Clara Erskine Clement Waters Papers 1869-1932

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

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

Description

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Description

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

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

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Acquisition

Gift of John T. Wainwright (AM 2002-99).

Processing Information

Folder inventory created by Lisa Yankowitz in 2012.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Preferred Citation

Clara Erskine Clement Waters Papers; 1869-1932, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Art history

Subject Terms

• Art
• Art and mythology
• Christian art and symbolism
• Employment
• Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Legal status, laws, etc
• Legends in art
• Manuscripts
• Social conditions
• Women
• Women authors, American

Genre Terms

• Manuscripts, American

Contents and Arrangement

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	Title	Date	Container
	"St. Christopher"	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 1
	["Bingen"]	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 2
	["Buppard"] - "Florsheim"	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 3
	["Frankfort"] - "Strasbourg"	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 4
	["Worms"] - "Zuydersee"	1870 July 18	Box 1, Folder 5
	["Atlanta"] - "Zeus"	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 6
	"Ceramic Art"	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 7
	"The Children's Good Friday in Venice"	circa 1871	Box 1, Folder 8
	[The Cross]	undated	Box 1, Folder 9
	"A Medley of Thoughts About Women"	1869 October 20	Box 1, Folder 10
	"A Medley of Thoughts About Women"	1869 October 20	Box 1, Folder 11
	Note	1879 October 9	Box 2, Folder 1
	[The Orient]	1868 December 7-1869 February 10	Box 2, Folder 2
	"St. Michael... St. Gabriel... St. Raphael"	undated	Box 2, Folder 3
	Miscellaneous	1901	Box 2, Folder 4
	Clement, George Culburn	undated	Box 2, Folder 5
	Photograph of Clara Erskine Clement	undated	Box 2, Folder 6
	Printed Material	1874-1916	Box 2, Folder 7
	Scrapbook	1871 January 27	Box 2, Folder 8
	Correspondence	1871-1882	Box 2, Folder 9
	The Christian Science Monitor	1947 March 27	Box 3, Folder 1
	The Washington Post	1932 March 27	Box 3, Folder 2
	The Daily Evening Traveller	1880 April 13	Box 3, Folder 3
	Newburyport Daily Herald	1885 June 11	Box 3, Folder 4
	Newburyport Daily News	1888 November 13	Box 3, Folder 5
	New York Herald	1886 May 2	Box 3, Folder 6
	The Sunday Herald	1886 March 21	Box 3, Folder 7
	The Sunday Herald	1870 September 25	Box 3, Folder 8