Series 3 | A Finding Aid to the Nancy Douglas Bowditch and Brush family papers, circa 1860-1985 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Series 3: Correspondence , 1895-1979

2 Linear feet

Boxes 1-3

Found is the personal and professional correspondence of Nancy Douglas Bowditch, William Robert Pearmain, George de Forest Brush, and other members of the Brush, Bowditch and Pearmain families, including Harold Bowditch, Selma Bowditch, Mittie Taylor Whelpley Brush, Georgie Brush, Jane Brush, Mary Brush, Tribbie Brush, Mary Alice (Polly) Pearmain, and Jack Pearmain.

The series is arranged as 4 subseries:

Subseries 3.1: Nancy Douglas Bowditch Correspondence, circa 1900-1978
Subseries 3.2: William Robert Pearmain Correspondence, 1904-1912
Subseries 3.3: George de Forest Brush Correspondence, 1895-1926
Subseries 3.4: General Family Correspondence, 1903-1979

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

Description	Container
3.1: Nancy Douglas Bowditch Correspondence, circa 1900-1978 The bulk of this subseries consists of the personal correspondence of Nancy Bowditch with her parents and parents-in-law, siblings, and first husband, William Robert Pearmain. Also found are letters from Jane Clemens, Barry Faulkner, and Gerald, Gladys, Emma, and Mary Thayer.
Notes, circa 1960s	1 11	Select: Notes, circa 1960s
Alden, D. W., 1971	1 12	Select: Alden, D. W., 1971
Allison, Hildreth and Henry, 1946-1973	1 13	Select: Allison, Hildreth and Henry, 1946-1973
Barton, Bob, 1974	1 14	Select: Barton, Bob, 1974
Beloin, Mary, 1975	1 15	Select: Beloin, Mary, 1975
Biagi, Laura, 1908	1 16	Select: Biagi, Laura, 1908
Bowditch, Harold, undated, 1917-1921	1 17	Select: Bowditch, Harold, undated, 1917-1921
Bowditch, Martha, 1939-1971	1 18	Select: Bowditch, Martha, 1939-1971
Bowditch, Martha, 1971	1 19	Select: Bowditch, Martha, 1971
Brush, George de Forest, 1905-1910	1 20	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1905-1910
Brush, George de Forest, 1911-1915	1 21	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1911-1915
Brush, George de Forest, 1916-1933	1 22	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1916-1933
Brush, George de Forest, 1938-circa 1940	1 23	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1938-circa 1940
Brush, George de Forest, circa 1900-1940	1 24	Select: Brush, George de Forest, circa 1900-1940
Brush, George de Forest, 1941 condolence letters	1 25	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1941 Scope and Contents note condolence letters
Brush, Gerome, 1912-1921	1 26	Select: Brush, Gerome, 1912-1921
Brush, Gerome, 1912-1971	1 27	Select: Brush, Gerome, 1912-1971
Brush, Grandmother, 1909-1910	1 28	Select: Brush, Grandmother, 1909-1910
Brush, Jane, 1946-1952	1 29	Select: Brush, Jane, 1946-1952
Brush, Jane, 1952	1 30	Select: Brush, Jane, 1952
Brush, Mary, circa 1940-1955	1 31	Select: Brush, Mary, circa 1940-1955
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1910-1914	1 32	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1910-1914
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1918-1929	1 33	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1918-1929
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1933-1941	1 34	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1933-1941
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1942-1946	1 35	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1942-1946
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1927-1948	1 36	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1927-1948
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, circa 1910-1950	1 37	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, circa 1910-1950
Brush, Thea, circa 1900-1935	1 38	Select: Brush, Thea, circa 1900-1935
Brush, Thea, 1935	1 39	Select: Brush, Thea, 1935
Brush, Tribbie, 1910	1 40	Select: Brush, Tribbie, 1910
Brush, Tribbie, 1941	1 41	Select: Brush, Tribbie, 1941
Chantal, Bianca de, 1908	1 42	Select: Chantal, Bianca de, 1908
Chantal, Lya de, 1907	1 43	Select: Chantal, Lya de, 1907
Childers, Molly, 1961	1 44	Select: Childers, Molly, 1961
Clemens, Jane (Jean), 1906-1908	1 45	Select: Clemens, Jane (Jean), 1906-1908
