Jessie Willcox Smith papers
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women illustrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The provenance is unknown. Microfilmed with other artists papers in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as part of the Archives of American Art Philadelphia project. Portions of Smith's papers were not selected for microfilming, including scrapbooks of clipped illustrations (not Smith's work), and unidentified photographs of children.
creator: label: Creator
content: Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa. Was famous for her "Good Housekeeping" covers and book illustrations and a native Philadelphian. Attended the Moore College of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy and studied under Howard Pyle at Drexel. It was in Pyle's class that Smith met Violet Oakley and Elizabeth Shippen Green who became life long friends and with whom she shared a home and studios. Exhibited at the Academy's Annuals and was awarded several prizes.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear feet ((on two microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1901-1931
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitjess
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3657-3658 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, and at the Free Library of Philadelphia and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available on microfilm reel 3657.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, both personal and professional; clipppings, postcards, invitations, invoices, notes, and photographs.