Edith Emerson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Edith Emerson lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming in 1977. Addition papers were donated in 1990 by the Free Library of Philadelphia, who received them from Emerson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
setName: label: See more items in
content: Edith Emerson papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, illustrator, and curator Edith Emerson measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1839 to 1981, with the bulk of the material dating from 1894-1971. Found within the papers are biographical material; letters from friends and colleagues; writings and notes by Emerson and others; artwork, including three sketchbooks; subject files; photographs of Emerson, family, friends, and artwork; and scattered printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edith Emerson (1888-1981) was a painter, illustrator, and curator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Born in Oxford, Ohio, Emerson studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with John Vanderpoel and Thomas Wood Stevens and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Cecilia Beaux, Violet Oakley, and Daniel Garber. She assisted Violet Oakley primarily between 1917 and 1930 and shared her studio from 1918 until Oakley's death in 1961. Emerson served on the Board of Directors of the Woodmere Art Gallery beginning in 1940, subsequently becoming Curator. She was also a founding member of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1839-1981
label: Date
content: bulk 1894-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.emeredit
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 7 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1950s (Box 1; 1 Folder)

Series 2: Letters, 1916-1965 (Box 1, OV 3; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1887-1970 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 4: Artwork, 1839, 1882-1954 (Box 1, OV 3; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Subject Files, circa 1865-1955 (Box 1-2; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1900-1971 (Box 2; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, circa 1916-1981 (Box 2, 6 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Jean Fitzgerald in 1991.  A finding aid was written by Carrol Park in 2012.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Materials lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 1186-1187 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter, illustrator, and curator Edith Emerson measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1839 to 1981, with the bulk of the material dating from 1894-1971. Found within the papers are biographical material; letters from friends and colleagues; writings and notes by Emerson and others; artwork, including three sketchbooks; subject files; photographs of Emerson, family, friends, and artwork; and scattered printed material.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Edith Emerson lent four scrapbooks for microfilming in 1977. Loaned material is available on microfilm reels 1186-1187, but is not described in the container listing of this finding aid.