REELS 2906-2907: Papers, 1979-1981, compiled by Vander Lee, symposium coordinator of "Fiber in the 80's: Current and future issues in the textile arts," held October 3-4, 1980, at the Alfred J. Glassell, Jr. School of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tex. Included are correspondence with participating panelists and grants organizations; artists' resumes; contracts; income and expenditure lists; mailing lists; meeting minutes of the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, a sponsor of the symposium; and 3 clippings.
REEL 3362A: Material regarding the exhibition, "American Fiber: A New Aesthetic," including resumes and printed biographical information on the participants; correspondence; checklists; loan agreements; writings including Vander Lee's notes regarding the planning of the exhibition, and her draft for the text of the catalog; printed material; and photographs of the installation.
Biographical / Historical:
Museum curator; Houston, Tex.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1981 & 1984 by Jana Vander Lee.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Correspondence; scrapbooks; a report; financial statements; and blueprints and architectural plans.
REELS 1579-1594: Correspondence, 1961-1967, of the director, James Johnson Sweeney, concerning the operation and exhibitions of the Museum. Sweeney's correspondence as President of the McDowell Association, and correspondence, financial statements, artist information sheets, photos, and printed miscellany relating to Sweeney's position as a member of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. are also included.
REELS 3315-A & 3367: A scrapbook, ca. 1950-1970, containing exhibition announcements, catalogs and invitations, clippings, photographs of works of art and biographical data on Texas artists John Squire Adams, David Adickes, John T. Biggers, Bill Bomar, James W. Boynton, Joe Coulter, Otis Dozier, Kelly Fearing, Seymour Fogel, Michael Frary, Henry Gadbois, Herbert Mears, Robert Preusser, Frances Taylor Royston, Everett Spruce, Charles Umlauf and others. Also includes 3 public information scrapbooks, 1924-1958, containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, exhibition catalogs, correspondence, printed material and photographs of works of art.
REEL 3475: An undated report "Is Houston Lagging in the Fine Arts?" outlining the need for a new wing for the Museum of Fine Arts, a permanent fund for operation and donations for acquisitions; correspondence, 1967-1968, between MFA Director James Johnson Sweeney and Bruno P. Conterato, David Fix, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Andrew W. Morgan, S. I. Morris, Hugo Neuhaus, Jr., Arthur Salzman, Francois Stahly, George Tsutakawa, and others regarding a proposed fountain sculpture for Houston and the new addition to the MFA designed by Mies Van Der Rohe; and architectural plans and blueprints, 1954 and 1973, for the new addition.
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Material on reels 1579-1594 lent for microfilming (except business correspondence) 1979 by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; business correspondence on reels 1579-1594 donated 1979 by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; material on reels 3315-A & 3367 lent for microfilming 1983 and 1985 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; material on reel 3475 donated 1981 by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Restrictions:
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.
Printed material, biographical data, correspondence and photographs.
REEL 3447 (fr. 3-455): Biographical data; Christmas cards by Ory; exhibition catalogs and clippings; teaching material kept as Dean of the Junior School, Arthur Glassel, Jr. School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and files on exhibitions curated by Ory, containing correspondence, clippings and photographs.
REEL 3447 (fr. 458-613); Six catalogs from exhibitions curated by Ory and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, including ART OF THE ALAPHABET, WOOD IN ART, BOOKBINDING: A LIVING ART, IMAGES OF CHILDHOOD, A PEACEABLE KINGDOM: ANIMALS IN ART and ARTIST AND ARTISAN: NATIVE AMERICAN ART.
Biographical / Historical:
Curator; Houston, Texas.
Provenance:
Material donated and lent by Norma Ory, 1985, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. The donated exhibition catalogs were transferred to the NMAA-NPG library after microfilming.
Restrictions:
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
Occupation:
Art museum curators -- Texas -- Houston Search this
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1983.
Biographical / Historical:
Art historian; Austin, Texas. Sweeney was a museum administrator.
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Donated by Beauchamp, 1983.
Donated 1983 by Toni Ramona Beauchamp.
Restrictions:
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.
Correspondence; financial material; records of fundraising activities; minutes of meetings; and printed material.
Biographical / Historical:
Museum director; Houston, Tex. Director of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, ca. 1968-1975.
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Donated 1980 by Alexander K. McLanahan.
Restrictions:
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.
Correspondence; photographs; sketches; notes; announcements; clippings; and printed material.
REELS 1656-1657: Clippings, invitations, announcements, and notes about the Shook-Carrington Gallery; a letter, clippings, and printed material about the San Antonio Art League; correspondence and clippings about Shook as an artist; photos of completed needlepoint; hand-painted sketches of needlepoint designs; and correspondence, 1963-1973, primarily with Lady Bird Johnson, about commissioned Texas wildflower needlepoint chair sets.
