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Collection Creator:
Bechtle, Robert, 1932-2020  Search this
Extent:
1 Linear foot (Box 1)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1940s-1999
Scope and Contents:
Biographical material includes military service documents, infantry yearbooks, as well as academic records and degrees for Bechtle and his mother, who continued her education later in life. Also included are high school yearbooks, the senior year issue featuring art direction from Bechtle, as well as resumes and other supplemental material used by Bechtle's employing institutions to grant sabbaticals and other paid leave.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own in the following material: 40 demonstration works of art on papers by Robert Bechtle.
Collection Citation:
Robert Bechtle papers, circa 1950-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.bechrobe, Series 1
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Robert Bechtle papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a00be1c1-8934-4e64-9b0e-4c609d1f0dcd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-bechrobe-ref26