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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Isabel Lopez De Fages Manuscript Collection
Creator:
Lopez de Fages, Isobel
Identifier/Call Number: MS.646
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1949
Abstract: Isable Lopez de Fages wrote the introduction and descriptions in the book of Eva Scott Fenyes paintings
Thirty-two Adobe Houses of Old California published in 1950. This manuscript collection contains information on almost all of the Fenyes paintings, as well as all
of Lopez de Fages' drafts, correspondence, and notes. Materials in this collection are dated from 1935-1949.
Language of Material:
English
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Isabel Lopez de Fages (1902 July 24 - 1985 July 10) wrote the introduction and descriptions in the book of Eva Scott Fenyes
paintings
Thirty-two Adobe Houses of Old California. Lopez de Fages also contributed historical articles to the
Los Angeles Times and other publications. She was one of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and served as Chairman of Hostesses at the
Casa de Adobe of the Southwest Museum. In 1925, she married Aphonse B. de Fages (1905 March 23 - 1989 August 23), who was
born in California and of Spanish and French descent.
This manuscript collection contains descriptions written by Isabel Lopez de Fages for the paintings made by Eva Scott Fenyes
for the 1950 publication of the book
Thirty-two Adobe Houses of Old California. This collection of papers includes the manuscript Isabel Lopez de Fages presented to the Southwest Museum for almost all
300 paintings by Fenyes, as well as all of Lopez de Fages' drafts, correspondence, and notes. Other materials include two
photographs, a newspaper clipping, and notes. Materials in this collection are dated from 1935-1949.
Isabel Lopez De Fages Manuscript Collection, 1935-1949, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.646; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 25, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Clippings
Thirty-two Adobe Houses of Old California
Watercolors
Adobe houses -- California
Artists -- United States
Manuscripts
Art, American
Women artists
Photographs
Fenyes, Eva Scott