Clemens, Jane (Jean), 1909	1 46	Select: Clemens, Jane (Jean), 1909
Clemens, Jane (Jean), circa 1908	1 47	Select: Clemens, Jane (Jean), circa 1908
Coates, Winslow Shelby, circa 1940-1948	1 48	Select: Coates, Winslow Shelby, circa 1940-1948
Coates, Winslow Shelby, circa 1940-1948	1 49	Select: Coates, Winslow Shelby, circa 1940-1948
Coburn, Frederick, 1947	1 50	Select: Coburn, Frederick, 1947
Cogswell, Kathleen, 1962-1977	1 51	Select: Cogswell, Kathleen, 1962-1977
Cooper, Hortense, circa 1960s	1 52	Select: Cooper, Hortense, circa 1960s
Dresser, Faith, 1917-circa 1920	1 53	Select: Dresser, Faith, 1917-circa 1920
Faulkner, Barry, 1909-1964	1 54	Select: Faulkner, Barry, 1909-1964
Faulkner, Barry, 1964	1 55	Select: Faulkner, Barry, 1964
Faulkner, Martha B., 1908	1 56	Select: Faulkner, Martha B., 1908
Forbes, Grace, 1965	1 57	Select: Forbes, Grace, 1965
Greene, Mary, 1907-1912	1 58	Select: Greene, Mary, 1907-1912
Greene, Mary, 1912	1 59	Select: Greene, Mary, 1912
Hume, Hugh, 1910-1928	1 60	Select: Hume, Hugh, 1910-1928
Hume, Lillie, circa 1910	1 61	Select: Hume, Lillie, circa 1910
Henderson, C. Hanford, 1912	1 62	Select: Henderson, C. Hanford, 1912
Henderson (?), Gerald, circa 1910	1 63	Select: Henderson (?), Gerald, circa 1910
Henderson, Hilly (probably Hildegarde), circa 1900	1 64	Select: Henderson, Hilly (probably Hildegarde), circa 1900
Kent, Kathleen, circa 1910	1 65	Select: Kent, Kathleen, circa 1910
Kidder, Homer H., 1905	1 66	Select: Kidder, Homer H., 1905
Lemmi, Charles, 1910	1 67	Select: Lemmi, Charles, 1910
McKittrick, Margaret, 1908-1909	1 68	Select: McKittrick, Margaret, 1908-1909
McVeigh, Rogers, 1912	1 69	Select: McVeigh, Rogers, 1912
Proctor, A. Phimister, 1947-1949	1 70	Select: Proctor, A. Phimister, 1947-1949
Proctor, Hester, 1974-1978	1 71	Select: Proctor, Hester, 1974-1978
Pumpelly, Eliza, 1909	1 72	Select: Pumpelly, Eliza, 1909
Osgood, Hamilton, 1907	1 73	Select: Osgood, Hamilton, 1907
Osgood, Margaret (Nonna), 1912-1915	1 74	Select: Osgood, Margaret (Nonna), 1912-1915
Osgood, Margaret (Nonna), 1915	1 75	Select: Osgood, Margaret (Nonna), 1915
Pearmain, Alice, 1907-1927	1 76	Select: Pearmain, Alice, 1907-1927
Pearmain, Alice, 1919-1927	1 77	Select: Pearmain, Alice, 1919-1927
Pearmain, John (Jack), 1907-1955	1 78	Select: Pearmain, John (Jack), 1907-1955
Pearmain, John (Jack), 1955	1 79	Select: Pearmain, John (Jack), 1955
Pearmain, Margaret, 1909-1932	1 80	Select: Pearmain, Margaret, 1909-1932
Pearmain, Margaret, 1909-1932	1 81	Select: Pearmain, Margaret, 1909-1932
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1928-1947	1 82	Select: Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1928-1947
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1928-1947	1 83	Select: Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1928-1947
Pearmain, Sumner B., 1909-1929	1 84	Select: Pearmain, Sumner B., 1909-1929
Pearmain Family, circa 1910	1 85	Select: Pearmain Family, circa 1910
Pearmain, William Robert, 1905 William to Nancy	1 86	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1905 Scope and Contents note William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert, 1907 William to Nancy	1 87	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1907 Scope and Contents note William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert, 1908 William to Nancy	2 1	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1908 Scope and Contents note William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert, 1909-1912 William to Nancy	2 2	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1909-1912 Scope and Contents note William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1907-1912 William to Nancy	2 3	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1907-1912 Scope and Contents note William to Nancy
Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1907-1912	2 4	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1907-1912
