Clara Erskine Clement Waters Papers, 1869-1932

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Waters, Clara Erskine Clement (1834-1916)

Title:

Clara Erskine Clement Waters Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5h73pw10v

Dates:

1869-1932

Size:

3 boxes and 2.25 linear feet

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-3

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists primarily of manuscripts of Clara Erskine Clement Waters, an American art historian and world traveler.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of manuscripts of Waters but also includes a scrapbook of clippings about her literary publications, related correspondence, a 10"x12" photograph of the author, and selections of newspapers (1870-1932). Manuscripts include substantial sections of entries for her A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art (New York, 1871) and "A Medley of Thoughts about Women" (AMsS, 154 pp., dated 1869).

Collection Creator Biography:

Waters

Clara Waters was an art historian and world traveler. Among her numerous publications are Artists of the Nineteenth Century and their Works: A Handbook Containing Two Thousand and Fifty Biographical Sketches (co-authored with Laurence Hutton, 1879), Rome, the Eternal City: Its Religions, Monuments, Literature, and Art (1896), and Women in the Fine Arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century (1904).

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of John T. Wainwright (AM 2002-99).
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory created by Lisa Yankowitz in 2012.

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