[1] Founding members included Anna Lynch, Eda Nemoede Casterton, Carolyn D. Tyler, Marian Dunlap Harper, Magda Heuermann, Katherine Wolcott, Mabel Packard, Kate Bacon Bond, Edward William Carlson, Frances M. Beem, Eva L. Carman, Helen B. Slutz, Evelyn Purdie, Edna Amelia Robeson and Alden F.
[2] In 1918 the Chicago Tribune wrote that the Society's Sixth Annual Exhibition was "decidedly reserved" adding that "Delicate handling is evident throughout and no desire has been shown by any of the artists to indulge in experiments".
[3] Throughout the years American artists from various parts of the country had been featured in the exhibitions including Edna Robeson's ivory medallion, called "My Sister";[4] Theodora Larsh, a miniature painter from Indiana;[5] and a painting called "The Girl With Red Hair" by New York artist William J.
The annual Chicago exhibit had grown to included works by miniature painters, all women, from Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Newark, N. J., Pasadena, California, Davenport, Iowa and other smaller cities in the eastern USA.
These artists were Anna Lynch, Magda Heuermann, Carolyn Tyler, Marian Dunlap Harper, Eda Nemoede Casterton, Anna Margaretta Archambault, Rosina Cox Boardman, Marie-Marguerite Frechette, Laura Coombs Hills, Nancy B. Robinson and Caroline King Phillip.