Ann Coffman collection on Wallace Nutting

Collection – Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0658

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

Organizational and research correspondence, subject files, newsletters, articles, interviews, catalogs, collected by donor Ann Coffman as part of thesis research. Also includes printed material related to the artist Wallace Nutting and the activities of the Wallace Nutting Collectors' Club.

Dates

Creation: 1896-1997

Extent

1.25 Cubic Feet (2 legal size archive boxes; 1 half legal size archive box)

Creator

Wallace Nutting Collectors' Club (Organization)
Coffman, Ann Wrentmore (Person)

Scope and Contents

The collection covers the period from 1973 until around 1996. Donated by a BGSU alumna and member of the Wallace Nutting Collectors' Club, the collection covers a limited period in the life of the organization, which remains active. The contents cover some of the typical club activities such as the exchange of information, independent research, personal contacts and convention gatherings, as well as materials documenting in general the life and work of Wallace Nutting.

Biographical / Historical

Ann Wrentmore Coffman wrote a master's thesis for fulfillment of her degree requirements at Bowling Green State University on Wallace Nutting and his pictures. She maintained subject and research files on the topic and was an active member of the Wallace Nutting Collector's Club, which was established in 1973 as a means for collectors and other interested individuals in the United States and Canada to learn more about the artist, his work, to communicate with each other, and to organize events of interest to collectors of Nutting related material.

Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) was an artist specializing in photographs, which he had hand-tinted, depicting New England scenery and colonial themed domestic situations. He also was involved in the study, collection, and reproduction of traditional American furniture of the colonial period, producing a multi-volume set, "Furniture Treasury" on the subject. Trained as a minister, he turned to art late in life when failing health curtailed his pastoral duties.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Additional Description

Related Materials

Another collection of research notes, articles, and other publications by or about Nutting adn copies of the newsletter and o ther mailins for the Wallace Nutting Collectors' Club is available at the Framingham History Center.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in February 1993 through the cooperation of Ann Coffman of Albany, NY, the collector of this material.