Nelson, Carl Gustaf, 1898-1988
Art teacher, Painter, Printmaker
Size: 1.7 linear feet
Summary: Letters received, 1928-1984; visitors' registers, 1975, 1982; price list for 1975 retrospective; 27 pages of pen and ink sketches and 8 loose sketches; 3 sketchbooks; Christmas cards by Nelson; photographs of Nelson, his home, his studio and his work; 2 scrapbooks of exhibition notices; notes and writings; miscellaneous certificates; exhibition catalogs; announcements; and clippings.
Painter, printmaker, instructor; Boston, Mass., Cranberry Isles, Me. Born in Horby, Skane, Sweden, Jan. 5, 1898; he died Aug. 6, 1988 in Elmhurst, Ill.
Donated 1989 and 1993 by Elaine Madsen, niece of Carl Nelson. Additional papers are expected.
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Carl Nelson papers, 1923-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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