Pen and Brush, Inc.
This site provides access to the papers of Pen and Brush (New York, N.Y.) in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2023 from 4 reels of microfilm, and total 2,387 images.
Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Size: 4 Microfilm reels
Summary: The Pen and Brush records date from 1894-1964, and include correspondence, catalogs and reports of exhibitions, a guest book, pamphlets describing the history and development of the organization, and a collection of scrapbooks.
Pen and Brush was founded in 1893 in New York, New York, by painters Mary and Janet Lewis. It served as an organization through which aspiring creative women, including professional women writers, painters, sculptors, and craftswomen, could connect and further their involvement in the arts. The club had a section for each of the following groups: Painters and Graphic Arts, Writers, Sculptors, Craftsmen, and Music, published a monthly newsletter, and held ongoing exhibitions. Writer Lillian Hamilton French was elected the club's first president, although health reasons prevented her from active service. A governing board managed the president's duties until 1899 when author and lecturer, Grace Thomas Seton, became the club's first active president. Read More
The records were loaned for microfilming in 1965 by Pen and Brush and were returned after microfilming.
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This site provides access to the papers of Pen and Brush (New York, N.Y.) in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2023 from 4 reels of microfilm, and total 2,387 images.
Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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