AHJ_ah07792 Inventory of the Garrett Family papers, 1860-1979 Garrett family papers University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2013

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort June 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Garrett family Garrett Family papers 1860-1979 07792 5.50 cubic feet (9 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English System Requirements

Classical music -- Sound discs -- 33 1/3 rpm.

Classical music -- Reel-to-reel audio tapes.

 Biography of the Garrett family

Edmund Henry Garrett (1853-1929) was a landscape artist and author on American Colonial subjects. In 1877, he married Marietta "Etta" Goldsmith. They had two sons, Edmund Anthony "Ted" (b. 1881) and Julian (b. 1883). Ted married sculptor Clara Pfeiffer in 1905 and had sons Carl E. and Julian Anthony Garrett. Julian A. (1910-1979) worked for the U.S. Information Agency in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and Nigeria and as a writer for Voice of America until retiring in 1972. He was married to Ruby Nell Garrett, who also worked for the U.S. Information Agency.

 Scope and Content

Collection includes correspondence (1872-1979) of Edmund H., Marietta, Julian, Edmund A., Julian A. and Ruby Nell Garrett; diaries of Marietta and Julian A. Garrett; manuscripts by Edmund H. and Julian A. Garrett; notebooks of Edmund H. Garrett; photographs and negatives, chiefly of Garrett and Goldsmith family members and Clara Pfeiffer Garrett's sculptures; slides, chiefly of Julian A. and Ruby Nell Garrett's foreign travels; photograph albums of Garrett and Goldsmith families; portfolios of drawings by Edmund H. Garrett; sketchbooks; transcripts of a series of meetings of Julian A. Garrett in Japan (1948); index cards listing works of Edmund H. Garrett; audio tapes and phonograph records; and miscellaneous other materials.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the Garrett family at the date of processing.

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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Goldsmith family. United States Information Agency -- Employees. Voice of America (Organization) -- Employees. Artists -- United States. Authors, American. Sculpture -- United States. Sculptors -- United States. Landscape painting, American. Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. Sketchbooks. Photographs. Negatives. Slides. Photograph albums. Phonograph records. Audiotapes. Diaries. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Garrett, Edmund H. (Edmund Henry), 1853-1929. Garrett, Julian. Garrett, Julian Anthony, 1910-1979. Garrett, Marietta Goldsmith. Garrett, Ruby Nell. Garrett, Edmund Anthony. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Fine Arts Literature Politics, Government, and Law International Relations Social Life and Customs Container List

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