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Moffett

Overview

Born in Clearfield, Iowa, the son of an Iowan family, Ross Moffett represents a quintessential American icon. After his initial training at the Art Institute of Chicago and upon graduating with honors in 1913, Ross Moffett immediately set out for Provincetown to study with the well-known painter and teacher, Charles W. Hawthorne. He soon became one of Hawthorne's star pupils, and his appreciation of the principles Hawthorne instilled in his students lasted lifelong. Although the First World War briefly interrupted the Provincetown experience, by 1919, Moffett was again back in his old haunts painting with enormous energy and gaining a reputation as a young "Lion" of the art community. In the same year, 1919, he met Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett, also a student of Hawthorne's and a spirited painter in her own right. They were married in 1920. [More...]

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  • National Seashore Correspondence
    Letter to Rep. Francis E. Perry of the Massachusetts House of Representatives regarding proposed...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Emergency Committee for the Preservation of the Province Lands. (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Legislative bodies, Provincetown Marina (Provincetown, Mass.), West End Marina (Provincetown, Mass.), Moffett, Ross, and Perry, Francis W.
  •  Ross Moffett: Cape Cod National Seashore
    Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Report of Finance Committee with Article 53 highlighted regarding...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Meeting, and United States. National Park Service
  • Interior Universalist-Unitarian Church
    Universalist Unitarian Church sanctuary 236 Commercial St. showing details of Tromp L'Oile wall...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown
  • Voting Results From Town Meeting Article 53
    Results of 1961 Town Meeting vote on Article 53 re:establishment of National Seashore Park. Typed...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Emergency Committee for the Preservation of the Province Lands. (Provincetown, Mass.), Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Meeting, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands, United States. National Park Service, and Moffett, Ross
  • Franklin Street Half Cape
    Black & white photograph of William Ward half Cape house located at 11 Franklin Street. The...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Dwellings and Franklin Street (Provincetown, Mass.)
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