An Inventory of the Eleanore Price Mather Hicks Research Papers, 1969-1984
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Hicks Research Papers, 1969-1984
Eleanore Price Mather (1910-1985)
Biographical History for: Hicks Research Papers, 1969-1984
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL Eleanore Price Mather (1910-1985) was a Quaker writer and editor from Rose Valley, PA. She was the daughter of Walter Ferris and Felicia Thomas Price and attended Westtown School, Mt. Holyoke College, and the University of Delaware. She married Robert Worrell Mather, was a long-time editor of the Pendle Hill pamphlets, and a member of Providence Monthly Meeting.
SCOPE AND CONTENT This collection contains chiefly papers concerning Eleanore Price Mather's book, lectures, and articles on the Quaker painter, Edward Hicks.
Quakers - Pennsylvania
Arts, Quaker - Pennsylvania
Quaker artists - Pennsylvania
Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
Mather, Eleanore Price (1910-1985)
Hicks, Edward (1780-1849)
series
Ser. 1. Biographical and Genealogical
Ser. 2. Edward Hicks, His Peaceable Kingsdoms and Other Paintings, 1969-1984, n.d.
full information: Edward Hicks, His Peaceable Kingdoms and Other Paintings (with Dorothy Miller). Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983 (BX7796+.H62M273).
Correspondence, 1969-1984
General 1969-84
Arranged alphabetically by institutional correspondent or, if applicable, by individual. Includes information about the provenance of Hicks' works, including continuing correspondence from earlier publications and other letters concerning information on Hicks.
Publishers and Co-Author 1973-84
Concerns content and production of book.
Photographic Permissions 1976-83
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Private Collectors 1980-84
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes general correspondence and photographic permissions of owners of works used in the book who wished to remain anonymous. RESTRICTED.
Drafts and Notes, 1976-1979, n.d.
First Drafts n.d.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of chapters in the book, arranged according to section.
Draft1976.
First complete draft of book. According to note of Eleanore Mather (hereafter EPM), “As sent to DM 9/23/76 but exchanged unread for revised version.”
Draft 1979
As noted by EPM, “latest revised ed. Spring 1979.”
Preliminary Notes, n.d. Primarily manuscript notes of EPM, arranged in file folders according to her labels.
Photographs
B&W Used in Book
Color Proofs and Color Transparencies
Other B&W prints of Hicks' Works, not used in book
Arranged in two file folders, “Peaceable Kingdoms” and “Other Works by Hicks.” Includes alternate views, originals of photographs sent with correspondence, and study photographs.
Miscellaneous
Photographic Captions
Arranged by number in two files, “Peaceable Kingdoms” and “Other.” Includes list of where each work has been reproduced and Frick Ref. Library numbers.
Book Reviews
Newspaper Clippings Concerning Hicks' Works, including auction and exhibit reviews
AARFAC Descriptions of Hicks Works
Ser. 3. Other Publications, 1970-80
Files include notes, correspondence and drafts. Call numbers indicate location of publication in FHL.
Edward Hicks, Primitive Quaker. Pendle Hill Pamphlet, 1970 (BX7732.P4V170).
“The Inward Kingdom of Edward Hicks” Quaker History, Vol. 62, No. 1 1973 (Periodical).
“A Quaker Icon” The Art Quarterly, Vol. XXXVI, Nos. 1 & 2 1973 (BX7796.H62M27)
Edward Hicks: A Peaceable Season. Princeton: Pyne Press 1973 (BX7796.H62E3)
“Jonathan Fisher” Animals. Boston: MSPCA 1974
“Edward Hicks, A Gentle Spirit.” N.Y.: Crispo Gallery 1975 (BX7796.H62A6).
“The Peaceable Kingdom” Early American Life, Vol. 7, No. 6 1976 (BX7796.H62M271)
“Edward Hicks, 1780-1849” American Folk Painters of Three Centuries. N.Y.: Whitney Museum, 1980 (ND 205.5.P74A43)
“In Detail” Portfolio, Vol. 2, No. 2 1980 (BX7796.H62M272)
“American Quakers in Profile"[1987]
Unpublished manuscript to be used as introduction to Laughons' book on silhouettes.
Ser. 4. Lectures and Seminars, 1976-84 and n.d.
Files include transcripts of talks given by EPM.
“Edward Hicks and His Fellow Quakers”
1st & 2nd Versions. “Basis for Quaker Culture Seminar and later talk at Burlington College.”
“Edward Hicks and His Fellow Quakers” [1976]
At Quaker Culture Seminar et. al.
“Winterthur Winter Institute” 1/13/84
Includes slides and a tape.
“Edward Hicks and His Peaceable Kingdoms” n.d.
At "Everson Museum, Delaware County Historical Society.”
Other Lecture Announcements