Transcripts of Mildred G. Burrage's letters and postcards from France, 2021-2023

Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

2021-2023

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-K-202; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Bound, Box 9

GUSN

GUSN-369257

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Description

Four volumes containing the transcribed letters and postcards of artist Mildred G. Burrage between 1909 and 1914. The letters were transcribed by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., then the Maine State Historian, in preparation for the Portland Museum of Art's 2012 exhibition "From Portland to Paris." Each volume includes a foreword written by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., along with a key of frequent nicknames found in the letters. Photographs of Burrage, examples of her art, and ephemera related to her time in Paris are also featured in the volumes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

letters (correspondence)
artists (visual artists)
travel
women (female humans)
postcards
Impressionist
transcripts
books
volumes (documents by form)

Physical Descrption

4 volumes

Collection Code

MS029

Collection Name

Miscellaneous manuscript collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

MS029.002.041

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., 2023

Places

Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)
Italy
Maine (United States)

Record Details

Originator

Shettleworth, Earle G.
Burrage, Mildred (Author)

Material Type

books
volumes (documents by form)

Other People

Burrage, Mildred G. (Mildred Giddings), 1890-1983
Shettleworth, Earle G.

Other Organizations

Portland Museum of Art

Subjects

Correspondence
Travel
Women artists
Impressionism (Art)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-K-202; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Bound, Box 9

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