Guide to the Grace Spaulding John papers, 1890-1977


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	John, Grace Spaulding
	Title	Guide to the Grace Spaulding John papers
	Dates:	1890-1977
	Abstract:	These papers consist of proofs, dummies, and printed copies of published and unpublished works written by or illustrated by Grace Spaulding John. Also included are film/film prints of illustrations from these works, sketchbooks, as well as other artwork. Additional items in the collection include biographical information on John, newspaper and magazine articles, and family photographs, audiotapes and correspondence.
	ID	MS 383
	Extent	20 lin. ft. (39 boxes)
	Language	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX

Biographical Note

Grace Spaulding John was born February 10, 1890, in Battle Creek, Michigan, at the home of her maternal grandmother. The first thirteen years of her life were spent in Vermont where her father was a newspaper editor and publisher. The family moved to Beaumont, Texas, where Grace received her first art lessons from Penelope Lingham, a trained artist, who recognizing her talent, recommended that after finishing high school, Grace be sent to the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, in St. Louis Missouri. Grace would go on to study at the Chicago Art Institute, the Art Students League in New York City, the National Academy of Design in New York City, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Chester Springs, where she worked under Charles W. Hawthorne, who proposed her name for a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship. The result was that she was one of the eight young artists, chosen nationally, to reside and study at "Laurelton Hall," the beautiful home of Louis Comfort Tiffany, on Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York an entire summer.

In 1921 she went to Houston, Texas, to live, and there she married Alfred Morgan John, a prominent Houston attorney, the great-grandson of General Sam Houston. In 1927, Spaulding went to Europe, where she painted in France, Italy and Spain. In 1928, she made her first visit to Mexico, returning to Houston with enough paintings for a one-man show at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. A hallmark of her work was her use of natural brown linen for her canvases, sizing it first with rabbit skin glue, a technique taught to her by Hawthorne. In 193l, she traveled to New Mexico, where the earth colored pueblos and turquoise skies lured her back time and again. She had two children, a boy and a girl. Her husband died in 1937, in Houston. A fine portrait painter, she executed over a hundred and twenty-five portraits, all done from life, among them Thomas Mann, Edgar Lee Masters, and Oveta Culp Hobby dressed in her uniform as first commander of the WAACS which is now in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Spaulding was adept in any medium - oil, dry-point, lithography (on stone), pastel, conté, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, block print, and plexiglas. She was given a one-man show of her small plexiglas carvings at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and while Spaulding's early murals were done in true fresco, she was the first to use the newly developed medium of plexiglas for her large panels on which, using special tools, she carved her designs. She traveled constantly, and among her canvases are scenes of Texas, Virginia, Florida, Colorado, California, New York, Canada, and, of course, New Mexico, Mexico and Europe. During her career, she had twenty-seven one-man shows. She was a recognized poet, and three books of her poetry, illustrated with what she called her "living line" drawings, were published. There is also a prize winning novel, Black Son, White Son, to her credit. The Archives of American Arts has microfilm of her papers, and color slides of her paintings. Examples of her work are to be found in the principle museums, libraries, and universities in the United States. Her last studio was in Houston at 1503 Banks Street. Only the week before she died, she gave a reading of her poetry to a large audience at Houston's Galleria. She died on July 22, 1972.

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Scope and Contents

The papers of Grace Spaulding John consist of correspondence between Grace Spaulding John and members of her family, between her and her friends and beaux, and between her and other artists. Box one of the collection provides a Sam Houston/Alfred John family tree. In addition, the collection contains John’s address books, diaries, journals, and sketchbooks. A wealth of biographical information on John is present in her papers as well. The collection also consists of audio tapes; awards; business records; financial information; magazine articles about John; newsclippings; photographs of her, members of her family, and many of her friends and artistic subjects; printed ephemera; and reference material. Also within the collection are proofs, dummies, and printed copies of published and unpublished works written by or illustrated by Grace Spaulding John, as well as film/film prints of illustrations from these works. John’s papers also include a representative, but not exhaustive, sample of her artwork, primarily through photographs and scanned images.

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Arrangement
	This material is divided into four series which are listed below:

		Series I: Correspondence, 1908-1970 (Boxes 1-13)
		Series II: Daily Calendars, Address Books, Financial Documents, 1938-1961 (Boxes 13-14)
		Series III: General Biographical Information, 1890-1997 (Boxes 14-19)
		Series IV: Photographs, 1890-1972 (Boxes 20-21)
		Series V: Artists and Writers, n.d. (Boxes 21-23)
		Series VI: Friends and Beaux, n.d. (Box 23)
		Series VII: Works, 1908-1966 (Boxes 23-35)
		Series VIII: Printed Ephemera, n.d. (Boxes 35-36)
		Series IX: Awards, n.d. (Boxes 35-36)
		Series X: Tapes (Audio), 1966-1968 (Boxes 37-39)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

No access restrictions; this material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Grace Spaulding John collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Bistram, Emile, 1895-1976
		Bolding, Patricia Spaulding Smith, b. 1944
		Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
		Hancock, John W. Sr., d. 1960
		Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
		Hughes, Pamela Sturtevant Keightley, b. 1946
		John, Alfred M., d. 1936
		John, Grace Spaulding, 1890-1972
		John, John Spaulding, b. 1915
		Keightley, Patricia John, b. 1916
		Larch-Miller, Aloysius
		Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955
		Pershing, Ruth Uhler, 1898-1967
		Pillot, Joseph E., 1886-1966
		Spaulding, Gertrude Lavinia, 1871-1932
		Spaulding, Helim George, 1869-1943
		Stevens, Risë, b. 1913
	Subjects
		Artists -- Texas -- 20th century.
	Document Type
		Audio tapes
		Correspondence
		Journals
		Photographs
		Newsclippings
		Published works
		Illustrations
		Sketchbooks

