An artist, teacher, and breeder of English cocker spaniels, Louise Shattuck (1919-2005) was a third generation Spiritualist from Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts. After graduating from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1941, Shattuck built a career as an animal artist, producing an array of popular figurines, pastels, paintings, and cartoons, and specializing in renderings of dogs. Outside her artwork, Shattuck became a noted dog breeder as the proprietor of Carry-On Kennel, and the author of four books.

The bulk of the Shattuck Papers pertains to Louise Shattuck's personal and professional life. Her work as a teacher, writer, artist, and dog breeder are established through correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and personal diaries kept from 1998 through 2005. This collection also contains numerous photographs and realia which document the history of Lake Pleasant as a Spiritualist center.

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