Carroll Thayer Berry (March 28, 1886 – January 20, 1978) is an important wood engraver from the United States. He also worked in woodcut, linoleum block, oil paint, illustration, and photography. He's known for landscape, coastal scene painting, and printmaking. He was a member of the Maine Craft Guild. He studied with Eric Pape. His work is exhibited at the Ogunquit Art Center, Sweat Memorial Museum in Portland, and the Currier Gallery in Manchester, New Hampshire. He volunteered for military service when World War I took place. He was one of the artists assigned to create camouflage for vehicles, uniforms in World War I.
∼CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ARTIST)
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Born in New Gloucester, Maine, 4 Sep 1886; son of Charles B (b. Jul 1856) and Helen A (Thayer) Berry. They married in 1885.
Carroll was the first born child/son of the Berrys.
Known siblings of Carroll:
(Carroll)
Emily B
Helen F
Gladys L
Marjorie T
Charles L
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Carroll T Berry attended the Univ. of Michigan for his undergraduate work.
1900: Living with parents Charles and Helen in Portland, Maine with his many siblings. Age 13 and attending school. His father works at a creamery. Record indicates that his mother Helen has had 6 children, all surviving. All children are present on the 1900 census.
By 1910, Carroll, still living in Portland in the home of his parents, with all of his siblings, and is working as an accountant. He is 22.
1910: Carroll Thayer Berry enters employment related to construction of Panama Canal. Dec 1910. He is working as a (mechanical) draftsman for the construction of the Panama Canal. He resigned, finally, in Jan 1914 from his position there, prior to the completion of the Canal in Aug 1914. . His salary during that period was abt $150/month.
Marriage: Alena Champlin, b. New Bedford, MA; (dau. of George Champlin and May Allen)*
Their son:
-Caroll Allen Berry b. abt 1917 - died 29 Sep 1936 in NYC, age 20 *
1920: Married to Alena C; living in Manhattan, with a son "Allen C" (born NY). His occupation is now in advertising, for a magazine. This record shows Alena was born in Massachusetts. She is working as an artist, at home.
1921-1926: Divorce from Alena.
-Marriage records show that "Alena C Berry" remarries to Oswald Herbert Best (b. 1894, England), in 1926, Manhattan. In 1940, the couple are living in Manhattan, both "novelists."
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Feb 1929: Death of his father Charles B Berry, retired, in Clermont, FL, of prostate cancer, age 72. His mother is still living. His father's remains are buried in Portland, ME.
Abt. 1930: 2nd marriage to: Janet Laura Scott, b. Wisconsin. They met in Chicago.
1930: Now residing on N. Michigan Ave; Chicago, IL. Caroll is married to Janet (born Wisconsin) Janet is 40 and Carroll is 43. They both work as, respectively, illustrator (Carroll) and artist.
Sep 1936: Death of his son and first child: Carroll Allen Berry, in NYC. Single. Cause of death: Suicide. Age 20. Cremated. **
The suicide of his only child, son Allen, came when Carroll and Janet were living in Wiscasset. According to Bill Shevis "He would disappear into the barn and remain there all day, working in a frenzy simply to keep his mind from the tragedy…" ***
1940: Now living in Wiscasset, Maine, doorways and local settings, rendered in many of his block prints of that period.
He is married to "Janis S"(sic) and they are both artists, working at home. No children in their home.
Post-WWII, Carroll and Janet Berry bought their home in Rockport where they lived for the rest of their lives.
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CAREER:
CARROLL THAYER BERRY was a renowned artist, both in Maine and internationally. His beautiful relief prints of local Maine scenes express his deep love for his native state, despite having worked as an independent artist, draftsman, magazine illustrator, in faraway locations and positions, including his position with the Panama Canal project, under George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer in 1907.
His career took him to new locations nearly every decade, as his census records show. He remains a beloved Maine artist and original editions of his prints can still be found.
Berry was less well known for his photography which, along with his woodcuts, he regularly contributed to local Maine magazines, later in life, and also often featured his wife Janet.
The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine holds his extensive film photography as a searchable collection of more than 9000 negatives and 4300 prints and contains a full biography. Visit:
https://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/carroll-thayer-berry/
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Sources:
*"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96B-CKM1?cc=2185145&wc=3XZS-7MW%3A1056306501%2C1056516801 : 4 September 2015), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 Roll 1862, 1922 Mar, certificate no 129600-129975 image 360 of 649; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
** Death of son Carroll Allen Berry:
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WPX-FNK : 13 May 1936
***Elwyn Dearborn; "The Down East Printmaker: Carroll Thayer Berry, A Catalogue Raisonne of his Wood Engravings, Woodcuts & Linocuts"; pub. Down East Books; Camden, Maine; 1983.
