Jay H. Connaway papers
name: label: Creator
content: Connaway, Jay Hall, 1893-1970
label: Creator
content: Macbeth Gallery
label: Names
content: Jay Connaway Art School
label: Names
content: Southern Vermont Art Center (Manchester, Vt.)
label: Names
content: Connaway, Louise B., ca. 1903-
label: Names
content: Spencer, Edna Isbester, b. 1883
label: Names
content: Spencer, Frank W.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Biographers -- Vermont
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1978-1992 by Louise B. Connaway, widow of Jay Connaway, and Connaways' daughter, Leonebel M. Connaway.
creator: label: Creator
content: Connaway, Jay Hall, 1893-1970
label: Creator
content: Macbeth Gallery
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, instructor; Monhegen Island, Maine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.connjay
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material; correspondence of Jay H. and Louise B. Connaway, 1922-1979, with the Macbeth Gallery, Edna and Frank Spencer, friends, students of Jay Connaway Art School, and others; notes; sketches, sketchbooks, and oil paintings; financial material; files of the Southern Vermont Art Center; scrapbooks containing printed material; letters and photographs; correspondence from the Veteran's Administration regarding Connaway's students studying under the G.I. Bill; photographs and photograph albums of Connaway, his family, and works of art; printed material; 12 tapes (5") of Jay and Louise Connaway and others discussing their careers, and a partially transcribed interview (19 p.) of Jay Connaway conducted by his wife, Louise Connaway, October 1969; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: 50 oil paintings and sketches by Connaway; 1 oil sketch by Fritz Talbot; letters, including condolence letters; income tax returns; lists of expenses; minutes of trustees' meetings of Southern Vermont Art Center (1960-1967): and printed material.