Eola Willis Cuban photograph collection
Collection Overview
Collection consists of 37 black and white mounted photographs 8"x10" (20 x 25 cm), 5"x7" (12 x 17 cm), and 4"x5" (10 x 12 cm) taken mostly in Havana, Cuba around the time of the Spanish-American War (1898). Includes photographs of Cuban architecture and agriculture, a traditional Cuban home, a Cuban bedroom, and sugar cane farming. Also includes various photographs of Colon Cemetery in Havana, including one photograph of an open "bone pit" grave used for low-income individuals. Other photographs include Fort Castillo de la Chorrera (circa 1900), Fort Cabaña, Morro Castle, the 161st Indiana Monument (circa 1899), Columbus Chapel, the Cuban presidential palace, and the erection of a Jose Marti statue in Havana's Parque Central (1905). A large number of the photographs include handwritten captions on the back.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1895-1910
Creator
- Willis, Eola, 1856-1952 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Eola Willis (1856-1952) was born in Dalton, Georgia, and later settled in Charleston, South Carolina. She studied at the Art Students League in New York, New York and at the College de France in Paris, France. During her life, Willis became well known as a painter, writer, and public speaker. Willis also authored The Charleston Stage in the XVIII Century with Social Settings of the Time, and "Henrietta Johnston, First Woman Painter in America."
Extent
0.2 linear feet (1 slim document box)
Abstract
Collection consists of 37 black and white mounted photographs collected by artist Eola Willis, taken mostly in Havana, Cuba around the time of the Spanish-American War (1898) and after.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from the Charleston County Public Library, circa 2004.
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproductions available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Cara McHugh, May 2013
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Eola Willis Cuban Photograph Collection, circa 1895-1910
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Cara McHugh; machine-readable finding aid created by: Cara McHugh
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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