Ladies' Art Association records
name: label: Creator
content: Ladies Art Association (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1985 by the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore., Pa.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ladies Art Association (New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Organized 1867 and incorporated in 1877 to promote interests of women artists. Many of its members and officers were Quakers.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1867-1914
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ladiart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3592 (frames 75-123) available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, and at the Free Library of Philadelphia and Swarthmore College.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The 1871 Constitution, publicity materials (1876-1888), published lists of members, a petition to the State of New York for financial aid, and correspondence (1887-1914). A 1914 letter from a member outlines the history of the Association.