Mollie Garfield papers
name: label: Creator
content: Garfield, Mollie, 1867-1947
label: Names
content: Beard, James Carter, 1837-1913
label: Names
content: Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911
label: Names
content: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
label: Names
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
label: Names
content: Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1970 by Mrs. Herbert (Ruth) Feis, daughter of Mollie Garfield.
creator: label: Creator
content: Garfield, Mollie, 1867-1947
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content: Mollie Garfield papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Mollie Garfield papers measures 0.2 linear feet and date from 1874 to 1883 and consist primarily of an album of 26 signed pencil sketches, ink drawings, and watercolors of various subjects by American painters and illustrators, including James Carter Beard, Harry Fenn, William Henry Holmes, Joseph Pennell, and others. Also found are a few items of correspondence and notes regarding the album and the artists, and a few scattered miscellaneous documents from the 1870s.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Mary "Mollie" Garfield (1867-1947) was born in Washington, D.C. to James A. Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. She was 14 when her father became President of the United States in January, 1881. On July 2, James Garfield was shot at Union Station in Washington, D.C. and Mollie and her mother were present when he died of his wounds on September 19. Mollie Garfield's education included Miss Mittleberger's School in Cleveland, Ohio and one semester at Miss Porter's Finishing School in Farmington, Connecticut. She lived with her mother at the Garfield family home, Lawnfield, in Mentor, Ohio until her marriage in 1888 to Joseph Stanley-Brown, who had been her father's private secretary. She died in Pasadena, California at the age of 80.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1874-1883
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.garfmoll
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, there is only one series consisting of five folders of 19 items. Items are arranged chronologically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Mollie Garfield papers were microfilmed on reel 865, and the album was conserved in 1989. The collection was fully processed by Erin Corley and digitized in 2007 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Alternative Forms Available
content: The papers of Mollie Garfield (later Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown) in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2006, and total 66 images.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The Mollie Garfield papers measures 0.2 linear feet and date from 1874 to 1883 and consist primarily of an album of 26 signed pencil sketches, ink drawings, and watercolors of various subjects by American painters and illustrators, including James Carter Beard, Harry Fenn, William Henry Holmes, Joseph Pennell, and others. Also found are a few items of correspondence and notes regarding the album and the artists, and a few scattered miscellaneous documents from the 1870s.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Material
content: The Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown papers, 1881-1967, are located at the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.