Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Carpenter, Betty
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content: Betty Carpenter papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1868-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carpbett, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings primarily consist of manscripts and notes related to catalogs and an unpublished biography on Frost that Carpenter was working on. Included are edited drafts of book chapters and accompanying notes, as well as research notes on Frost's life, book planning notes, detailed captions for artwork that were to be included, and an outline of a catalog of his work. Also found is a notebook from Frost, along with diary enteries, essays by Frost on Marblehead, Massachusetts and life as a fisherman, and in memoriam writings by his son Frank and granddaughter Evelyn. Additional writings include biographical notes on George Lothrop and notes on American folk art.