Archives of American Art

Maynard Dixon papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.dixomayn
Creators:
Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
Dates:
1891-1974
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Reels
ca. 1,650 items (on three microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Poems; BOOK OF WISDOM, edited by Dixon; biographical material and biography by Grant Wallace for W.P.A., 1936; catalogues, printed material, news clippings; Manifesto of California Society of Artists; letters from prominent individuals such as James D. Hart, Ansel Adams, Jacob Zeitlin, suggesting Dixon as subject for a commemorative stamp; and correspondence with "Drygulch Dick," Robert Macbeth, his father, and others.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Mural painter (San Francisco, Calif.)

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm rolls 822-824 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals were returned to Edith Hamlin after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1974 by Edith Hamlin, wife of Maynard Dixon.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Muralists -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macbeth, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1884-1940 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wallace, Grant Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zeitlin, Jake, 1902-1987 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hart, James David, 1911- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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