Collection Number:
04584
Collection Title: Charles Edward and Isabel Patterson Eaton Art Collection Papers, 1920s-1990s
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material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
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Size |
7.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,100 items) |
Abstract |
Charles Edward Eaton, poet and
professor, was born in Winston-Salem, N.C.; received his B.A. degree from the
University of North Carolina in 1936; studied at Princeton; and received his M.A.
degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended
him to
the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Eaton served as United States Vice Consul
in Brazil, 1942-
1946, and as professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina,
1946-1952. In 1950, he married
Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh. Eaton was a widely published and highly regarded
writer, who has won numerous poetry prizes and other honors. The collection consists of letters, photographs,
catalogs, clippings, printed books, and other items relating to the work of artists
represented in the Charles Edward and Isabel Patterson Eaton Art Collection. Included
are
materials from exhibits of works from the collection and materials relating to
agents and other collectors. Some of the artists and others represented in the
papers are listed below as subject headings.
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Creator |
Eaton, Charles Edward, 1916-2006.
Eaton, Isabel Patterson, 1921-2007.
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Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
Southern Historical Collection.
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Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- Restrictions to Use
- No usage restrictions.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Charles Edward and Isabel Patterson Eaton Art Collection
Papers
#4584, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University
of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from Charles Edward and Isabel Patterson Eaton of Chapel Hill, N.C., in May
1991
(Acc. 91062), January 1992 (Acc. 92015), March 1995 (Acc. 95038), August 1996
(Acc. 96120), March 1998 (Acc. 98040 and 98041).
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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Note that the binders described in this finding aid were assembled and named by Isabel
Patterson
Eaton.
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, 1991
Encoded by: Kathryn Michaelis, June 2010
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Art--Collectors and
collecting--United States.
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Artists.
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Ault, George,
1891-1948.
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Avery, Milton,
1885-1965.
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Beauchamp, Robert,
1923-
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Bellows, George,
1882-1925.
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Broderson, Robert.
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Burchfield, Charles Ephraim,
1893-1967.
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Calisek, Robert.
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Camins, Jacques Joseph.
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Constant, George.
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Daubigny, Charles Francois,
1817-1878.
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Del Deo, Josephine
Couch.
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Dielmann, Frederick.
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Eaton, Charles Edward,
1916-2006.
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Eaton, Isabel
Patterson, 1921-2007.
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Evergood, Philip,
1901-1973.
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Expressionism (Art)
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Fisher, Mark,
1841-1923.
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Florsheim, Richard A.,
1916-1979.
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Gonzalez, Xavier.
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Grosz, George,
1893-1959.
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Holleman, David.
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Howell, Raymond.
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Karlis, Tirca.
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Knaths, Karl,
1891-1971.
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Laurencin, Marie,
1883-1956.
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Leighton, Clare,
1898-1989.
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Malicoat, Philip.
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Marini, Marino,
1901-1980.
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Marsh, Reginald,
1898-1954.
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Painters--United States.
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Painting, Modern.
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Pascin, Jules,
1885-1930.
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Phillips, Matt.
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Shinn, Everett,
1876-1953.
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Smith, Vernon.
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Soyer, Raphael,
1899-1987.
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Sperakis, Nicholas,
1943-
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Sterne, Maurice,
1878-1957.
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Storm, George W.
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Thon, William,
1906-2000.
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Weinrich, Agnes,
1873-1946.
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Women artists.
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Yeats, Jack Butler,
1871-1957.
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Charles Edward Eaton, poet and
professor, was born in Winston-Salem, N.C.; received his B.A. degree from the
University of North Carolina in 1936; studied at Princeton; and received his M.A.
degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended
him to
the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Eaton served as United States Vice Consul
in Brazil, 1942-
1946, and as professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina,
1946-1952. In 1950, he married
Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh. Eaton was a widely published and highly regarded
writer, who has won numerous poetry prizes and other honors.
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The collection consists of letters, photographs,
catalogs, clippings, printed books, and other items relating to the work of artists
represented in the Charles Edward and Isabel Patterson Eaton Art Collection Papers.
Included are
materials from exhibits of works from the collection and materials relating to
agents and other collectors.
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Charles Edward and Isabel Patterson Eaton Art Collection Papers: Original Deposit,
1920s-1990s.
Box 1
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Accompanied by two published books:
Milton
Avery: Paintings, 1930-1960
and
Long Island Landscape Painting, Volume II: The Twentieth
Century
by Ronald G. Pisano.
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Accompanied by published book:
George W.
Bellows: His Lithographs.
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Accompanied by published book:
Robert Broderson:
32 Drawings.
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Accompanied by published book:
George
Constant,
autographed by the artist.
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Accompanied by published book:
Philip
Evergood
by John I. H. Baur. Autographed by the artist.
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Accompanied by June 1967 issue of
Antiques
Magazine
that contains the article "Mark Fisher: An American
Impressionist" by Ian M. G. Quimby.
Accompanied by published book:
Richard
Florsheim: The Artist and His Work
by August
Freudlich.
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Box 2
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Accompanied by published book:
Diary of an
Artist
by Raphael Soyer. Autographed by the artist.
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Relating to the film
Karl Knaths' Cape
Cod,
which was shown at the Carolina Theater, February 1970,
in connection with the exhibition at the Ackland Art Center of the
Charles and Isabel Eaton Collection of American Paintings.
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Box 3-4
Box 3
Box 4
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Includes correspondence (family and professional), photographs of Knaths
and of his paintings, news clippings, biographical materials, comments
from Knaths on his life and work, tape recordings, and miscellaneous
other materials.
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