Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Artist files accumulated by Beggs, while Director of the National Collection of Fine Arts, containing correspondence with George Barker, Otto Walter Beck, Samuel Bookatz, Alfred Jonniaux, and Andrew Wyeth.
Citation:
Thomas Montague Beggs letters, 1947-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 2227 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Thomas Montague Beggs; b. 1899; Art administrator, consultant, and painter; Washington, D.C.; d. 1990. Director of the National Collection of Fine Arts from 1948 to 1964.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Transferred 1981 by the NMAA-NPG Library to the Archives of American Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
