Charles Avery Aiken papers, 1872-1965

Aiken, Charles Avery, b. 1872 d. 1965
Painter

Collection size: 2.4 linear ft. (480 items)

Collection Summary: Correspondence; a financial record book; bank statements, bills and receipts; writings and notes, including notes on artists; a pencil drawing on vellum of a woman playing a cello; exhibition catalogs and announcements; 3 guestbooks, two of them from the Fifteen Gallery, New York City; transcripts of 3 radio interviews; and printed materials, 1940-1943 and undated, relating to the American Water Color Society, periodicals, and clippings.

Biographical/Historical Note: Painter; Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Donated 1965 by Charles Avery Aitken.

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