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The Cornish Colony

The Cornish Colony

Printed Collections

The majority of printed works in the collection related to the Cornish Colony are secondary texts about the history of the colony and the artists who were a part of it during its heyday. The following works serve as helpful introductions to the community:

Meyers, Fern K, and James B Atkinson. New Hampshire’s Cornish Colony. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.
Sullivan, Meghan E. The Creation of a Lifestyle : An Oral History of the Cornish Art Colony. Hanover, N.H: [The Author], 1999.
Colby, Virginia Reed, and James B Atkinson. Footprints of the Past : Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony. Concord, N.H: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1996.
Gilbert-Smith, Alma, and Judith B Tankard. A Place of Beauty : The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2000.
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, Henry J Duffy, John Dryfhout, Trust for Museum Exhibitions., and Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. Augustus Saint Gaudens, American Sculptor of the Gilded Age. Washington, D.C: Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 2003.
Dryfhout, John, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1982.
The Papers of the MacKaye Family in the Dartmouth College Library. Hanover, N.H: [The Library], 1981.