Hilda and Martha Wood Belcher photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Belcher, Hilda, 1881-1963
label: Creator
content: Belcher, Martha Wood, 1844-1930
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Vermont
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Vermont
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Vermont
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Owned by Jane C. and Stephen Belcher, and Barbara Belcher Mericle, Pittsford, Vermont. Lent for microfilming 1983 by the Belcher family.
creator: label: Creator
content: Belcher, Hilda, 1881-1963
label: Creator
content: Belcher, Martha Wood, 1844-1930
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hilda Belcher (1881-1963) was a painter, illustrator, and educator from Pittsford, Vermont. Belcher was a prolific portrait painter in New York, Washington and the deep South. Her mother was Martha Wood Belcher. 

Martha Wood Belcher (1844-1930) was a landscape painter and educator in Pittsford, Vermont. Born in Birmingham, England, Belcher emigrated with her family to Schenectady, New York. An admirer and patron supported her studies at Cooper Union and in Europe. She moved to Vermont to teach art at Ripley College.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (17 items)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1865-1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.belchimw
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2934 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection contains photographs of Hilda Belcher in art school and working on paintings and portraits (circa 1900-1940); and photographs of Martha Wood Belcher painting in her studio (circa 1886-1920). They are annotated by members of the Belcher family.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Hilda Belcher photocopies of photographs of paintings, 1904-circa 1947.