| Title | MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) records, 1869-1970 |
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| Span Dates | 1869-1970 |
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| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1945-1968) |
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| ID No. | MSS55012 |
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| Creator | MacDowell
Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) |
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| Extent | 35,000
items ; 81 containers plus 3 oversize ; 33 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel |
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| Language | Collection material in
English |
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| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
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| Summary | The MacDowell Colony
was founded as an artist colony in 1907 by Marian MacDowell who dedicated it as
a memorial to her husband, American composer Edward MacDowell. The bulk of the
records reflects the operational and administrative functions of the colony and
its parent organization, the Edward MacDowell Association, and consists of
correspondence, applications for admission, minutes of meetings, reports, legal
and financial papers, and miscellany. |
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| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms996002 |
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| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection:
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm80055012 |
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