-Familysearch.org for records pertaining to the Berry, Champlin, and Scott families.
∼CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ARTIST)
-----------------
Born in New Gloucester, Maine, 4 Sep 1886; son of Charles B (b. Jul 1856) and Helen A (Thayer) Berry. They married in 1885.
Carroll was the first born child/son of the Berrys.
Known siblings of Carroll:
(Carroll)
Emily B
Helen F
Gladys L
Marjorie T
Charles L
----------------
Carroll T Berry attended the Univ. of Michigan for his undergraduate work.
1900: Living with parents Charles and Helen in Portland, Maine with his many siblings. Age 13 and attending school. His father works at a creamery. Record indicates that his mother Helen has had 6 children, all surviving. All children are present on the 1900 census.
By 1910, Carroll, still living in Portland in the home of his parents, with all of his siblings, and is working as an accountant. He is 22.
1910: Carroll Thayer Berry enters employment related to construction of Panama Canal. Dec 1910. He is working as a (mechanical) draftsman for the construction of the Panama Canal. He resigned, finally, in Jan 1914 from his position there, prior to the completion of the Canal in Aug 1914. . His salary during that period was abt $150/month.
Marriage: Alena Champlin, b. New Bedford, MA; (dau. of George Champlin and May Allen)*
Their son:
-Caroll Allen Berry b. abt 1917 - died 29 Sep 1936 in NYC, age 20 *
1920: Married to Alena C; living in Manhattan, with a son "Allen C" (born NY). His occupation is now in advertising, for a magazine. This record shows Alena was born in Massachusetts. She is working as an artist, at home.
1921-1926: Divorce from Alena.
-Marriage records show that "Alena C Berry" remarries to Oswald Herbert Best (b. 1894, England), in 1926, Manhattan. In 1940, the couple are living in Manhattan, both "novelists."
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Feb 1929: Death of his father Charles B Berry, retired, in Clermont, FL, of prostate cancer, age 72. His mother is still living. His father's remains are buried in Portland, ME.
Abt. 1930: 2nd marriage to: Janet Laura Scott, b. Wisconsin. They met in Chicago.
1930: Now residing on N. Michigan Ave; Chicago, IL. Caroll is married to Janet (born Wisconsin) Janet is 40 and Carroll is 43. They both work as, respectively, illustrator (Carroll) and artist.
Sep 1936: Death of his son and first child: Carroll Allen Berry, in NYC. Single. Cause of death: Suicide. Age 20. Cremated. **
The suicide of his only child, son Allen, came when Carroll and Janet were living in Wiscasset. According to Bill Shevis "He would disappear into the barn and remain there all day, working in a frenzy simply to keep his mind from the tragedy…" ***
1940: Now living in Wiscasset, Maine, doorways and local settings, rendered in many of his block prints of that period.
He is married to "Janis S"(sic) and they are both artists, working at home. No children in their home.
Post-WWII, Carroll and Janet Berry bought their home in Rockport where they lived for the rest of their lives.
-----------------
CAREER:
CARROLL THAYER BERRY was a renowned artist, both in Maine and internationally. His beautiful relief prints of local Maine scenes express his deep love for his native state, despite having worked as an independent artist, draftsman, magazine illustrator, in faraway locations and positions, including his position with the Panama Canal project, under George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer in 1907.
His career took him to new locations nearly every decade, as his census records show. He remains a beloved Maine artist and original editions of his prints can still be found.
Berry was less well known for his photography which, along with his woodcuts, he regularly contributed to local Maine magazines, later in life, and also often featured his wife Janet.
The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine holds his extensive film photography as a searchable collection of more than 9000 negatives and 4300 prints and contains a full biography. Visit:
https://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/carroll-thayer-berry/
__________
Sources:
*"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96B-CKM1?cc=2185145&wc=3XZS-7MW%3A1056306501%2C1056516801 : 4 September 2015), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 Roll 1862, 1922 Mar, certificate no 129600-129975 image 360 of 649; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
** Death of son Carroll Allen Berry:
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WPX-FNK : 13 May 1936
***Elwyn Dearborn; "The Down East Printmaker: Carroll Thayer Berry, A Catalogue Raisonne of his Wood Engravings, Woodcuts & Linocuts"; pub. Down East Books; Camden, Maine; 1983.
-Familysearch.org for records pertaining to the Berry, Champlin, and Scott families.
