Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Eben Farrington Comins Collection
- Dates:
- 1937-1939
- Creators:
- Pinkham, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
- Abstract:
- This is a collection of ephemera found in a book donated to the Library. Papers include correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinkham from 1937, exhibition announcements for works by Eben Farrington Comins from 1938, and an article by Comins titled "Indians That I Have Drawn," from the Bulletin of the Pan American Union July 1939 issue.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Eben Farrington Comins Collection, 1937-1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.692.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is a collection of ephemera found in a book donated to the Library. Papers include correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinkham from 1937, exhibition announcements for works by Eben Farrington Comins from 1938, and an article by Comins titled "Indians That I Have Drawn," from the Bulletin of the Pan American Union July 1939 issue. The book in which these papers were found is 970.1 I57f, 1941 c. 1, Final act of the First Inter-American Conference on Indian Life, held at Patzcuaro, State of Michoacan, Mexico, April 14-24, 1940, which is illustrated by Comins.
- Biographical / historical:
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Eben Farrington Comins (1875, May 19 - 1949, April 13) was born in Boston, MA on May 19, 1875. Comins studied in Boston with Tarbell and continued in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts. He was active in Los Angeles from 1917-19 during which time he exhibited locally and taught at the state normal school. He exibited at the Friday Morning Club (LA), 1917; Kanst Gallery (LA), 1917; Calif. Art Club, 1918; and LACMA, 1919.
Comins later taught for thirty years or more at the St. Paul School of Fine Arts, Wellesley College, the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, and for ten years in his own former studio in Boston. He received a gold medal at the Panama Exposition in 1915, for his contribution to the teaching of art. He died in Falls Church, VA, in 1949.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired in a donation from Mrs. A. P. Drasdo, 1985 August 14.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November 8, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-11-17 04:51:13 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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Eben Farrington Comins Collection, 1937-1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.692.
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448