Miscellaneous Volume 11
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Britton, James, 1878-1936
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content: James Britton papers
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content: James Britton papers / Series 4: Diaries / 4.1: Diaries
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931 September-1932 April
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 47
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: (essay entitled "Dialog in a Portrait Painter's Studio"; contains an essay by Caroline Britton concerning Christian Science and prayer of Man and God; lists of portraits based on the age of the painting; commentary on European versus American artists; begins to discuss his health problems; a review of Jane Eyre and Shirley; a list of sales to Father Kelly; death of Maud Monnier; writes for the catalog for the Edith Stevens memorial exhibition; visit from Max and Mrs. Bengs; describes the role of Hartford's Cheney family in Prohibition; expresses frustration over having one of his woodcuts produced without permission; old friend Russel Northman commits suicide)