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Archives of American Art
Robert Joy papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.joyrobep
- Creators:
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Joy, Robert, 1910-
- Dates:
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1939-1978
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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72 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
36 letters to Joy, mostly from patrons thanking him for painting their portraits; 28 photographs of art work; and a scrapbook containing family snapshots and printed material on Joy's career.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Portrait painter; Houston, Texas.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 1456 available at Archives of American Art offices; through interlibrary loan; and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender, Robert C. Joy, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Robert C. Joy.
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
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- Texas -- Houston | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Portrait painters -- Texas -- Houston | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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