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Series I: Correspondence, 1908-1970, Boxes 1-13
		Subseries A: Grace Spaulding John, 1908-1970
		This sub-series consists of correspondence between Grace Spaulding John and members of the Spaulding/John families. It also includes an autograph book, business files, drawings, legal documents, military records, newsclippings, notes, photographs, playbills, poems, postcards, printed ephemera, schoolwork, stories, and writings.
box	folder
1	1		1908
	2		1911
	3		1913
	4		1914
	5		1917
	6		1918 (contains photograph of Roy Keehnel)
	7		1919
	8		1921 (includes biography of Alfred M. John and certificate of marriage between himself and Grace Spalding John)
	9		1927
	10		1928
	11		1929
	12		1930
	13		1934
	14		1935
	15		1936, Jan. - July (includes photo of and condolences about Alfred M. John)
	15-16		1936 (includes photo of and condolences about Alfred M. John)
	17		1937 (includes photo of Helim and Emma Spaulding)
	18		1939
	19		1940
	20-21		1941
	22		1942
	23-24		1943
	23-26		1943 (including 4 photographs of Grace Spaulding John)
box	folder
2	1-4		1944
	5-8		1945
	9-12		1946
	13-16		1947
box	folder
3	1		1948
	2		1949
	3		1950
	4		1951
	5		1952 (includes photo of Patricia John Smith)
	6		1953
	7		1955 (includes photo of GSJ and Eugene Pillot)
	8		1956
	9		1957
	10		1958
	11		1959
	12		1960
	13		1961
	14		1962
	15		1963
	16		1964
	17		1965
	18		1966
	19		1967
	20		1968
	21		1969
	22		1970
box	folder
4	1		Postcards, 1927, Capri
	2		Postcards, 1927, Havana
	3		Postcards, 1927, Marseille
	4		Postcards, 1927, Masterbank
	5		Postcards, 1927, Milan
	6		Postcards, 1927, Paris
	7		Postcards, 1927, Petit-Andely
	8		Postcards, 1927, Pisa
	9		Postcards, 1927, Rome
	10		Postcards, 1927, Rouen
	11		Postcards, 1927, Venice
		Subseries B: Other family correspondents, 1933-1975
		Subseries B – Patricia John Smith Gorisch Keightley, 1933-1970, 1974-1975, and n.d. 2 lin. ft.; Youel Curtis Smith Jr., 1942-1947, and n.d. (1 Folder); Ellen Mary Keightley, 1944-1946, 1958-1962, and n.d. (2 Folders); Frank Geoffrey Keightley, 1947-1951, 1955,1961,1962 and n.d. (2 Folders); George Keightley, n.d. (1 Piece). This Subseries consists of four chronologically-arranged document cases of correspondence.
		Most of the correspondence is between PJK and GSJ. However, other correspondents include Alfred M. John, Naiad Key, Mildred Milligan, Helim Spaulding, Fanny Breaker, and Patricia’s daughters. There are also drawings and writings of Patricia’s. In addition, this subseries consists of one folder of correspondence mainly to/from Patricia and her first husband, Youel Curtis Smith Jr., as well as six folders of correspondence from/to Patricia’s mother-in-law, Ellen Mary Keightley, Patricia’s third husband, Frank Keightley, and Patricia’s father-in-law, George Keightley.
box	folder
4	12		Keehnel, Roy Bedell
	13		John, Patricia, 1933
	14		John, Patricia, 1934
	15-16		John, Patricia, 1935
	17-21		John, Patricia, 1936
	22		John, Patricia, 1937
	23		John, Patricia, 1938
	24		John, Patricia, 1939
box	folder
5	1-2		John, Patricia, 1940
	3		John, Patricia, 1941
	4		John, Patricia, 1942 (Includes war ration book)
	5		John, Patricia, 1943 (Includes war ration book)
	6		John, Patricia, 1944 (Includes war ration book)
	7		John, Patricia, 1945
	8		John, Patricia, 1946
	9		John, Patricia, 1947
	10		John, Patricia, 1948
	11		John, Patricia, 1949
box	folder
6	1		John, Patricia, 1950
	2		John, Patricia, 1951
	3		John, Patricia, 1952-1954
	4		John, Patricia, 1955-1956
	5-6		John, Patricia, 1957
	7-8		John, Patricia, 1958 (includes photos)
	9		John, Patricia, 1959
	10		John, Patricia, 1960 (includes photos of Sumatra and Candy and Pamela Sturtevant Keightley)
	11-12		John, Patricia, 1961 (includes photos of Singapore and Sumatra)
box	folder
7	1		John, Patricia, 1962
	2		John, Patricia, 1963
	3		John, Patricia, 1964
	4		John, Patricia, 1965
	5		John, Patricia, 1966
	6		John, Patricia, 1967
	7		John, Patricia, 1968
	8		John, Patricia, 1969
	9		John, Patricia, 1970
	10		John, Patricia, 1974
	11		John, Patricia, 1975
	12		Undated and incomplete
	13		Drawings
	14		Writings
	15		Smith, Youel Curtis, Jr., 1942-1947, and n.d.
box	folder
8	1		Keightley, Ellen Mary, 1958- 1962, and n.d. (To Frank Keightley, Patricia John, and Grace John)
	2		Keightley, Ellen Mary, 1944-1946 (Financial)
	3		Keightley, Frank Geoffrey, 1962 and n.d. (To Patricia)
	4		Keightley, Frank Geoffrey, 1947-1951, 1955, 1961 (To Ellen Keightley and others)
	5		Keightley, George, n.d.
		Subseries C: Alfred "Pat" M. John
		Alfred “Pat” M. John, 1917-1918, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1936 (12 Folders); Margaret “Amahoney” Morrow John, 1936, and n.d. (1 Folder); Robert Alexander John, 1921, 1928, 1930 (1 Folder). Subseries C consists of twelve folders related to Grace Spaulding John’s second husband, Alfred “Pat” M. John. The folders contain correspondence, family photos, his military records, biographical information about him, newsclippings connected with him, legal documents, his writings, and his notes. In addition, this Subseries contains one folder each of correspondence to/from Robert Alexander John and Margaret “Amahoney” Morrow John, Alfred M. John’s mother and father.
box	folder
8	6		John, Alfred Morgan, biographical info
	7		John, Alfred Morgan, correspondence, 1917-1918, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1936
	8		John, Alfred Morgan, death of
	9		John, Alfred Morgan, legal documents
	10		John, Alfred Morgan, military records
	11		John, Alfred Morgan, newsclippings
	12		John, Alfred Morgan, notes
	13		John, Alfred Morgan, photos
	14		John, Alfred Morgan, poll tax receipt
	15		John, Alfred Morgan, printed ephemera
	16		John, Alfred Morgan, Sam Houston genealogy
	17		John, Alfred Morgan, writings
	18		John, Margaret Morrow, correspondence, 1936 and n.d.
	19		John, Robert Alexander, 1921, 1928, 1930
		Subseries D: Hancock, John W., Sr., 1944-1960, 1961-1965, 1971, 1973, and n.d.
		Within Subseries D are approximately two linear feet of material associated with Grace Spaulding John’s third husband, John W. Hancock Sr. Included in this Subseries are numerous letters to/from Grace from both John Hancock and other members of the Hancock family. There are also poems written to and from Grace as well as legal documents pertaining to Hancock’s divorce from Grace. This Subseries also includes photographs of John Hancock, alone and with Grace, as well as a few photographs of other Hancock family members.
