Descriptive Summary and Abstract
Cushing Memorial Library
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Powers, John and
Deborah
Inventory of the John and
Deborah Powers Papers: Early Texas Art and Artists-research collection:
1910-1999.
8 linear ft.
The John and Deborah
Powers research collection is comprised of correspondence, publications,
writings, listings, directories, manuscripts, photographs, and research
material for the Powers publication on Texas art and artists, titled,
Texas Painters, Sculptors <![CDATA[&]]>
Graphic Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before
1942, Austin, TX: Woodmont Books, 2000. The collection is primarily
photocopies and writings of the Powers with some published materials.
TXAS MSS 00157
English.
Biographical Note
John Powers, a native of Fort Worth obtained
baccalaureate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and its school of
law before entering private law practice in Austin. After serving twenty-three
years as a justice and senior justice, he retired from the Austin Court of
Appeals in 2004. He continues to reside in Austin with his wife Deborah.
Deborah Powers is also a University of Texas
graduate and was a Certified Public Accountant. She worked for the State of
Texas as the plan administrator for the state's two deferred compensation plans
and as a supervising auditor. She was also a research analyst for the Texas
Public Policy Foundation.
The Powers have two daughters, both graduates of Texas A
M University, and they currently reside in Austin and Bastrop.
Scope and Content Note
The John and Deborah Powers research collection is comprised of
correspondence, publications, writings, listings, directories, manuscripts,
photographs, and research material for the Powers publication on Texas art and
artists, titled,
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic
Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942,
Austin, TX: Woodmont Books, 2000. The collection is primarily photocopies and
writings of the Powers with some published materials.
The original order has been maintained as much as possible.
Correspondence is dispersed throughout the collection with most concentrated in
box 1. The artists' information files are arranged in alphabetical order by
artist last name and are inclusive of all artists within the alphaebetical
listing. Those artists with significant information have been given a single
file. Each of these files begins with one artsist and ends with the last artist
information in the file. Artists' information can consist of one news item to
several pages of information. To find an artist name not listed on the file,
please look at the file where his name would be in the alphabet.
Organization of the Papers
This collection is organized into 9 series:
- Series 1. Correspondence, 1995-1998.
- Series 2. Texas Death Certificates, undated.
- Series 3. Biographical Dictionary, 1953-1994.
- Series 4. Census Data, 1850, 1900.
- Series 5. City Directories, undated.
- Series 6. Publications, Thesis, Manuscripts, and Copies,
1852-1996.
- Series 7. Artist Information, undated.
- Series 8. Miscellaneous Writings, Catalogs, Reviews, and
Publications, 1903-1999.
- Series 9. Miscellaneous Index Cards, undated.
Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog of Cushing Memorial Library. Researchers wishing to find related
materials should search the catalog under these index terms.
Names
Powers, John
E.
Powers, Deborah Daniels
Subjects
Artists-Texas--United
States
Art Musuems
Art Schools
Places
Texas--United
States
Provenance
Received from John and Deborah Powers.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca Hankins in
December 2003.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1. Correspondence,
1995-1998.
1/1
Correspondence and People to Acknowledge, undated.
1/2
Correspondence, Abilene, Austin
Brownwood, undated.
1/3
Correspondence-- A-K
1996-1998.
1/4
Correspondence – L-Q,
1996-1997.
1/5
Correspondence – R-Z,
1997-1998.
1/6
Book – Correspondence Miscellaneous,
1995-1998.
1/7-1/11
Correspondence and Information on Miscellaneous
Artists, A-Z,
undated.
Series 2. Texas Death Certificates,
undated.
1/12
Texas Death Certificates--A-B,
undated.
1/13
Texas Death Certificates--C-D,
undated.
1/14
Texas Death Certificates--E-F,
undated.
1/15
Texas Death Certificates--G-H,
undated.
1/16
Texas Death Certificates--I-M,
undated.
1/17
Texas Death Certificates--N-Q,
undated.
1/18
Texas Death Certificates--R-S,
undated.
1/19
Texas Death Certificates--T-Z,
undated.
Series 3. Biographical Dictionary,
1953-1994.
1/20
Biographical Dictionary and Necrology,
1953-1994.