Carroll Thayer Berry (March 28, 1886 – January 20, 1978) is an important wood engraver from the United States. He also worked in woodcut, linoleum block, oil paint, illustration, and photography. He's known for landscape, coastal scene painting, and printmaking. He was a member of the Maine Craft Guild. He studied with Eric Pape. His work is exhibited at the Ogunquit Art Center, Sweat Memorial Museum in Portland, and the Currier Gallery in Manchester, New Hampshire. He volunteered for military service when World War I took place. He was one of the artists assigned to create camouflage for vehicles, uniforms in World War I.
∼CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ARTIST)
-----------------
Born in New Gloucester, Maine, 4 Sep 1886; son of Charles B (b. Jul 1856) and Helen A (Thayer) Berry. They married in 1885.
Carroll was the first born child/son of the Berrys.
Known siblings of Carroll:
(Carroll)
Emily B
Helen F
Gladys L
Marjorie T
Charles L
----------------
Carroll T Berry attended the Univ. of Michigan for his undergraduate work.
1900: Living with parents Charles and Helen in Portland, Maine with his many siblings. Age 13 and attending school. His father works at a creamery. Record indicates that his mother Helen has had 6 children, all surviving. All children are present on the 1900 census.
By 1910, Carroll, still living in Portland in the home of his parents, with all of his siblings, and is working as an accountant. He is 22.
1910: Carroll Thayer Berry enters employment related to construction of Panama Canal. Dec 1910. He is working as a (mechanical) draftsman for the construction of the Panama Canal. He resigned, finally, in Jan 1914 from his position there, prior to the completion of the Canal in Aug 1914. . His salary during that period was abt $150/month.
Marriage: Alena Champlin, b. New Bedford, MA; (dau. of George Champlin and May Allen)*
Their son:
-Caroll Allen Berry b. abt 1917 - died 29 Sep 1936 in NYC, age 20 *
1920: Married to Alena C; living in Manhattan, with a son "Allen C" (born NY). His occupation is now in advertising, for a magazine. This record shows Alena was born in Massachusetts. She is working as an artist, at home.
1921-1926: Divorce from Alena.
-Marriage records show that "Alena C Berry" remarries to Oswald Herbert Best (b. 1894, England), in 1926, Manhattan. In 1940, the couple are living in Manhattan, both "novelists."
-------------------------------
Feb 1929: Death of his father Charles B Berry, retired, in Clermont, FL, of prostate cancer, age 72. His mother is still living. His father's remains are buried in Portland, ME.
Abt. 1930: 2nd marriage to: Janet Laura Scott, b. Wisconsin. They met in Chicago.
1930: Now residing on N. Michigan Ave; Chicago, IL. Caroll is married to Janet (born Wisconsin) Janet is 40 and Carroll is 43. They both work as, respectively, illustrator (Carroll) and artist.
Sep 1936: Death of his son and first child: Carroll Allen Berry, in NYC. Single. Cause of death: Suicide. Age 20. Cremated. **
The suicide of his only child, son Allen, came when Carroll and Janet were living in Wiscasset. According to Bill Shevis "He would disappear into the barn and remain there all day, working in a frenzy simply to keep his mind from the tragedy…" ***
1940: Now living in Wiscasset, Maine, doorways and local settings, rendered in many of his block prints of that period.
He is married to "Janis S"(sic) and they are both artists, working at home. No children in their home.
Post-WWII, Carroll and Janet Berry bought their home in Rockport where they lived for the rest of their lives.
-----------------
CAREER:
CARROLL THAYER BERRY was a renowned artist, both in Maine and internationally. His beautiful relief prints of local Maine scenes express his deep love for his native state, despite having worked as an independent artist, draftsman, magazine illustrator, in faraway locations and positions, including his position with the Panama Canal project, under George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer in 1907.
His career took him to new locations nearly every decade, as his census records show. He remains a beloved Maine artist and original editions of his prints can still be found.
Berry was less well known for his photography which, along with his woodcuts, he regularly contributed to local Maine magazines, later in life, and also often featured his wife Janet.
The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine holds his extensive film photography as a searchable collection of more than 9000 negatives and 4300 prints and contains a full biography. Visit:
https://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/carroll-thayer-berry/
__________
Sources:
*"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96B-CKM1?cc=2185145&wc=3XZS-7MW%3A1056306501%2C1056516801 : 4 September 2015), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 Roll 1862, 1922 Mar, certificate no 129600-129975 image 360 of 649; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
** Death of son Carroll Allen Berry:
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WPX-FNK : 13 May 1936
***Elwyn Dearborn; "The Down East Printmaker: Carroll Thayer Berry, A Catalogue Raisonne of his Wood Engravings, Woodcuts & Linocuts"; pub. Down East Books; Camden, Maine; 1983.
