Couse, E. Irving (Eanger Irving), 1866-1936

Abstract This collection focuses on the research and work of Virginia Couse Leavitt. Her primary area of research revolves around her grandfather, E. I. Couse, who was a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. Areas of the collection center around the creation of a comprehensive catalogue raisonné of his work. The collection also contains drafts and correspondence for several of her books and publications related to the TSA, provenance research on Couse paintings and historic objects held at the...

Abstract This collection comprises 278 letters written by Virginia Walker Couse to her relatives, spanning the years 1882-1912. The majority of the letters are written to her sister, Fan, but also to her parents and other members of the family. They detail her years in Paris studying at the Academie Julian, meeting and marrying E. I. Couse, their time at the art colony in Etaples, New York, and eventually Taos. The collection also includes typed transcripts, one set of which has been annotated by...