Container List of
Blondell Malone Papers, 1800-1956 (bulk, 1898-1951)
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Extent: ca. 10 linear ft.
Series List
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I - Personal Papers, 1800-1956 (bulk 1894-1951) - - (Boxes 1-12).
II - Artwork, ca 1900-1940, and undated - - (Box 13).
III - Photographs, ca 1870-1940, and undated - - (Boxes 13-14).
Container List
SERIES I. Personal Papers (Blondelle Malone abbreviated as “BM”)
Box
Folder
1
1
2
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
12
6
7
8
*
3
4
5
265
7-14
15
16
17
18-37
38-60
61-86
87-116
117-121
248
Os 1*
Os 2
122
123
124-44
145-150
151-56
157-58
Career as an Artist
Admittance Cards/Invitations for Exhibitions, 1906-14, nd
Benefit Exhibition for St. Luke’s Hospital (Tokyo, Japan), List
of Exhibited Works, nd
Criticism and Exhibition Reviews:
Collected Comments, 1913-22, nd
From The Golden Book of Living Artists, 1911
Written in French (some translations), nd
The Vista, “Three Women Painters” (p. 9), 1929
Exhibit Catalogs, 1906-41, nd
Miscellaneous Programs (Art and Music), 1913, 1916, nd
Notice re: Golden Jubilee Exhibition, nd
Visitor’s Book for the Exhibition at the Lyceum Club, Paris,
France, 1913
Works of Art – Series III; see page 15
Correspondence
Letters, 1800-1907
1908-14
1915-27
1928-46
1947-51
Legal size, 1891-1943
Oversize, 1905, 1911
Oversize, 1905, nd
undated (written in French and German)
undated (telegrams)
undated (general)
undated (general)
Postcards,to BM from abroad
to BM from within United States
The personal papers series in the collection contains two oversize file folders – Os 1 and Os 2.
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SERIES I. Personal Papers (continued)
Box
8
Folder
159-62
163-65
na
166
Os 1
167
168
169
170
171-72
Os 2
173
174
9
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183-86
187
187a
188-89
190
191
192
Os 2
193
194
*
to parents from BM
annotated by BM but not mailed, nd
South Carolina postcards*
Family History and Genealogy
Edwards Family, the Edwards Family of New York, nd
Edwards Family, Genealogical Charts, nd
Jones Family, Octavia Jones, Report of Scholarship and
Deportment (grammar school), nd
Jones Family, Octavia Jones, Teaching Contract, 1876
Malone Family, Coat of Arms, nd
Malone Family, Sallie J. Malone, poem, nd
Miscellaneous Materials, nd
United Daughters of Confederacy: Certificate for Mrs. M. A.
Malone (Jones), Wade Hampton Chapter, South Carolina
Division, nd
General Materials
Account of Automobile Accident and Subsequent Medical
Treatment and Insurance Issues, 1939
Associations and Memberships (membership cards), 1899-1946,
nd
Astrology, “Your Individually Compiled Master Nostradamus
Chart With Interpretation and Twelve Months Forecast,”
1944
Calling Cards, Associates, nd
Personal (BM), nd
Collected Publications:
“Crime, Criminology and Criminological Institutes,”
(signed) Boris Brasol, 1938
“One of the Blue Hen’s Chickens,” (signed) Virginia Durant
Young, 1901
“A Study of Oscar Wilde,” Walter Winston Kenilworth,
1912
Converse College (Spartanburg, SC), 1894-95, nd
Hospital Bills (Circle Terrace Hospital, Alexandria, VA),
1949-50
Invitations and Announcements, 1898-1951, nd
List of Books Presented to Oglethorpe University, nd
Lock of Hair (possibly Blondelle’s), nd
Miscellaneous and Unidentified Materials, nd
Miscellaneous Receipts and Bills, 1913-34, 1947, nd
Stock market Activity, 1920
Historic Preservation Activities
Historic House Descriptions, nd
Land Survey, Washington, DC, area, 1851
Miscellaneous Materials, nd
Properties in Virginia, 1932, 1937, nd
See South Carolina postcard collection.
