Eda Augusta Menzel diary : manuscript.

San Francisco, California, 1896.

1 volume (400 pages)

English

In English.

Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2012.

This material is open for research.

Eda Augusta Menzel (1872-1955) taught freehand drawing, design, and carving at the California School of Mechanical Arts in San Francisco in 1896. She also studied art under portrait painter Eva Almond Withrow (1858-1928).

Autograph diary, unsigned, documenting Eda Augusta Menzel's life in San Francisco, California, 1896. Menzel writes about her professional and personal relationships, artistic development (via classes, lectures, and exhibits), and interest in the women's suffrage movement. Included are cash accounts of income and purchases.

February 26, 2019

Eda Augusta Menzel Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Eda Augusta Menzel Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Diaries - United States - 19th century.

Art teachers California 19th century.