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Descriptive Summary and Abstract

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Organization of the Papers

Restrictions

Online Catalog Terms

Administrative Information

Description of 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.

Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A & M University

Inventory of the John and Deborah Powers Papers: Early Texas Art and Artists-research collection

1910-1999.



Descriptive Summary and Abstract

CreatorPowers, John and Deborah
Title Inventory of the John and Deborah Powers Papers: Early Texas Art and Artists-research collection:
Dates1910-1999.
AbstractThe 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.
IdentificationTXAS MSS 00157
Extent8 linear ft.
LanguageEnglish.
RepositoryCushing Memorial Library College Station, TX 77843-5000

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.

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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.

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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.

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Restrictions

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.

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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

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Administrative Information

Provenance

Received from John and Deborah Powers.

Processing Information

Processed by Rebecca Hankins in December 2003.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Series 1. Correspondence, 1995-1998.

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1/1Correspondence and People to Acknowledge, undated.
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1/2Correspondence, Abilene, Austin & Brownwood, undated.
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1/3Correspondence-- A-K 1996-1998.
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1/4Correspondence – L-Q, 1996-1997.
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1/5Correspondence – R-Z, 1997-1998.
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1/6 Book – Correspondence & Miscellaneous, 1995-1998.
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1/7-1/11 Correspondence and Information on Miscellaneous Artists, A-Z, undated.

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Series 2. Texas Death Certificates, undated.

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1/12 Texas Death Certificates--A-B, undated.
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1/13 Texas Death Certificates--C-D, undated.
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1/14 Texas Death Certificates--E-F, undated.
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1/15 Texas Death Certificates--G-H, undated.
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1/16 Texas Death Certificates--I-M, undated.
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1/17 Texas Death Certificates--N-Q, undated.
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1/18 Texas Death Certificates--R-S, undated.
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1/19 Texas Death Certificates--T-Z, undated.

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Series 3. Biographical Dictionary, 1953-1994.

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1/20 Biographical Dictionary and Necrology, 1953-1994.

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Series 4. Census Data, 1850, 1900.

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1/21 Census Data-writings, index, 1850, 1900.

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Series 5. City Directories, undated.

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1/22-1/23 City Directories-writings, listings, undated.

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Series 6. Publications, Thesis, Manuscripts, and Copies, 1852-1996.

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2/1A History of Texas Artists and Sculptors – Frances Battaile Fisk – 1928 (partial copy).
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2/2The Creative Arts in Texas – Goldie Capers Smith (partial copy), 1926.
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2/3Brewerton Court Martial Record – Transcript, 1852.
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2/4A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley – Frank C. Pierce 1917.
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2/5Mexican War Veterans--roster, 1887.
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2/6Fort Duncan Restoration Association – publications, 1994-1996.
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2/7"Art and Artists of Texas" – Esse Forrester O’Brien (partial copy), 1933.
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2/8Texas Tech College-Art Scrapbook-Art in Texas Towns and Cities--photocopies of new articles, undated.
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2/9Jess Edith Self – "History of the Growth of Art Interest in Texas in the Last Two Decades" – Thesis 1941.
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2/10Resa C. Oglesby – "History of the Fort Worth Art Association" – Thesis, 1950 .
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2/11Mallory B. Randle – "Murals and Sculpture of the Public Works of Art Project and the Treasury Section in the Southwest" – Report Thesis, 1967.
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2/12Leon Wilson – "The History of the TCU Art Department through 1969" – Thesis, 1970.
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2/13Paul Rogers Harris – "The Women Who Challenged: Interviews with Nine Artists" , 1990.
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2/14Edward Eugene Prohaska – "Advocating Art: The Texas Fine Arts Association, 1911-1943" Thesis, 1993.
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2/15Leslie Howard Turner – "Light-Hearted Recollections of an Octogenarian", 1996.
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2/16Caroline Remy – Selected 20th Century Texas Artists – Paper, March 1966.
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2/17History of the Dallas Print & Drawing Collectors Society by Violet Hayden Dowell, undated.
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2/18-2/24Manuscripts, undated.

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Series 7. Artist Information, undated.

