Toward an oral history of Cape Ann: OH 20, CD 35 : Kroll, Genevieve (Mrs. Leon)

TRACKS:1. Mrs. Kroll's background, studies, first contacts with art world

2. Mrs. Kroll's first meeting with Mr. Kroll, their courtship and marriage

3. First contact with Folly Cove, Mr. Kroll's requirements for a home

4. Mr. Kroll's passion for Gloucester, Gloucester's aura

5. Mr. Kroll's group of artist friends, Gloucester as an inspiration to artists

6. Gloucester compared to Mediterranean seacoast

7. Going to Folly Cove where the shadows aren't black; the sky, the light

8. Mr. Kroll's death, funeral

9. The people in Folly Cove circa 1929, the artists seemed more serious about their work

10. The Scandinavian and Finnish people as models, population was cosmopolitan

11. Folly Cove is good, happy and eternal

12. The people of Lanesville, their character, their relations with artists

13. Paintings of Mrs. Kroll, temperament of the artist

14. Painting was everything to Mr. Kroll

15. Bond existed between artists in Folly Cove

16. Socializing usually between Folly Cove and Rockport people, sometimes with Gloucester people

17. The Folly Cove Designers - the people

18. The story of Choo Choo, the train

19. Folly Cove Designers as a help to unemployed quarry workers

20. Book about Mr. Kroll planned

21. Type of artist in Folly Cove over the years

22. Gloucester's attitude toward art, comments on Champlain's Beau Port

23. Struggles of the young to establish themselves

24. Wives of Folly Cove artists devoted, wonderful help-mates

25. Travel, a necessity to earlier artists, Mr. Kroll's favorite paintings

26. Relations between Mr. Kroll and artist friends

27. Mrs. Kroll's feeling about Folly Cove, her life and especially her time with Mr. Kroll.