Albert J. Bettencourt papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Bettencourt’s scrapbook, which contain several newspaper clippings regarding his involvement in the Paint and Clay Club, drawings, paintings, a 1907-1908 Swain School circular, a few photographs, and his sketchbook.
Dates
- 1907-1926
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English
Conditions Governing Access
unrestricted
Biographical / Historical
Albert Joseph Bettencourt was born in New Bedford in 1890, where he would remain until his death on September 12, 1926. Before contracting tuberculosis, which would take his life at the early age of 36, Mr. Bettencourt was an assistant registered pharmacist in the Kelleher Pharmacy. As a youth, he was interested in art, particularly painting, wood carving, sculpturing, and decorating. He was a student at the Swain Free School of Design and also a member of the Paint and Clay Club of New Bedford.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (one manuscript box and one oversize box)
- Title
- Albert J. Bettencourt papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository