Thayer, Polly Ethel, b. 1904 d. 2006
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Polly Thayer papers, 1922-2008
19.7 linear ft.
Biographical material, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, writings, artwork, audio visual material, and printed material relating to the career of Polly Thayer (Starr).
Biographical material includes Thayer's resumes, club affiliations, passports, and marriage license as well as those compiled by Starr of her family members and friends. Professional correspondence concerns Thayer's exhibitions, art, and methodologies. Photographs are of Thayer, her friends, family, studio, and her works of art (also found on DVD and CD). Writings by Thayer concern her art, travel and inspirational events as well as a published manuscripts and personal verses. Two scrapbooks, complied by Starr's mother, Ethel Randoph Starr, include printed material and photographs.
Artwork includes sketches, sketchbooks, lithographs, and charcoals. Also included is an inventory of Thayer's work compiled by Wendy L. Swanton, log books, accounts, calendars, and various organizational material. Audio visual material includes interviews of Starr on audio cassette, a VHS video documentary featuring Thayer. Printed material includes newspaper articles, exhibition catalogs, and booklets. Also included is a small amount of material relating to Donald C. Starr, Thayer's husband.
Donated in 1998 by Thayer and again in 2008 by Thayer via Stephanie S. Wright, executor.
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