Jayna M. Josefson
Scope and Contents
The letters of painter C. B. Owen measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1880 to 1881. Owen's journal contains twenty-six letters to her family describing a trip to Europe. She describes her time in London and Paris with her art teacher, Susan Healy St. John, her husband, and son James, the illustrator of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan books.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in 1998 by Maudelle Hoy Woodruff, Owen's niece-in-law.
Funding
Sponsor
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.