Henry Edwards Scott, Jr. papers
name: label: Creator
content: Scott, Henry Edwards
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Seven photographs of Scott and one of Scott with Thomas Hart Benton and a ballet program for the Ballet Russes, Paris, 1923, donated 1981 by Henry Edwards Scott, Jr. The bulk of the collection (15.3 linear feet) donated 2002 by Sarah S. Cook and Jonathon F. Scott, Scott's children, and in 2014-2015 by Sarah S. Cook.
creator: label: Creator
content: Scott, Henry Edwards
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Edwards Scott Jr.(1900-1990) was a painter and educator in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scott served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.scothenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Open reel
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, writings, teaching files, personal business records, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, printed material and sound recordings documenting the career of painter and educator Henry Edwards Scott, Jr.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes appointment books, Navy documentation, and certificates of appointment. Correspondence is both personal and professional. Writings consist of travel diaries, journals, published and unpublished manuscripts, and notes from classes in the Navy. Teaching files include notes and proposals for students' trips and teaching appointments. Personal business records consist of tax documents, deeds, sales receipts and invoices, and cancelled checks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Four scrapbooks contain correspondence, clippings, programs, photographs, exhibition materials, and notes. Photographs and slides are of Scott and others and works of art. Artwork includes sketches. Printed material consists of newspaper clippings, programs, maps, exhibition publicity material, and published books by Scott. Also included are unidentified sound recordings which appear to be recorded lectures.