Clare Leighton papers
name: label: Creator
content: Leighton, Clare, 1899-
label: Names
content: Macmillan & Co.
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- England -- London
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- England
label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Maine
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Engraving
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1969 by Clare Leighton.
creator: label: Creator
content: Leighton, Clare, 1899-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Engraver and writer; born in London, England. Came to the United States in 1939 and became an American citizen in 1945. In addition to membership in the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by Colby College, Maine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 400 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leigclar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N69-70-N69-71 & N69-91 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Clare Leighton after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; biographical data; exhibition materials; photographs; scrapbooks; sketchbooks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N69-70: Biographical information; "The windows of St. Paul, Worchester, Mass.," an article by Leighton; notes and jottings for her writings, 1939-1967; correpondence with galleries, museums, art organizations, artists, writers, businesses, colleges and universities, and personal friends; photographs; and scrapbooks, 1939-1948.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N69-71: Scrapbooks, 1939-1948, and sketchbooks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N69-91: An alphabetical listing of correspondence including John Taylor Arms, Macmillam and Co. Publishers, and Leon Kroll; a chronological list of wood engravings; a 2 page essay entitled "Wood Engraving," 1936; and sketches.