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Drawing. [Untitled. Portrait of a Woman], undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Pen. Not signed.

Drawing. "Austrian Officer" and "Square built American Ideal", undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Two drawings on one sheet. Pen. Both signed.

Drawing. "Ramming them back into their desks.", undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Drawing of a schoolboy, perhaps misbehaved, being pressed back into his desk chair by a schoolgirl; an apparently well-behaved boy looks on in surprise. Pen. Signed. Noted also as "Property of R. O'Neill Wilson, Day P.O., Taney Co., Mo. (To be returned)"

Drawing. [Untitled. Man in Suit Gazing at Painting of a Woman], undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Noted on back "For Story--Not Published." Pencil. Signed.

Drawing. "Arthur Davisson Ficke. Alcibiades", undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Portrait. Pencil. Not signed.

Drawing. "A European Beauty", undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Profile portrait. Pen. Signed. Original penned title has a pencilled insertion to make it "A typical European Beauty," but the entirety is crossed out in a different pencil, with the notation "paint out."

Drawing. "A quaint change in the masculine form", undated

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Contrast of two men in differing dress clothes and bearing. Pen. Signed.

Drawing. [Untitled. Woman, Boy, Girl, Toys], 1900

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Dated on back as "Jan. 16/1900--1 pm", then dittoed except for time of "4" pm. Pen. Signed as O'Neill Latham.

Photograph by Jessie Tarbox Beals., undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Signed by Beals. 11x7 inches with mounting. Captioned on back as "Rose, N.Y." O'Neill pictured standing at open window, facing camera.

Photograph by Paul Thompson, 1914

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Captioned "Rose at No. 12 Fifth Ave., Summer 1914. Painting Kewps. They look like ones for Woman's Home Companion paper dolls." Photographer's stamp: Paul Thompson, 10 Spruce Street, New York City.

Photograph by Lorraine Studio, Inc., undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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O'Neill pictured with a group of people. Captioned as "at 62 Washington Sq [Square], N.Y." People are identified by first name: Thorbjorn, Birger, Matta, Callista, Inger, Patty (mostly obscured), Dhan. Photographer stamp: Lorraine Studio, Inc., 47 West 42nd Street, New York.

"Actors' Fund Fair Program", 1917

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Souvenir of the Fair, also referred to as the Actors' Fund Bazaar, held 12-21 May 1917 in support of the Actors' Fund of America. The title page, page 25, includes a drawing by O'Neill.

"Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by Rose O'Neill", [1922] March

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Checklist for O'Neill's exhibition at Wildenstein Galleries. The checklist, referred to as a catalogue, has an O'Neill drawing on the cover and opens with a translation of the introduction from the catalogue of O'Neill's Paris exhibition.

"International Studio," Volume LXXV, No. 299 (25th Anniversary Number), 1922 March

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Issue includes the article "Rose O'Neill's Sculptured Drawings" by Edythe H. Brown, with eight illustrations, on page 63.

Exposition of Women's Arts and Industries. Program, 1926

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Program for the 5th annual exposition, held at the Hotel Astor in New York from 27 September to 2 October, 1926. A drawing by O'Neill is on the cover and she is noted on page 36 in the list of "The Woman's Who Who."

"Poetry Folio. Rose O'Neill Supplement", 1928

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Sixth Issue. April-May 1928. Four page supplement is inscribed by O'Neill to the Johnses. The cover page has an O'Neill drawing with her poetry filling out the other three pages.

"The Book Dial." Volume VI, No. 3, Summer 1929, 1929

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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The issue includes a drawing by O'Neill on the cover and six drawings on pages 18-22.

Women's International Exposition. Program Cover (photocopy), 1953

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Photocopy of the program cover for the exposition sponsored by the Women's National Institute, held at the 71st Regiment Armory in New York, 2-8 November 1953. A drawing by O'Neill is on the cover.

Newspaper Clippings, 1921, 1942?, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Photocopies of two articles: "Women who Lead the Way" from the New York Times (20 February 1921) and "Cameras and Corsets" from Modern Photography (1942?). The latter is about Jessie Tarbox Beals, but includes one of Beals's photos of O'Neill.

Newspaper Article by O'Neill. Oversize, circa 1914?

Folder: Oversize (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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An oversize newspaper clipping of an article written by O'Neill comparing the characters of Americans and Europeans, illustrated with a photo by Jessie Tarbox Beals and drawings by O'Neill.

Newspaper Clippings. Oversize, 1914, 1916, inclusive

Folder: Oversize (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Three clippings: Evening World (19 June 1914) and Evening Sun (27 June 1914) about O'Neill and her observations upon returning to New York, illustrated with photographs of her and drawings by her; and Evening World (21 March 1916), referencing O'Neill in an article about short hair for women, illustrated with a photograph.

Poster (reproduction). Women's Suffrage. Oversize, undated

Folder: Oversize (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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Color reproduction of a poster supporting the right of women to vote, illustrated with Kewpies.

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