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SERIES I. Personal Papers (continued)
Box
Folder
9, 10
10
195-201
202
12
249
250
251-54
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
10
203-04
205-13
214-15
216
217-18
11
219-29
229a
230, Os2
Os 2
Journals
Bound Volumes (16 volumes), ca 1908-12, nd
Loose entries, 1929
Legal Documents
Abstract of Title of Blondelle Edwards Malone and Miles A.
Malone re Main Street Property, Columbia, South Carolina,
1912
Estate of Miles A. Malone, 1931-48
Inventory and Appraisement of Personal Property of the
Estate of Miles Alexander Malone, 1930
Last Will and Testament of Miles Alexander Malone and
accompanying documents, 1929-31, nd
Oath of Fiduciary, Executrix (Julia Oglesly), 1930
Legal Documents, continued
The South Carolina National Bank as substituted trustee
under the Will of Miles A. Malone, PLAINTIFF, VS.
S. M. Busby and Blondelle O. Malone, DEFENDANTS:
Answer of Blondelle O. E. Malone, 1943
Statement for Miss Blondelle E. Malone in re: Sale of the
Property on the East Side of Main Street Between
Washington and Hampton Streets, 1932
Last Will and Testament of Wiley A. Jones, 1873, 1898, 1901
Properties owned:
Aiken, South Carolina, property, 1918-19
Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 1931, 1933, 1943
Lee and Jefferson Streets, Alexandria, Virginia, 1932
South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 1931, 1940, 1942
Rental agreements, 1903, 1920-30
Title to Real Estate: William S. Burney to Sallie Belle Watt,
1908
Newspaper Articles and Clippings
Unbound scrapbook, about BM, ca 1898-1910, nd
Unbound, about BM, 1898-1950, nd
Unbound (contents of scrapbook), about BM (2 volumes),
1901-56
Unbound, about Malone family: M. A. Malone obituary, GET
DATE
Unbound, about Malone family: Stone Mountain Monument,
1924, 1927, 1941, nd
Research Materials for Enigma (belonged to Louise Jones DuBose)
Letter Transcriptions, 1894-1956, nd
Press Release, University of South Carolina, re publication of
Enigma, 12/15/1963
Travels
Official Documents for International Travels, 1904, 1915
Passport Issued to BM by the Embassy of the United States at
London, England, 1915
Souvenirs:
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SERIES I. Personal Papers (continued)
Box
11
Folder
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
Brochure from 188th Robert Burns Anniversary, St.
Andrews Society of Washington, DC, 1947
“A Cathedral Hillside and Its Gardens,” Florence Bratenahl,
1931
Cunard Line, List of Saloon Passengers on the Carpathia,
1909
“Gregory’s Guide and View Book of Woburn Sands,
Aspley Guise, and Woburn,” nd
“A Handy Guide to Wrest Gardens,” W. Treacher, nd
“History and Description of Muckress Abbey,” Maurice R.
Moriarty, 1912 (signed copy)
Souvenirs, continued:
“Lady Sarah Lennox, A Lecture Delivered Before
Members of the Cork Literary and Scientific Society,”
Matthew J. Bourke, 1914 (signed copy)
“The Memorial to Washington, An Historic Souvenir,”
Charles H. Callahan, 1932
“St. Agnes Church, Franklin, NC – The First Fifty Years,
3rd May 1888 to 3rd May 1938
“St. Ann’s Hill Hydro – Blarney Souvenir, nd
“Souvenirs of Killarny,” nd
Writings
Account of Painting in France, nd
Autobiographical Essay, 1892
Bagatelle, nd
“Education in Japan: the Growth of the School System,” nd
Miscellaneous, Unidentified
“Rattenberg in Tirol,” nd
SERIES II. Artwork
Box
13
Folder
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
List of BOM’s paintings, (incomplete), nd
Aiken, South Carolina, Vanderbilt Garden (photographic reproduction, 2
copies), nd
Aiken, South Carolina, “The Weeping Cherry Tree,” Miss Oliver Islin’s
porch (photographic reproduction, 1 image), nd
Charleston, South Carolina, Manigault Building (photograhic