box	folder
8	20		Hancock, John, 1944
	21		Hancock, John, 1947
	22		Hancock, John, 1948-1949
	23		Hancock, John, 1950
	24-25		Hancock, John, 1951
	26		Hancock, John, 1952
	27		Hancock, John, 1953
	28		Hancock, John, 1954
box	folder
9	1		Hancock, John, 1955
	2-4		Hancock, John, 1956
	5		Hancock, John, 1957
	6		Hancock, John, 1958
	7		Hancock, John, 1959
	8-9		Hancock, John, 1960
	10		Hancock, John, photos
	11		Hancock, John and Grace, photos
	12		Hancock, John, photos (non-family)
	13		Hancock family correspondence, 1961-1973
	14		Hancock family photographs
	15		Hancock, John, divorce documents
	16		Hancock, John, household income
	16		Hancock, John, poems, to and from
		Subseries E: John Spaulding John, 1936-1961 (4 Folders); Margaret “Peg” Morrison John, 1939-1968 (1 Folder).
		Subseries E contains four folders of correspondence from John Spaulding John to his mother and sister. There are also newsclippings, printed ephemera, and photographs, as well as one folder of correspondence to Grace from Peg John, her daughter-in-law.
box	folder
10	1		John, John Spaulding, correspondence,1936-1961, and n.d.
	2		John, John Spaulding, newsclippings
	3		John, John Spaulding, photos
	4		John, John Spaulding, printed ephemera
	5		John, Margaret "Peg" Morrison, Correspondence, 1939-1968, and n.d. [Bulk 1940, 1955-1956]
		Subseries F: Pamela Sturtevant Smith Hughes, 1956-1984, and n.d.
		This Subseries contains correspondence, arranged chronologically, primarily between Pamela Keightley and her sister (Patricia), her mother, and her father. It also includes playbills, newsclippings, and Pamela’s poems, writings, and drawings.
box	folder
10	6		1956
	7		1957-1962
	8		1964
	9		1965
	10		1966
	11		1967
	12		1968-1969
	13		1970-1972 (includes 2 photos)
	14		1973-1974
	15		1975-1976
	16		1977
	17		1978
box	folder
11	1		1979
	2		1980
	3		1981
	4		1982-1984
	5		undated
	6		Drawings
	7		Education and travel
	8		Poems
	9		Rice University, 1964-1969
	10		Stories
		Subseries G: Patricia “Candy” Spaulding Smith Bolding, 1954-1983. 1 lin. ft. (2 Mss Document Boxes).
		Within this Subseries are the chronologically arranged correspondence of Patricia Smith Bolding to/from her mother, father, and sister. It also contains Patricia’s schoolwork, as well as newsclippings, greeting cards, and travel records
box	folder
11	11		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1954-1959
	12		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1960-1963
	13		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1964
	14		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1965-1966
	15		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1967
	16		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1968-1970
box	folder
12	1		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1971-1977
	2		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, 1981-1983
	3		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, greeting cards
	4		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, schoolwork
	5		Keightley, Patricia Spaulding, travel record
		Subseries H: Katherine Nell Bolding, 1975, 1977, 1979 (1 Folder)
		This subseries contains one folder of correspondence from Katherine Nell Bolding to her grandparents, Patricia and Frank Keightley.
box	folder
12	6		Bolding, Katherine Nell,Correspondence 1975, 1977, 1979
		Subseries I: Frank Milton Bolding, 1973-1980, and n.d. (1 Folder).
		This Subseries consists of one folder of correspondence, artwork, poems, and stories, from Frank Milton Bolding to his grandparents, Patricia and Frank Keightley.
box	folder
12	7		Bolding, Frank Milton, Correspondence and Artwork
		Subseries J: Don Hugo Adams Jr., 1936, 1937-1939, 1949, 1964, 1965-1969. 5 Folders.
		This Subseries is made up of five folders of correspondence, writings, newsclippings, biographical information, and photographs connected with Grace’s cousin Don Hugo Adams Jr.
box	folder
12	8		Adams, Don, biographical info
	9		Adams, Don, correspondence, 1936, 1937-1939, 1949, 1964, 1965-1969
	10		Adams, Don, Grace Spaulding John writings about (includes "Second Cousin")
	11		Adams, Don, newsclippings
	12		Adams, Don, photos
		Subseries K: Helim George Spaulding, 1913-1943, and n.d. (15 Folders); Emma “Glory” Mesow Fitch Spaulding, 1943, 1955, 1960 (1 Folder); Gertrude Lavinia Sturtevant Spaulding, n.d. (1 Folder).
		Within this Subseries are six folders of correspondence from Grace’s father, Helim George Spaulding, to/from Grace and others. In addition, it contains an autograph book, biographical information, business files, newsclippings, photographs, publications, speeches, and some of Helim’s newspaper columns. Also within this Subseries are one folder each related to Gertrude Lavinia Spaulding (Helim’s first wife) and Emma Fitch Spaulding (Helim’s third wife).
box	folder
12	13		Spaulding, Helim, Autograph Book
	14		Spaulding, Helim, biographical info
	15		Spaulding, Helim, business cards
	16		Spaulding, Helim, conferences
	17		Spaulding, Helim, correspondence, 1913-1943, and undated
	18		Spaulding, Helim, Harriet Hoag Sutliff Spaulding Notebook (Helim's mother)
box	folder
13	1		Spaulding, Helim, invitations
	2		Spaulding, Helim, memberships
	3		Spaulding, Helim, newsclippings
	4		Spaulding, Helim, newspaper columns
	5		Spaulding, Helim, photos and postcards
	6		Spaulding, Helim, printed ephemera
	7		Spaulding, Helim, publications
	8		Spaulding, Helim, speeches
	9		Spaulding, Helim, will and testament
	10		Spaulding, Emma Fitch, 1943, 1955, 1960 (includes photo)
	11		Spaulding, Gertrude Sturtevant, n.d.
		Subseries L – Various family and non-family, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1942, 1957,1963, and n.d. (2 Folders).
		This Subseries consists of correspondence from various other members of the Spaulding/John family. The correspondents include Lester and Marguerite Ford, Lucille Smith, Julia McDonough, and Randolph and Ruth John
box	folder
13	12		Correspondence, non-family, n.d.
	13		Family Correspondence, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1942, 1957,1963, and n.d.

