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Title
MacDowell Colony records
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) records
Type
Mixed Material
Collection
Language
English
Content
text
Note
Language: Collection material in English.
Summary
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, admission application records, reports, fundraising and event planning materials, legal and financial records, scrapbooks, and other records chiefly concerning the administration and operation of the MacDowell Colony, an artist colony in Peterborough, N.H.; and of its parent organization, the Edward MacDowell Association; as well as activities of the organization's office in New York, N.Y. Includes material relating to artists, writers, and musicians chosen as colony residents. Officers of the colony and other individuals represented in the collection include Hervey Allen, Marie Brodeur, Alexander Calder, Mary Carswell, Mary Colum, Padraic Colum, Aaron Copland, Trevor A. Cushman III, Louise Dutton Fillmore, Parker Fillmore, Max Frankel, Chaim Gross, Thomas Shaw Hale, DuBose Heyward, Lewis Montefiore Isaacs, George M. Kendall, Marianne Moore, Tillie Olsen, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Charles H. Studin, James Johnson Sweeney, Louise Talma, Frederieke S. Taylor, Jean Starr Untermeyer, Thornton Wilder, and Cheryl A. Young. Organizations represented include the Alliance of Artists' Communities, National Endowment for the Arts, and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.
Origin Date(s)
1869-2017
(bulk 1945-2007)
Authorized Access Point
MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) MacDowell Colony records
Collection Arrangement
Collection Organization: Arranged in two parts composed of nine series
Collection Organization: Part I arranged in five series. Series 1: Personal Correspondence, 1896-1958; Series 2: Administrative Papers, 1907-1970; Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1869-1958; Series 4: Miscellany, 1884-1967; and Series 5: Oversize, 1869-1962.
Collection Organization: Part II arranged in four series. Series 1: Office Files, 1920-2016; Series 2: Fundraising, 1967-2017; Series 3: Miscellany, 1909-2012; and Series 4: Oversize, 1990-2014.