Archives and Finding Aids

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The papers of painter and educator Mel Casas measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1963 to 1998. The collection is comprised of biographical materials that include files on the art collective Con Safo, correspondence regarding business and exhibitions, writings by Casas on Chicano art and by others, printed materials, and photographic materials containing photographs and slides of Casas and others, his artwork, and an exhibition.

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Subject files concerning the interests and activities of the Coalition of Women's Art Organizations. Files include correspondence; members' resumes; address lists; business records; statistical reports; drafts for lectures; minutes from meetings; 3 untranscribed cassette tape recordings of meetings; and printed material including clippings, newsletters, press releases, programs, and brochures.

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Letters, 1973-1983, to Crow from art organizations; newspaper clippings; exhibition announcements, invitations and catalogs; awards and citations, from various art organizations; newsletters; and photographs of works by Crow.

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Biographical information; correspondence; printed materials including clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, articles in the HOUSTON REVIEW by Martin Dreyer, "The Way We Were: Houston's Culture in the 1940's" and "Portrait of a Houston Artist: An Interview with Margaret Webb Dreyer"; Dreyer Galleries file, 1962-1975; and personal photographs.

Scope and Contents Available only on microfilm at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.The Eleanor Freed Papers were microfilmed for the Texas Art Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. Currently the papers can be accessed on microfilm at MFAH.The University of Houston Libraries and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are digitizing the Texas Art Project microfilm as part of a collaborative TexTreasures 2020 grant project...

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A resume; correspondence; a scrapbook containing clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, letters, and memorabilia, 1960-1965; awards and certificates; exhibition catalogs; Christmas cards and cards designed by Gantz; photographs of works of art; and printed material concerning painting classes taught by Gantz.

Scope and Contents Correspondence; files on 42 artists, containing clippings, photos, exhibition catalogs and letters; exhibition files for her gallery, Gallery of Wonderful Things, Fort Worth, Texas, and Tall Timbers, Houston, Texas; a scrapbook containing clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, photos, and letters about the Gallery of Wonderful Things; printed material and loan records for her private collections of ceramics, paintings and sculpture; photographs; and printed miscellany. Artist...

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Correspondence and clippings.

REELS 2765-2766: Correspondence and clippings, 1955-1976, pertaining to the 1950's controversy about "communist art" at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; and clippings, 1970-1976, of articles written by Kutner as a critic for the DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

REEL 2816: Newspaper clippings, 1979-1980, from the DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

Scope and Contents Biographical information; correspondence; scrapbooks spanning the years 1934-1979, arranged by year or subject and containing correspondence, clippings, printed material concerning her riding stables in San Antonio. Also, her "Local Painter of the Year Exhibit," 1953, at the Witte Museum, San antonio; the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters bestowed by Incarnate Word College, 1965; various exhibitions catalogs, photographs, invitations and announcements. There are also 12 bound volumes of...

Scope and Contents Photographs and slides of artists, their studios and works of art. Some photographs taken by Sandra Curtis Levy. Most of the artists are from Texas. Artists include Larry Bell, Forrest Bess, John Biggers, James Boynton, Bob Camblin, Melvin Chin, Clyde Connell, Nina Cullinan, Otto Dozier, Joe Dugan, David Ellis, David Folkman, Don Foster, Roy Fridge, Roberta Harris, Honey Harrison, Dorothy Hood, Lucas Johnson, Enrico Leal, William Lester, Bert L. Long Jr., Jim Love, Fletcher Mackey, David...

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Exhibition files containing correspondence, lender's forms, receipts, catalogs, invitations, photographs of artwork, and installation photographs, for exhibitions MacAgy directed at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, the University of St. Thomas, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Also included are four albums of installation photographs.