Carew Rice papers
Collection Overview
This collection includes personal and business correspondence regarding Carew Rice's daily life, travel schedule, and fair and exposition contracts between Rice and various vendors. Also includes seven original silhouettes done by Rice, Rice's handwritten lyrics and/or poetry, pamphlets featuring Rice's silhouettes, clippings about Rice's appearances and work, and Rice's subscription cards for state fairs and other institutions.
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1971
Creator
- Rice, Carew, 1899-1971 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Carew Rice was born in Green Pond, South Carolina in 1899. Rice is best known as a silhouette artist who made his living by "cutting" and performing comical songs at county fairs and civic and social events in the Southeast. In addition to personal silhouettes, Rice's most popular topics relate to Lowcountry landscapes and South Carolina history.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 slim document box)
Abstract
Correspondence, original silhouettes, pamphlets, and writings of South Carolina silhouettist, Carew Rice.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Donated by John Rivers, April 2011.
Processing Information
Processed by Cara McHugh, April 2013.
Genre / Form
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Commercial correspondence
- Pamphlets
- Personal correspondence
- Postcards
- Silhouettes
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Carew Rice Papers, 1932-1971
- 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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