Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of letters from Edward Jackson Bartlett to his parents. Early letters in the collection detail his experiences in prep-school and time at Bowdoin College and Bard College. During his active service in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1945, Bartlett wrote his parents letters on a nearly daily basis. He documents his training at Camp Peary's Naval Construction Training Center in Virginia and his service at Port Hueneme's Naval Construction Battalion Center in California...

Abstract

The Mari Lyons Collection consists of exhibition ephemera, press clippings, correspondence and artwork documenting the life and career of Mari Sharon Blumenau Lyons (1935-2016) an American modern artist who was based in New York City and Woodstock, NY. Graduating from Bard College in 1957, Lyons career as an artist spanned the rest of her life and encompassed several solo and group exhibitions of which many are represented in this collection.