Archives of American Art

Thomas Moran papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.morathop
Creators:
Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926
Dates:
1870-1947
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Reels
ca. 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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Landscape painters -- California -- Santa Barbara Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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