Lottie Lyons Grow collection
Collection
Identifier: L061
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Christmas greetings ranging from 1937 to 1977 regarding Lottie Lyons Grow's promotion of art. The collection also includes two scrapbooks (V423) with items ranging from 1926 to 1970.
Dates
- 1926-1977
Creator
- Grow, Lottie Lyons, 1884-1981 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Lotta "Lottie" Lyons was born July 22, 1884 in Hymera, Sullivan County, Indiana. She attended the Herron Art School, Marian College, and graduated from Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana. She married Walter Smith Grow, an osteopathic physician, in 1910. From 1937 to 1944, she wrote columns for the Indiana Club Women, and from 1938 to 1946 wrote for the Art Digest. An avid painter, Grow also hosted art programs on radio and television. She also promoted art therapy for wounded servicemen during World War II and authored three books, including Cameos of Deer-Lick in Brown County Hills (1957), Over the Split-Rail Fence (1971), and Beckoning Trails (1979). Lottie Grow died November 2, 1981, in Wabash, Indiana at the age of 91.
Extent
1.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box, 2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Lottie Lyons Grow on 1974/01/29 and 1974/02/08.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid created 2015/01/07 by Brent Abercrombie. EAD finding aid revised 2022/05/13 by Laura Eliason.
Creator
- Grow, Lottie Lyons, 1884-1981 (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- Lottie Lyons Grow collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
