Archives of American Art

Dorothy Cavanagh research material on Henry Hudson Kitson

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.cavadoro
Creators:
Cavanagh, Dorothy, 1907-1986
Dates:
1883-1983
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.4 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Research material for Cavanagh's "The Bronze Parade," an unpublished biography of sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson; and art work.
Scope and Contents
Included are lists of works by Henry Hudson and Theo Allice Ruggles Kitson, family geneaologies, reminiscences, extensive quotes from the Henry Hudson Kitson diaries, and two notebooks with additional information; a few letters; early and final drafts of the ca. 300 p. manuscript "The Bronze Parade"; a photograph of a plaster bas-relief; and works of art, including a plaster head of a youth, probably by Henry Hudson Kitson for "Music of the Sea," (ca. 1883); a plaster bas-relief and marble bas-relief of "My Mother," by Kitson (1893), and a painted plaster bookend with a bust of an American Indian signed T.(heo) A.(lice) R.(uggles) Kitson.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Cavanagh: Art historian. Kitson: Sculptor; Lee, Mass.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1987 by the Dorothy Cavanagh estate, through Paul Bennett, Cavanagh's nephew and executor.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.

Keywords

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Sculpture, American Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women authors Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women art historians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863?-1947 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1876-1932 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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