Griffith Baily Coale papers
name: label: Creator
content: Coale, Griffith Baily, 1890-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Marine painters
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
label: Topic
content: Naval battles in art
label: Topic
content: Naval history -- Pictorial works
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1961 by Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale, widow of Griffith Coale.
creator: label: Creator
content: Coale, Griffith Baily, 1890-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mural, marine painter; New York, N.Y. Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Naval artist during World War II, director of the Marine Historical Association, Mystic, Connecticut, and trustee of Marine Museum, New York City. d. 1950.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6,000 Items ((on 6 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897-1945
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coalgrif
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D65-D70 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm inventory available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical and genealogical material; family correspondence; files kept while a Navy artist during World War II; writings; sketchbooks; calendars and record books, 1926-1945; correspondence, printed material, and photographs regarding mural commissions; correspondence and printed material regarding exhibitions, lectures, publications and organizations; and miscellany.