The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
REEL 2772: Sketches, watercolors, prints, and manuscripts.
REELS 3275-3276, 3282-3283: An autobiographical sketch; biographical material; letters to his wife, 1874; awards and certificates; transcript of a journal kept in Fort Ellis, July and August 1871; a journal kept on a trip to Mexico, 1882-1883; notebooks containing account records and lists of paintings, 1873-1922; Ruth Moran's notebooks containing records of her father's work; ca. 1500 sketches; photographs of Moran and of his paintings; a photograph of Mary Nimmo Moran; typescripts of articles on Moran; a thesis by Samuel Sachs II, "Thomas Moran-Drawings and Watercolors"; clippings; and exhibition catalogs and announcements.
Citation:
Thomas Moran papers, 1870-1947. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 2772, 3275-3276 & 3282-3283 available at Archives of American Art offices, the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Painter; Santa Barbara, Calif.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Microfilmed 1984 with other selected art related papers form the Gilcrease Institute.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001