Talk:Elizabeth Okie Paxton

Quotes - appear to be original research / from the dissertation

The following quotes appear to be original research - or came from the dissertation by Rena Tobey. Are there any reliable, secondary sources (book, newspaper, etc.) for these quotes?

• Okie Paxton “has long been recognized as a remarkable still life painter. Indeed, she has evolved a personal type of still life with qualities unique in the history of the genre, a very individual taste in color and composition, coupled with a freshness and truth of statement that is in a class by itself. There is no doubt in my mind that her best pictures are among the few painted in this mid-century which will be prized a hundred years form now.”--R.H. Ives Gammell, artist and writer on art, from letter to the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, January 24, 1964
• “Known for her exquisite renderings of household objects and for her subtle palette, Paxton was one of the city’s most accomplished painters. This sunlit interior (of The Breakfast Tray) is one of her finest works; Paxton elevates a typical Boston School interior to a new level of beauty and mystery.”-Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 4, 2000
• “She has set forth a dainty little breakfast…All these things are painted with so much delicacy and loving care, they are so pretty in themselves, and they are so well related together, that it is a pleasure to look at them. It is a long time since we have seen a better piece of still life work.”—WHD Transcript of 1907 Boston Evening Transcript critic
• Regarding acquisition of The White Coffee Pot, “Throughout my interest in promoting good painting, sometimes—alas, all too often—what little I can do is done despite my personal judgment of the quality of the material given us to work with. In the case of your picture, however, there are no mental reservations. I am delighted with it at every point and take real pride in adding it to our permanent collection.”—Clifford R. Dolph, Director of the Maryhill Museum of Art, letter dated November 17, 1952

--CaroleHenson (talk) 03:06, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Struck out one item I found a source for - and will return to the article.--CaroleHenson (talk) 19:53, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Dates of birth / death

I can find the following information about Elizabeth Okie Paxton:

Birth	Death	Record	Source
Mar 1878, RI		Elizabeth V. Paxton, wife of William, daughter-in-law of James and Rose Paxton	1900 Federal census, Newton, Massachusetts
March 17, 1878		Elizabeth Paxton, wife of William Paxton born June 22, 1869. Lived on Montvale Road, Newton Centre	S.S. Layfayette, from Le Havre, France on August 19, 1936 to Boston
March 17, 1878	April 1972, Boston	Elizabeth Paxton	Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index.
	1972, Boston	Elizabeth Okie Paxton	Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics.
RI	April 2, 1972	Elizabeth Paxton	State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, 2005.

This seems clear, then, that she was born March 17, 1878 and died April 2, 1972. Are there any secondary sources, though, for this information - like an obituary in one of the Boston papers in April 1972, other?--CaroleHenson (talk) 05:54, 28 September 2014 (UTC)