Series 4. Census Data,
1850, 1900.
1/21
Census Data-writings, index,
1850, 1900.
Series 5. City Directories,
undated.
1/22-1/23
City Directories-writings, listings,
undated.
Series 6. Publications, Thesis, Manuscripts, and Copies,
1852-1996.
2/1
A History of Texas Artists and
Sculptors – Frances Battaile Fisk – 1928 (partial copy).
2/2
The Creative Arts in Texas –
Goldie Capers Smith (partial copy),
1926.
2/3
Brewerton Court Martial Record – Transcript,
1852.
2/4
A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley – Frank C. Pierce
1917.
2/5
Mexican War Veterans--roster,
1887.
2/6
Fort Duncan Restoration Association – publications,
1994-1996.
2/7
Art and Artists of Texas –
Esse Forrester O’Brien (partial copy),
1933.
2/8
Texas Tech College-Art Scrapbook-Art in Texas Towns and
Cities--photocopies of new articles,
undated.
2/9
Jess Edith Self –
History of the Growth of Art Interest
in Texas in the Last Two Decades – Thesis
1941.
2/10
Resa C. Oglesby –
History of the Fort Worth Art
Association – Thesis,
1950 .
2/11
Mallory B. Randle –
Murals and Sculpture of the Public
Works of Art Project and the Treasury Section in the Southwest – Report
Thesis,
1967.
2/12
Leon Wilson –
The History of the TCU Art Department
through 1969 – Thesis,
1970.
2/13
Paul Rogers Harris –
The Women Who Challenged: Interviews
with Nine Artists ,
1990.
2/14
Edward Eugene Prohaska –
Advocating Art: The Texas Fine Arts
Association, 1911-1943 Thesis,
1993.
2/15
Leslie Howard Turner –
Light-Hearted Recollections of an
Octogenarian,
1996.
2/16
Caroline Remy –
Selected 20th Century Texas
Artists – Paper,
March 1966.
2/17
History of the Dallas Print &
Drawing Collectors Society by Violet Hayden Dowell,
undated.
2/18-2/24
Manuscripts,
undated.
Series 7. Artist Information,
undated.
3/1
Artists info – James William Abert – Victor Anderson –
news, articles,
undated.
3/2
Artists info – Fannie Andrews – Dorothy Austin –
articles, news, catalog,
undated.
3/3
Artists info – Max Alvin Bachofen – Frederick W. Becker
– news, articles,
undated.
3/4
Artists info – Blanche Bell – Electra Waggoner Biggs –
articles, news,
undated.
3/5
Artists info – Betty Binkley – Evelyn Boteler –articles,
news,
undated.
3/6
Artists info – Joseph Boulton – George Douglas Brewerton
– articles,
undated.
3/7
Artists info – Mary Anita Bonner – articles, news,
undated.
3/8
Artists info – Olive Brack-Strickland – Don Brown –
news, articles,
undated.
3/9
Artists info – Gaitha Browning – Jerry Bywaters –
articles,
undated.
3/10
Artists info – Emilio Cahero – Douglas Chander –
articles, news,
undated.
3/11
Artists info – Gene Charlton – Herring Coe – articles,
news,
undated.
3/12
Artists info – Hal Coffman – Pompeo Coppini – news,
articles,
undated.
3/13
Artists info – Nancy Corbett – Edna Earl Crocker – news,
articles,
undated.
3/14
Artists info – George Crocket – article, photographs
(27),
undated.
3/15
Artists info – Marie Cronin -- Frank Cuprien – articles,
news,
undated.
3/16
Artists info – George Dahl – Dey de Ribcowski – news,
articles,
undated.
3/17
Artists info – Harry Anthony DeYoung – Caroline Durieux,
undated.
3/18
Artists info – Pattie R. East – William Elliott –
correspondence, articles,
undated.
3/19
Artists info – Fremont Ellis – Louis Eyth – news
clippings, articles,
undated.
3/20
Artists info – Freida Kay Fall – Frances Fisk – catalog,
writing,
undated.
3/21
Artists info – Vallie Fletcher – Wiley Fuqua – articles,
undated.
