Glenna Latimer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Latimer, Glenna M. (Glenna Montague), 1898-1980
label: Creator
content: American Artists Professional League
label: Names
content: Norfolk Art Corner (Norfolk, Va.)
label: Names
content: Tidewater Artists (Norfolk, Va.)
label: Names
content: Davis, Varina, 1826-1906
label: Names
content: Garber, Daniel, 1880-
label: Names
content: Taylor, Bertha Fanning, 1883 or 8-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Virginia -- Norfolk
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Women muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The lender, Davies, is Latimer's husband.
creator: label: Creator
content: Latimer, Glenna M. (Glenna Montague), 1898-1980
label: Creator
content: American Artists Professional League
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Glenna Latimer (1898-1980) was a painter in Norfolk, Va. Latimer was best known for her definitive portraits, but worked in landscapes and mural painting as well. A scholarship for her work enabled her to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia for four years. She was the first president of the Norfolk Art Corner.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1887-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.latiglen
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 2435 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals located at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbook containing: clippings, letters from Varina Jefferson Davis, Daniel Garber, and others; photographs of Latimer, her family, and her works; and source material for her paintings. Also, included are records of the Norfolk Art Corner and Tidewater Artists, with letters to Tidewater Artists president, Bertha Fanning Taylor, and a scrapbook kept by Taylor on "Art Week."