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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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  • Cape Cod National Seashore Correspondence -Town Meeting -March 1961
    Annual Town Meeting,March 14, 1961. Article 53. Results of opinion vote on four topics by the...
    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, and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands
  • Informational Sheet from the Emergency Committee for the Preservation of the Provincelands
    Informational sheet distributed by the Emergency Committee for the Preservation of the...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Emergency Committee for the Preservation of the Province Lands. (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincelands, Town Meeting, and Moffett, Ross
  • Looking West on Bradford Street from Town Center
    Black & white photograph of Bradford Street looking west from Alden Street. Identified...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Moffett Correspondence Supporting Cape Cod National Seashore
    Letter to President John F. Kennedy (Used as a Handout/mailing) from the Emergency Committee for...
    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.)--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
  • Macmillan Pier
    Black & white photograph of Baxter's pier with fishing boats taken from Sklaroff's Pier....
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, and MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.)
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