Ridgway Hall research material on Josephine Miles Lewis
name: label: Creator
content: Hall, Ridgway M., 1914-1982
label: Names
content: Lewis, Josephine Miles, 1865-1959
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1980 and 1984 by Ridgway and Lucy W. Hall.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hall, Ridgway M., 1914-1982
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ridgway Hall research material on Josephine Miles Lewis
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Ridgway Hall research material on Josephine Miles Lewis measures 0.5 linear feet and dates from circa 1880 to 1981. Found are artworks, biographical material, correspondence, photographs of Lewis and her artwork, printed material, and a survey of Lewis's works. Josephine Miles Lewis letters are photocopies.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ridgway M. Hall (1914-1982) was an author and distant relative of Josephine Miles Lewis.

Josephine Miles Lewis (1865-1959) was an impressionist painter from New Haven, Connecticut. She was the first graduate to receive a degree in fine arts from Yale University.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hallridg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: The location of the original Josephine Miles Lewis letters is unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Ridgway Hall research material on Josephine Miles Lewis measures 0.5 linear feet and dates from circa 1880 to 1981. Found are artworks, biographical material, correspondence, photographs of Lewis and her artwork, printed material, and a survey of Lewis's works. Josephine Miles Lewis letters are photocopies.