Box 8

Scope and Contents (Full Title: Eagle’s Nest Oregon, IL, 1 Artist CD LOM) This folder contains material related to a 2010 trip to Oregon, IL and to the Cedar Park Cemetery where Earle and Beatrice were buried. Other photocopied materials in this folder concern the “Lorado Taft Art Colony” also referred to as the “Eagle’s Nest” which Earle took part of in some capacity. (Part of this is correspondence with Robert A. Bullington in 1953 when Earle attended a class Bullington taught to share his experience with...

Scope and Contents This folder consists of miscellaneous materials related to the Kirkbride family and the death of Earle. Related to the end of Earle's life is an obituary for Earle in the Evening Bulletin (August 17, 1968), a document title ""Data Needed When Death Comes,"" and a letter from Frederick S. Poff Contact Representiave of the Coatesville VA Hospital requesting a copy of the marriage certificate and divorce decree to finish records (Feb. 1968). In connection to other members of the family are...

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Materials related to Edward Kirkbride’s project to “properly manage, preserve and sell an extensive collection of my father’s (Earle Rosslyn Kirkbride) art work.”  Includes correspondences with Stephen Brunei (art advisor/consultant on the project) and others that Edward reached out to for opinions or to solicit interest.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous material related to Earle and Beatrice Kirkbride as collected and ordered by their son and grandson (see series scope and contents). There are records of birth, death, insurance for Earle Kirkbride, documents concerning the sale of 704 S. Front Street from Beatrice Kirkbrid to John Frazier Hunt and Myrtrice P. McCaskill in 1977, a pair of letters between Earle and his son Edward from March 1955, and a set of notes and other materials regarding the management of Earle’s artistic...

Scope and Contents One portion of this folder consists of material collected by Beatrice's son and grandson Edward and Robert and primarily relates to her death. There are birth certificates, death certificates, and forms about managing estate (correspondence with insurance, banking), living wills, letters about the donation of her body, and an obituary dated May 30, 2004. The other portion of the folder is miscellaneous material including two photographs of Beatrice as a young woman, an obituary in The Sun...

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This folder consists of interview notes and articles written by Nina de Angeli Wallis. She interviewed Beatrice Kirkbride about her education at Moore College of Art and Design as part of her broader historical research on women’s education on art and business.

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The September Issue of the "Farm Journal" from 1935. Earle Kirkbride illustrated Norrell Gregory's "Sourwood Mountain," a fictional serial.

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The December Issue of the magazine "The Rotarian." Earle Kirkbride illustrated a column written by Morris Markey and titled "Listen While You Tour."