Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The papers of still life and portrait painter Aimée Lamb measure 1.1 linear feet and date from 1888 to 1991. Found are scattered biographial material, correspondence, price lists, photographs of Lamb and of works of art, printed material, a dismantled scrapbook, sketches and twelve sketchbooks.
Citation:
Aimée Lamb papers, 1888-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Originals:
Letters from Celia Thaxter to Horace Lamb are photocopies. The originals letters are in the Houghton Library Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Funding:
Processing of this collection received support from the Judith Godwin Arts Foundation
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Aimée Lamb (1893-1989) was a floral still-life and portrait painter in Boston, Massachusetts. Lamb studied at the School of Fine Arts in Boston under Philip Hale and William James. She exhibited her works throughout Massachusetts and the Northeast.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Edward Stone, the husband of Lamb's cousin, Cassandra and executor of the Aimée Lamb estate donated the papers to the Archives of American Art in 1993.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
