Mabel Hutchinson Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hutchinson, Mabel Christina Bennett, 1903-1999
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content: Mabel Hutchinson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet (Box 1-4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hutcmabe, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Unfinished artworks and one sketchbook include pen, pencil, and watercolor sketches of landscapes, self-portraits, portraits of friends, animals, and abstract images. Scattered biographical material consists of biographical sketches, a diploma, copies of correspondence, resumes, and poetry.

Photographs are of Mabel Hutchinson, in her studio and with her artwork, and of works of art. The bulk of the photographs date from the 1960s to 1970s when Hutchinson was concentrating on carved wooden sculpture. Also found is a fragment of a photo album from 1939 with one photo of Hutchinson and small photos of her early paintings.

Focusing on the exhibition of her painting and sculture, printed materials include clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs. Also found are clippings concerning Hutchinson's personal life such as her wedding announcement. 

A scrapbook likely compiled by Mildred Goff (relationship unknown) concerns her family life and includes early childhood and school-aged drawings. Also found are scattered photographs, letters, and biographical sketches. A dismantled scrapbook focuses on Hutchinson's life in California and the exhibition of her artwork in the 1950s to 1960s.

Three self-published volumes of Mabel Hutchinson's memoirs were compiled by her niece, Barbara Bennett Hunt including: two volumes of Dear Barbara (1980)  and one entitled Selected Short Stories