Research files include correspondence and exhibition catalogs for exhibitions of Webster's work at East End Gallery, Babcock Galleries, and the Provincetown Art Association Museum. Also found are Kenneth Stubbs' correspondence with E. Ambrose Webster and his wife, and with their nephew Karl F. Rodgers. Additionally there are notes and catalogs annotated by Kenneth Stubbs and news clippings about Webster Art School. Research files compiled by Miriam Stubbs after Kenneth's death include photographs and reproductions of Webster's artwork, one sound recording of a radio interview of Miriam Stubbs and Tony Vevers discussing E. Ambrose Webster, exhibition documentation, and reminiscences from two of Webster's former students: Mariana Manning and Rosamund Vanderbeck.
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Collection Citation:
Kenneth and Miriam Stubbs papers regarding E. Ambrose Webster, 1911-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.