Lucy M. Stanton papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Lucy M. Stanton papers
Creator: Stanton, Lucy M., 1875-1931
Inclusive Dates: 1889-1931
Bulk Dates: 1902-1931
Language(s): English
Extent: 6.4 Linear Feet (16 document boxes)
Collection Number: ms392
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Lucy May Stanton (1875-1931) was an art teacher and miniature portrait painter, born in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information, see the article Lucy May Stanton in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of Lucy May Stanton from 1889-1931. Includes correspondence, notebooks, account books, journals, sketchbooks, printed materials, photographs, clippings, and research materials. The journals, notebooks, and sketchbooks describe Stanton's methods and processes followed in her painting. The photographs consist of pictures of Stanton, family photographs and black and white reproductions of Stanton's works. The correspondence pertains to commissions for Stanton's work as well as personal correspondence from John Burroughs, Laura Coombes Hills, George and Mabel Sarton, May Sarton, and Stanton's sister, Willie Marion Forbes.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type into 7 series:

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Lucy M. Stanton papers, ms392, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 June 29.

General Notes

Lucy M. Stanton, artist / by W. Stanton Forbes. Atlanta : Special Collections Department, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, 1975.

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

For related collection held by the Hargrett Library see also: Lucy M. Stanton collection, ms3486; Lucy M. Stanton collection, ms846; W. Stanton Forbes collection, ms2081; and W. Stanton Forbes papers, ms940.

Related Collections in Other Repositories

See also photographic materials from this collection that were removed to the Cased Image Collection, ms3529.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Genealogical and biographical material
box	folder
Request box
1	1	Biography and Genealogy
1	2	Biography and Genealogy
1	3	Biography and Genealogy
1	4	Chronology: Life and works

 

Correspondence
box	folder
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1	5	John Burroughs
1	6	Laura Coombes Hills
1	7	George Sarton, Mabel Sarton
1	8	May Sarton
1	9	1889
1	10	1902-1908
1	11	1909
1	12	1910
1	13	1911
1	14	1912
			re Milam Miniature
1	15	1914, January-May
1	16	1914 June-July
box	folder
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2	1	1914 August-November
2	2	1914 December
2	3	1915 January
2	4	1915 February-March
2	5	1915 April-June
2	6	1915 September-October
2	7	1915 November-December
2	8	1916 January-March
2	9	1916 May-July
2	10	1916, August-December
			Letter from American Society Miniature Painters November 3, 23, 1916. re: Exhibit; December, 1916 letter from Julia Collier Harris re miniature of Joel Chandler Harris
box	folder
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3	1	1917 January-February
3	2	1917 March-April
3	3	1917 May-August
3	4	1917 September-November
3	5	1918 January-October
3	6	1918 November-December
3	7	1919
3	8	1920
3	9	1921
3	10	1922
3	11	1923
3	12	1924
3	13	1925
			Letter: "Aunt Liza's Pedigree", November 23, 1925.
3	14	1926
3	15	1927
3	16	1928
			Letter: Archambault, A. M., Pa. Soc. M.P. December 4, 1928 re:"Self Portrait" and Miss Stanton's method.
3	17	1929
			Letter: Archambault, P.S.M.P. January 3, 1929 re: Method
3	18	1930
box	folder
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4	1	1931 January-February
4	2	1931 March 1-20
4	3	1931 March 21-23
4	4	1931 March 24-31
4	5	1931 March, no day
4	6	1931 April
4	7	1931 May
4	8	Letters and cards, 1931 no month
4	9	1932
4	9a	1960-1970
			re Lucy Stanton.
4	10	no date
4	11	no date
4	12	no date
4	13	no date
4	14	Typescripts
4	15	Envelopes

 

Catalogs of exhibitions
box	folder
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5	4	Catalogs (2) of Lucy Stanton's Paintings
5	5	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: American Society of Miniature Painters, 1910, 1920, 1926
5	6	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Art Institute of Chicago, 1913-1915, 1922
5	7	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Concord (Massachusetts) Art Association, 1922-1923
5	8	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1904-1915
5	9	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1917-1922
5	10	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1923-1928
box	folder
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6	1	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: United States Capitol Building, 1913
6	2	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Societé des Artistes Français, 1906, 1912
6	3	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions: Washington Water Color Club, 1919, 1921
6	4	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions- American Watercolor Society 1915; Art Appreciation of Newport 1917; Arts Club of Chicago undated; Baltimore Watercolor Club 1920; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis 1922
6	5	Catalogs of Stanton Exhibitions- Ft. Worth Museum of Art 1915; The Lodge Art League 1906; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1923; Toledo Museum of Art 1914; exhibition and sale notice for Newbury Street, Boston, MA; New York Watercolor Club 1914; Art Association Nineteenth Century Club [1898]; Village Studio Guild of Ogunquit, undated; Peabody Institute Galleries, 1920
6	6	Catalogs of Exhibitions by other artists, 1923, 1928, undated
6	7	Catalogs of Exhibitions by other artists, 1906, 1920, 1926-1928
6	8	Catalogs of Exhibitions by other artists, 1909, 1915, 1919, 1925