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3/1Artists info – James William Abert – Victor Anderson – news, articles, undated.
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3/2 Artists info – Fannie Andrews – Dorothy Austin – articles, news, catalog, undated.
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3/3Artists info – Max Alvin Bachofen – Frederick W. Becker – news, articles, undated.
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3/4Artists info – Blanche Bell – Electra Waggoner Biggs – articles, news, undated.
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3/5Artists info – Betty Binkley – Evelyn Boteler –articles, news, undated.
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3/6Artists info – Joseph Boulton – George Douglas Brewerton – articles, undated.
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3/7Artists info – Mary Anita Bonner – articles, news, undated.
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3/8Artists info – Olive Brack-Strickland – Don Brown – news, articles, undated.
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3/9Artists info – Gaitha Browning – Jerry Bywaters – articles, undated.
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3/10Artists info – Emilio Cahero – Douglas Chander – articles, news, undated.
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3/11Artists info – Gene Charlton – Herring Coe – articles, news, undated.
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3/12Artists info – Hal Coffman – Pompeo Coppini – news, articles, undated.
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3/13Artists info – Nancy Corbett – Edna Earl Crocker – news, articles, undated.
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3/14Artists info – George Crocket – article, photographs (27), undated.
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3/15Artists info – Marie Cronin -- Frank Cuprien – articles, news, undated.
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3/16Artists info – George Dahl – Dey de Ribcowski – news, articles, undated.
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3/17Artists info – Harry Anthony DeYoung – Caroline Durieux, undated.
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3/18 Artists info – Pattie R. East – William Elliott – correspondence, articles, undated.
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3/19Artists info – Fremont Ellis – Louis Eyth – news clippings, articles, undated.
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3/20Artists info – Freida Kay Fall – Frances Fisk – catalog, writing, undated.
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3/21Artists info – Vallie Fletcher – Wiley Fuqua – articles, undated.
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3/22Artists info – Geoffrey Galwey – Mato Gjuranovich – articles, undated.
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3/23Artists info – Lloyd Goff -- Louise Marks Goldstein – articles, news, correspondence, undated.
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3/24Artists info – Boyer Gonzales – oral history transcript, writings, articles, undated.
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3/25Artists info – Pedro Carrillo Gonzalez – Xavier Gonzalez – articles, undated.
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3/26Artists info – Donald B. Goodall – Rudolph Guzzard: articles, undated.
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3/27Artists info – Adah Hadlock – Robert Jerome Hill – articles, undated.
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3/28Artists info – Sarah Miltia Hill – Florence Howell – articles, undated.
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3/29Artists info – Bess Hubbard – William & Nannie Huddle – articles, undated.
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3/30Artists info – Sarah Dorsey Brown Hudson – Lee Hynes – articles, undated.
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3/31Artists info – Sam Ingram – Carl G. Von Iwonski – articles, undated.
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3/32Artists info – Amy Miears Jackson – Harold E. (Bubi) Jessen, articles, undated.
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3/33Artists info -- Grace Spaulding John -- correspondence, catalog, articles, undated.
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3/34Artists info – Elizabeth Winsett Johnson – Howard Joyner – articles, undated.
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3/35Artists info – Sarah Kahlden – Mary Locker Kargl – articles, undated.
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3/36Artists info – Cyril Kay-Scott – articles, finding aid, undated.
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3/37Artists info – Mary Aubrey Keating – Maria Cage Kimball – articles, undated.
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3/38Artists info – Clinton Blair King – articles, undated.
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3/39Artists info – Walter Gillis King – Flossie Kysar – articles, undated.
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4/1Artists info – Lucile Lacy – Harry Lawrence – articles, undated.
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4/2Artists info – Tom Lea – correspondence, news articles, undated.
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4/3Artists info – Walton Leader – Amy Lynn – articles, undated.
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4/4Artists info – Alexander Mack – Isabel Mayes – articles, undated.
