Tina Prentiss papers
name: label: Creator
content: Prentiss, Tina, 1905-
label: Names
content: Boston Public Schools. Art Dept
label: Names
content: Boston Visual Artists Union
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 876 was loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming 1974 by Tina Prentiss and returned after filming. The bulk of the collection was donated in 1974-1976 by Tina Prentiss. Additional material was donated by Earle Lawrence Prentiss, son of Tina Prentiss, in 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Prentiss, Tina, 1905-
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content: Tina Prentiss papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and educator Tina Prentiss measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1942 to circa 1980. Found are biographical materials, scattered correspondence, photographs, printed material, project files, exhibition files and scrapbooks, an additional mixed-media scrapbook, two videocasette recordings and one sound reel.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tina Prentiss (1911-2000) was a painter, sculptor and educator in Boston, Massachusetts. Born Ernestine Louise McClean, she studied at the Massachusetts College of Art. Prentiss taught art for the Boston School District and exhibited her works from the  1950s to 1970s. She married Goodwin Ryder Prentiss and had two children, Paul and Earle and was a long-time resident of Somerset, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-circa 1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.prentina
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1942-circa 1980  (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1966-1975 (1 folder; Box 1)

Series 3: Boston Visual Artist Union Records, 1974-1976 (2 folders; Box 1)

Series 4: Exhibition and Project Files, 1954-1976 (1.8 linear feet; Box 1-2, OV4-5)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1954-1976 (2 folders; Box 1)

Series 6: Photographic Material, 1947-1975 (0.1 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1944-1975 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2-3)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1954-circa 1960 (0.5 linear feet; OV6-10)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2025 with received support from the Judith Godwin Arts Foundation. Portions of the collection were microfilmed on Reel 876 and was returned to Tina Prentiss after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection have been microfilmed on reels 876. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Biographical material and scrapbook microfilmed onto reel 876 were returned to Tina Prentiss after filming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and educator Tina Prentiss measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1942 to circa 1980. Found are biographical materials, scattered correspondence, photographs, printed material, project files, exhibition files and scrapbooks, an additional mixed-media scrapbook, two videocasette recordings and one sound reel.

Some exhibition files consist of ten scrapbooks compiled by Prentiss which contain correspondence, artist statements, photographs, preliminary sketches of works of art, and printed material. Two videocasettes and one sound reel concern exhibitions at Tufts University. Also found are records relating to Prentiss's role as publicity chair for the Boston Visual Artists Union.