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Series II: Daily Calendars, Address Books, Financial Documents, 1938-1961 (Boxes 13-14)
box	folder
13	-	Address books (5), undated
	-	Daily calendars, 1941, 1946-50, and undated
	-	Financial ledgers, 1938-1939, 1953-1954, 1959-1961, and undated
box	folder
14	1	Newsclippings

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Series III: General biographical information, 1890-1997, and n.d.
	This series is arranged chronologically and consists of general biographical information about GSJ, her life, and her career through brochures, catalogs, newsclippings, photographs, travel material, and PJK’s reminisces. Other people are also represented, including artists/writers/journalists like Claire Dieman, Ina Gillespie, and Eugene Pillot, as well as members of the John family such as Patricia John Keightley, John Spaulding John, and Helim Spaulding. There is also an index card file that gives biographical information on Grace and her family, information about the Tiffany Foundation, names of art dealers, and lists of Grace’s solo and group exhibitions.
box	folder
14	2	General biographical information, brief listing of activities by year
	3	1890 - 1908
	4	1909-1911
	5	1912
	6	1913-1919
	7	1920
	8	1921-1922 (includes photos)
	9	1923
	10	1924
box	folder
15	1	1925
	2	1926
	3	1927
	4	Trip to Europe, 1927
	5	Trip to France, April, 1927
	6	Trip to France, May, 1927
	7	Trip to Italy, August, 1927
	8	Trip to Italy, September, 1927
	9	Trip to Shores of Collioure, August, 1927
	10-11	1928
	12	1929
	13	1930
	14-15	1931
	16	1932
	17	1933
	18	1934
	19	1935
	20	1936
box	folder
16	1	1937
	2	1938
	3	1939
	4	1940
	5	1941
	6	1942
	7	1943
	8	1944-1946
	9	1947-1952
	10	1953-1954
	11	1955
	12	1956
	13	1957-1959
	14	1960-1964
	15	1965
	16	1966
	17	1967
	18	1968
	19	1969
	20	1970
	21	1971
box	folder
17	1	1972
	2	1973
	3	1983, Sally K. Reynolds Gallery
	4	1984, Sally K. Reynolds Gallery, exhibit
	5	1988, Museum of Art of the American West
	6	1988, Parkerson Gallery Exhibit
	7	1991
	8	1993
	9	1994, Judy Robinson Gallery exhibit [See also Business Records]
	10	1996, Knotless Thread/Post-Impressionist: Grace Spaulding John, Letters of Acknowledgement
	11	1997, National Museum of Women in the Arts
	12	undated
	13	Biography of Grace Spaulding John, 1984, Written by Patricia John
	14	Calendar
	15	Magazine article, Newspaper clippings, Exhibition catalogues, other misc. papers, 1933-1973
	16	Newsclippings, 1920 - 1985
	17	"Patches"
	18	Taos and Santa Fe Years
box	folder
18	1-2	Grace Spaulding John, Artist (1890 - 1972), Volume 1 (1890-1930)
box	folder
19	-	Index card file

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Series IV: Photographs,1890-1972
		Subseries A: GSJ with Her Work, 1917-1972, and n.d. .5 lin. ft.
box	folder
20	1		1917-1920
	2		1921-1927
	3		1928-1935
	4		1939-1949
	5		1950-1958
	6		1959-1972
	7		GSJ and her works, undated
		Subseries B: Family, 1890-1972. 1 lin. ft.
box	folder
20	8		Bolding, Patricia "Candy" Spaulding Smith
	9		Donaldson, Margaret "Madge" Morrison John
	10		John, Alfred "Pat" M.
	11		John, Bonnie
	12		John, Grace Spaulding, 1890-1899
	13		John, Grace Spaulding, 1908-1916
	14		John, Grace Spaulding, 1917-1920
	15		John, Grace Spaulding, 1921-1927
	16		John, Grace Spaulding, 1928-1935
	17		John, Grace Spaulding, 1936-1937
	18		John, Grace Spaulding, 1939-1949
	19		John, Grace Spaulding, 1950-1958
	20		John, Grace Spaulding, 1959-1972
	21		John, Grace Spaulding, undated
	22		John, Jennifer
	23		John, John Spaulding
	24		John, Margaret "Peg" Morrison
	25		John, Peter Strutevant and John Spaulding, Jr.
	26		Kechnel, Roy
box	folder
21	1		Keightley, Patricia John Smith Gorisch
	2		Landscapes, buildings
	3		Various family
	4		New York studio
	5		"Patches"
	6		People (non-family)
	7		Smith, Pamela Sturtevant
	8		Smith, Youel Curtis
	9		Spaulding, Emma "Glory" Mesow Fitch
	10		Spaulding, Gertrude Lavinia Sturtevant
	11		Spaulding, Harriet Hoag
	12		Spaulding, Helim George
	13		Sturtevant, Zillah A. Meyers

