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Interviewee:

Nord, Henry Allen, 1904-  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

29 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 July 19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Henry Allen Nord conducted 1965 July 19, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Henry Allen Nord (1904-1981) was a mosaicist and painter from Los Angeles, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 2 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.nord65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9af340550-f6be-484f-af1f-fcf7d651779e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nord65

Creator:

Henry, Mary, 1913-  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1987-1989

Summary:

The scattered papers of painter, designer, and mosaicist Mary Dill Henry measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1987-1989. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographic material, and printed material.

Scope and Contents:

The scattered papers of painter, designer, and mosaicist Mary Dill Henry measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1987-1989. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographic material, and printed material.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary Dill Henry (1913-2009) was a painter, designer, and mosaicist from California and Seattle, Washington, whose work was characterized by geometric abstraction. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and worked at Hewlett-Packard drafting engineering renderings. Later, she created mosaics for the outside of the Hewlett-Packard offices. Henry's work is in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Institute of Design IIT, Microsoft, Safeco, and Hewlett-Packard, among many others.

Provenance:

Henry's friend and patron, Artemas A. Ginzton, donated the Mary Dill Henry papers to the Archives of American Art in 1992.

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.

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.

Occupation:

Painters -- California  Search this

Designers -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women designers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Citation:

Mary Dill Henry papers, 1987-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.henrmary

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Mary Dill Henry papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96f309de2-917b-4377-b0b6-e0a3e2d478b8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-henrmary

Creator:

Henry, Mary, 1913-  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)

27 Pages (Transcript)

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)

27 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 May 12

1964 May 12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Mary Dill Henry conducted on 1964 May 12, by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art.

Henry speaks of getting on the WPA Federal Art Project in Oakland, California; working on mosaics and designing murals for California school buildings; the dispersal of the art work created by the Project; her opinions of federal support for the arts.

Biographical / Historical:

Designer, mosaicist; California.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- California  Search this

Designers -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women designers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.henry64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d4a71b64-6212-46f8-ad9b-3274877b08c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-henry64

Interviewee:

Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986  Search this

Albro, Maxine  Search this

Bruton, Helen  Search this

Bruton, Margaret  Search this

Drerup, Karl  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames, 1965 June 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaics -- California  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Tapestry -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12923

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213229

AAA_collcode_ames65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213229

Interviewee:

Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975  Search this

Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Bruton, Helen, 1898-1985  Search this

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-  Search this

Drerup, Karl, 1904-2000  Search this

Extent:

30 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 June 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames conducted 1965 June 9, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. They speak of their participation in WPA projects at Newport Harbor Union High School, the San Diego County Courthouse, the Jon Lindbergh Junior High School, and the California Federal Building and Loan in Los Angeles; mural, mosaic and tapestry techniques and materials; Karl Drerup and the development of enameling in America; and the effect of the federal art programs on contemporary art. They also describe the work of Maxine Albro and Helen and Margaret Bruton.

Biographical / Historical:

Arthur Forbes (1906-1975) and Jean Goodwin Ames (1903-1986) were mural painters, mosaicists, and tapissiers from Claremont, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 12 minutes.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Tapissiers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaics -- California  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Tapestry -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.ames65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917e4630c-6d30-48ab-8a20-45433b71a2aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ames65

Creator:

King, Louisa Anne Etcheverry, 1911-1966  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)

11 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Sept. 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Louisa Etcheverry conducted 1964 Sept. 23 by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Louisa Anne Etcheverry King (1911-1966) was a mosaicist from California.

General:

Interviews of Eugenia Everett (10/14/64), and Leon Saulter (11/19/64) conducted by B. Hoag are also on this tape.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.etchev64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f64b7a72-9209-467c-96e7-9a416a369f7d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-etchev64

Interviewee:

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Hall, Parker  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Allied Artists Guild  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Bertrand, Ray, 1909-  Search this

Gaethke, George, 1898-  Search this

Neininger, Urban  Search this

O'Higgins, Pablo, 1904-  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

44 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 July 27

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Maxine Albro and Parker Hall conducted by Mary McChesney on 1964 July 27 for the Archives of American Art.

Albro speaks of her educational background including her work with Paul O'Higgins and as an assistant to Diego Rivera; of fresco and mosaic techniques; her mural at Coit Tower for the Public Works of Art Project; mosaics at San Francisco State College; her relationship with George Gaethke, Urban Neininger, Ralph Stackpole, Bernard Zakheim, and others; the Allied Artists Guild; the influence of the Federal Art Project on her career; and Ray Bertrand's lithography project. Parker Hall comments on his fresco at Coit Tower and other projects. Also present at the interview is Robert McChesney.

