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Esther R. Bell papers
Esther Rebecca Bell (1906-1982) was a graphic artist from Media, Pennsylvania, a small suburb of Philadelphia, and a graduate of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. While a college student, she received a fellowship to study art in Paris. Locally, she became a well-known freelance graphic...
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| Collection: | Esther R. Bell Papers |
| Collection Number: | 3095 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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12.2 Linear feet 33 boxes, 6 volumes |
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Esther Rebecca Bell (1906-1982) was a graphic artist from Media, Pennsylvania, a small suburb of Philadelphia, and a graduate of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. While a college student, she received a fellowship to study art in Paris. Locally, she became a well-known freelance graphic design artist and worked for several organizations in Philadelphia and Media. She also designed Christmas cards, illustrated filmstrips, and taught silk screening classes. She was an active volunteer in Media, became a board member of the Media-Upper Providence Library, and participated in the restoration of Media’s historic Minshall House.
The collection consists of the papers of Esther R. Bell and her family, particularly Esther Fisher Bell, Joseph Percy Bell, Joseph Elliot Bell, and Charlotte Esther Bell. It includes family correspondence, genealogical records, examples of Bell’s graphic design work, board records from the Media-Upper Providence Library, records from the Minshall House restoration, clippings, photographic prints, daguerreotypes, tintypes, 8mm film, and film and glass negatives. |