.
Photographs of Works of Art, "Great Wonder"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1924
52
5
Photographs of Works of Art, "Life of Moses"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1928
52
6
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 7.
Photographs of Works of Art, Pennsylvania Capitol Murals (Governor's reception room)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1906
52
7
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in OV 68.
Photographs of Works of Art, Pennsylvania Capitol Murals (Senate chamber)
Archival Resource Key
1926
52
8-9
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 7.
Photographs of Works of Art, Pennsylvania Capitol Murals (Supreme Court)
Archival Resource Key
1926
52
10-11
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in Box 65, Folder 7 and OV 68.
Photographs of Works of Art, Triptychs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940-1955
52
12
Scope and Contents
Oversize material housed in OV 68.
Photographs of Works of Art, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
52
13
Photographs of Works of Art, Miscellaneous Models
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
52
14
Photographs of Works of Art, Sculpture
Archival Resource Key
1955
52
15
Photographs of Works of Art, Sketches and Projects
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
52
16
Photographs of Works of Art, Sketches of Men
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
52
17
Photographs of Works of Art, Sketches of Women
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1950
52
18
Photographs of Works of Art, By Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1925-1961
52
19-20
Negatives, "Violet and Jessie and Someone Else"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
52
21
Negatives of Cogslea Estate
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
52
22-24
Negatives of Children
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
52
25-33
Scope and Contents
Includes women and men.
Negatives of Women
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
52
34-45
Scope and Contents
Includes children and men.
Negatives of Works of Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1950
52
58-61
Negatives, Chronological
Archival Resource Key
1949
52
62-64
Negatives, Chronological
Archival Resource Key
1952-1954
53
1-14
Negatives, Chronological
Archival Resource Key
1955-1957
53
15-24
Negatives, Chronological
Archival Resource Key
1958-1959
53
25-33
Negatives, Chronological
Archival Resource Key
1960-1965
53
34-47
Negatives, Chronological
Archival Resource Key
1966-1970
53
48-61
Negatives, From Glass Plates, circa 1900-1930
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1980
53
62
Glass Plate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1910
54
Glass Plate Negatives
Glass Plate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1910
55
Glass Plate Negatives
Glass Plate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1910
56
Glass Plate Negatives
Glass Plate Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1910
57
Glass Plate Negatives
Oversize Photographs of Oakley from Box 50, Folder 20
Archival Resource Key
circa 1900-1960
65
4
Oversize Photographs of E. Emerson and E.S. Green from Box 50, Folder 30 and 32
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1930
65
5
Oversize Photographs of J.W. Smith, R. St. Denis, and Friends from Box 51, Folder 1, 3, and 11
Archival Resource Key
circa 1890-1964
65
5
Oversize Photographs of "Constitutional Convention" and Great Women of the Bible from Box 51, Folder 46 and Box 52, Folder 3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911-1945
65
6
Oversize Photographs of "Life of Moses" and Pa. Capitol Murals from Box 52, Folder 6, 8, and 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1926-1928
65
7
Oversize Photographs of Friends from Box 51, Folder 11
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920-1929
68
Oversize Photographs of "Constitutional Convention" from Box 51, Folder 46
Archival Resource Key
circa 1911
68
Oversize Photographs of Pa. Capitol Murals and Triptychs from Box 52, Folder 7, 10, and 12
Archival Resource Key
circa 1906-1955
68