Collection Information
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: The Martha S. Iredell scrapbooks date from 1934 to 1953 and measure 0.2 linear feet. The collection comprises two mixed media scrapbooks relating primarily to the Norfolk art community and its artists with particular emphasis on the Norfolk Art Corner and the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Biographical/Historical Note
Painter Martha Iredell (1908-1985) was a Virginia artist who figured predominantly in the local Tidewater art community. She served as President of the Norfolk Art Corner in the 1940s and showed many of her paintings in local exhibitions.
Provenance
The Martha S. Iredell scrapbooks were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1982 by Lela Hine of Norfolk, Virginia. Hine's relationship to Iredell is unknown.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.