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Bertha Fanning Taylor papers, 1926-1971
Object Details
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- United States
- Physical Description
- 0.8 Linear feet
- Arrangement
- Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
- Access Note / Rights
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Summary
- The papers of painter, art critic, and educator Bertha Fanning Taylor measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1926 to 1971. The papers document the period of time between the two World Wars when Taylor worked in France and her later activities as a teacher at the Norfolk Division of William and Mary College. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, printed material, and typescripts of two autobiographies. Two scrapbooks contain articles Taylor wrote as assistant art critic for the Paris edition of the New York Herald and scattered additional printed material.
- Citation
- Bertha Fanning Taylor papers, 1926-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- The bulk of the collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 286 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Funding
- Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
- Use Note
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Related Materials
- Papers of Bertha Fanning Taylor, 1915-1979, are also located at Old Dominion University's Special Collections and University Archives.
- Biography Note
- Bertha Fanning Taylor (1883-1980) was a painter, educator, and art critic active in Paris, France, and Norfolk, Virginia. She competed for the United States of America in the painting event for the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- Language Note
- Material is in English and French.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated in 1971 by Fanning and in 1992 by her granddaughter, Claire M. Taylor.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Data Source
- Archives of American Art
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)8522
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210699
- AAA_collcode_taylbert
- Creator
- Taylor, Bertha Fanning, 1883-1980
- Subject
- Norfolk College of William and Mary
- Type
- Scrapbooks
- Theme
- Diaries
- Women
- Lives of artists
- Topic
- Women painters
- Women artists
- Theme
- Diaries
- Women
- Lives of artists
- Record ID
- AAADCD_coll_210699
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