reproduction on a postcard), 1908
Converse College, snow scene painted from bedroom window
(watercolor? Approximately 5 inches by 9 inches), ca 1894
East River, New York, painted from #27 Beekman Place (sketch and
watercolor, 4.5 inches by 4.3 inches, 1 watercolor image, 2 sketched
images), 1922
Ireland:
Blarney Castle (watercolor, approximately 5 inches by 4 ½ inches, 1
copy), ca 1915
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SERIES II. Artwork (continued)
Box
13
Folder
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Annex
29
30
Blarney Castle (photographic reproduction, 1 copy), 1914
Gardens, Dublin and Killarney House (photographic reproductions, 2
copies), ca 1915
Gardens, “Lady Morris’ Japanese Garden,” Glasnevin (watercolor, 6
inches by 7.5 inches), nd
Killen Castle, County Meath (sketch, 4.75 inches by 3.5 inches, needs
repair, corn study sketched on reverse), nd
Japan:
Cherry tree (watercolor, 8 inches by 7.5 inches), 1903
Flowers:
“In Japan,” 1903
“Iris in Japan,” watercolor, ca 1908
Japan, continued:
Flowers, continued:
Unfinished watercolor, 1903
Gardens:
Photographic Reproductions (3 images), ca 1908
Watercolor, unidentified, (1 image) 1908
Watercolors, Wang Poo, unidentified, (2 images) nd
Geisha (watercolor, 5.25 inches by 6.5 inches), ca 1903
Mt. Fuji, watercolor, ca 1908
Palermo, Italy, St. Giovanni degli Eremiti (possibly) (photographic
reproduction), nd
Paris, France:
Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France (photographic reproductions, 2
copies), nd
Temple near Paris (photographic reproduction), nd
Pawley’s Island, South Carolina (photographic reproductions, 2 copies),
ca 1926
Photographic Reproductions, miscellaneous (7 images), nd
Sketches, miscellaneous, nd
Washington Monument, “A Spray and the Monument” (Photographic
reproduction, 5 copies, nd
Watercolors, miscellaneous (3 images), nd
Watercolor (inquire at reference desk)
Watercolor painting of BOM in her sunbonnet painting at Cos Cob,
Connecticut, unidentified artist (possibly John Henry Twachtman),
ca 1899-1900
Watercolor painting, “Among the Islands, Bermuda,” artist initials
S.W.I.M., nd
31-35
Book Plates designed by BOM, ca 1901
36
Malone coat of arms, painted on cardboard by B. F. Johnson, Inc.,
genealogical firm, Washington, D.C., nd
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SERIES III. Photographs (Photographer is in italics if known) (198 images)
Box
13
Folder
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
14
1
2
3
OS2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Formal portraits of BM (25 images):
As a young woman (W. A. Reckling, Columbia, SC), ca
1896 (1 image)
“At age 5,” ca 1882 (1 image)
Blanchard Photo, Columbia, SC (a series in which
Blondelle is posed in and around her parents’ home in
Columbia):
“In the garden of her studio in Columbia, SC,”
with an unidentified man, 1909 (2 images)
“The hall at my home, Columbia, SC,” 1909 (1
image)
Formal portraits of BM (26 images), continued:
“The hall at my home, Columbia, SC,” 1909 (2
images)
“My mother’s drawing room decorated with
landscapes…” 1909 (1 image)
“In the summer dining room at Gervais Street,”
1909 (1 image)
“Tea time in the drawing room at home,” with an
unidentified man, 1909 (4 images)
Debutante, around age 21 (Condon Photo, Atlanta, GA),
ca 1898 (3 images, plus one reproduction)
On a tricycle (Hennies Photo, Columbia, SC), 1889
Passport photograph, taken in Dublin, Ireland, 1915 (2
images)
Shoreham Hotel, Dinner in honor of Pact of Friendship
between Turkey and Greece, 11/14/1933
Taken in Holland? nd (1 image)
Underwood and Underwood, Washington, DC, ca 1933
(3 images)
With Lucy Bacon (Blanchard Photo, Columbia, SC), ca
1901-02 (2 images)
Informal photographs of BM (51 photos)
As a young woman, nd (2 images)
