Research Material
Scope and Contents
This series includes material originally donated in three ring-binders. Each binder, whose original title has been retained in this finding aid, contains a mix of papers generated by Earle and Beatrice themselves during their lives and papers generated from their children and grandchildren’s research after they had both died. In particular, Edward Kirkbride, their son, and Robert Kirkbride, their grandson researched Earle’s life work while seeking to manage his artistic legacy.
The first ten folders concern Earle’s life and work, moving chronologically forward. The next two folders are primarily related to Edward’s management of Earle’s legacy.
The remaining two folders consist of research material related to Beatrice Kirkbride. The first folder was originally housed in a binder and contains a variety of papers related to Beatrice’s end-of-life plans such as her living will. The second folder includes material from interviews of Beatrice conducted by Nina de Angeli Wallis for historical scholarship related to women’s education in art and business in the 1990’s.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
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