Elisabeth Telling Papers, 1902-1965
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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collection
Elisabeth Telling Papers
Creation of Elisabeth Telling Papers
Time of Creation of Elisabeth Telling Papers
Telling, Elisabeth, 1882-1979
Biographical History for: Elisabeth Telling Papers
Biographical Note Drawing of "Balinese little boy" from travel sketchbook, undated Elisabeth Telling was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1892. She graduated from Smith College in 1904 and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1904 to 1905. Telling was a member of the Society of Women Geographers and traveled extensively in Europe, Central America, the Far East, Southeast Asia, Peru, and Haiti. She specialized in portraits of children and people in their native costume. Her artwork has been exhibited across the country and she published several articles about her travels.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Elisabeth Telling Papers include extensive correspondence (1902-36) with her family describing her travels; diaries (1902-65); photographs and slides; writings; and her artwork. Her writings include published articles and her unpublished manuscript, "An Artist In Guatemala." Notable correspondents include playwright Stuart Walker, Sophia Smith Collection Director Margaret Storrs Grierson, sculptor Alice Morgan Wright, and artist Robert Eskridge.
Voyages and travels--1900-1950--Sources
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Ethnology--History--Sources
Women painters--United States--20th century--Sources
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Eskridge, Robert Lee, b. 1891--Correspondence
Grierson, Margaret Storrs--Correspondence
Walker, Stuart, d. 1941--Correspondence
Wright, Alice Morgan--Correspondence
Central America--Description and travel--Sources
East Asia--Description and travel--Sources
Indonesia--Description and travel--Sources
series
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Contents
Biographical material
Photographs
General
Travel
Diaries, 1902-53
Diaries, 1954-65
SERIES II. WRITINGS AND ARTWORK
Writings
"An Artist in Guatemala": manuscript, n.d. (1934?)
"Book on Guatemala": manuscript, early 1930s
Untitled manuscript and notes, 1939, n.d.
Correspondence, 1936-38
Artwork
Portraits: exhibitions and miscellaneous
Illustrations
Correspondence
A-Z
Print Makers Society of California, 1921-27
Pine Mt. Settlement School, 1920-21
Portraits
A-F
G-L
M-P
R-Z
Unidentified
Women
Men
Children
Travel portraits
Bali, China, Ecuador
Guatemala
Japan, Java
Peru, Siam
Yucatan
Miscellaneous works
Sketches, pencil
Sketchbooks (8)
SERIES III. CORRESPONDENCE
To family
France and Germany, 1902-14
Germany, 1914-20
China, Java, 1930-31
Bali, 1931
Singapore, Bangkok, Bali, 1932
Mexico, Guatemala, 1933-34
Guatemala, 1935-36
To friends and associates, 1933-34, 1937
From family, 1914-20
From friends and associates
Robert Eskridge, 1923-24
Margaret Grierson, 1963-65
Else Hall, from Germany, 1914-16
Stuart A. Walker, 1917
Louise H. Wood (AFSC), 1946
Alice Morgan Wright, 1913-14
SERIES IV. SLIDES
Peru, Haiti and Ecuador
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Color portraits
Color landscapes, flowers
Pencil sketches