Ruth Cobb papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cobb, Ruth, 1914-2008
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Newton Centre
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- Massachusetts -- Newton Centre
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming 1971 by Mrs. Ruth Cobb Kupferman and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cobb, Ruth, 1914-2008
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Cobb papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and watercolorist Ruth Cobb date from 1952 to 1971. Found are business correspondence, awards and membership records, photographs of Cobb and works of art, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Cobb (1914-2008) was a painter and watercolorist in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Cobb was known for still life and interior painting and was married to fellow artist Lawrence Kupferman.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cobbruth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 141 and was returned to Ruth Cobb Kupferman after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 141. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: The papers were returned to Ruth Cobb Kupferman after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and watercolorist Ruth Cobb date from 1952 to 1971. Found are business correspondence, awards and membership records, photographs of Cobb and works of art, and printed material.