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Guide to the Britta C. Dwyer Papers 1985-1985
Metadata Details
- Title
- Dr. Britta C. Dwyer papers 1985-1989
- Subject
- Dwyer, Britta C, 1935-, Pittsburgh School of Design for Women (Pa.), University of Pittsburgh., Klumpke, Anna, 1856-1942
- Description
- The Dr. Britta C. Dwyer papers contain materials relating specifically to her research for her dissertation. The materials, primarily photocopied reference materials, date back to the 1850s and continue through the 1980s, include newspaper clippings, photographs, sketches, notes, previous papers Dwyer wrote, and slides. The newspaper articles in this collection are copies from the late nineteenth century and are mostly from the Pittsburgh Bulletin. The materials in the collection retain her original arrangement and organization. Box one contains six small boxes of slides, as well as brochures, miscellaneous publications, and postcards. Box two contains research materials about artisit George Hetzel, Pittsburgh women, exhibitions/expositions, the Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society, and information about the Arts Students League, Pittsburgh Artist Association, and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Box three contains information about the Pittsburgh School of Design, artist Minnie Darlington, and newspaper clippings., Dr. Britta C. Dwyer Papers, 1985-1985, MSS 760, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Britta Dwyer Gift 2002 2002.0013, Dr. Britta C. Dwyer was born on December 10, 1935. She earned her B.A. degree from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1981, followed by her M.A. degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1985. She married John H. Dwyer, a well-known child psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. John H. Dwyer died in 1998. At the time this collection was processed, Dr. Britta C. Dwyer was living in Cambridge, England working as an independent art historian. Dr. Britta C. Dwyer is most known for her work as an art historian. In August 1989, Dwyer earned her doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh. Her dissertation, 19th-Century Regional Women Artists: The Pittsburgh School of Design for Women, 1865-1904., Gift of Dr. Britta C. Dwyer, Processed MSS 760 04/2012 P. Richter, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Dwyer, Britta C., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1985-1989
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 2.5 linear feet
- Identifier
- oclc:795650511, pitt:US-QQS-mss760
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss760
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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