Pearmain, William Robert, 1905-1907 September Nancy to William	2 5	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1905-1907 September Scope and Contents note Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert, 1907 October-December Nancy to William	2 6	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1907 October-December Scope and Contents note Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert, 1908 Nancy to William	2 7	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1908 Scope and Contents note Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert, 1909-1910 Nancy to William	2 8	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1909-1910 Scope and Contents note Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1905-1910 Nancy to William	2 9	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1905-1910 Scope and Contents note Nancy to William
Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1910 Fragments	2 10	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, circa 1910 Scope and Contents note Fragments
Pearmain, William Robert, 1912 Condolence letters	2 11	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1912 Scope and Contents note Condolence letters
Sanger, Margaret, undated, 1912	2 12	Select: Sanger, Margaret, undated, 1912
Smith, Corina, circa 1920s	2 13	Select: Smith, Corina, circa 1920s
Storer, Grandmother, circa 1910	2 14	Select: Storer, Grandmother, circa 1910
Tharp, Louise Hall, 1954-1979	2 15	Select: Tharp, Louise Hall, 1954-1979
Thayer, Emma Beech, 1907-1910	2 16	Select: Thayer, Emma Beech, 1907-1910
Thayer, Gerald (Gra), 1903-1910	2 17	Select: Thayer, Gerald (Gra), 1903-1910
Thayer, Gladys (Galla), 1903-1908, undated	2 18	Select: Thayer, Gladys (Galla), 1903-1908, undated
Thayer, Gladys (Galla), undated	2 19	Select: Thayer, Gladys (Galla), undated
Thayer, Mary, 1904-1907	2 20	Select: Thayer, Mary, 1904-1907
Upton, Grandmother, 1907	2 21	Select: Upton, Grandmother, 1907
Volk, Marion, 1909-1911	2 22	Select: Volk, Marion, 1909-1911
Vose, Robert C., 1948-1949	2 23	Select: Vose, Robert C., 1948-1949
Whelpley, J., circa 1920	2 24	Select: Whelpley, J., circa 1920
Whelpley, Nan, 1912-1970	2 25	Select: Whelpley, Nan, 1912-1970
Whelpley, Nan, 1970	2 26	Select: Whelpley, Nan, 1970
Whelpley (?), Page, 1976	2 27	Select: Whelpley (?), Page, 1976
White, Nelson C., 1940-1978	2 28	Select: White, Nelson C., 1940-1978
White, Nelson C., 1978	2 29	Select: White, Nelson C., 1978
Whiting, Sue, 1909	2 30	Select: Whiting, Sue, 1909
Wood, Lisa, 1908	2 31	Select: Wood, Lisa, 1908
Aunt Jay and Uncle Phil, 1904-1911	2 32	Select: Aunt Jay and Uncle Phil, 1904-1911
Aunt Sue, 1919	2 33	Select: Aunt Sue, 1919
A-Z, 1911-1970s	2 34	Select: A-Z, 1911-1970s
Fragments, circa 1910-1955	2 35	Select: Fragments, circa 1910-1955
First Name Only, 1909-1972	2 36	Select: First Name Only, 1909-1972
Duplicate Typescripts, circa 1960s	2 37	Select: Duplicate Typescripts, circa 1960s
Illegible, Not Signed, circa 1910s	2 38	Select: Illegible, Not Signed, circa 1910s
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1947	2 39	Select: Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1947
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1948-1949	2 40	Select: Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1948-1949
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1950-1958	2 41	Select: Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1950-1958
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1960-1968	2 42	Select: Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1960-1968
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1969-1971	2 43	Select: Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1969-1971
Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1972-1978	2 44	Select: Concerning Biography of George de Forest Brush, 1972-1978
3.2: William Robert Pearmain, 1904-1912 Pearmain's correspondence is scattered and from family and friends.
Description	Container
Brush, George de Forest, 1907-1910	2 45	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1907-1910
Brush, George de Forest, 1907-1910	2 46	Select: Brush, George de Forest, 1907-1910
Brush, Georgie, circa 1907	2 47	Select: Brush, Georgie, circa 1907
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1909-1910	2 48	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, 1909-1910
Cable (?), J. W., 1906	2 49	Select: Cable (?), J. W., 1906
Carlomagno, 1910-1911	2 50	Select: Carlomagno, 1910-1911
