Pitts family papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pitts family
label: Names
content: Pitts, Elizabeth McCord, b. 1880
label: Names
content: Pitts, James, 1712-1776
label: Names
content: Pitts, Lendall, 1875-1938
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1961 by Elizabeth McCord Pitts and other family descendants through Edward Parker an acquaintance of the family and friend of AAA. The complete collection has since been deaccessioned and given to the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass. AAA maintains a microfilm copy of the collection.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pitts family
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Massachusetts family many of whose descendants were painters. Lendall Pitts, most recent of the family's artists, married artist Elizabeth McCord. They lived in Paris from the turn of the 19th century until 1938 when Lendall died and Elizabeth returned to live in America.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 400 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1885-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pittpitt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 370 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Family papers from 19th to 20th century, including correspondence, financial records; inventory of the estate of James Pitts; and catalogs.