Grace Albee papers
name: label: Creator
content: Albee, Grace
label: Names
content: Albee, Percy, 1883-1959
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Fabri, Ralph, 1894-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Wood-engravers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Grace Albee donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1971.
creator: label: Creator
content: Albee, Grace
setName: label: See more items in
content: Grace Albee papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of printmaker Grace Albee measure 4.5 linear feet and date from 1890 to 1971. Found are biographical material, correspondence, twenty diaries, printed material, photographs, and artwork, including one sketchbook.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Grace Albee (1890-1985) was a printmaker and wood engraver active in Rhode Island and New York City, New York. Albee's prints were largely inspired by her surroundings while living in New York City, Paris, and rural Rhode Island.

Grace Thurston Arnold was born in 1890 in North Scituate, Rhode Island. During high school, she began weekend classes at the Rhode Island School of Design and enrolled as a student in 1910 where she studied painting, drawing, and printmaking. During her career, Grace concentrated on printmaking with woodcuts and lithographs.

In 1913, Grace married muralist Percy Albee and they raised five sons. The Albees moved to Paris, France in the 1930s where she held her first one-woman show. Later, they lived in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, locations which would inspire her throughout her artistic career. She produced prints into her nineties and died in 1985 in Rhode Island.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.albegrac
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1910s-1970 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1, OV6)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1890-1971 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Diaries, 1927-1970 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 2-3

Series 4: Printed Material, 1909-1917 (1.6 linear feet; Boxes 3-4)

Series 5: Photographic Material, 1910-1971 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 4-5, OV6)

Series 6: Artwork and Artifacts, circa 1910-1960s (0.2 linear feet; Box 5)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection received a preliminary level of arrangement after donation and was microfilmed onto reels 2845-2847 and 2977-2978. In 2020, the collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson with funding provided by the Collections Care Initiative Fund, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and the National Collections Program.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 2845-2847, 2977-2978 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reels 2845-2847: Inventory of correspondence available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of printmaker Grace Albee measure 4.5 linear feet and date from 1890 to 1971. Found are biographical material, correspondence, twenty diaries, printed material, photographs, and artwork, including one sketchbook.

Biographical materials include biographical sketches and family history records. Correspondence is with family, friends and institutions and includes letters from Percy Albee, John Taylor Arms, Ralph Fabri, and A. Hyatt Mayor. Twenty diaries and a fragment date from 1927-1970 and may include information on specific prints and daily activities. Artwork consists of prints by Albee, pencil sketches, and unsigned works.