Gladys Emerson Cook papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cook, Gladys Emerson, 1899-
label: Names
content: Robert M. McBride & Company
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Cats
label: Topic
content: Dogs
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2016 by art historian Christine I. Oaklander who purchased the papers at auction.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cook, Gladys Emerson, 1899-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gladys Emerson Cook (1899-1976) was an artist active in Massachusetts and New York best known for her sketches of dogs and cats used in book illustrations and advertisements.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1941-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cookgla
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed material including holiday cards designed by Gladys Cook, "A Portfolio of Purebred Dogs," and "Cats and Kittens" designed by Cook; artwork including pencil sketches of cats and a mock-up of Cook's business card; business records including an author's agreement between Cook and Robert M. McBride & Company for a literary work tentatively titled "Portfolio of Thoroughbred Dogs," 1946.