As a young woman, 1892-1900 (2 images)
As an older woman, nd (5 images)
At Converse College, 1940s (3 images)
In France, ca 1910 (3 images)
In the garden of BM’s Aiken, SC, home with an
unidentified man and her dog, ca 1920s (2 images)
In garden at Cos Cob, CT, ca 1899 (1 image)
In Newport, RI, ca 1906 (1 image)
In her New York studio, ca 1925 (13 images)
On board a ship, 1904 (2 images)
Painting in backyard of the Craik house, Alexandria, VA
(letter written by BM on back of one photo), 1941 (2
images)
Painting in a park, Brooklyn, NY, nd (1 image)
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SERIES III. Photographs (continued)
Box
14
Folder
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Painting in garden, ca 1902 (1 image, plus one
reproduction)
Posed next to her Greek vase, Aiken, SC, ca 1916 (2
images)
With a Japanese child, Japan, 1903 (1 image)
With her dog, Aiken, SC, ca 1920s (3 images)
Wearing kimono, Japan, 1903 (3 images)
With Venable family members at Stone Mountain, GA,
ca 1930s (3 images)
Formal and Informal – Family (33 images):
“Aunt Becky Jonson,” ca 1882 (1 image)
Ola May (Jones) Nisbet, BOM’s cousin (Russell,
Atlanta, GA), 1898 (1 image)
Malone family burial plots, West View Cemetery,
Atlanta, GA, nd; Edwards family plot, no location
given, nd (7 images)
Miles Alexander Malone (Kuhn’s, Atlanta, GA), ca
1880s-90s (3 images)
Miles Alexander Malone, wedding photographs (Smith
& Motes, Atlanta, GA), 1877 (3 images)
Miles Alexander Malone as a young boy (?) (Vogue), ca
1862 (3 images)
Miles Alexander Malone (McKinstry Studio, Columbia,
SC; B.F. Johnson, Inc., Washington, D.C.), early
1900s (6 images)
Sarah Glenn Jones Malone, wedding photographs (Smith
& Motes, Atlanta, GA; B.F. Johnson, Inc.,
Washington, DC), 1877 (3 images)
Lucy Payne, BOM’s great aunt (?), nd (2 images)
Unidentified (Orren Jack Turner), nd (2 images)
Venable family members, nd (2 images)
Samuel Hoyt Venable, owner of Stone Mountain
property upon which the Confederate monument was
constructed (1 image), nd
Formal and Informal – Friends and Associates(11 images):
Dr. Anderson, ca 1887 (1 image)
Jacques Emile Blanche, French portrait painter
(photocopy of protrait, 1 image), nd
George Brown, president of First Bank in Georgia, and
his wife (1 image), nd
Mrs. Draper and Baroness Soskow, ca 1907 (1 image)
Camilla Hardwall (?), author of children’s books, nd (1
image)
Josef Irael, postcard photo, ca 1900-05 (1 image)
David S.S. Johnson, nd (1 image)
Dr. Moore’s daughter, a friend of BOM’s, nd (1 image)
William Nash (possibly) (1 photostat image), nd
Camille Pissarro in his studio, ca 1890s (1 image)
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SERIES III. Photographs (continued)
Box
14
Folder
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
Mrs. Scott Siddons, nd; “Eugenie,” nd (2 images)
Charles Louis Slattery (?), photostat, nd (1 image)
The Dowager Duchess D’Uzes (1 photostat image), nd
Informal photographs of locations, objects (78 photos)
Cottage and studio, Aiken, SC (6 images)
Craik and Wayles Houses, Alexandria, VA, nd (39
images)
Craik and Wayles Houses, Alexandria, VA, nd (6
negatives)
Japan, miscellaneous scenes, ca 1904 (2 images)
Malone home (furnishings), Gervais Street, Columbia,
SC, nd (5 images)
Miscellaneous, unidentified, nd (14 images)
Wall murals painted by BOM, Virginia Tea Room on
211 W. 57th Street, New York, ca 1930s (6 images)
Slides/Glass Plate Negatives:
Blondelle Malone in her New York studio (1 glass plate
slide, commercially made), nd
Memorial marker, Rev. W. M. Godfrey Washington
(glass plate negative), nd
Sketch, Henry Simpson created this image of the
rediscovery of BOM’s lost artwork, “Walter Sickert
Finds Malone Pictures of Japan,” (1 glass plate
slide), ca 1904