Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | Wilkins, Emma Cheves, 1870-1956. |
Title: | Emma Cheves Wilkins letters, photographs, and clippings |
Dates: | 1877-1957 |
Extent: | 1.05 cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize folder) |
Identification: | MS 0868 |
Emma Cheves Wilkins, 1870-1956, was born in Savannah, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Wilkins. She received her early education in Savannah then went to a boarding school in Baltimore, MD. She first studied art with Carl Brandt, director of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences in Savannah, then spent several summers in Paris studying with Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, with Gustave Courtois, and at Colorossis' Atelier (atelier is French for studio). She pursued her art career in Savannah painting portraits, still life (especially flowers), and landscapes. She also restored paintings and was a successful art teacher. Her award winning paintings were exhibited in several cities in the United States and many of them are in permanent collections in museums, homes, and other institutions.
This collection consists of letters to and from Emma Cheves Wilkins about her paintings. Additionally this collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about Ms. Wilkins art as it was displayed in museums around the country. Finally this collection contains a Resolution of thanks from the Savannah Benevolent Society to Gilbert A. Wilkins for his work during the yellow fever epidemic in Savannah, January 11, 1877.
Custodial History
Material was acquired from family of the creator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Emma Cheves Wilkins letters, photographs, and clippings, MS 868, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Minna C. Wilkins, 1957.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
5 | Letters to her family, 1895-1910 ( 13.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
Unmatched pages of letters. | |||||||||||||
6 | Letters to her mother and father from Lexington, Ky., (2) and letters to her sister Mame, undated; February 6-December 15 ( 14.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
some Incomplete (12). | |||||||||||||
7 | Letters from Dora Freeman, 1905-1911 | ||||||||||||
8 | Letters from Dora Freeman, 1912 and undated | ||||||||||||
9 | Letters to E. C. Wilkins regarding her paintings, 1898-1928 ( 26.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
10 | Letters to E.C. Wilkins regarding her paintings, 1929-1931 ( 22.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
11 | Letters to E.C. Wilkins regarding her paintings, 1932-1939 ( 27.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
12 | Letters to E.C. Wilkins regarding her paintings, 1941-1954 ( 20.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
16 | Photographs. Mostly of Miss Wilkins ( 16.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||
oversize_folder | |||||||||||||
19 | Resolution of thanks by the Savannah Benevolent Society to Gilbert A. Wilkins, for his work during the yellow fever epidemic in Savannah, 1877 January 11 ( 1.0 items. ) | ||||||||||||