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Isabel Cohen Doud collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-090

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

Language of Material

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Copyright Notice

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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)

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

Contact:
Special Collections
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