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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Size | 8.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6,800 items) |
Abstract | Howard Thomas (1899-1971) of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, was an artist, professor, and administrator at Wisconsin State Teachers College, 1930-1942; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1942-1943; Agnes Scott College, 1943-1945; and the University of Georgia, 1945-1965. The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Howard Thomas, including correspondence, exhibition catalogs, notes, lectures, and other materials related to his work and teaching. Correspondents include Josef Albers, George Barford, Edmund Boerner, Edward W. Bramlette, Erwin M. Breithaupt, Howard Conant, George Cress, Lamar Dodd, Berry Fleming, R. Buckminster Fuller, Carl Holty, Morris Knight, Lamar Lynes, Patricia Marie Minser, Robert Von Newmann, Abbott Pattison, James J. Sweeney, Gudmud Vigtel, Betty A. Wallace, Ferdinand E. Warren, Donald L. Weismann, Marguerite Wildenhain, Ulfort Wilke, and Emory Rose Wood. Other items include clippings, photographs of paintings, notebooks of painting records, 1921-1971, and assorted diaries, 1923-1971. The Addition of 2016 includes correspondence between Howard Thomas's widow Anne Wall Thomas and various art institutions regarding sales and exhibitions of Thomas's work after his death. Correspondence is primarily with Ulfert Wilke, Director of the Museum of Art at the University of Iowa. |
Creator | Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2011
Updated by: Amelia W. Holmes because of addition, August 2016
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Howard Thomas (1899-1971) of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, was an artist, professor, and administrator at Wisconsin State Teachers College, 1930-1942; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1942-1943; Agnes Scott College, 1943-1945; and the University of Georgia, 1945-1965.
Back to TopThe collection contains the personal and professional papers of Howard Thomas (1899-1971), including correspondence, exhibition catalogs, notes, lectures, and other materials related to his work and teaching. Correspondents include Josef Albers, George Barford, Edmund Boerner, Edward W. Bramlette, Erwin M. Breithaupt, Howard Conant, George Cress, Lamar Dodd, Berry Fleming, R. Buckminster Fuller, Carl Holty, Morris Knight, Lamar Lynes, Patricia Marie Minser, Robert Von Newmann, Abbott Pattison, James J. Sweeney, Gudmud Vigtel, Betty A. Wallace, Ferdinand E. Warren, Donald L. Weismann, Marguerite Wildenhain, Ulfort Wilke, and Emory Rose Wood. Other items include clippings, photographs of paintings, notebooks of painting records, 1921-1971, and assorted diaries, 1923-1971.
The Addition of 2016 includes correspondence between Howard Thomas's widow Anne Wall Thomas and various art institutions regarding sales and exhibitions of Thomas's work after his death. Correspondence is primarily with Ulfert Wilke, Director of the Museum of Art at the University of Iowa.
Back to TopBox 1 |
Papers: A-C |
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Box 2 |
Papers: D-H |
Box 3 |
Papers: J-Si |
Box 4 |
Papers: St-W; Diaries and looseleaf notebooks |
Oversize Volume SV-4000/1 |
Journal: Record of paintings, circa 1921-1971Includes financial records of sales, 1937-1956, exhibits, autobiography |
Box 5 |
Looseleaf notebooks; portfolios |
Box 6-9
Box 6Box 7Box 8Box 9 |
Exhibition catalogs and records |
Box 10 |
Gallery records; museum records |
Box 11 |
Clippings; photographs |
Box 12 |
Photographs of paintings; unsorted materials |
Box 13 |
Research reports; lectures; teaching materials |
Box 14-16
Box 14Box 15Box 16 |
Teaching materials |
Box
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Folder 281 |
Exhibition catalogs, 1973-1976 |
Box
17
Folder 282 |
Exhibition materials, 1972-1980 |
Box
17
Folder 283 |
Howard Thomas letters to Carl Holfy, 1950-1971 |
Box
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Folder 284 |
Howard Thomas letters to Morris Knight, 1965-1971 |
Box
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Folder 285 |
Passports and other government-issued records |
Box
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Folder 286 |
Photographic prints, notebook, and catalog of early artwork |
The Addition of 2016 includes correspondence between Howard Thomas's widow Anne Wall Thomas and various art institutions regarding sales and exhibitions of Thomas's work after his death. Correspondence is primarily with Ulfert Wilke, Director of the Museum of Art at the University of Iowa.
Box
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Folder 287 |
Anne Wall Thomas correspondence, 1972-1978 |