Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Pearmain, William Robert, 1888-1912
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content: William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1; 5 folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1888-circa 1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pearwill, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Scattered biographical materials relate to William Robert Pearmain, his wife Nancy, their daughter Polly, and the Pearmain family. Also found are documents concerning the Upton family, from which Robert descended through his mother, Alice. Mostly ephemera, there is a doctor's bill from William Robert Pearmain's birth, transcripts from Milton Academy, a bursar bill from Harvard University, Nancy and Robert's wedding invitation, a program from Polly's debutante ball, a funeral announcement for a Sarah M. Upton, and transcripts of notes found in the Pearmain family bible. Some materials have been annotated by Jack Pearmain, Robert's brother.