Kathleen Cooke papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cooke, Kathleen McKeith, 1908-1978
label: Names
content: Truman Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1983 by Jock Truman, director of Truman Gallery (1976-1979) where Cooke exhibited.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cooke, Kathleen McKeith, 1908-1978
setName: label: See more items in
content: Kathleen Cooke papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of Irish-born painter Kathleen Cooke measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1969-1979. Cooke's papers include biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and scattered sales records.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in Belfast, Ireland, and raised in Canada, painter and sculptor Kathleen Cooke was known for her delicate drawings and paintings of animals. 

Cooke settled in New York City where she took classes at New York University and the Art Students League. Her first exhibitions were at the Graham Gallery and Betty Parsons Gallery. She also exhibited frequently at New York's Truman Gallery, and internationally in Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, France, and Denmark.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cookkath
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of Irish-born painter Kathleen Cooke measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1969-1979. Cooke's papers include biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed material, and scattered sales records.