3/22
Artists info – Geoffrey Galwey – Mato Gjuranovich –
articles,
undated.
3/23
Artists info – Lloyd Goff -- Louise Marks Goldstein –
articles, news, correspondence,
undated.
3/24
Artists info – Boyer Gonzales – oral history transcript,
writings, articles,
undated.
3/25
Artists info – Pedro Carrillo Gonzalez – Xavier Gonzalez
– articles,
undated.
3/26
Artists info – Donald B. Goodall – Rudolph Guzzard:
articles,
undated.
3/27
Artists info – Adah Hadlock – Robert Jerome Hill –
articles,
undated.
3/28
Artists info – Sarah Miltia Hill – Florence Howell –
articles,
undated.
3/29
Artists info – Bess Hubbard – William & Nannie
Huddle – articles,
undated.
3/30
Artists info – Sarah Dorsey Brown Hudson – Lee Hynes –
articles,
undated.
3/31
Artists info – Sam Ingram – Carl G. Von Iwonski –
articles,
undated.
3/32
Artists info – Amy Miears Jackson – Harold E. (Bubi)
Jessen, articles,
undated.
3/33
Artists info -- Grace Spaulding John -- correspondence,
catalog, articles,
undated.
3/34
Artists info – Elizabeth Winsett Johnson – Howard Joyner
– articles,
undated.
3/35
Artists info – Sarah Kahlden – Mary Locker Kargl –
articles,
undated.
3/36
Artists info – Cyril Kay-Scott – articles, finding aid,
undated.
3/37
Artists info – Mary Aubrey Keating – Maria Cage Kimball
– articles,
undated.
3/38
Artists info – Clinton Blair King – articles,
undated.
3/39
Artists info – Walter Gillis King – Flossie Kysar –
articles,
undated.
4/1
Artists info – Lucile Lacy – Harry Lawrence – articles,
undated.
4/2
Artists info – Tom Lea – correspondence, news articles,
undated.
4/3
Artists info – Walton Leader – Amy Lynn – articles,
undated.
4/4
Artists info – Alexander Mack – Isabel Mayes – articles,
undated.
4/5
Artists info – Harry Arthur McArdle – news, articles,
undated.
4/6
Artists info – James F. McCann – Eloise Polk McGill –
articles,
undated.
4/7
Artists info – Bonnie McLeary – Kindred McLeary –
articles,
undated.
4/8
Artists info – Hugh Lyon McMath – William Mozart McVey –
articles,
undated.
4/9
Artists info – Ben Carlton Mead – Gene Meysenburg –
articles,
undated.
4/10
Artists info – Ben Milam – Mrs. S. M. Morris – articles,
undated.
4/11
Artists info – Alice Moseley – Roberta Neal
Myrick--articles,
undated.
4/12
Artists info – Sam Nash – Royston Nave – articles,
undated.
4/13
Artists info – Alice Naylor – Catherine Nobles –
correspondence, articles,
undated.
4/14
Artists info – Charlotte Hazall Noland – Olive Nuhfer –
articles,
undated.
4/15
Artists info – Esse Forrester O’Brien – Michael Owen –
articles,
undated.
4/16
Artists info – Margaret Pachl – Annie Goodloe Pearsall –
articles,
undated.
4/17
Artists info – Nina Peeples – Peter Plotkin – catalog,
articles,
undated.
4/18
Artists info – Hugh D. Pohl – Frances Putman – articles,
undated.
4/19
Artists info – Frank Reaugh, artist – articles, news
clippings,
undated.
4/20
Artists info – Esma Jacobs Reavis, artist – articles,
obituary,
undated.
4/21
Artists info – Carl Redin - Frederic Remington, artists
– articles,
undated.
4/22
Artists info – Lucy Wilson Rice – John Rosenfield,
artists – articles,
undated.
4/23
Artists info – Eleanore Roth – Emily Rutland, artists –
articles,
undated.
4/24
Artists info – Ignatz Sahula – Mary Francis Collier
Schultz – articles, correspondence,
undated.
4/25
Artists info – Paul R. Schumann – articles,
undated.
4/26
Artists info – Harco Schutter – Edmund Senn – articles,
undated.
