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Barbara Latham papers, circa 1900-1972

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Series 6: Artwork and Sketchbooks , 1907-1963
2 Linear feet
Box 2-4, 6-7

Found are six sketchbooks with pencil sketches which are undated. The bulk of this series consists of original Christmas cards designed by Barbara Latham for Barlat, Norcoss, and Vaneil Foster companies. Works are primarily etchings, but also include hand painted cards, original drawings, lithographs, and monoprints.
Sketches for a mural in Taos, New Mexico are in watercolor. The bulk of Latham's sketches are in pen and ink or pencil, including two self-portraits.
Also found are Christmas cards, eleven portraits of Latham by Howard Cook executed in charcoal, ink, and pencil, wood engravings and aquatints, and three self-portraits of Cook. Four small oil paintings are by Henry Leith-Ross, given to Latham as a gift.
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Sketchbooks, Likely France, circa 1920
2
8-9
Sketchbook, Children, circa 1920
2
10
Sketchbooks, Animals, circa 1930
2
11-12
Sketchbook, Likely New Mexico, circa 1940
2
13
Christmas Cards, Barlat Designs, 1937
2
14
Christmas Cards, Norcross Designs, 1921-1928
2
15-20
Christmas Cards, Vaneil Foster Designs, circa 1920s-1930s
3
1
Christmas Cards, General, circa 1920s-1940s
3
2-5
Christmas Cards, General, circa 1920s-1940s
6
3
Christmas Cards, by Howard Cook, 1963
3
6
Paper Doll Dresses, circa 1910
3
7
Prints, Woodcuts, Lithographs, and Etchings, circa 1930
3
8
Sketches, Childhood Drawings, 1907-1912
3
9
Sketches, General, circa 1920-circa 1960
3
10-12
Sketches, General, circa 1920-circa 1960
4
1-3
Sketches, General, Oversized, circa 1930-circa 1960
7
Sketches, Taos Mural, Oversized, circa 1930
4
2
Sketches, by Howard Cook, Oversized, circa 1930-1960s
6
4
Small Oil Paintings, by Henry Leigh-Ross, circa 1920
4
4-5
Textile Prints, Oversized, circa 1930
6
5

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