C. Arnold Slade papers
name: label: Creator
content: Slade, C. Arnold (Caleb Arnold), 1882-1961
label: Names
content: Slade, Irene
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2003 by Carlton Wells. Mr. Wells was a nephew of Caleb Arnold Slade's wife, Irene Wells Slade. Ruth Hogan, who organized the exhibiton "True Visions: The Paintings of C. Arnold Slade (1882-1961)", sent these papers to the Archives on behalf of the donor. Additional slides donated in 2020 by Kathy Swan, a relative of W. Gordon Swan, who photographed Slade, possibly for WBZ radio, Boston.
creator: label: Creator
content: Slade, C. Arnold (Caleb Arnold), 1882-1961
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Caleb Arnold Slade (1882-1961) was a painter in Truro, Massachsetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sladcale
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Caleb Arnold Slade papers measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1909-2002. Included is professional and personal correspondence, writings, printed material, and photographs. Correspondence includes letters to Slade, ca. 1916-1926, mostly from magazine editors and publishers requesting images for reproduction, between Slade and his wife, Irene, ca. 1952-1964, and letter about Slade's paintings. Writings and notes regard Slade's work as a camouflage artist in 1917, and his studio. Additional writings are by Irene include "Care free Days in Tunis" and "Pulling the Shades" (about Hammamet in Tunisia), "One Way West," and poems. Printed material consists of exhibition catalogs, newspaper and magazine clippings about Slade. Photographs and slides are of Slade's works of art, his studio in Truro, Massacusetts, Irene and family, and portrait sitters. Also included is a portable paint box and two palettes.