REELS 1658-1661: Papers relating to LaCoste's needlepoint design business, 1960-1976, including: an extensive inventory of her designs and tracings of her patterns; sales correspondence; price slips; instruction sheets for the execution of her designs; and clippings.
Biographical / Historical:
Needlepoint designer; San Antonio, Texas. Lived 1912-1984.
Provenance:
Material on reels 1656-1657 lent for microfilming 1979 by Janet Shook LaCoste; material on reels 1658-1661 donated 1979 by LaCoste.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
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.
Letters; photographs; printed material; and miscellany.
REEL 3316: An invitation and catalog, 1972, for an exhibition of Mood's stitcheries, ceramics, sculpture and photography at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston; 4 newspaper clippings; a letter to Roger and Mary Louise Mood from Martha and Beau Mood, 1965; and an undated photograph of Mood.
REEL 3449: Material gathered by Martha Mood's agent, Lester Kierstead Henderson, including photocopies of letters to Henderson from Ansel Adams, Ronald Reagan and others, thanking him for the book THE SUBLIME HERITAGE OF MARTHA MOOD, by Henderson and Shirley Koploy; printed material about ordering Martha Mood dye transfer reproductions, stichery greeting cards, and calendars; clippings; 2 calenders MANY MOODS, 1984 and 1985, illustrated with stitcheries by Mood; 4 photographs of Mood, Henderson, and ceramic works by Mood.
Biographical / Historical:
Tapestry artist, ceramist, sculptor; San Antonio, Tex. Married name Martha Mood Lehmann.
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Material on reel 3449 donated 1982 by Lester K. Henderson, Martha Mood's agent. Material on reel 3316 lent for microfilming 1983 by W. Roger Mood, Mood's cousin by marriage.
Restrictions:
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.
Correspondence; writings; photographs; legal and business records; a resume; journals; a notebook; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; and printed material.
REEL 2832: 2 journals, February-December 1979 and January-November 1980; and a notebook recording dreams, reflections, 1977-1979.
REELS 2833-2837: A resume; correspondence with family, friends, colleagues, Miriam Schapiro, John Canaday and others; writings for ARTWEEK, ART VOICES/SOUTH, and STATESMAN; photographs of works of art; legal and business records; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; and printed material.
An interview with Jerry Bywaters conducted 1976 Feb. 13 by Kinsey Marshall. Interview was originally titled "Texas Public Works of Art Project/Mural Decoration"
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, art historian, and museum director; Dallas, Tex. Born 1906. Died 1989.
Other Title:
Texas Public Works of Art Project - Mural Decoration.
Provenance:
Donated 1983 by Kinsey Marshall.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
Use 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.
1.7 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 4 reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Date:
1960-1981
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence, photographs, slides, sketches and sketchbooks, printed material, journals, and motion picture films.
REEL 2879: Two journals containing daily entries concerning Staley's work and family; ink sketches; photographs of his family, friends, and art work; clippings; and exhibition announcements.
REELS 2880-2882: Correspondence with Jack Boynton, Bob Camblin, and Dick Wray; exhibitions list, announcements, invitations, catalogs, and clippings; lecture notes; "B & E Productions" file; sketches and 9 sketchbooks; and ca. 75 photographs.
UNMICROFILMED: Ca. 300 slides of drawings, prints, paintings, ceramics, belts, planters, and weather vanes by Staley, Bob Camblin, and Joe Tate; films by Staley, "Smoked Links," "All the Signs from Houston to Galveston and Back," and "Staley Draws"; films by Roy Fridge, "Student Film," and "Cube Art"; films by Staley, Camblin and Tate, "BEJ I" and "Holding Firm II"; and unidentified film and tapes.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, craftsman, and filmmaker; Houston, Tex.
Provenance:
Material on reels 2879-2882 lent for microfilming by Staley, 1981, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Unmicrofilmed material donated by Staley, 1981.
Restrictions:
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.
An interview of Fred and Edith Nagler conducted 1979 Dec. 14, by Lisa Laughlin, for the Archives of American Art Texas Project.
Biographical / Historical:
Edith Kroger Nagler (1890-1986) was a painter of Dallas, Tex.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 17 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript: 26 p. Patrons must use microfilm copy.
4 scrapbooks, 1942-1958, containing letters from art associations and societies, notifying Casebier that his works won exhibition awards; loan agreements and receipts; clippings; exhibition catalogs; and photographs. Also included are letters, telegrams and greeting cards from friends, museums and art organizations, 1945-1966; typescripts of 2 essays; printed material; photographs of Casebier, his stained glass works and paintings, 1951-1960; printed material and book covers illustrating Casebier's work; and miscellany.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, stained glass artist, and educator; San Antonio, Texas.
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Lent for microfilming 1982 by Cecil Lang Casebier.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
