Helen Sawyer and Jerry Farnsworth papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sawyer, Helen
label: Creator
content: Farnsworth, Jerry, 1895-1982
label: Names
content: Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-
label: Names
content: Nathan, Robert, 1894-
label: Names
content: Sawyer, Kathleen
label: Names
content: Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972-1993 by Jerry and Helen Sawyer Farnsworth. Wells Sawyer papers received with the collection have been removed and described separately. An additional 4 ft. of papers, including ca. 2.5 ft. of Wells Sawyer papers were donated in 1996 by Helen; the Wells Sawyer related material in this donation has yet to be separated.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sawyer, Helen
label: Creator
content: Farnsworth, Jerry, 1895-1982
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content: Helen Sawyer and Jerry Farnsworth papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Artists and writers; North Truro, Mass. and Sarasota, Fla. Helen, born 1898 in Washington, D.C., was the daughter of painter Wells Sawyer, and used the name Helen Sawyer as her professional name. [She died Dec. 10, 1999 at the age of 102 in Sarasota, Fla.]
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.6 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 4.5 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sawyhele
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings, photographs, art works, exhibition catalogs and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence includes letters from Mr. and Mrs. E.B. White and John Dos Passos. Material on Helen includes photographs of installations of her work and of her, reproductions of her work, clippings, exhibition material, part of a journal kept in France (published by Scribner's) and a handwritten copy of part of the same journal. Material on Jerry includes photographs of his work and of him, clippings, a scrapbook of letters and clippings, exhibition material, and proofs and original drawings by him for a book.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Biographical and genealogical information; correspondence between Helen and Jerry; numerous letters from Wells Sawyer and some from Helen's mother, Kathleen; letters from colleagues and friends, including MacKinlay Kantor, 1960; exhibition announcements and catalogs; price lists for Helen's work and bills for her supplies; notes and a poem from Jerry to Helen; draft of a speech by Helen; impressions of her by a graphologist; booklet of poems by Robert Nathan inscribed to the Farnsworths; photographs of Helen and Jerry and of the Farnsworth Art School in Florida; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION II: Helen's journals and copies of those at George Arents Library, Syracuse University, and other mss. and publications by Helen; letters to Helen from her brother, Bailey Middlebrooks Sawyer; childhood journals; juvenilia; early work; sketches and drawings; exhibition material; greeting cards; clippings; photographs of work; joint exhibition material and Farnsworth School of Art material for Jerry and Helen; and a batik cloth.