Archives of American Art

A Finding Aid to the Dorothy Bridaham Scrapbooks, 1938-1964

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.briddoro
Creators:
Bridaham, Dorothy
Dates:
1938-1964
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.7 Linear feet
Repository:
The collection consists of two Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks dating from 1938 to 1964. The scrapbooks contain material concerning Bridaham's career as an art critic.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks dating from 1938 to 1964. The scrapbooks contain material concerning Bridaham's career as an art critic.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Dorothy Bridaham (1923-1987) was an art critic and journalist active in Chicago, Illinois.
Dorothy Odenheimer Bridaham was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1923. She studied art at the University of Pittsburgh and later at the University of Chicago. Settling in Chicago, Bridaham joined the staff at the Art Institute of Chicago and wrote a weekly column for the Chicago Sun in the 1940s. Later, she wrote for the Denver Post. She was married to the art historian Lester Burbank Bridaham.
Bridaham died in 1987 in Tacoma, Washington.

Administration

Author
Jayna M. Josefson
Sponsor
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Existence and Location of Copies
The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 4190-4191 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 1987 by Lester B. and Dorothy O. Bridaham.
Processing Information
The collection received preliminary processing and was microfilmed on receipt on reels 4190-4191. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Conditions Governing Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Preferred Citation
Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks, 1938-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds the Lester Burbank Bridaham papers, 1912-1986.

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