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Archives of American Art
Bradley Walker Tomlin papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tomlbrad
- Creators:
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Tomlin, Bradley Walker, 1899-1953
- Dates:
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1910-1967
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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430 Items(on 1 microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence mostly with family members, including letters from Tomlin while in Paris, London, and New York, 1924-1929; exhibition catalogs and announcements; illustrations for children's books and magazine covers; sketches; photographs, including some of Frank London, Antoinette Schulte, Sylvia Pedlar, Robert Motherwell, and Herbert Ferber; miscellaneous professional papers; three statements of policy regarding united action by painters, including "Declaration to the American Avant-Garde Painters by Georges Mathieu," October 1952; and miscellaneous printed material.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, illustrator; Woodstock and Syracuse, N.Y.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 19 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
A portion of the original materials microfilmed was returned to the lenders/donors after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent and donated 1970 by Lila Tomlin Northrup, Earl H. Tomlin, and Marguerite Dockstader, Tomlin's sisters and brother. Ca. 100 items were subsequently given.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract expressionism | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- New York (State) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Illustrators -- New York (State) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- New York (State) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| London, Frank Marsden, 1876-1945 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Motherwell, Robert | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pedlar, Sylvia, 1901-1972 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Schulte, Antoinette E., 1897-1981 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mathieu, Georges, 1921- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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