4/27
Artists info – Aileen Shannon – Stella Hope Shurtleff –
articles,
undated.
4/28
Artists info – Muriel Vincent Sibell – Joseph Simkins –
articles, writings,
undated.
4/29
Artists info – Harry S. Sindall – correspondence,
writings,
undated.
4/30
Artists info – Hughes D. Slater – Blanding Sloan –
articles,
undated.
4/31
Artists info – Theodore Smereck – Chester Snowden –
articles, correspondence,
undated.
4/32
Artists info – Urbici Soler – articles, news clippings,
undated.
4/33
Artists info – Rosalie Speed – Coreen Mary Spellman –
articles,
undated.
4/34
Artists info – Henry Cecil Spencer – William Stanley –
writings, articles,
undated.
4/35
Artists info – Carl Henry Stautz – Wilfred & Myrtle
Stedman – articles, news,
undated.
4/36
Artists info – Randy Steffen – Will Amelia Sterns –
news, articles,
undated.
4/37
Artists info – Kelly Stevens – deaf artist – articles,
news,
undated.
4/38
Artists info – Lawrence Tenney Stevens – correspondence,
articles,
undated.
4/39
Artists info – Julius Stockfleth – Grace Strong –
articles,
undated.
4/40
Artists info – Nell Tarver – Waldine Tauch – articles,
new clippings,
undated.
4/41
Artists info – Earl L. Taylor – Christopher Hugh
Teesdale – articles, news clippings,
undated.
4/42
Artists info – Frank Teich – Ethel Thurmond – news
clippings, articles,
undated.
5/1
Artists info – Eugene Thurston – Stella Tylor –
articles, news clippings,
undated.
5/2
Artists info – Ruth Pershing Uhler – Donald Vogel – news
clippings, articles,
undated.
5/3
Artists info – Ted Wade – Gene Whittington – clippings,
writings,
undated.
5/4
Artists info – Mattie Wier – Irene Zweig – articles,
news,
undated.
Series 8. Miscellaneous Writings, Catalogs, Reviews, and
Publications,
1903-1999.
5/5
Aboriginal and Spanish Art in Texas – publications, news
articles,
undated.
5/6
Austin Art League – writings,
undated.
5/7
Abilene Files – writings, news clippings,
undated.
5/8
Allied Arts – writings, articles, lists,
undated.
5/9
Allies Arts – writings, articles, list,
undated.
5/10
American Federation of Arts – Annual Report, 1997-1998,
Brief History,
1999.
5/11
Amon Carter Museum – artists list,
1971.
5/12
Art Lies: Texas Art Journal – publication,
Fall 1999.
5/13
Art Schools and Camps – writings, lists,
undated.
5/14
Baylor University Fine Arts – lists,
1998.
5/15
Centennial Monuments – publication,
undated.
5/16
Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Corpus & Galveston,
undated.
5/17
Early Exhibitions of the Dallas Art Association –
catalogs, writings,
undated.
5/18
Dallas Museum for Contemporary Fine Art – Exhibitions,
1957-1958.
5/19
Dallas Museum for Fine Arts – Exhibition List,
1921-1978.
5/20
Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Dallas,
undated.
5/21
Edgar B. Davis Art Competition – exhibitions and
writings,
undated.
5/22
Multi-Artists – El Paso,
undated.
5/23
Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Fort Worth,
undated.
5/24
Fort Worth School –
article, writings,
undated.
5/25
Texas Art – Fort Worth – catalogs,
undated.
5/26
French Academies – exhibit, articles, writings,
undated.
5/27
Golden Jubilee Exhibition 1938 – writings.
5/28
Greater Texas Pan-American Exposition 1937 – catalog,
writings.
5/29
Houston Artists Exhibitions – articles,
1930-1937.
5/30
Museum of Fine Arts – Houston – Exhibitions Master List,
undated.
5/31
Museum of Fine Art, Houston,
undated.
5/32
James Patrick McGuire – article,
undated.
5/33
Laguna Gloria Art Museum – Spring Jury Exhibition,
1964.
5/34
Miscellaneous Exhibitions – San Antonio,
undated.
5/35
Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Various,
undated.
