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Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.
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Seven (7) finger paintings, of various sizes. Two of the images are framed in construction paper and labeled on the back "1948-49, Spofford." While the artwork was included among Mabel Spofford's papers, the actual creator of the finger paintings is unknown. Title supplied by cataloger.
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An album containing 38 cartes-de-visite of Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, his family, and photographs of pieces of art. There are ten studio portraits of Clemens that are dated between 1869 and 1872, four of which were taken at the same session at W. & A.H. Fry Art Photographers in Brighton. Other portraits show his children Langdon, Clara, and Susy as babies, and an older woman identified as "Grandma Ford". Following the portraits there are 12 photographs or reproductions of works of art, including four allegorical relief sculptures showing the four seasons by Bertel Thorvaldsen, and two photographs of an actress in costume, reprinted from negatives in the Brady Theatre collection. Two of the photographs are studio portraits of cats. In addition to the four photographs by W. & A.H. Fry, there are two photographs each by H.L. Bundy (Hartford, Connecticut), E.H. Paige (Buffalo, New York), Prescott & White (Hartford, Connecticut), and E. & H.T. Anthony (New York City), as well as single portraits from studios in New York, Hartford, Pennsylvania, Brighton, and Edinburgh.
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Various small volumes: Scrapbook of illustrations by John Gilbert; scrapbook of "A. I. Dalziel, Newcastle" of illustrations; scrapbook of autographs, ephemera, letters addressed to Gilbert Dalziel; two sketchbooks; and "Catalogue of 569 framed paintings…at Dalkeith," London, 1906 (4 copies, all cut-up).
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Manuscripts
Black and white photograph of interior view of room at The Bivouac, in use as an art gallery. Craftsman style light on ceiling, at top of photo. Rectangular artworks lining top border of ceiling, three frames (horizontal, vertical, horizontal) near center of photo, four frames below, one large framed painting leaning against wall. Two vertical frames, with chair and sculpture underneath. Bottom right corner of photo appears to be torn. Gray paint can be seen in photo; on ground, ceiling, sides of shelves and added to details in paintings.
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Photographic slides of Chinese artwork owned by American poet Wallace Stevens. There are five color slides; three are of a scroll painting with birds and Chinese writing, and two are of a small, framed painting in Chinese art style. There is no other information about the art or the slides.
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