Summary Information

Title: Charlotte Russell Partridge and Miriam Frink Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1862-1980

Creator: Partridge, Charlotte Russell, 1882-1975; Frink, Miriam, 1892-1978
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 167; PH Milwaukee Mss 167; Tape 1330A

Quantity: 31.5 c.f. (69 archives boxes and 6 flat boxes), 8 tape recordings, 6.3 c.f. of photographs (15 archives boxes and 1 lantern slide box), and 1 film reel (16mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Center
Contact Information

Physical Location:

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Papers of Partridge and Frink, who in 1920 co-founded the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wis., and shared their personal and professional lives for fifty-five years. The collection contains the personal, professional, and civic papers of the two women with a focus on Wisconsin art, artists, and art education. Included are institutional records, photographs, slides, lantern slides, and 16mm film footage of the Layton School of Art and Layton Art Gallery; administrative records and photographs of Wisconsin Depression-era federal art projects which Partridge directed; reference files of Wisconsin art exhibits and artists; and records of Wisconsin art organizations. There are materials pertaining to Frank Lloyd Wright and his 1930 architectural exhibit at the Layton Art Gallery.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00167

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