Biographical / Historical:

Maxine Albro (1903-1966) was a mural painter and mosaicist in Carmel, California. Her husband, Parker Hall, is a mural painter.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 26 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Muralists -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Lithographers -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Painters -- California  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.albro64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d877d3d1-f351-436b-9923-9fe358a1c582

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-albro64

Interviewee:

McCarthy, Max Joseph, 1896-1977  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

McCarthy, Jean  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Max McCarthy, 1964 Oct. 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Technique  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11805

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213646

AAA_collcode_mccart64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213646

Interviewee:

McCarthy, Max, 1896-1977  Search this

McCarthy, Jean  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

25 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Oct. 15

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Max McCarthy conducted 1964 Oct. 15, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

McCarthy's wife Jean is also present during the interview and contributes to it.

Biographical / Historical:

Max McCarthy (1896-1977) was a mosaicist in San Francisco, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 12 min.

The remastered reel was used for digitization. It was returned to Iron Mountain. Original reel missing.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Technique  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.mccart64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a0d36a88-5d60-4391-8132-bdc855810681

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mccart64

Interviewee:

Bruton, Helen, 1898-1985  Search this

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

37 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 December 4

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Helen and Margaret Bruton conducted by Lewis Ferbraché on 1964 December 4 for the Archives of American art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Helen Bruton is a painter, mosaicist and mural painter. Margaret Bruton is a painter and mosaicist.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 27 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Muralists -- California  Search this

Painters -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Etchers -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Tiles  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.bruton64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9be357709-164b-4340-ba64-f0d730cd754a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bruton64

Creator:

Gaethke, George, 1898-  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Bertrand, Ray, 1909-  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)

20 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Sept. 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of George Gaethke conducted 1964 Sept 26 by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art.

Gaethke speaks of his background and art training in California and Chicago; his work on the Coit Tower murals; working on a mosaic under the Federal Art Project; printmaking under the FAP; his post-FAP career. He recalls Maxine Albro and Ray Bertrand.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, printmaker, mosaicist, mural painter; San Francisco, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Printmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gaethk64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9159e430b-62ea-4253-aa99-b450e96d2e6b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gaethk64

Interviewee:

Gaethke, George, 1898-  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008  Search this

Albro, Maxine  Search this

Bertrand, Ray  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with George Gaethke, 1964 Sept. 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Printmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11941

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213464

AAA_collcode_gaethk64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213464

Interviewee:

Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Mary Dill Henry, 1964 May 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women designers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12650

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213564

AAA_collcode_henry64

Theme:

New Deal

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213564

Interviewee:

Nord, Henry Allen, 1904-1981  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Henry Allen Nord, 1965 July 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12991

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213690

AAA_collcode_nord65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213690

Creator:

Babcock, Paul G.  Search this

Babcock, Alberta von Ottenfeld, 1910-1992  Search this

Extent:

1 Microfilm reel (circa 40 items on 1 partial microfilm reel)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Scrapbooks

Date:

1930-1965

Scope and Contents:

This microfilmed scrapbook contains photographs of Paul and Alberta Babcock and their work; reproductions of paintings; and printed material.

Biographical / Historical:

Paul G. Babcock (1905-1976) was a painter, muralist, and mosaic artist in California. He was known for mosaic murals, portraits, still-life and desert scenes. During the depression he was employed on the Federal Art Project and created murals for public projects with his wife Alberta von Ottenfeld.

Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock (1910-1922) was a muralist, painter, and educator in California. She worked for Disneyland, MGM Studios, and Warner Brothers. She and her husband Paul created murals for public WPA projects as well as for companies and private clients.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the oral history interview with Paul and Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock, 1965 May 1.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1965 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Babcock.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California  Search this

Educators -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts -- California  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Paul G. and Alberta Babcock papers. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Babcock. Microfilmed by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.babcpaul

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw926dd53d3-fc27-41fb-bf68-ff743088ea67

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-babcpaul

Creator:

Abel, Christine Jeannette, 1890-1970  Search this

Names:

Forbes, Helen, 1891-1945  Search this

Extent:

8 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1910-1940

Scope and Contents:

Clippings about painter and muralist Helen Forbes, one of which concentrates on Forbes's demonstration of principles of mosaic, and 2 photographs of works of art by Forbes.

Biographical / Historical:

Helen Forbes was a painter and mosaicist, San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1964 by Christine J. Abel.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Educators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.abelchri

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92ba3b09c-8c4c-4ab0-98fa-86208f1abe56

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-abelchri