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Series V: Artists and Writers, n.d. 1.5 lin. ft.
	Within this Series are biographic files, photographs, and artwork of, as well as correspondence to/from, various artists and writers.
box	folder
21	14	Autographs
	15	Ayars, Beulah Schiller
	16	Bailey, Carden
	17	Barnstone, Howard, and Gertrude
	18	Becky
	19	Bistram, Emile
	20	Blackmar, De Los
	21	Boyer, Philip (New York City)
	22	Browne, Frederic
	23	Bruton, Helen (Alameda and Monterey, California)
	24	Burton, Mrs. Frederick Moody (Patron)
	25	Byers, Evelyn (Houston)
	26	Cerrachio, Enrico Filberto (Houston)
	27	Cherry, Mrs. E. Richardson (Houston)
	28	Childress, Doris (Houston)
	29	Chillman, James Jr. (Houston)
	30	Claxton, Virginia
	31	Davidson, Ola McNeil (Houston)
	32	Davis, Helen C. (Houston)
	33	Dieman, Claire
	34	Dixon, Royal (Houston)
	35	Domec, Claude
	36	Evans, Mary Catherine Lubbock
	37	Ewing, Betty
	38	Fall, Mrs. Henry B. (Patron)
	39	Fechin, Nicholai (Taos)
	40	Flanagan, Jack/Billfaldt, Jeanne
	41	Franzheim, Kenneth
	42	Freed, Eleanor
	43	Freiman, Lillian
	44	Gillespie, Ina (Houston)
	45	Gonzales, Boyer (Galveston)
	46	Goodlett, Lucy
	47	Gordon, Allyn (Houston)
	48	Hellman, Bertha Louise (Houston)
	49	Heymann, Elsa
	50	Holmes, Ann
	51	Houston Art League
	52	Houston Artists
box	folder
22	1	Joy, Robert
	2	Kalil, Susie
	3	Key, Naiad Cresap
	4	Kuykendall, Mabell/ Ross, Grace (Santa Fe)
	5	Langham, Emily (Houston)
	6	Larkin, Billy
	7	Lay, Wynn (Frequent model for GSJ)
	8	Lingan, Penelope Bailey (Houston)
	9	Matthaei, Beatrice
	10	MacDonnell, Angela
	11	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, March 1939
	12	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, April 1939
	13	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, May 1939
	14	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, June 1939
	15	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, July 1939
	16	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, Sept. 1939
	17	MacMorris, Le Roy Daniel, Correspondence, undated
	18	McGaw, Jessie Brewer
	19	Mckenna, William M.
	20	McLeod, Ian
	21	McVey, William M.
	22	Marshall, John
	23	Muench, Agnes Tidden
	24	Muench, Julian Rhodes
	25	Nespoli, Uriel
	26	Northington, Clarissa
	27	Owens, Jane Blaffer
	28	Palmer, Hattie Virginia
	29	Payne, Lura Masterson
	30	Pillot, Eugene
	31	Reeves, Charlotte
	32	Renoir, Paul
	33	Schiwetz, E.M.
	34	Snowden, Chester/Dixon, Royal
	35	Stedman, Myrtle
	36	Stevens, Rise
	37	Sterling, Mary
	38	Sullivan, Stella
box	folder
23	1	Tu-Fu
	2	Unler, Ruth, artwork and biography
	3	Unler, Ruth, clippings and photos
	4	Unler, Ruth, correspondence
	5	Walker, Robert
	6	Walters, Emile
	7	Wiggins, Albert
	8	Wilson, Armin
	9	Wright, Cleo
	10	Zabaleta, Julio

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Series VI: Friends and Beaux
	The primary contents of this series are photographs of and correspondence to/from GSJ and/or Patricia John Keightley and various of Grace Spaulding John’s friends and/or beaux.
box	folder
23	11	Barone, Antonio
	12	Blockinger, Peg
	13	Breaker, Fanny
	14	Clark, A.P.
	15	Craig, Victor
	16	Engel, Michael
	17	Farnham, Sylvia
	18	Haile, Woodylee
	19	Hamblett, Jean
	20	Johnson, Roy
	21	King, Sparks
	22	Milligan, Mildred
	23	miscellaneous letters from friends
	24	Misuraca, Sonia
	25	Morgan, John A.
	25	Morgner, Aurelius
	26	Parker, Clinton
	27	photographs of beaux
	28	Baker, Capt. James
	29	Bistram, Emile

