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Drawing

Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2009.026.018 a
Creator:
Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist
Date:
1936/01/26
Description:
Drawing, untitled, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Eight sketches of CCC workers. Dated in pencil, lower right, "Jan. 29, 1936". Five men are identified by last name. Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-10.85 W-8.4 inches
Provenance:
George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule
Subjects:
Camp life
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