Olive Thompson Cowell papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cowell, Olive Thompson, 1887-1984
label: Names
content: Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
label: Names
content: Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997
label: Names
content: Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980
label: Names
content: Wildenhain, Marguerite
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1994 and 1998 by Alan W. Ford, who inherited and resided in Cowell's home and received the papers from Cowell. He destroyed all other Cowell papers at her request. Ford subsequently resided in a house designed by architect Lilian Bridgman, and donated a group of Bridgman's papers as well; these are cataloged separately.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cowell, Olive Thompson, 1887-1984
setName: label: See more items in
content: Olive Thompson Cowell papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of art and music patron and educator Olive Thompson Cowell measure 0.5 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 1982. Found are biographical materials including sound recordings, a photo album and snapshots, and files on artists including Claire Falkenstein, Trude Guermonprez, and Frans and Marguerite Wildenhain.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Olive Thompson Cowell (1887-1984) was an arts and music patron and educator in San Francisco, California. Cowell attended Barnard College and worked as an educator in California. Later she received an MA from the University of California, Berkeley. She founded the international relations department at San Francisco State University, where she taught until 1956. Married to Henry Clayton Blackwood Cowell, she was the stepmother to pianist Henry Cowell.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coweoliv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022.
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.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of art and music patron and academic Olive Thompson Cowell measure 0.5 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 1982. Found are biographical materials including sound recordings, a photo album and snapshots, and files on artists including Claire Falkenstein, Trude Guermonprez, and Frans and Marguerite Wildenhain.