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Series VII: Works, 1908-1966
		Subseries A: Reference
box	folder
23	30		Blumenschein, Ernest L.
	31		Books
	32		Brett, Dorothy
	33		Brett, Dorothy
	34		Bynner, Witter
	35		Ford, Lester R.
	36		Herz, Henri
	37		Houston, Sam
	38		Houston, Sam, descendants
	39		Lawrence, D.H.
	40		McNay, Marion Koogler
	41		O'Keefe, Georgia
box	folder
24	1		Santa Fe, New Mexico
	2		Seton, Earnest T.
	3		Sloan, John
	4		Smith, Mortimer
	5-7		Taos, New Mexico
	8		Tiffany
		Subseries B: Literary works, Poems, Essays, 19?-19?. 3 lin. ft.
		This Subseries consist of the proofs, dummies, and printed copies of Grace’s published and unpublished works, which were either written by or illustrated by her. In addition, the Subseries consists of an alphabetized set of Grace Spaulding John’s poems and a number of her writings.
box	folder
24	9-16		Essays
box	folder
25	1		Azalea, autographed copy, 1955
	2		Azalea, dummy
	3		The Cousins,manuscript, unpublished, n.d.
	4		The Cousins,manuscript, unpublished alternate copy, n.d.
	5		The Knotless Thread,dummy notebook
	6		The Knotless Thread,prints for film
	7		The Knotless Thread,published copy, 1970
	8		The Living Line,printer proof
box	folder
26	1		The Living Line,dummy notebook, 1962
	2		The Living Line,correspondence, 1960-1965
	3		Memo,corrections
	4		Memo,correspondence, 1943-1963
	5		One-plus one-plus one,proofs, ca. 1972
	6		One-plus one-plus one,printer proofs, ca. 1972
	7		One-plus one-plus one,published copy, 1972
	8		One-plus one-plus one,partial dummy notebook, 1972
	9		One-plus one-plus one,correspondence, 1972
	10		Smocking through Mexico,pp. 1-49, ca. 1935
	11		Smocking through Mexico,pp. 50-99, ca. 1935
	12		Smocking through Mexico,pp. 100-146, ca. 1935
box	folder
27	1		Smocking through Mexico,pp. 147-196, ca. 1935
	2		Smocking through Mexico,pp. 197-249, ca. 1935
	3		Smocking through Mexico,pp. 250-321, ca. 1935
	4		Smocking through Mexico,Houston Chronicle review
	5		White Son, Black Son, Part 1, first copy, 1960
	6		White Son, Black Son, Part 2, first copy, 1960
	7		White Son, Black Son, Part 3, first copy, 1960
	8		White Son, Black Son, Part 1, unpublished, 1960
box	folder
28	1		White Son, Black Son, Part 2, unpublished, 1960
	2		White Son, Black Son, Part 3, unpublished, 1960
	3-5		White Son, Black Son, complete carbon copy
	6		White Son, Black Son, notes
	7-13		Poems
box	folder
29	1		Poems
	2		Poems, alphabetized, A-D
	3		Poems, alphabetized, E-I
	4		Poems, alphabetized, K-M
	5		Poems, alphabetized, N-R
	6		Poems, alphabetized, S-W
	7		Poems, early sketches
	8		Poems, to Don Adams
	9		Poetry party
		Subseries C: Journals and Sketchbooks, 1908-1966, and n.d. 1.5 lin. ft.
box	folder
30	1		Journals, 1908
	2		Journals, 1913-1914
	3		Journals, 1916-1919
	4		Journals, 1923-1924
	5-6		Journals, 1927
	7		Journals, 1933-1934
	8-9		Journals, 1935
	10		Journals, 1938
	11		Journals, 1938-1941
	12		Journals, 1938-1941 (predominantly Galveston)
	13-14		Journals, 1940-1950
box	folder
31	1		Journals, 1942-1964
	2		Journals, ca. 1965
	3		Journals, 1966 (El Greco)
	4		Journals, 1966 (San Miguel de Allende)
	5		Journals, undated
	6		Sketchbooks, 1918
	7		Sketchbooks, 1920, unbound, Ballet in Houston
	8		Sketchbooks, 1921-1923
	9		Sketchbooks, 1927 (France)
	10		Sketchbooks, 1927 (predominantly Cuba)
	11		Sketchbooks, 1931-1952 (Houston)
box	folder
32	1-2		Sketchbooks, 1935, unbound (West Coast of Mexico)
	3		Sketchbooks, ca. 1938 (predominantly Galveston)
	4		Sketchbooks, 1939
	5		Sketchbooks, ca. 1947 (Cape Cod, New York, Canada)
	6		Sketchbooks, undated
	7		Sketchbooks, undated (Mexico)
	8		Sketchbooks, undated (New Mexico)
		Subseries D – Films and Prints, 1933, 1952. 2 Folders
box	folder
32	9		Films and prints, 1933
	10		Films and prints, 1952
	11-12		Films and prints, n.d.
		Subseries E: Business Records, 1923-1996. 2 lin. ft.
		This Subseries consists of correspondence related to Grace’s and/or Patricia’s business affairs. It also contains files about the various galleries that exhibited Grace’s work or placed her work on consignment, as well as sales records related to her artwork. Within this Subseries are also documents associated with a number of Grace’s murals, paintings, and portraits. Many of these files contain photographs or scanned copies of the piece in question.
box	folder
32	13		Art apparaisals
	14		Deposal of
	15		Conrad Gallery
	16		Correspondence, general business,1935-1998
	17		Dealers
	18		DuBose Gallery
	19		Emile Walter Gallery
	20		Etchings, "Allen's Landing", (Old Viaduct Bridge)
	21		Etchings, "Pyjama Party"
	22		Etoffe Litteraire, 1991
	23		Financial information
	24		Framing, 1979-1996
box	folder
33	1		Houston galleries
	2		Klep Gallery
	3		Legal documents
	4-5		Murals, "The Balinese Room"
	6		Murals, "The Mermaid"
	7		Murals, "Mrs. M[____]'s Wall"
	8		Murals, "New Lands"
	9		Murals, "The Pipe of Peace"
	10		Museum of New Mexico
	11		Paintings, "Afternoon Tea"
	12		Paintings, "Allen's Landing"
	13		Paintings, "Bird's Eye View" (6th Avenue at 41st Street, Bird Cage, fluted curtain)
	14		Paintings, "Buffalo Bayou in Spring"
	15		Paintings, "Cherry Blossom Farm"
	16		Paintings, "Daffodils and Tanagra Figurine"
	17		Paintings, "Dining Room of 'The Oaks'" (Captain James A. Baker)
