Bertha Fanning Taylor papers
name: label: Creator
content: Taylor, Bertha Fanning, 1883 or 8-1980
label: Names
content: Norfolk College of William and Mary
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Virginia -- Norfolk
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Virginia -- Norfolk
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1971 by Fanning and in 1992 by her granddaughter, Claire M. Taylor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Taylor, Bertha Fanning, 1883 or 8-1980
setName: label: See more items in
content: Bertha Fanning Taylor papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, art critic, and educator Bertha Fanning Taylor measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1926 to 1971. The papers document the period of time between the two World Wars when Taylor worked in France and her later activities as a teacher at the Norfolk Division of William and Mary College. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, printed material, and typescripts of two autobiographies. Two scrapbooks contain articles Taylor wrote as assistant art critic for the Paris edition of the New York Herald and scattered additional printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bertha Fanning Taylor (1883-1980) was a painter, educator, and art critic active in Paris, France, and Norfolk, Virginia. She competed for the United States of America in the painting event for the 1936 Summer Olympics.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.taylbert
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: A portion of the collection was microfilmed after receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of the collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 286 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter, art critic, and educator Bertha Fanning Taylor measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1926 to 1971. The papers document the period of time between the two World Wars when Taylor worked in France and her later activities as a teacher at the Norfolk Division of William and Mary College. Found are biographical materials, correspondence , printed material, and typescripts of two autobiographies. Two scrapbooks contain articles Taylor wrote as assistant art critic for the Paris edition of the New York Herald and scattered additional printed material.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Papers of Bertha Fanning Taylor, 1915-1979, are also located at Old Dominion University's Special Collections and University Archives.