Artist Ethel Shearer commonplace book when she was a young girl. (Addition 41) 2024-0069, 1906-1910
Scope and Contents
This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a commonplace book belonging to Ethel Shearer (1893-1952).
Shearer was a prominent artist in the mid-twentieth century San Francisco scene, being one of the featured artists at the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Art and Oakland Art Gallery. She was a member of the Society of Francisco Women Artists.
Her commonplace... book was compiled when Shearer was between thirteen and seventeen years old between 1906 and 1910. The book includes invitations and greeting cards from Ethel's friends, newspaper clippings, clippings from various other media, Ethel's own handwritten entries, and pasted photographs. Drawings from Shearer are present throughout, calling to her future career as an artist.
Dates
- Creation: 1906-1910
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States