 

Clippings
box	folder
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7	1	Re Lucy Stanton
7	2	Re Lucy Stanton
7	3	Re Lucy Stanton
7	4	Re Lucy Stanton
7	5	Re Lucy Stanton
7	6	Miscellaneous

 

Miscellaneous financial and professional work
box	folder
Request box
7	7	Criticism (clippings)
7	8	Journals containing notes on artists and talk notes on American art, 1910-1911
7	9	Exhibitions, notes, labels, 1910
7	10-11	W. Stanton Forbes Manuscript (partial) of book on Lucy M. Stanton, Eye of the South
7	12	W. Stanton Forbes Manuscript (partial) of book on Lucy M. Stanton, Eye of the South (binder)
7	13	Geometric Exercise: "Dynamic Symmetry"
box	folder
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8	1	Guest Book, 1930s-1950s
8	2	Sketch Books , 1912, 1927, undated
8	3	Miscellany
8	4	Printed Material: "Contemporary Verse,", March 1919
8	5	Joel Chandler Harris Collection- clippings and Emory magazine regarding
8	6	Southern Female College Catalogues 1871,1889, 1890, 1895, 1896; Cox College promotional booklet undated
8	7	Stanton Family Scrap Book
box	folder
Request box
5	1	Account Books (3), 1926, 1927, 1931
5	2	"Art Museum for Athens" (clippings file)
5	3	Botany Notebook (class notes), 1911

 

Family photographs
box	folder
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9	1	Lucy Stanton
9	2	Lucy Stanton, Framed Pictures & Newspaper Cut
9	3	Family groups
9	4	Frances Forbes
9	5-6	Lynn Forbes
9	7	Walter Forbes III
9	8	Willie Marion Stanton
9	9	Various family members both Forbes and Stanton
box	folder
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10	1	Stanton Relatives
10	2	Miscellaneous scenes and buildings
10	3	Unidentified
10	4	Negatives
10	5	Photograph Album containing various travel pictures (cyanotypes and black and white) from 1891-1905; loose photographs, 1890s

 

Research materials- handwritten notes with images
	History of Architecture
box	folder
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11	1		Greek-Aegean, Minoan, Mycenean
11	2		Greek - Mainly V Century
11	3		Roman
11	4		French - Gothic
11	5		Mid-Year Review
11	6		Modern
11	7		German - Gothic
11	8		Italian - Romanesque
11	9		Italian - Renaissance
11	10		Christian and Byzantine - Early
11	11		English - Gothic
11	12		Italian - Gothic
11	13		English - Romanesque and Norman
11	14		French - Renaissance
11	15		French - Romanesque and Norman
11	16		English - Gothic
	History of Painting
box	folder
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11	17		Pre-Historic, Egyptian, Greek, Greco-Roman
11	18		Mosaics, Early Christian, Byzantine
11	19		Italian - Late Gothic, 13th Century
11	20		Florentine - Late Gothic, 14th Century
box	folder
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12	1		Florentine - Early Renaissance, 15th Century
12	2		Netherlands - Late Gothic
12	3		Florentine - Early Renaissance, Late 15th Century
12	4		Paduan - Early Renaissance
12	5		Umbrian - Early Renaissance
12	6		Venetian - Early Renaissance
12	7		German - 16th Century
12	8		Venetian - Early & Middle Renaissance Late 15th & Early 16th Centuries
12	9		Florentine - Middle Renaissance
12	10		Florentine - Middle Renaissance (Michael Angelo)
12	11		Umbrian - Middle Renaissance (Raphael)
12	12		Venetian - Middle Renaissance (Titian)
12	13		Ferrara, Florentine, Venetian - Late Renaissance
12	14		Dutch - 17th Century
12	15		Flemish - 17th Century
12	16		Spanish - 16th, 17th, 18th Centuries
12	17		French
12	18		English
12	19		French - Modern
12	20		Miscellaneous Notes
box	folder
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13	1		Pictures - Catalog for Following Series
13	2		Pictures - Series B
13	3		Pictures - Series C
13	4		Pictures - Series D
13	5		Pictures - Series E
13	6		Pictures - Series F
13	7		Pictures - Series G
13	8		Pictures, Miscellaneous
	History of Sculpture
box	folder
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13	9		Greek - Early VI Century
13	10		Greek - Early V Century
13	11		Greek - V Century
13	12		Greek - IV Century
13	13		Greek - Hellenistic
13	14		Italian - Renaissance
13	15		Modern
13	16		Italian - Gothic

