Mary Bradish Call papers
name: label: Creator
content: Call, Mary Bradish, 1877-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine -- Ogunquit
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1977 by Mary-Leigh Smart, daughter of Mary Bradish Call.
creator: label: Creator
content: Call, Mary Bradish, 1877-1966
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content: Mary Bradish Call papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of Mary Bradish Call measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1947 to 1975. The bulk of the material concerns exhibitions of Call's work held later in her life and posthumously. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, a mailing list, photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Bradish Call (1877-1966) was a painter in Chicago, Illinois and Ogunquit, Maine. She was married to S. Leigh Call, the editor of the Illinois State Journal. She studied at the Springfield Art Association in Illinois and moved to Maine to be with her daughter where she was an active member of the Ogunquit Art Association. Call was a working artist for over seventy years and exhibited her works into her mid-80s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.callmary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of Mary Bradish Call measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1947 to 1975. The bulk of the material concerns exhibitions of Call's work held later in her life and posthumously. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, a mailing list, photographs, and printed material.