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4/5Artists info – Harry Arthur McArdle – news, articles, undated.
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4/6Artists info – James F. McCann – Eloise Polk McGill – articles, undated.
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4/7Artists info – Bonnie McLeary – Kindred McLeary – articles, undated.
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4/8Artists info – Hugh Lyon McMath – William Mozart McVey – articles, undated.
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4/9Artists info – Ben Carlton Mead – Gene Meysenburg – articles, undated.
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4/10Artists info – Ben Milam – Mrs. S. M. Morris – articles, undated.
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4/11Artists info – Alice Moseley – Roberta Neal Myrick--articles, undated.
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4/12Artists info – Sam Nash – Royston Nave – articles, undated.
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4/13Artists info – Alice Naylor – Catherine Nobles – correspondence, articles, undated.
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4/14Artists info – Charlotte Hazall Noland – Olive Nuhfer – articles, undated.
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4/15Artists info – Esse Forrester O’Brien – Michael Owen – articles, undated.
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4/16Artists info – Margaret Pachl – Annie Goodloe Pearsall – articles, undated.
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4/17Artists info – Nina Peeples – Peter Plotkin – catalog, articles, undated.
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4/18Artists info – Hugh D. Pohl – Frances Putman – articles, undated.
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4/19Artists info – Frank Reaugh, artist – articles, news clippings, undated.
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4/20Artists info – Esma Jacobs Reavis, artist – articles, obituary, undated.
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4/21Artists info – Carl Redin - Frederic Remington, artists – articles, undated.
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4/22Artists info – Lucy Wilson Rice – John Rosenfield, artists – articles, undated.
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4/23Artists info – Eleanore Roth – Emily Rutland, artists – articles, undated.
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4/24Artists info – Ignatz Sahula – Mary Francis Collier Schultz – articles, correspondence, undated.
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4/25Artists info – Paul R. Schumann – articles, undated.
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4/26 Artists info – Harco Schutter – Edmund Senn – articles, undated.
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4/27Artists info – Aileen Shannon – Stella Hope Shurtleff – articles, undated.
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4/28Artists info – Muriel Vincent Sibell – Joseph Simkins – articles, writings, undated.
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4/29Artists info – Harry S. Sindall – correspondence, writings, undated.
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4/30Artists info – Hughes D. Slater – Blanding Sloan – articles, undated.
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4/31Artists info – Theodore Smereck – Chester Snowden – articles, correspondence, undated.
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4/32Artists info – Urbici Soler – articles, news clippings, undated.
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4/33Artists info – Rosalie Speed – Coreen Mary Spellman – articles, undated.
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4/34Artists info – Henry Cecil Spencer – William Stanley – writings, articles, undated.
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4/35Artists info – Carl Henry Stautz – Wilfred & Myrtle Stedman – articles, news, undated.
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4/36Artists info – Randy Steffen – Will Amelia Sterns – news, articles, undated.
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4/37Artists info – Kelly Stevens – deaf artist – articles, news, undated.
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4/38Artists info – Lawrence Tenney Stevens – correspondence, articles, undated.
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4/39Artists info – Julius Stockfleth – Grace Strong – articles, undated.
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4/40Artists info – Nell Tarver – Waldine Tauch – articles, new clippings, undated.
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4/41Artists info – Earl L. Taylor – Christopher Hugh Teesdale – articles, news clippings, undated.
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4/42Artists info – Frank Teich – Ethel Thurmond – news clippings, articles, undated.
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5/1Artists info – Eugene Thurston – Stella Tylor – articles, news clippings, undated.
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5/2Artists info – Ruth Pershing Uhler – Donald Vogel – news clippings, articles, undated.
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5/3Artists info – Ted Wade – Gene Whittington – clippings, writings, undated.
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5/4Artists info – Mattie Wier – Irene Zweig – articles, news, undated.