Clemens, Jane (Jean), 1907	2 51	Select: Clemens, Jane (Jean), 1907
Faulkner, Barry, 1908-1910	2 52	Select: Faulkner, Barry, 1908-1910
Faulkner, Barry, 1908-1910	2 53	Select: Faulkner, Barry, 1908-1910
Gaden (?), Maddalena, 1910	2 54	Select: Gaden (?), Maddalena, 1910
Gay, Arthur, 1909	2 55	Select: Gay, Arthur, 1909
Goodnow, Ruth Lois, 1910	2 56	Select: Goodnow, Ruth Lois, 1910
Goodnow, W. L., 1911	2 57	Select: Goodnow, W. L., 1911
Henderson, C. Hanford, 1909-1910	2 58	Select: Henderson, C. Hanford, 1909-1910
Henderson, C. Hanford, 1909-1910	2 59	Select: Henderson, C. Hanford, 1909-1910
Lemmi, Charles, 1909-1910	2 60	Select: Lemmi, Charles, 1909-1910
Osgood, Hamilton, 1906-1907	2 61	Select: Osgood, Hamilton, 1906-1907
Osgood, Nonna, 1910s	2 62	Select: Osgood, Nonna, 1910s
Pearmain, Alice, 1907-1910	2 63	Select: Pearmain, Alice, 1907-1910
Pearmain, Alice, circa 1907-1910	3 1	Select: Pearmain, Alice, circa 1907-1910
Pearmain, John (Jack), 1904-1908	3 2	Select: Pearmain, John (Jack), 1904-1908
Pearmain, John (Jack), 1904-1908	3 3	Select: Pearmain, John (Jack), 1904-1908
Pearmain, Margaret, 1905-circa 1912	3 4	Select: Pearmain, Margaret, 1905-circa 1912
Pearmain, Margaret, 1905-circa 1912	3 5	Select: Pearmain, Margaret, 1905-circa 1912
Pearmain, Margaret, 1905-circa 1912	3 6	Select: Pearmain, Margaret, 1905-circa 1912
Pearmain, Sumner B., 1907-1910	3 7	Select: Pearmain, Sumner B., 1907-1910
Pearmain, Sumner B., 1907-1910	3 8	Select: Pearmain, Sumner B., 1907-1910
Proell, Albert, 1910-1911	3 9	Select: Proell, Albert, 1910-1911
Storer, Mary L., 1907	3 10	Select: Storer, Mary L., 1907
Upton, S. M., 1906	3 11	Select: Upton, S. M., 1906
Thayer, Gerald (Gra), 1910-1911	3 12	Select: Thayer, Gerald (Gra), 1910-1911
Thayer, Gladys (Galla), circa 1910	3 13	Select: Thayer, Gladys (Galla), circa 1910
Agagmat (?), 1908 letter in French	3 14	Select: Agagmat (?), 1908 Scope and Contents note letter in French
Gerry (no surname), 1910	3 15	Select: Gerry (no surname), 1910
Gretchen (no surname), 1912	3 16	Select: Gretchen (no surname), 1912
3.3: George de Forest Brush Correspondence, 1895-1926 George de Forest Brush's correspondence is primarily with Brush and Pearmain family members and the Thayer family.
Description	Container
Bowditch, Harold, circa 1920, 1916-1918	3 17	Select: Bowditch, Harold, circa 1920, 1916-1918
Brush, Georgie, 1907	3 18	Select: Brush, Georgie, 1907
Brush, Mary, 1912	3 19	Select: Brush, Mary, 1912
Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, circa 1900	3 20	Select: Brush, Mittie Taylor Whelpley, circa 1900
Brush, Tribbie, 1910	3 21	Select: Brush, Tribbie, 1910
Pearmain, Alice, 1908	3 22	Select: Pearmain, Alice, 1908
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1926	3 23	Select: Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1926
Pearmain, William Robert, 1908	3 24	Select: Pearmain, William Robert, 1908
Thayer, Gerald (Gra), 1907	3 25	Select: Thayer, Gerald (Gra), 1907
Thayer, Gladys (Galla), 1903	3 26	Select: Thayer, Gladys (Galla), 1903
A-Z, 1895-1924	3 27	Select: A-Z, 1895-1924
First Names Only, Not Signed, 1904-circa 1910	3 28	Select: First Names Only, Not Signed, 1904-circa 1910
3.4: Other Family Members Correspondence, 1903-1979 Found are pieces of correspondence from members of the Bowditch, Brush, and Pearmain families.
Description	Container
Bowditch, Harold, 1917-1944, circa 1950	3 29	Select: Bowditch, Harold, 1917-1944, circa 1950
Bowditch, Selma, circa 1910, 1914-1916	3 30	Select: Bowditch, Selma, circa 1910, 1914-1916
Brush, Georgie, 1904-1905, circa 1910	3 31	Select: Brush, Georgie, 1904-1905, circa 1910
Brush, Jane, 1926-1941	3 32	Select: Brush, Jane, 1926-1941
Brush, Mary, 1904-circa 1910	3 33	Select: Brush, Mary, 1904-circa 1910
Brush, Tribbie, 1903	3 34	Select: Brush, Tribbie, 1903
Pearmain, John (Jack), 1904-1909	3 35	Select: Pearmain, John (Jack), 1904-1909
Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1920, undated	3 36	Select: Pearmain, Mary Alice (Polly), 1920, undated
Pearmain, Sumner, circa 1910	3 37	Select: Pearmain, Sumner, circa 1910
Miscellaneous, circa 1920	3 38	Select: Miscellaneous, circa 1920

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