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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Fenton, Beatrice, 1887-1983 |
| Title: | Beatrice Fenton Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1926-1965 |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, photographs of work, clippings, exhibition catalogs, and other published work. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Beatrice Fenton (1887-1983) was an American sculptor and educator, best known for her whimsical fountains.
Fenton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1887. She studied in Philadelphia at the School of Industrial Art from 1903-1904, and at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1904-1911. Some of her principal works are the Seaward Fountain in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, the Fairy Fountain in Wister Woods, and a bronze memorial tablet to Charles M. Schmitz.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Beatrice Fenton Papers consists of correspondence, photographs, and published material relating to the American artist.
Correspondence is incoming only. Photographs consist of photographs of the artist's work. Published material consists of magazine articles about Beatrice Fenton and about others, booklets, exhibitions, invitations, news clippings, and a catalog
Arrangement of the Collection
Incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author. Photographs are arranged alphabetically by title. Published material is arranged alphabetically by type.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Subject Headings
Persons
Subjects
Genres and Forms
Occupations
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Beatrice Fenton Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1965.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: -
Date: 1966
Revision history: 7 Nov 2005 - EAD file created (MRR);
28 Nov 2016 - minor expansions/corrections (MS)
Inventory
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Incoming, A-W | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ariel sundial | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Baby Joe | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Baby Neptune fountain | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bacchanale | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bald eagle | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Barkley Congressional Medal" | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bill | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Boy and starfish fountain | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bronze memorial tablet | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bust of Felix E. Schelling | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bust of Thomas H. Fenton, M.D. "My Father" | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Caryatid | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dunn, John Struthers, Jr. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dancer - statuette of Anne Criss | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fairy fountain | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fountain figure | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fountain in private garden | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Javelin throw | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Karen | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Leopard, in limestone | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Leopard, in stone | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Memorial sundial | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Madonna and child | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Nereid fountain | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | [The] One Arm Put Up | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Portrait bust of Marjorie D. Martinet | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Portrait study | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Purna | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Seaward fountain | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Statuette of dancer | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Terminal figure for garden | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Torso | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Victory | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Articles about others 1942 | ||||||||||
| Hahnemannian Monthly, v. 77 no. 3 (Mar 1942) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Booklets with pictures of works 1935-1960 | ||||||||||
| Art Jury 39th Annual Report (1949); Four Quarters, v. 9 no. 2 (Jan 1960); University of Pennsylvania Library Chronicle, v. 6 no. 3 (Oct 1938); Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856-1935: A Tribute (1944) | |||||||||||
| Reese item ransferred to Rare Books for cataloging. Please refer to the Classic Catalog to locate this item. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Catalog, Department of Fine Arts Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia 1926 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Exhibitions | ||||||||||
| Ten Philadelphia Painters, Art Club of Philadelphia (1927); Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Art Club of Philadelphia (1929); Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery (1935) | |||||||||||
| Some items ransferred to Rare Books for cataloging. Please refer to the Classic Catalog to locate these items. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Invitations 1965 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Magazine articles about Beatrice Fenton 1927, 1938, 1957 | ||||||||||
| Art Digest v. 1 no. 15 (Jun 1927); University of Pennsylvania Library Chronicle, v. 6 no. 4 (Dec 1938); Arts in Philadelphia, v. 2 no. 7 (Apr 1940); National Sculpture Review, v. 6 no. 3 (Fall 1957) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | News clippings about Beatrice Fenton | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sculpture by Beatrice Fenton | ||||||||||