William Lester papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lester, William, 1910-1991
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Austin
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2908(fr. 139-305) donated 1981 by William Lester; material on reels 2907 and 2908(fr. 5-134) lent for microfilming 1981 by Lester.
label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lester, William, 1910-1991
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Austin, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lestwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2907-2908 available for use only Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 2907 & 2908(fr. 5-134): Originals returned to William Lester after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Provenance records for Lester's paintings COLLEGE ON THE HILL and OLD FORT DAVIS-THE STOVE; a critique by Charles Z.Offin, 1953; a sketch ; 3 scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings; and exhibition catalogs and announcements; and newspaper and magazine clippings.