Containers:

Box 36, Folder 4

Identifier:

Archival Resource Key

Creators:

Tolk-Watkins, Peggy

Scope and content:

Peggy was an artist and poet who had attended Black Mountain College, where she met and later married Albert Lanier's friend from Georgia, Ragland "Rags" Watkins. The couple moved to San Francisco (although they soon separated) and were instrumental in convincing Albert and Ruth to move there. Peggy operated the Tin Angel, a jazz club owned by Sally Stanford which was located first in Sausalito and later on the Embarcadero. One of Ruth's first exhibitions was at the Tin Angel with Jean Varda. Fantasy Records, whose Max and Sol Weiss temporarily owned the club, recorded some live albums there, and Peggy's paintings were used on some LP covers (she also modeled for the cover of a comedy album). Later she ran Stanford's Fallen Angel club, but eventually left the entertainment world to teach in Richmond and pursue art more vigorously. Unfortunately, as with so many creative people, her health and personal affairs were victims of her zest for life, and and she passed away in 1973 at the age of 51. Contains correspondence with family and friends, as well as a few of her letters.

Language:

English .

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