Otis Philbrick papers
name: label: Creator
content: Philbrick, Otis, 1888-1973
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Otis Philbrick lent his papers for microfilming onto reel 104 in 1971 and the material was returned after filming. Additional material was donated by Philbrick in 1971 and 1972.
creator: label: Creator
content: Philbrick, Otis, 1888-1973
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content: Otis Philbrick papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of portrait painter Otis Philbrick date from 1916 to 1970 and measure one folder. Found are typescripts of lectures, scattered correspondence, printed material, photographs and slides of works of art and of the Philbrick family, and examples of Philbrick's etchings and lithographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Otis Philbrick (1888-1973) was a portrait painter in Boston and Westwood, Massachusetts. He was married to painter Margaret Elder Philbrick and together they founded The Westwood Gallery, a cooperative art gallery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Folder
label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.philotis
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 and small size, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Some material was microfilmed on Reel 104 and was returned to Otis Philbrick after filming. The microfilm and donated material was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of the collection has been microfilmed on reels 104. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Material on Reel 104 were returned to Otis Philbrick after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of portrait painter Otis Philbrick date from 1916 to 1970. Found are typescripts of lectures, scattered correspondence, printed material, photographs and slides of works of art and of the Philbrick family, and examples of Philbrick's etchings and lithographs.