(PAPERS, 1904-35)
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The papers consist of Dart's account of his life titled "Myself " (typescript, 45 pp.); his recollections of his parents (typescript, 6 pp.); his mother's autobiography (typescript, 9 pp.); Dart's diaries (1880, 1890, 1922-35); a sketch book (1867-68); notes and orders for pictures (1880-86); photographs of FHD and of a few of his paintings; interior and exterior photos of his studio and glass negatives (15) mainly of Oberlin views. The typescripts (copies), recount the great hardships Dart faced as a pioneer in Kansas and the many financial and other difficulties that befell his family. He writes of his painting and efforts for an education. His diaries contain brief accounts of his daily activities including study abroad in 1890. Included also are five primitive oil paintings by F.H. Dart documenting the landscape around Brecksville and Birmingham, Ohio.
PROVENANCE:
These records were received from Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dart, Claremont, California, in November, 1983, and from John and Kay Dart, Maui, Hawaii, in August, 1984.
RELATED MATERIALS:
For related files see 30/7, Box 2, containing Dart-Leonard family correspondence (1867-1927), including letters written by Francis (1875-1905), and correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dart (1911-27) who were missionaries in Africa. For Alumni Records Department files on Francis and Mary Dart see 28/1, Box 63.
Note: Entry taken from William E. Bigglestone's unpublished "[preliminary] Guide to the Oberlin College Archives," which was prepared as individual entry sheets in a three-ring binder during the early 1980s.
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