5/36
Miscellaneous Materials – listings, news articles,
writings,
undated.
6/1
Multi-Artists-correspondence, articles, news clippings,
publications,
undated.
6/2
Multi-Artists – publications, writings, articles, news
clippings,
undated.
6/3
Murals – writings, exhibits, articles,
undated.
6/4
Museums and Associations,
undated.
6/5
Museums and Associations,
undated.
6/6
Museums and Associations,
undated.
6/7
Museum of New Mexico – Exhibit booklets,
1920, 1938,
1968.
6/8
Royston Nave Art Museum – catalog,
undated.
6/9
North Texas State Files,
undated.
6/10
North Texas State Files,
undated.
6/11
San Antonio Art League – news clippings,
1953.
6/12
San Antonio Museums,
undated.
6/13
San Antonio Museums,
undated.
6/14
San Antonio Local Artists Exhibitions,
undated.
6/15
San Antonio Local Artists Exhibitions,
undated.
6/16
South Plain Art Guild – officers and committee chairman,
1951-1952.
6/17
Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center – listing of
permanent art collection,
1997.
6/18
"Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center:
a History" - Earllyn Sadler and Lita H. Watson,
1984.
6/19
Debbie Schlier –
"The History of American Art Through
Printmaking" –1992, Wichita Fall Museum and Art Center,
undated.
6/20
Southeast Texas Artists Exhibition, Houston – articles,
writings, catalogs,
undated.
6/21
Southern States Art League – lists, articles, writings,
undated.
6/22
Southwest Art,
undated.
6/23
Southwest Review – index,
undated.
6/24
Southwest Review – articles,
undated.
6/25
Southwest Review – articles,
undated.
6/26
Southwestern Prints and Drawings Exhibition, Dallas –
catalogs, writings,
undated.
6/27
State Fair of Texas Exhibitions – articles, writings,
undated.
6/28
State Preservation Board – listing in Alphabetical
order,
1996.
6/29
State Preservation Board – correspondence and articles,
1993.
6/30
State Preservation Board – correspondence and articles,
1996.
6/31
State Preservation Board – articles,
undated.
6/32
State Preservation Board - listing by subject,
1999.
6/33
State Preservation Board – articles,
undated.
6/34
Sul Ross State Normal College – catalogs,
1920-1941.
6/35
Summer Art Camps – articles, news, writings,
undated.
6/36
Teachers College – Columbia University,
undated.
6/37
Texas AM Univ. – MSC Forsyth Center
Galleries – artists list,
undated.
6/38
Texas Centennial Exhibition – writings, articles, news
clippings,
1936.
6/39
Texas Contemporary Artists – publications,
1952-1957.
7/1
Texas Fine Art Association Records – Bulletins, news,
undated.
7/2
Texas Fine Arts Association Exhibitions – listings,
writings,
undated.
7/3
Texas Fine Arts Association,
1930-1962.
7/4
Texas Fine Arts Association – biographical information,
undated.
7/5
Texas – General 1 – note cards, articles, news,
undated.
7/6
Texas General 2,
undated.
7/7
Texas General 2,
undated.
7/8
Texas Panorama Exhibition,
1943-1944.
7/9
Texas Print Exhibitions (Annual) – Dallas Print Society
– writings, lists,
undated.
7/10
Texas State College for Women – history,
1903-1948.
7/11
Texas Technological College – Bulletins, catalogs,
faculty lists,
1925-1941.
7/12
Texas and US arts schools – writings,
undated.
7/13
Texas – Waco files – booklets,
undated.
7/14
Texas Watercolor Society – exhibit booklets,
undated.
7/15
Texas Watercolor Society – catalogs,
undated.
7/16
Washington University’s School of Fine Art – history,
1979.
Series 9. Miscellaneous Index Cards,
undated.
Boxes 8 and 9
These two boxes contain index cards that represent
Annual Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth; Southern States Art League; San
Antonio Local Artists Exhibition; Texas General Exhibition; Allied Arts
Exhibition, Dallas; Annual Houston Artists Exhibitions; Southeast Texas Artists
Exhibition, Houston. The artists' index cards are alphabetized and includes
teachers.
undated.