Louisa Robins Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Robins, Louisa Winslow, 1898-1962
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content: Louisa Robins papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2, OV 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.robiloui, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials include awards, a guest book for an exhibition, personal business records, and resumes. Also found are Robins's original designs and artwork for Christmas and holiday greeting cards. Robins's professional correspondence is with Stephan Bourgeois, the Carnegie Institute, Golden Gate International, Frances Miller, Marie Sterner Galleries, Pepsi-Cola Annual Art Competition, George Plimpton, and Ruth Washburn. Personal letters are from Robins to her husband, Thomas Robins Jr., which she wrote from Gutzon Borglum's studio in Connecticut. In these letters, Robins describes the progress of her pregnancy and current events such as World War I and the Spanish Flu epidemic. Also, she describes her study with George Luks, Luks's relationship with his wife, and Luks's artwork and process. Also found is one letter to Thomas Robins Jr. from his mother. 

Photographs are of portraits of Louisa Winslow Robins, her artwork, and exhibitions. Printed materials consist of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and reproductions of works of art. A mixed-media scrapbook consists of material focusing on Robins's exhibition career and includes correspondence, clippings, photographs of Robins, and writings on Robins. Also found are a diary, notes, and typescripts of articles written for travel publications on Mexico, Portugal, and Spain. Other material concerning travel includes sketches and final printed copies of travel guides written and illustrated by Robins.