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Archives of American Art
Ture Bengtz papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bengture
- Creators:
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Bengtz, Ture, 1907-1973
- Dates:
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1935-1978
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.4 Linear feet(partially microfilmed on 2 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Sketchbooks, cassette recording, biographical information, photographs, writings and notes, correspondence, sketches, and printed material.
Scope and Contents
REELS 2541-2542: 37 sketchbooks, 1935-1973, containing ink and pencil sketches. Some of the sketchbooks are annotated.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: A resume; letters; 2 photographs, one of Bengtz at work in his studio and one of a stained glass he designed; writings and notes, including annual reports of curriculum at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston School; watercolor studies for stained glass windows and drawings for a television program; business records concerning the Museum of Fine Arts School and the airing of the television program "The Art School of the Air in New England, Bengtz on Drawing" on WGBH Channel 2, 1956 and concerning the Jomala (Finland) Church stained glass window project; 2 catalogs; a book, THE LITHOGRAPHS OF TURE BENGTZ; a cassette of a lecture given by Bengtz at a school in Needham, Mass.; and miscellaneous printed material.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Museum director, stained glass artist, lecturer; Boston, Mass. Born in Finland; studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School where he subsequently taught.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 2541-2542 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
REELS 2541-2542: Originals located at the Boston Public Libary, print department.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The unmicrofilmed material was donated 1980 by Lillian E. Bengtz, Ture Bengtz's widow. She lent the sketchbooks on reels 2541-2542 for microfilming in 1982 and subsequently donated them to the Boston Public Libary, print department.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
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| Art -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Decorative arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sketchbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Stained glass artists -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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