Lue Osborne and Cordray Simmons papers
name: label: Creator
content: Osborne, Lue, 1889-1968
label: Creator
content: Simmons, Cordray, 1888-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1976 by Signature Galleries.
creator: label: Creator
content: Osborne, Lue, 1889-1968
label: Creator
content: Simmons, Cordray, 1888-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York City; b. 1889, Belleville, Ill.; d. 1968 Osborne's husband, Cordray Simmons, is also a painter; discovered with her husband "vinyl lite," a new kind of acrylic paint
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 355 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1905-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.osbolue
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1126 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Signature Galleries, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Osborne and Simmons from friends, gallery owners, and colleagues, among others, including some about their use of synthetic resin paints; 83 photographs; 70 clippings, catalogs, essays and other printed materials. Correspondents include H. Daniel Webster, F. Valentine Dudensing, Walter M. Grant, Robert Henri, and Onya LaTour. Also included is one letter from Thomas Hart Benton to Mrs. Brett Osborne, daughter in law of Lue and Cordray. She had inherited their paintings and asked Benton's advice what to do with them.