Isabel Cohen Doud collection
Collection Overview
A letter from William A. Courtenay, Mayor of Charleston from 1879-1887, to Miss Cohen thanking her for the copy of her graduating essay which her father gave to him. Mayor Courtenay presented Miss Cohen with a copy of the book Charleston, South Carolina in 1883. Boston: Heliotype Printing Company, 1883. A copy of Isabel Cohen's graduating composition "Circumstances" dated June 11, 1885. Isabel Cohen Doud's two oil paintings-a floral arrangement and a Roman landscape.
Dates
- Creation: 1884-1930
Creator
- Courtenay, William Ashmead, 1831-1908 (Person)
- Doud, Isabel Cohen, 1867-1945 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Isabel Cohen Doud, the daughter of a prominent Charleston attorney, Asher D. Cohen, made her name as an artist in Charleston, New York, Canada, and Rome. In 1930, she married Gorda Chipman Doud, an artist of some note in Rome. She left her estate to the College of Charleston in 1945.
Extent
1 folder (5 items)
Subject
- Doud, Isabel Cohen, 1867-1945 (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Isabel Cohen Doud Collection, 1884-1930
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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