Archives of American Art

James B. Smith papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.smitjame
Creators:
Smith, James B.
Dates:
1970-1976
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
56 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Files kept by Smith on sculptors whom he contacted to do sculptures for his employer, the Taubman Company, Southfield, Mich. Files contain photographs, correspondence, some exhibition catalogs, and a few chronologies. Sculptors represented include Bruce Beasley, William Crutchfield, Josefa Filkosky, Richard Lippold, Jim Pallas, Buky Schwartz, Ernest Trova, Wen-Ying Tsai, and DeWain Valentine.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Architect; Southfield, Mich.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 1159 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, James B. Smith, after microfilming, 1976.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1976 by James B. Smith.

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
Corporations -- Art collections Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture, Architectural Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculptors Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beasley, Bruce, 1939- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crutchfield, William, 1932- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Filkowsky, Josefa, 1933- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pallas, Jim Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Schwartz, Buky, 1932- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Trova, Ernest T., 1927- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tsʻai, Wen-ying, 1928- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Valentine, DeWain, 1936- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Taubman Co. -- Art collections Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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