	18		Paintings, "The Dye Shop"
	19		Paintings, "Easter" ("Ave Maria")
	20		Paintings, "El Ajuar" ("The Trousseau")
	21		Paintings, "The Galleon"
	22		Paintings, "Gossip"
	23		Paintings, "The Grapefruit Tree"
	24		Paintings, "The Green Silk Parasol"
	25		Paintings, "Holcombe Drive"
	26		Paintings, "Hope Deferred"
	27		Paintings, "Houston, Main Street 1924" (Sold to Jack Josey)
	28		Paintings, "I.Miller Shoes"
	29		Paintings, "Jamail's First Stall"
	30		Paintings, "The Leghorn Hat"
	31		Paintings, "Line of the Daisy"
	32		Paintings, "Male Nude" (Wynn Lay, model)
	33		Paintings, "Mortgage"
	34		Paintings, "The Moss Tree"
	35		Paintings, "Old Market"
	36		Paintings, "Oleanders"
	37		Paintings, "Open Gates" (Sealy Home)
	38		Paintings, "Parasols for Posies"
	39		Paintings, "The Plaza Hotel"
	40		Paintings, "Portrait of a Child"
	41		Paintings, "Prather Garden"
	42		Paintings, "Prather Garden"
	43		Paintings, "Purple Pools"
	44		Paintings, "Queen of the May"
	45		Paintings, "Ruth Schucke Poor's Dancing class"
	46		Paintings, "The Saint"
	47		Paintings, "Shrimp Boats, Galveston"
	48		Paintings, "Sixth Avenue at 41st, NYC" or ("Night Life")
	49		Paintings, "Spring comes to the Bayou"
	50		Paintings, "Storm Warning" (Yellow Lightning)
	51		Paintings, "Sylvan Beach"
	52		Paintings, "The Tempest" (Green Lightning)
	53		Paintings, "Thursday nite" ("Maid's day out")
	54		Paintings, "Two Girls in White by Half Moon Bridge"
	55		Paintings, "Unloading Bananas"
	56		Paintings, "Where 17 Railroads meet the Sea" (Houston Ship Channel)
	57		Paintings, "The White Courtyard at Tacubaya"
	58		Paintings, Tiffany's, "The Birthday Party"
	59		Paintings, Tiffany's, "The Chapel Door"
	60		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Daffodils and Glass"
box	folder
34	1		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Easter Lilies"
	2		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Laurelton Hall"
	3		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Laurelton Hall, Loggia and Moorish Fountain"
	4		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Lighted Candle"
	5		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Orange Lilies in Tiffany Vase"
	6		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Tiffany's Terrace"
	7		Paintings, Tiffany's, "Venus and Dandelions"
	8		Paintings, Tiffany's, "The White Court"
	9		Parkerson Gallery
box	folder
33	10		Portraits, "Agnes" (Agnes Hamilton)
box	folder
34	11		Portraits, Barlow, Ann
	12		Portraits, Barlow, Jane
	13		Portraits, Barton, Mrs. Ernest
	14		Portraits, Breaker, Lois, with Raggedy Ann doll
	15		Portraits, Breaker, Muriel ("La Paloma")
	16		Portraits, "Caroline" (Mrs. Tom Mings, niece of Ruth Uhler)
	17		Portraits, Cleveland, Tina
	18		Portraits, Cleveland, Tina
	19		Portraits, Coward, Mary Cook
	20		Portraits, Creech, Violet
	21		Portraits, Denee, Violet
	22		Portraits, Eilshemius, Louis
	23		Portraits, Farish, Mrs. Stephen ("Mrs. Malaprop")
	24		Portraits, Hancock, John
	25		Portraits, Hobby, Oveta Culp
	26		Portraits, Hobby, Willie Cooper
	27		Portraits, Houston, Sam
	28		Portraits, John, Alfred "Pat" Morgan
	29		Portraits, John, Grace Spaulding, 1923
	30		Portraits, John, Grace Spaulding, 1927
	31		Portraits, John, Grace Spaulding, 1933
	32		Portraits, John, Grace Spaulding, 1943
	33		Portraits, John, Patricia, 1933
	34		Portraits, John, Patricia, 1953
	35		Portraits, John, Robert Alexander
	36		Portraits, Killen, Mrs. Rutherford
	37		Portraits, [Kuhlman, Louise]
	38		Portraits, Lancaster, Naomi
	39		Portraits, Larch-Miller, Aloysius
	40		Portraits, Lewis, Judd Mortimer
	41		Portraits, Lorenberg, Mrs. Isadora
	42		Portraits, McAlyster, Dolores ("The Blind Girl")
	43-44		Portraits, Mann, Thomas
	45		Portraits, Masters, Edgar Lee, charcoal
	46		Portraits, Masters, Edgar Lee, oil
box	folder
35	1		Portraits, Milsaps, Major John, E.T.
	2		Portraits, "The Mountaineer"
	3		Portraits, Parker, Clinton Woodridge
	4		Portraits, Pillot, Eugene
	5		Portraits, Rittenhouse, Jessie
	6		Portraits, Robinson, Guin
	7		Portraits, Schlumberger, Marc and Mildred Milligan
	8		Portraits, Smith, Youel Curtis, Jr.
	9		Portraits, Snyder, Maryellen (Lowe)
	10		Portraits, Spaulding, Emma "Glory" Mesow Fitch
	11		Portraits, Trapp, Frann T.
	12		Portraits, Uhler, Ruth Pershing
	13		Portraits, Unidentified woman with champagne bucket filled with flowers
	14		Portraits, Wortham, Lindel, 1926
	15		Portraits, Young Girl with a Boston Bulldog
	16		Property
	17		Repairs
	18		Robinson Gallery: Brandt, Bradley L.
	19		Robinson Gallery: catalog
	20		Robinson Gallery: contract
	21		Robinson Gallery: correspondence, 1993-1995
	22		Robinson Gallery: gallery talk by PJK
	23		Robinson Gallery: invitation lists
	24		Robinson Gallery: newsclippings
	25		Robinson Gallery: photography
	26		Robinson Gallery: price lists
	27		Robinson Gallery: sales
	28		Rosenberg Library
	29		Santa Fe galleries
	30		Snite Museum of Art
	31		Stables Art Gallery
	32		Stocks, 1931-1972
	33		Wickersham Gallery, brochure (Tiffany exhibit)
	34		Wickersham Gallery, correspondence
	35		Wickersham Gallery, exhibit list
	36		Wickersham Gallery, guest list
	37		Wickersham Gallery, newsclippings
	38		Sales / expenses
	39		Dream notes

