Jayna M. Josefson
Scope and Contents
Connecticut curator Cecile Tyl's research material on Connecticut painter Beatrice Cuming measures 0.2 linear feet and dates from 1913 to 1991. The papers were compiled and used in preparation for an exhibit at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut, co-curated by Tyl. Found are correspondence regarding the exhibition, copyprints of photographs of Cuming and her works of art, xeroxed research material on Cuming, and printed material. Also found is a dismantled scrapbook, likely made by Cuming, which concerns her childhood and professional artworks. Included is an award, a letter, newsclippings, and personal photographs.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1990-1991 by Cecile Tyl, who researched Cuming for an art appreciation course at the University of Connecticut which subsequently led her to co-curate a Cuming retrospective at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Tyl obtained the scrapbook, photographs and slides from Al Dugas, a tenant at the house in Uncasville where Cuming lived at the time of her death. Dugas informed Tyl that the bulk of Cuming's estate went to the Joslin Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts. Al Dugas kept photographs and other material they discarded.
Funding
Sponsor
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.