Dorothy Bushnell Cole papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cole, Dorothy Bushnell
label: Names
content: Markham, Kyra, 1891-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collagists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Collagists -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1977 by Dorothy Bushnell Cole.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cole, Dorothy Bushnell
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dorothy Bushnell Cole papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of collagist and teacher Dorothy Bushnell Cole measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1895 to 1977. Found are appointment books, correspondence, a recording  of a lecture, personal business records, photographs and slides, printed material and scattered writings and notes. The papers focus on Cole's career giving lectures around New York and New England on how to create collage and her works. Also found are letters between Cole's parents, Harry and Belle Hyman, to American-born Swedish suffrage activist Ruth Randall Edström and her husband industrialist Johannes Sigfrid Edström.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collagist and teacher Dorothy Bushnell Cole (1893-1990) was active in Chicago, Illinois and New York City, New York. She gave lectures and talks around New York and New England on creating collage. 

Dorothy Bushnell grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Her sister, Elaine Hyman was also an accomplished artist who took the name Kyra Markham. Cole attended Vassar College and returned to Chicago where she married Laurence Cole, a Chicago lawyer, and together they had four children. Upon the death of Cole, she married Nathan Blumberg in the late 1930s. 

In 1951, Cole traveled to Mexico on a convalescence trip where she learned to free-hand cut paper and photographs to create collage. Recognizing how it helped her own mental health, she taught a workshop at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago to help others. She moved to New York City and continued her workshops for women's groups, museums, and schools. 

Cole died in New York City in 1990.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coledoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of collagist and teacher Dorothy Bushnell Cole measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1895 to 1977. Found are appointment books, correspondence, a recording  of a lecture, personal business records, photographs and slides, printed material and scattered writings and notes. The papers focus on Cole's career giving lectures around New York and New England on how to create collage and her works. Also found are letters between Cole's parents, Harry and Belle Hyman, to American-born Swedish suffrage activist Ruth Randall Edström and her husband industrialist Johannes Sigfrid Edström.