Edwin Earle papers
name: label: Creator
content: Earle, Edwin, 1904-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Vermont
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Vermont
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Vermont
label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming 1972 by Edwin Earle and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Earle, Edwin, 1904-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Edwin Earle papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Edwin Earle date from 1935 to 1936. Found are pencil sketches and watercolors of the Hopi people, their villages and countryside, and of masked Hopi Kachinas by Earle. Also found are watercolor sketches of masked Hopi Kachinas by Hopi children.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edwin Earle (1904-1989) was an educator, engraver, and painter in Massachusetts and Vermont. He illustrated a book, Hopi Kachinas with Edward Kennard.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.earledwi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 447 and was returned to Edwin Earle after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 447. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender, Edwin Earle, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Edwin Earle date from 1935 to 1936. Found are pencil sketches and watercolors of the Hopi people, their villages and countryside, and of masked Hopi Kachinas by Earle. Also found are watercolor sketches of masked Hopi Kachinas by Hopi children.