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Lucy Sikes drawings and related correspondence

 Collection — othertype: SC-294
Identifier: SFHL-SC-294

Scope and Contents

This small collection contains drawings by Lucy Sikes, a Brooklyn, New York, Quaker artist, and her email correspondence with Friends Historial Library with printed attachments. Her drawings, often drawn during meeting sessions, appeared in Spark, the newsletter of New York Yearly Meeting, and other Quaker publications. Includes the original drawings for the New York Yearly Meeting Tercentenary Directory, circa 1992.

Dates

  • 1989 - 2014

Creator

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Collection is open for research.

Copyright and Rights Information

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Lucy Durand Sikes was a New York Quaker artist, active in historic preservation and environmentalism. She came to Brooklyn in the 1950s to study at the Pratt Institute and became an important activist in saving brownstones which were threatened by urban renewal. In 1988, she joined Brooklyn Monthly Meeting where she served in many capacities. For decades she supplied Spark, the newsletter of New York Yearly Meeting, and other Quaker publications with her observational drawings of Friends, often drawn during meeting sessions. Her work also was exhibited in a number of one-woman shows.

Extent

1 folders

Language

English

Overview

This small collection contains drawings by Lucy Sikes, a Brooklyn, New York, Quaker artist, and her email correspondence with Friends Historial Library with printed attachments. Her drawings, often drawn during meeting sessions, appeared in Spark, the newsletter of New York Yearly Meeting, and other Quaker publications.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Lucy Sikes, 2014

Title
Lucy Sikes drawings and related correspondence
Status
Completed
Author
Susanna Morikawa
Date
2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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