Manchester College Archives and Brethren Historical Collection

Manchester College Collection

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Title:   Homer G. Davisson Collection

Number:   MC2002/90

Size/Location:   1 file/General File

Citation:      Homer G. Davisson Collection, MC2002/90, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.

Access and Reproduction/Copyright:   Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.

Provenance:   unknown

Date of Accession:   unknown

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Biographical/Historical Note:

Homer G. Davisson, an accomplished artist,  was born in April 1866 near Blountsville, Indiana.  He graduated from DePauw University and also studied art in Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., New York, Munich, Holland, and France.  In addition to working at the Fort Wayne Art School, he lived and worked in Somerset (10 miles south of Wabash on the Frances Slocum Trail).  Davisson died in February 1957.  Several of his paintings are owned and displayed by Manchester College.

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Scope and Content Note:

Photo 1    Portrait of Homer G. Davisson

2-page biographical sketch.

Notes on Manchester's collection of his paintings, written by Mrs. Homer G. Davisson in 1967.

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Description prepared 28 August 2002 and updated 01 December 2003 by Sara L. Smith.