Charles Webster and Marion Campbell Hawthorne papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930
label: Creator
content: Hawthorne, Marion Campbell
label: Names
content: Beachcombers (Organization)
label: Names
content: Cape Cod School of Art
label: Names
content: Macbeth Gallery
label: Names
content: Campbell, Harry N.
label: Photographer
content: Geiger, Caroline
label: Names
content: Gellatly, John, 1853-1931
label: Names
content: Morrow, Julie Mathilde
label: Names
content: Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965
label: Names
content: Stillman, Joy
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content: Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Art students
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Study and teaching
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content: Artists' models -- Photographs
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content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels D38, 2788 and 2884-85 was lent for microfilming in 1961 and 1982 by Joseph Hawthorne, son of Marion and Charles Hawthorne. Joseph later donated the previously microfilmed material in 1993, except for majority of frames 1-51 and all of frames 975-1923 on reel D38 which he retained. The material on reel 1435 was lent for microfilming in 1978 by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, which had received it from Joseph Hawthorne. Hazel Hawthorne, Joseph's widow, donated additional material, reel 5113 and unfilmed, in 1995.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930
label: Creator
content: Hawthorne, Marion Campbell
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painters; Provincetown, Mass.; Marion, b. 1870, d. 1945; Charles, b. 1872, d. 1930. Hawthorne founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899. He studied with William Merritt Chase at Chase's Shinnecock school in 1896. Marion C. Hawthorne was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.2 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hawtchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D38, 1435, 2788, 2884-2885 & 5113 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel D38 (fr. 1-51): Originals returned to Joseph Hawthorne after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1435: Originals returned to The Provincetown Art Association and Museum after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence of Charles and Marion Hawthorne, their son Joseph and his wife Hazel Hawthorne; photographs of Hawthorne family and Cape Cod School of Art; printed material; exhibition records; diary pages; and a drawing reflect activities of influential painting instructor Charles Hawthorne, his school, the Cape Cod School of Art, and publications by his wife and son about him.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D38: The correspondence includes letters from Europe, 1898 and later letters pertaining to the Cape Cod School of Art, ca. 1910-1930. Among the photographs are two of Hawthorne instructing an art class, one of artists' model Joy Stillman, 1927, one of Hawthorne's home, which he used as a studio, one of his student Julie Morrow de Forest, and one of a bust of Hawthorne by Albin Polasek. Also found are research files on Charles by Joseph, Hawthorne, ca. 1961, and printed material from Provincetown Art Association and American Academy of Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1435: 114 photographs, 1870's-1930, of Hawthorne, his family, friends (including William Paxton and Abbott H. Thayer), art classes, models, his studio, home and views of Provincetown. In addition there are an etching by Marion C. Hawthorne; a memorial catalog; a photographic self-portrait, and a printed reproduction.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2788: 35 photographs, including Charles and Marion Hawthorne, their residence, classes taught by Charles Hawthorne, Provincetown, Mass.; and a study for a painting by Joy Stillman, a student of Charles Hawthorne. Also included are 4 printed announcements for classes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 2884-2885: Pages from Marion C. Hawthorne's diary, 1911 and 1928-1929; letters from Marion to her parents and correspondence between Charles and Marion, and with Joseph, undated and ca. 1900-1932; letters from the Macbeth Gallery, ca. 1909-1923; a letter from John Gellatly, 1907; a copy of a letter from Abbott H. Thayer, 1916; and letters from others. Some of the letters are annotated by Joseph Hawthorne.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 5113: Biographical material on Charles and Marion Hawthorne; correspondence, 1902-1978; financial records, 1901-1902 and 1928-1930; photographs of the Hawthorne family and the Cape Cod School of Art, ca. 1899-1930s, newspaper clippings, ca. 1918-1984; writings on Charles by Marion and Joseph; a drawing of Charles, 1907; price lists for jewelry, undated; a notebook kept by Harry N. Campbell, director of the Cape Cod School of Art, regarding art supplies for the school; biographical studies about Charles by Joseph, ca. 1980's; lists of names and addresses by Marion; and exhibition catalogs and Cape Cod School catalogs, 1913 and 1926.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Photographs and slides of Hawthorne's work, including photos from an album attributed to Peter A. Juley. Among the photos is one of Charles taken by Carolyn Geiger, ca. 1928 (a similar copy is filmed reel D38, fr. 306-307); and a chronological list of Hawthorne's correspondence in an unknown hand; and miscellaneous correspondence.