Marian Parry artwork and papers

Collection

Identifier: MRBC-MS-00428

Staff Only

Content Description

Publications, sketchbooks, original artwork, and working and concept files from Marian Parry's career. Also includes a 33.5 rpm record of one of her illustrated books and several transparencies.

Dates of Materials

Creation: approximately 1944-1994

Creator

Parry, Marian (Artist, Person)

Language of Materials

English, French, German

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

To the extent that she owns copyright, Marian Parry has retained copyright in her works donated to Smith College. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, or which may regard materials in the collection not created by Parry, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.

Researchers should contact her son, Andrew Feld, for permission to publish when appropriate.

Biographical / Historical

Marian Parry is an author, poet, illustrator, and watercolor artist. Born in San Francisco in 1924, she spent the first few years of her childhood in Paris, France before her family moved back to the US. After attending the University of California at Berkeley, she relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she spent her career and adult life. In addition to her writing and art, Parry was the founder and senior instructor of the Watercolor Program for the Radcliffe Seminars at Harvard University, and would hold speaking engagements across New England. Though the bulk of her work can be found at the Boston Public Library, it is also on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and various rare book collections across the country.

Extent

9.792 linear feet (7 containers)

Additional Description

Abstract

Marian Parry is an author, poet, illustrator, and watercolor artist. In addition to her writing and art, Parry was the founder and senior instructor of the Watercolor Program for the Radcliffe Seminars at Harvard University, and would hold speaking engagements across New England. This collection includes publications, sketchbooks, original artwork, and working and concept files from Marian Parry's career. Also includes event posters, poetry magazines, and personal and business correspondence.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Marian Parry's children, Laura Feld and Andrew Feld, who removed it from her home as part of her downsizing and knew that she wanted it to come to Smith College because of her past connection to Ruth Mortimer.

Related Materials

Materials already in the Smith College MRBC: "The Birds/Aristophanes" (885 A7av Efi 1959), "Exercises in Perspective" (NC750.P27), "Liber amicorum" (MS 300), original drawings for "Aristophanes" (MS 266), "Passions" (704.1 P2492p 1979), "The Patagonian stamp magnate : an instruction manual" (MS 265), "Roger and the Devil" (Juv 1972 P249r), "Tendril." (PS615 .T39), " Die Vögel : The Birds of Basle (Eine fast unheimliche Geschichte)" (NC1075.P283 A45)

Related Materials

Materials in the Five College collection: "The Ballad of the Long-Tailed Rat" (UM Juvenile / PZ8.3.P564 Bal), "Fables in Two Languages and Similar Diversions" (AC Frost Stacks / PS3566.R324 F3 1994), "The Paris Book" (AC Frost Stacks / ND2130 .P27 2015), "Tendril." (Five College Annex / PS580 .T4 / Per), "The Zoo Conspiracy" (UM Rudman Childrens Literature Col. / WAR Levin)

Processing Information

Much of the original organization of materials was maintained; like materials were sorted together and sketches for the same books were collected together.