TexTreasures -- 2020
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Digitization and access for this material is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2020), with collaboration of the Museum of FIne Arts, Houston, and the University of Houston Libraries and permission of the Smithsonian Insitution's Archives of American Art.
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Dickson Albrecht papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 5726
Dates:
1947-1979
Scope and Contents
A resume; correspondence, 1971-1979; clippings; exhibition catalogs; brochures; writings, undated and 1978; 2 financial statements, 1972; and a photograph of Albrecht, undated.
Jane Allensworth papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 5634
Dates:
1969-1984
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, undated and 1971-1983; exhibition lists and art inventories; business records, undated and 1974-1983, including a list of collectors, gallery consignments, and invoices; clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1969-1984; photographs, undated, of Allensworth, her artwork, and her exhibition installations.
Martha Armstrong papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 10495
Dates:
1977-1983
Scope and Contents
Biographical data; exhibition announcements; catalogs; invitations; clippings; and 2 notebooks containing photographs from Armstrong's "Artists and Their Studios" project, 1977.
Adelaide Lovett Baker papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 9518
Dates:
1918-1926
Scope and Contents
A photocopy of Edgar Odell Lovett's address to the Houston Art League, April 12, 1918; and the 1926 Annual Report of the Fourth Annual Series of Thursday Art Reviews, Houston, Texas.
Gertrude Levy Barnstone papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 7056
Found in:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Art Project Microfilm
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Gertrude Levy Barnstone papers
Dates:
ca. 1950-1985
Scope and Contents
Sketchbooks; photographs; a patent registration and patent; drafts; exhibition announcements and invitations; clippings; invoices; and price lists.REEL 1703: Sketchbooks; photographs of art work; clippings; price lists for sculpture and drawings, 1978; invoices; a patent registration for bookends; and drafts of proposals for art projects.REEL 3538: A handwritten draft of an address delivered by Barnstone at the opening of the Coalition of Women's Art Organizations,...
Cynthia Brants papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 6793
Dates:
1949-1976
Scope and Contents
Reel 1514 (Gift): correspondence, price lists, exhibition catalogues, clippings, and Christmas cards designed by Brants.Reel 1596 (Loan): correspondence concerning exhibitions; three illustrated diaries, two written while Brants was in Europe, 1948-1949, and one written while she was in the British Isles, 1954; lectures, notes, and other writings on art and artists; an unpublished manuscript entitled, "The Riding Lesson;" and exhibition catalogues.Reel 1597 (Loan): 62...
Wilanna Bristow papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 6818
Dates:
1967-1983
Scope and Contents
A resume; 15 magazine and newspaper clippings; 4 exhibition invitations and announcements; and 9 photographs of Bristow's embroidery and applique designs.
Naomi Brotherton papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 6835
Dates:
1953-1981
Scope and Contents
A resume; correspondence with art organizations and institutions; a book by Brotherton, VARIATIONS IN WATERCOLOR; price lists for works of art; photographs of Brotherton and her work; certificates and awards; a scrapbook, 1967-1968; exhibition catalogs; announcements; invitations; and clippings.
Mel Casas papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 5448
Dates:
1963-1998
Scope and Contents
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.
Mel Chin papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 10058
Dates:
1977-1985
Scope and Contents
Biographical data; newspaper and magazine clippings; a Bryant Park Artists in Residence Program file containing Chin's revised proposal for his sculpture, a news release, and photographs; a drawing of Chin's sculpture "The Manila Palm;" copies of sketches for a sculpture commission in Houston; and photographs of Chin's works of art.
Inez G. Cipriani papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 7432
Dates:
1968-1980
Scope and Contents
Slides; sketchbooks; scrapbook; award certificates; and photographs.
REEL 3026: 9 sketchbooks with notes; a scrapbook containing biographical data, letters, and exhibition catalogs; citations and award certificates; photographs of works of art; an inventory of serigraphs; and a contract with the Vestart Gallery, 1972.
UNMICROFILMED: 20 color slides of paintings by Cipriani.
REEL 3026: 9 sketchbooks with notes; a scrapbook containing biographical data, letters, and exhibition catalogs; citations and award certificates; photographs of works of art; an inventory of serigraphs; and a contract with the Vestart Gallery, 1972.
UNMICROFILMED: 20 color slides of paintings by Cipriani.
Coalition of Women's Art Organizations records
Collection
Identifier: AAA 10064
Found in:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Art Project Microfilm
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Coalition of Women's Art Organizations records
Dates:
1977-1982
Scope and Contents
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.
Mildred Cocke papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 7472
Dates:
1941-1982
Scope and Contents
A scrapbook containing ca. 10 letters received, 1970's; exhibition announcements and catalogs, including those of her daughter, Tinka Tarver; clippings; family memorabilia; printed material; and ca. 20 photographs of Cocke, her family and friends, and her works of art.
Cecille Crow papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 10511
Dates:
1966-1983
Scope and Contents
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.
Nina Cullinan papers
Collection
Identifier: AAA 7564
Dates:
ca. 1930s-1970s
Scope and Contents
Available only on microfilm at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.The Nina Cullinan Paper were microfilmed by the Texas Art Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for inclusion in the Archives of American Art. Currently the papers may be accessed on microfilm at MFAH. The University of Houston Libraries and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are digitizing the microfilm of the Nina Cullinan Papers as part of a collaborative TexTreasures 2020...