Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Moffett, Ross
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content: Ross and Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 9-11; 0.7 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870-1975, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moffross, Series 13
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett papers are on reel 5044.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains family letters and Dorothy Moffett's correspondence including letters written by her grandfather, John Milton Gregory (first president of the University of Illinois) to her father, Grant Gregory. There is correspondence with her father which was written from Woodstock, New York (where Dorothy was studying art), New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Provincetown, Massachusetts. The letters discuss her finances, classes, instructors, fellow students, materials, and critiques. Also found are miscellaneous letters from fellow students, letters relating to business affairs, and letters of condolence prior to and upon the death of Ross Moffett.

Also found is original artwork including pencil drawings, lithographs, and etchings, as well as photographs of Dorothy and her family and friends, including one of Robert Henri's Art Students League Class for 1914-1915.

The series contains a file on Moffett's aunt, Julia Gregory, containing correspondence and a will; an illustrated journal on a European trip; material relating to Moffett family history, and information regarding sales and other financial records from 1945-1954.