-Familysearch.org for records pertaining to the Berry, Champlin, and Scott families.
∼CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ARTIST)
-----------------
Born in New Gloucester, Maine, 4 Sep 1886; son of Charles B (b. Jul 1856) and Helen A (Thayer) Berry. They married in 1885.
Carroll was the first born child/son of the Berrys.
Known siblings of Carroll:
(Carroll)
Emily B
Helen F
Gladys L
Marjorie T
Charles L
----------------
Carroll T Berry attended the Univ. of Michigan for his undergraduate work.
1900: Living with parents Charles and Helen in Portland, Maine with his many siblings. Age 13 and attending school. His father works at a creamery. Record indicates that his mother Helen has had 6 children, all surviving. All children are present on the 1900 census.
By 1910, Carroll, still living in Portland in the home of his parents, with all of his siblings, and is working as an accountant. He is 22.
1910: Carroll Thayer Berry enters employment related to construction of Panama Canal. Dec 1910. He is working as a (mechanical) draftsman for the construction of the Panama Canal. He resigned, finally, in Jan 1914 from his position there, prior to the completion of the Canal in Aug 1914. . His salary during that period was abt $150/month.
Marriage: Alena Champlin, b. New Bedford, MA; (dau. of George Champlin and May Allen)*
Their son:
-Caroll Allen Berry b. abt 1917 - died 29 Sep 1936 in NYC, age 20 *
1920: Married to Alena C; living in Manhattan, with a son "Allen C" (born NY). His occupation is now in advertising, for a magazine. This record shows Alena was born in Massachusetts. She is working as an artist, at home.
1921-1926: Divorce from Alena.
-Marriage records show that "Alena C Berry" remarries to Oswald Herbert Best (b. 1894, England), in 1926, Manhattan. In 1940, the couple are living in Manhattan, both "novelists."
-------------------------------
Feb 1929: Death of his father Charles B Berry, retired, in Clermont, FL, of prostate cancer, age 72. His mother is still living. His father's remains are buried in Portland, ME.
Abt. 1930: 2nd marriage to: Janet Laura Scott, b. Wisconsin. They met in Chicago.
1930: Now residing on N. Michigan Ave; Chicago, IL. Caroll is married to Janet (born Wisconsin) Janet is 40 and Carroll is 43. They both work as, respectively, illustrator (Carroll) and artist.
Sep 1936: Death of his son and first child: Carroll Allen Berry, in NYC. Single. Cause of death: Suicide. Age 20. Cremated. **
The suicide of his only child, son Allen, came when Carroll and Janet were living in Wiscasset. According to Bill Shevis "He would disappear into the barn and remain there all day, working in a frenzy simply to keep his mind from the tragedy…" ***
1940: Now living in Wiscasset, Maine, doorways and local settings, rendered in many of his block prints of that period.
He is married to "Janis S"(sic) and they are both artists, working at home. No children in their home.
Post-WWII, Carroll and Janet Berry bought their home in Rockport where they lived for the rest of their lives.
-----------------
CAREER:
CARROLL THAYER BERRY was a renowned artist, both in Maine and internationally. His beautiful relief prints of local Maine scenes express his deep love for his native state, despite having worked as an independent artist, draftsman, magazine illustrator, in faraway locations and positions, including his position with the Panama Canal project, under George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer in 1907.
His career took him to new locations nearly every decade, as his census records show. He remains a beloved Maine artist and original editions of his prints can still be found.
Berry was less well known for his photography which, along with his woodcuts, he regularly contributed to local Maine magazines, later in life, and also often featured his wife Janet.
The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine holds his extensive film photography as a searchable collection of more than 9000 negatives and 4300 prints and contains a full biography. Visit:
https://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/carroll-thayer-berry/
__________
Sources:
*"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96B-CKM1?cc=2185145&wc=3XZS-7MW%3A1056306501%2C1056516801 : 4 September 2015), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 Roll 1862, 1922 Mar, certificate no 129600-129975 image 360 of 649; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
** Death of son Carroll Allen Berry:
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WPX-FNK : 13 May 1936
***Elwyn Dearborn; "The Down East Printmaker: Carroll Thayer Berry, A Catalogue Raisonne of his Wood Engravings, Woodcuts & Linocuts"; pub. Down East Books; Camden, Maine; 1983.
-Familysearch.org for records pertaining to the Berry, Champlin, and Scott families.
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