 

Pictures: Reproductions of Lucy M. Stanton's work
	Walter T. Forbes Collection
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14			Evan P. Howell, Esq.
14			Captain C. O. Heidler
14			The Victorian Chair
14			The White Hat
14			The White Blouse
14			Miss Nanna Sweet
14			Miss Katherine O'Rorcke
14			The Grey Hat
14			Mother and Child, #2
14			Mrs. Robert Foreman
14			Dutch Woman Shelling Peas
14			Mrs. Walker, N.C. Mountain Woman
14			Mrs. Hunnicutt
14			Maine Guide
14			Miss Robbins
14			Little Girl
14			The Spinner
14			Self Portrait
14			Straw Flowers
14			Crown of Thorns Flowers
14			Paris Model
14			Lady
14			Red Hunting Blazer
14			Lady With Plume
14			Boy Out of Doors
14			Aunt Lou
14			Mrs. John Ennikin
14			Silver Goblet
14			Self Portraits
14			Self Portrait
14			Working on the Street
14			Afternoon on Cobb St.
14			Mother and Child, #1
14			Willie Marion Stanton
14			Walter Tillou Forbes, II
14			Walter Tillou Forbes, III
	W. Stanton Forbes Collection
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15			W. Stanton Forbes
15			Uncle Peter
15			Aunt Liza
15			Bob Wingfield
15			Geometric Design: Dynamic Symmetry
15			House on Easy Street
15			California Mission, 1924
15			Ogunquit Beach
15			Beach at Ogunquit, Maine
15			Bradshaw-White (President's) House
15			Dr. Charles Watson
15			Tulips
15			Sunset
15			Sand Road & Moors (Nantucket)
15			Docks
15			Nantucket Island Harbor
15			Ogunquit, Maine. Beach
15			Nantucket Island
15			Red Clay and Pines
15			California Mission, 1904 1920?
15			Athens, Georgia
15			Charles St. Church & Rooftops
15			Cotton Field Ploughed
15			Beach at Ogunquit, Maine
15			Negroes on Street Corner
15			Beach Umbrella
15			John Burroughs?
	Museums, Art Galleries, Private Owners
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16			John Moore Reade, III
16			Duncan Burnet, Jr.
16			John L. Green
16			Mrs. Mary Lewis Deupree Hunnicutt
16			Charles A. Talmadge
16			Loula Bryan Newton
16			Mary McCullough
16			Alice Stanton
16			William Woodthrope Reade
16			Robin Grier Burnet
16			Duncan Burnet, Jr.
16			Belmont, Virginia
16			C. Quillian Stanton
16			Ida Stanton
16			Old House, Leesburg, Va.
16			Mrs. Paris, a N.C. Woman
16			Dr. L. L. Hendren
16			Peyton Dobson Stanton
16			Albert Sams
16			Self Portrait
16			Corinne Stanton
16			William T. Bryan, Jr.
16			Mrs. Hunnicutt
16			The Pillsbury Children (2)
16			Sketch of a Study of Fragonard
16			Parthenia Hale Stanton
16			Moselle Lyndon Burke
16			Edward S. Lyndon
16			Chancellor Charles M. Snelling
16			J. W. Stanton
16			Mrs. Herbert Stanton
16			Santa Barbara Mission
16			Summer Flowers
16			Miss Roberts
16			Lt. William L. Stanton
16			Mrs. Jenkins, a N.C. Mountain Woman
16			Carey Stanton
16			Neily Cleveland
16			Winter View --- N.C.
16			Frank Dudley
16			Mary McCullough Hodgson
16			Tanglewood View, N.C.
16			Maine Coast
16			Ida D. Stanton
16			Lady
16			Ida D. Stanton
16			Edwin Stanton, Jr.
16			Julia Collier Harris
16			Joel Chandler Harris
			Also 4 photographs of Harris, not, of course, by Miss Stanton
16			Flowers
16			Pierre LaRose Harris
16			Charles C. Harris
16			Howell Cobb
16			Memorial Exhibit, 1931
16			Aunt Liza
16			Linton Ingraham
16			Miscellaneous items
			Includes duplicates, empty film envelopes, etc.