The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Files kept by Smith on sculptors whom he contacted to do sculptures for his employer, the Taubman Company, Southfield, Mich. Files contain photographs, correspondence, some exhibition catalogs, and a few chronologies. Sculptors represented include Bruce Beasley, William Crutchfield, Josefa Filkosky, Richard Lippold, Jim Pallas, Buky Schwartz, Ernest Trova, Wen-Ying Tsai, and DeWain Valentine.
Citation:
James B. Smith papers, 1970-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 1159 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the lender, James B. Smith, after microfilming, 1976.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Architect; Southfield, Mich.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1976 by James B. Smith.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001