Charles H. Woodbury papers
name: label: Creator
content: Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940
label: Names
content: Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney), 1861-1942
label: Names
content: Woodbury, Marcia Oakes, 1865-1914
place: label: Place
content: Ogunquit (Me.) -- Description and Travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Maine -- Ogunquit
label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- Maine -- Ogunquit
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Maine -- Ogunquit
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Maine -- Ogunquit
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1255 and 1271 was lent for microfilming by Woodbury's son David in August 1977, and was subsequently donated in 1986 by his widow, Ruth, along with unmicrofilmed material, with the exception of the drawings (frames 747-775) and the scrapbook (frames 1333-1471), which she retained. The videos were donated 1989 by Woodbury's grandson, Peter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marine painter, instructor, writer, etcher, illustrator; Ogunquit, Me. Born in Lynn, Mass. Studied engineering at MIT (1882-1886) while continuing to paint and exhibit. Upon graduation he began teaching art. Woodbury married a pupil, Marcia Oakes, in 1890 and travelled often to Europe to paint, frequently to Holland. In 1897, he built a studio in Ogunquit, Maine, and began offering summer classes in 1898.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: His successful school turned Ogunquit into a major art colony. Woodbury wrote three books on the subject of teaching art; one with his teaching collaborator, art patron Elizabeth Ward Perkins.
function: label: Function
content: Artist colonies -- Maine
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.woodchah
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Drawings (reel 1255, frames 747-775) and scrapbook (frames 1333- 1471): Originals retained by Ruth Woodbury.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Videotape scenes from Ogunquit: Original 16mm film retained by Peter Woodbury and is currently at MIT.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, writings, sketchbooks, art works, a scrapbook, printed material, photographs, negatives and videos relating to Charles Woodbury's travels, artwork and teachings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1255: Biographical material includes a brief handwritten chronology and an expanded autobiographical account; correspondence is with J. Eastman Chase, George Wharton Edwards, Benjamin Kimball, William James, Hugh H. Breckenridge, Cyrus Dallin, Charles Curran, John Taylor Arms and others; writings include six typescripts of Ogunquit School Saturday morning lectures and criticisms of students' work, and an "exhibition book," containing handwritten lists of paintings exhibited and prices; art work includes drawings, seven sketchbooks, and seven oil paintings; and a scrapbook, containing clippings, photographs, programs, catalogs, announcements and memorabilia.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1271: Fifteen photographs, ca.1866-1930s, of Woodbury, the exterior and interior of his Ogunquit home, and his studio.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence includes numerous letters from Charles and Marcia Woodbury to Woodbury's mother while the couple travelled abroad and in Canada.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Handwritten and typed drafts for the books Paintings and Personal Equations (with notes from this series of lectures) and Putting on Paint and a chapter on The Public; a sketch of an artist at work; two photographs of Woodbury's Ogunquit home; three photographic negatives of Woodbury, seven negatives his outdoor art classes at Ogunquit, and seven of a small child. Artwork includes three oil studies; a sketchbook titled Landskape, 1892. Printed material includes clippings, a photocopy of an article on Woodbury from The American Magazine of Art, and an exhibition announcement.
label: Scope and Contents
content: A VHS video of scenes from Ogunquit, 1939, transferred from 16mm motion picture, and a VHS video published by MIT using the same footage as well as footage of Woodbury's paintings, used as a video exhibit entitled Charles H. Woodbury N.A.: Artist and Teacher, 1864-1940, narrated by Noel Harrison.