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Series 8. Miscellaneous Writings, Catalogs, Reviews, and Publications, 1903-1999.

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5/5Aboriginal and Spanish Art in Texas – publications, news articles, undated.
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5/6Austin Art League – writings, undated.
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5/7Abilene Files – writings, news clippings, undated.
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5/8Allied Arts – writings, articles, lists, undated.
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5/9Allies Arts – writings, articles, list, undated.
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5/10American Federation of Arts – Annual Report, 1997-1998, Brief History, 1999.
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5/11Amon Carter Museum – artists list, 1971.
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5/12Art Lies: Texas Art Journal – publication, Fall 1999.
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5/13Art Schools and Camps – writings, lists, undated.
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5/14Baylor University Fine Arts – lists, 1998.
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5/15Centennial Monuments – publication, undated.
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5/16Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Corpus & Galveston, undated.
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5/17Early Exhibitions of the Dallas Art Association – catalogs, writings, undated.
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5/18Dallas Museum for Contemporary Fine Art – Exhibitions, 1957-1958.
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5/19Dallas Museum for Fine Arts – Exhibition List, 1921-1978.
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5/20Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Dallas, undated.
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5/21Edgar B. Davis Art Competition – exhibitions and writings, undated.
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5/22Multi-Artists – El Paso, undated.
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5/23Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Fort Worth, undated.
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5/24Fort Worth "School" – article, writings, undated.
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5/25Texas Art – Fort Worth – catalogs, undated.
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5/26French Academies – exhibit, articles, writings, undated.
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5/27Golden Jubilee Exhibition 1938 – writings.
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5/28Greater Texas Pan-American Exposition 1937 – catalog, writings.
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5/29Houston Artists Exhibitions – articles, 1930-1937.
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5/30Museum of Fine Arts – Houston – Exhibitions Master List, undated.
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5/31Museum of Fine Art, Houston, undated.
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5/32James Patrick McGuire – article, undated.
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5/33Laguna Gloria Art Museum – Spring Jury Exhibition, 1964.
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5/34Miscellaneous Exhibitions – San Antonio, undated.
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5/35Miscellaneous Exhibitions – Various, undated.
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5/36Miscellaneous Materials – listings, news articles, writings, undated.
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6/1Multi-Artists-correspondence, articles, news clippings, publications, undated.
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6/2Multi-Artists – publications, writings, articles, news clippings, undated.
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6/3Murals – writings, exhibits, articles, undated.
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6/4Museums and Associations, undated.
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6/5Museums and Associations, undated.
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6/6Museums and Associations, undated.
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6/7Museum of New Mexico – Exhibit booklets, 1920, 1938, 1968.
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6/8Royston Nave Art Museum – catalog, undated.
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6/9North Texas State Files, undated.
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6/10North Texas State Files, undated.
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6/11San Antonio Art League – news clippings, 1953.
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6/12San Antonio Museums, undated.
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6/13San Antonio Museums, undated.
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6/14San Antonio Local Artists Exhibitions, undated.
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6/15San Antonio Local Artists Exhibitions, undated.
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6/16South Plain Art Guild – officers and committee chairman, 1951-1952.
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6/17Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center – listing of permanent art collection, 1997.
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6/18""Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center: a History"" - Earllyn Sadler and Lita H. Watson, 1984.
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6/19Debbie Schlier – ""The History of American Art Through Printmaking"" –1992, Wichita Fall Museum and Art Center, undated.
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6/20Southeast Texas Artists Exhibition, Houston – articles, writings, catalogs, undated.
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6/21Southern States Art League – lists, articles, writings, undated.
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6/22Southwest Art, undated.
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6/23Southwest Review – index, undated.
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6/24Southwest Review – articles, undated.
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6/25Southwest Review – articles, undated.
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6/26Southwestern Prints and Drawings Exhibition, Dallas – catalogs, writings, undated.
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6/27State Fair of Texas Exhibitions – articles, writings, undated.
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6/28State Preservation Board – listing in Alphabetical order, 1996.
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6/29State Preservation Board – correspondence and articles, 1993.
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6/30State Preservation Board – correspondence and articles, 1996.
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6/31State Preservation Board – articles, undated.
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6/32State Preservation Board - listing by subject, 1999.
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6/33State Preservation Board – articles, undated.
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6/34Sul Ross State Normal College – catalogs, 1920-1941.
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6/35Summer Art Camps – articles, news, writings, undated.
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6/36Teachers College – Columbia University, undated.
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6/37Texas A&M Univ. – MSC Forsyth Center Galleries – artists list, undated.
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6/38Texas Centennial Exhibition – writings, articles, news clippings, 1936.
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6/39Texas Contemporary Artists – publications, 1952-1957.
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7/1Texas Fine Art Association Records – Bulletins, news, undated.
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7/2Texas Fine Arts Association Exhibitions – listings, writings, undated.
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7/3Texas Fine Arts Association, 1930-1962.
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7/4Texas Fine Arts Association – biographical information, undated.
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7/5Texas – General 1 – note cards, articles, news, undated.
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7/6Texas General 2, undated.
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7/7Texas General 2, undated.
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7/8Texas Panorama Exhibition, 1943-1944.
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7/9Texas Print Exhibitions (Annual) – Dallas Print Society – writings, lists, undated.
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7/10Texas State College for Women – history, 1903-1948.
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7/11Texas Technological College – Bulletins, catalogs, faculty lists, 1925-1941.
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7/12Texas and US arts schools – writings, undated.
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7/13Texas – Waco files – booklets, undated.
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7/14Texas Watercolor Society – exhibit booklets, undated.
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7/15Texas Watercolor Society – catalogs, undated.
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7/16Washington University’s School of Fine Art – history, 1979.

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Series 9. Miscellaneous Index Cards, undated.

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Boxes 8 and 9These 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.

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