Artist Ethel Shearer commonplace book when she was a young girl. (Addition 41) 2024-0069

Containers:
Flat_Box 5
Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a commonplace book belonging to Ethel Shearer (1893-1952).

Shearer was a prominent artist in the mid-twentieth century San Francisco scene, being one of the featured artists at the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Art and Oakland Art Gallery. She was a member of the Society of Francisco Women Artists.

Her commonplace book was compiled when Shearer was between thirteen and seventeen years old between 1906 and 1910. The book includes invitations and greeting cards from Ethel's friends, newspaper clippings, clippings from various other media, Ethel's own handwritten entries, and pasted photographs. Drawings from Shearer are present throughout, calling to her future career as an artist.

Language:
English

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
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Preferred citation:

MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 41, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.