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Series VIII: Printed Ephemera, undated. 1 lin. ft.
	The Printed Ephemera Series contains folders about painting techniques, John’s notes on her dreams, a listing of her quotes, John’s attitude toward philosophy and religion, as well as various newsletters.
box	folder
35	40	GSJ philosophy and religion
	41	GSJ quotes
box	folder
36	42	Invitations
	43	Murals
	44	Newsletters
	1	Publications about GSJ, 1926-1974
	2	Publications about GSJ, 1985-2000
	3	St. Louis School of Art
	4	Spaulding memorial Book (excerpts)
	5	Techniques
	6	Techniques, Dynamic Symmetry

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Series IX – Awards, undated, 0.5 lin. ft.

box

folder

Matrix award, plaque

Ribbons

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Series X: Tapes (Audio), 1966-1968. 1.5 lin. ft.
	Within this series are two groups of tapes. One group consists of eighty-eight magnetic tapes, the other of twenty-two cassette tapes. The cassette tapes appear to be updated versions of the magnetic tapes. On them are audio letters exchanged between Patricia Keightley and her husband Frank, and her daughters Patricia and Pamela. The bulk of the tapes, however, are between GSJ and PJK. There are also several other audio tapes in this Series, including a radio interview of Grace John discussing “Arts in Houston.”
box	folder
37	1	GSJ to PJK, March 2, 1966
	2	GSJ to PJK, March 3, 1966
	3	GSJ to PJK, March 10, 1966
	4	GSJ to PJK, March 14, 1966
	5	GSJ to PJK, March 15, 1966
	6	GSJ to PJK, March 23, 1966
	7	GSJ to PJK, March, 1966
	8	GSJ to PJK, April, 1966
	9	GSJ on 1923 Tiffany's Stay, n.d.
	10	GSJ to PJK, January 23, 1967
	11	GSJ to PJK, March 22, 1967
	12	GSJ to PJK, March, 1967
	13	GSJ to PJK, March, 1967
	14	GSJ to PJK, June 4, 1967
	15	CS (Curtis Smith?) to PJK, July 21, [1966]
	16	CS (Curtis Smith?) to PJK, April 29, [1966]
	17	August 13, [1966]
	18	GSJ to PJK, n.d.
	19	GSJ to PJK, August 1, 1966
	20	GSJ to PJK, n.d.
	21	GSJ to PJK, n.d.
	22	GSJ to PJK, n.d.
	23	PJK to GSJ, n.d.
	24	GSJ to PJK, July 7, 1966
	25	GSJ to PJK, May 16, 1966
	26	GSJ to PJK, June 25, 1966
	27	GSJ to PJK, July 6, 1966
	28	PJK to Frank Geoffrey Keightley (FGK), n.d.
	29	PJK to Frank Geoffrey Keightley (FGK), n.d.
	30	PJK to Frank Geoffrey Keightley (FGK), n.d.
	31	PJK to Patricia Spaulding Bolding, n.d.
	32	PJK to Patricia Spaulding Bolding, n.d.
	33	PJK to Pamela Sturtevant Hughes, 1966
	34	PJK to Pamela Sturtevant Hughes, April 4, 1966
	35	[PJK to GSJ], n.d.
	36	Unidentified
	37	Unidentified
	38	Mildred Milligan
	39	Kate
	40	Pastorale
	41	Frank Keightley
	42	Phia Berghout
	43	Unidentified
	44	Christmas
	45	PJK to GSJ, January 4, 1966
	46	PJK to GSJ, January 10, 1966
	47	PJK to GSJ, January 14, 1966
	48	PJK to GSJ, January 20, 1966
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38	49-50	Georgie's party
	51	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 16, 1966
	52	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 24, 1966
	53	PJK to GSJ, March 23, 1966
	54	PJK to GSJ, April 1, 1966
	55	PJK to GSJ, April 11, 1966
	56	PJK to GSJ, April 18, 1966
	57	PJK to GSJ, April 25, 1966
	58	PJK to GSJ, April 28, 1966
	59	PJK to GSJ, May 8, 1966
	60	PJK to GSJ, May 12, 1966
	61	PJK to GSJ, May 19, 1966
	62	PJK to GSJ, June 21, 1966
	63	PJK to GSJ, July, 1966
	64	PJK to GSJ, July 17, 1966
	65	PJK to GSJ, July 28, 1966
	66	Ernest P. Walker (Curator of Washington Zoo), July 31, 1966
	67	PJK and Newcastle, August 1, 1966
	68	PJK, Newcastle, and Washington, August 1, 1966
	69	PJK to GSJ, August 8, 1966
	70	PJK to GSJ, September 4, 1966
	71	1967
	72	PJK to GSJ, March 1967
	73	PJK to GSJ, August 8, 1967
	74	PJK to GSJ, Dec. 26, 1967
	75	PJK to GSJ, Jan. 1, 1968
	76	PJK to GSJ, Jan. 27, 1968
	77	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 1, 1968
box	folder
39	78	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 10, 1968
	79	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 14, 1968
	80	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 15, 1968
	81	PJK to GSJ, Feb. 20, 1968
	82	PJK to GSJ, [April 27, 1968]
	83	PJK to GSJ, July 24, 1968
	84	PJK to GSJ, August 20, 1968 (For Betty Ewing)
	85	PJK to GSJ, undated
	86	PJK to GSJ, undated
	87	blank
	88	PJK to GSJ, [March 18, 1967]
	88	Unidentified
	-	23 cassette tapes labeled Tape 1a through 88b
	-	PJ to GSJ, Feb. 14, 1968
	-	Tape labeled "09/06/1998 Joseph Thomas Bloxsom Speaking about Betty Bolton Bloxsom who interested Grace John in Plexiglass"
	-	2 tapes with an accompanying white sheet of paper with the following typed on it: "Arts in Houston, Grace Spaulding John, Interview (Recorded by KUHF-FM)"
	-	1 Sony PR-150 Recording Tape labeled "Shannon Williams 1975 (May)"

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