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Knollenberg, Mary Lightfoot Tarleton

 Person

Biography

Mary Lightfoot Tarleton Knollenberg (1904-1992) was an American sculptor.

Mary Lightfoot Tarleton Knollenberg was born on June 9, 1904 in New York. She was a student of Mahonri Mackintosh Young and Heinz Warneke. She was an influential artist in her career as a sculpturist, and was a member of several organizations, such as the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. She died in her sleep on December 21, 1992 in Chester, CT.

Citation:
florencegriswoldmuseum.org, via WWW, September 11, 2020 (born in New York; died in Chester, CT; influential sculpturist).

wikipedia.org, via WWW, September 11, 2020 (born on June 9, 1904; student of Mahonri Mackintosh Young and Heinz Warneke; member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; died on December 21, 1992 in her sleep).

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Personal items, 1907-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts, certificates, and other writings, dated 1907 to 1955.

Dates: 1907-1955

Reference file-people, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Reference files on people collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young containing images and articles on a wide variety of persons and subjects, including artists, authors, journalists, illustrators, cartoonists, sculptors, architects, and politicians, and on other topics. The folders in this series are identified by name rather than by folder number. Undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Reference file-subjects, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Subject reference files collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young, undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Research Files (oversized), date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains Mahonri Mackintosh Young's research files on various artists and subjects, as well as audubon plates and their reprints, undated.

Dates: date of production not identified

Sketchbooks: photocopies, date of production not identified

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.

Dates: date of production not identified

Young family papers, 1872-1956

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence of the Young family, mainly between Mahonri Mackintosh Young and others. Also contains legal documents, a scrapbook, drafts, and other writings. Dated 1872 to 1956.

Dates: 1872-1956

Mahonri M. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.

Dates: 1870-1957

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