Printed Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863?-1947
label: Collection Creator
content: Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1876-1932
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content: Henry Hudson and Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2, 4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1845-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kitshenr, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Printed material includes announcements and programs primarily for events such as dedications of sculpture and monuments by Henry and Theo Kitson, and scattered brochures for related sites such as Vicksburg National Military Park. Clippings document press coverage of their careers and related events and include some typed transcripts of articles. There are two pages from a catalog for an exhibition The Sublime and the Beautiful: Images of Women in American Sculpture, 1840-1930 (1979 July-September), which included Henry Kitson's marble Theo at Sixteen, executed before the Kitsons were married. Also found is a small program autographed by attendees including Henry Kitson of a Megantic Fish and Game Corporation camp fire and dinner. Published books include two inscribed to Henry Kitson and given as prizes in 1875 and 1876; volumes 1 and 2 of A History of England by F. G. Tomlins in 1845 which belonged to his father; and a copy of  Chefs D'Oeuvre D'Art of the International Exhibition, 1878.