MSS 201 - John A. and Nell Pomeroy O'Brien Collection, Addendum 4: Inventory

JOHN A. and nell pomeroy o’brien COLLECTION, ADDENDUM 4

(Mss 201)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

Summary

 

 

Size:                           1 linear foot

 

Geographic

locations:                 New Orleans, Louisiana; France; etc.

 

Inclusive dates:      ca. 1920s-1950s

 

Summary:                 Miscellaneous materials concerned with the lives and careers of John A. O'Brien and Nell Pomeroy O'Brien, consisting of photographs, scrapbooks, notes, drawings, lists, and similar miscellany.

 

Related

collections:              John A. and Nell Pomeroy O’Brien Collection (Mss 120); Simoneaux Collection (Mss 139)

 

Source:                     Gift, August 1988

 

Access:                     No restrictions

 

Copyright:                Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

 

Citation:                    John A. and Nell Pomeroy O’Brien Collection, Addendum 4, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans

Biographical Note

 

            John A. O'Brien, a native New Orleanian, was born September 18, 1895.  After graduating from Tulane University in 1917, he joined the Army as an officer and served in the Engineer Crops with the Rainbow Division to New Orleans and engaged in civil engineering and general contracting.  He married Nell Pomeroy in 1922, and they had one daughter, Patricia.  He died in New Orleans on March 4, 1943.

 

            Nell Pomeroy O'Brien was born in New Orleans on August 11, 1898 (probably 1897).  Educated in New Orleans schools, she received additional training in art at the Art Students League in New York and in France.  She was a well-known portrait painter and served as vice-president and director of the Art Association of New Orleans.  She was the founder and first volunteer instructor of the Junior Members of the Art Association at Delgado Museum and also served on the Spring Fiesta Advisory Board and the New Orleans Symphony Board.  She died in New Orleans on January 20, 1966.

 

Sources:  Biographical information from newspaper accounts at the time of deaths.

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Index Terms

 

O’Brien Family

O’Brien, Nell Pomeroy

O’Brien. John A.

Photographs

Pomeroy Family