Creator:

Coale, Griffith Baily, 1890-  Search this

Extent:

6,000 Items ((on 6 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1897-1945

Scope and Contents:

Biographical and genealogical material; family correspondence; files kept while a Navy artist during World War II; writings; sketchbooks; calendars and record books, 1926-1945; correspondence, printed material, and photographs regarding mural commissions; correspondence and printed material regarding exhibitions, lectures, publications and organizations; and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Mural, marine painter; New York, N.Y. Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Naval artist during World War II, director of the Marine Historical Association, Mystic, Connecticut, and trustee of Marine Museum, New York City. d. 1950.

Provenance:

Donated 1961 by Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale, widow of Griffith Coale.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.

Occupation:

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Marine painters  Search this

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Naval battles in art  Search this

Naval history -- Pictorial works  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.coalgrif

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98e199120-d591-4fd8-95ab-1cbaaa9b5db6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-coalgrif