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Archives of American Art
Thomas Moran papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.morathop
- Creators:
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Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926
- Dates:
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1870-1947
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5 Reelsca. 1900 items (on 5 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
REEL 2772: Sketches, watercolors, prints, and manuscripts.
Scope and Contents
REELS 3275-3276, 3282-3283: An autobiographical sketch; biographical material; letters to his wife, 1874; awards and certificates; transcript of a journal kept in Fort Ellis, July and August 1871; a journal kept on a trip to Mexico, 1882-1883; notebooks containing account records and lists of paintings, 1873-1922; Ruth Moran's notebooks containing records of her father's work; ca. 1500 sketches; photographs of Moran and of his paintings; a photograph of Mary Nimmo Moran; typescripts of articles on Moran; a thesis by Samuel Sachs II, "Thomas Moran-Drawings and Watercolors"; clippings; and exhibition catalogs and announcements.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter; Santa Barbara, Calif.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 2772, 3275-3276 & 3282-3283 available at Archives of American Art offices, the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed 1984 with other selected art related papers form the Gilcrease Institute.
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
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Painting, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Landscape painters -- California -- Santa Barbara | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- California -- Santa Barbara | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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