Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.parkjohn
- Creators:
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Parker, John A. (John Albert)
- Dates:
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1959-1980
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Nine Christmas cards designed by Josef Albers and signed by Anni and Josef Albers, undated; 6 newspaper clippings regarding Josef Albers, 1971- 1980; four greeting cards designed and signed by Clare Leighton, 1976 and undated; a woodcut by Leighton, and 2 newspaper articles about her, 1959; and three newspaper articles, "The Native," by Esther E. Wood, for the Ellsworth American, Ellsworth, Maine, 1973, 1976, 1977.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Parker is a retired professor of Urban Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He and his wife, J.C. Parker, were friends with the artists Josef and Anni Albers, Clare Leighton, and Esther Wood.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 5152 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1995 by John Albert Parker.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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