Edward Everett Oakes papers
name: label: Creator
content: Oakes, Edward Everett, 1891-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Jewelers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Silversmiths -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Jewelry making
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2805 lent by Susan Oakes Peabody, 1983, Edward Oakes' granddaughter. Album of designs on reel 4599 lent 1993 by Jacqueline Wendt, who purchased it from a yard sale at the home of Hilda Thompson, who was Oakes' secretary and chief salesperson, circa 1932-1960.
creator: label: Creator
content: Oakes, Edward Everett, 1891-1960
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jewelry maker and silversmith; Boston, Mass. Oakes was an active member of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston. In 1918 he opened his own shop at 44 Bromfield St., Boston.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Reels (ca. 500 items (on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [undated] and 1915-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.oakeedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2805 and 4599 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 2805: Originals returned to the lender, Susan Oakes Peabody, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 4599: Original returned to lender, Jacqueline Wendt, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings, sketches, financial and business records, photographs and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2805: Correspondence with Frank G. Hale, Jerome Johnson, Henry P. Macomber, Humphrey J. Emery, Beatrice Fox Griffith, Ralph Adams Cram and others; writings for an unpublished text book; lecture notes; sketches; priced sales catalogs; two stock record books; financial records; printed material; and photographs of Oakes, his studio and works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4599: An album containing sketches for jewelry and other designs, some highlighted with watercolor, and some with prices, notes and customers' names. The album was compiled by Hilda Thompson, Oakes' secretary and chief salesperson from ca. 1932-1960.