Clara MacGowan papers
name: label: Creator
content: MacGowan, Clara, 1895-1983
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Clara MacGowan papers were donated in 1996 by the Illinois Historical Art Project through Joel Dryer.
creator: label: Creator
content: MacGowan, Clara, 1895-1983
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content: Clara MacGowan papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Clara MacGowan (1895-1983) was a painter, printmaker, and educator in Chicago, Illinois. MacGowan was a professor of art at Northwestern University from 1927-1947, and a frequent lecturer at local women's clubs. Her work was exhibited regularly at the Arts Club of Chicago and the Chicago Society of Artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.macgclar
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 painter and printmaker Clara MacGowan measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1929 to 1977. Found are scattered biographical materials, a mixed-media scrapbook, and photographs of MacGowan, Macgowan with others, and her works of art.  Also included is an album of photographs of seventy-four paintings by MacGowan compiled in 1977 to facilitate the distribution of her estate.