Winterbotham-Shaw family papers, 1909-1991 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:A collection of personal and family correspondence among Shaw and Winterbotham family members including Theodora W. Brown, Alfred, Joseph and Rue Shaw, mother Anne Reynolds Winterbotham, father John H. Winterbotham, and cousin Frederick Winterbotham. Also, three postcards from Alexander Calder and a letter from Jean Dubuffet to Rue W. Shaw. Besides correspondence, there are clippings, including obituaries of Alfred and Rue Shaw; probate documents concerning Alfred Shaw's estate; a youthful oil portrait of Rue Shaw and a sketchbook of hers; a group of Shaw family stories and sketches, and some miscellaneous memorabilia. A substantial part of the collection consists of historical and genealogical material collected by Theodora W. Brown for a study of the Winterbotham family, which she kept in three large folder-notebooks. Roughly arranged are genealogical charts, clippings, letters, notes, photocopies, photographs and other miscellany