Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
William Hurd Lawrence Family Papers |
Collection Name |
William Hurd Lawrence Family Papers |
Date |
ca. 1920s-1950s |
Description |
Small collection of items relating to the artist William Hurd Lawrence and his family, notably his daughter Dorothy and her husband George Anderson. Includes 10 small drawings and/or prints; 7 individual photographs; 11 postcards, several with views of buildings at Historic Richmond Town; a certificate of William Hurd Lawrence's membership in the American Artists Professional League; a few items of correspondence; a group of blueprints, plans, and correspondence relating to the Anderson family home on Edinboro Road at Warwick Avenue (now Rigby Avenue), and its acquisition by New York City for a Fresh Kills improvement project; a newspaper clipping of William Hurd Lawrence's obituary; and a scrapbook in the form of a three-ring photograph album with green covers. The scrapbook contains news clippings dated 1922-1941 concerning exhibitions of William Hurd Lawrence's work in Vermont, New York, St. Andrew's Church, and the Staten Island Museum; his work and fame after his right hand was paralyzed by sunstroke; his students, including Miss Ruth Tysen and Eleanor Pettersen (seen in newspaper photographs), and exhibitions of their work; and obituaries of the artist from several newspapers. It also contains drawings and illustrations clipped from newspapers and magazines, some with printed dates in 1899; a 1929 article published in Psychology Magazine by William Hurd Lawrence concerning his stroke and work after the stroke; a brief handwritten biography of the artist; and a letter to Dorothy (Anderson) Lawrence concerning her father's work. (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) (This is a collection-level overview description of an archival collection. See item records of the same collection for additional information.) |
Biography and History |
William Hurd Lawrence (1886-1938) was a noted American painter and illustrator. In the 1930s he lived in the Lighthouse Hill neighborhood of Staten Island. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
1 flat box |
Acquisition |
Gift of David W. Anderson |
Catalog Number |
MS256.000 |
Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Archival Description Level |
Fonds |
Subjects |
Artists |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1960 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Anderson, Dorothy (Lawrence) Anderson, George C. 2nd Lawrence, William Hurd Tysen, Ruth Gifford |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, May 2018. |
Child Records |
[Photograph of William Hurd Lawrence at Prospect Park] [Tintype portrait of a young man, possibly William Hurd Lawrence] [Susan Lawrence and Dorothy (Lawrence) Anderson] [House at 482 Edinboro Road] [Photograph of William Hurd Lawrence and Eleanor Pettersen] |