Frederick O'Hara papers
name: label: Creator
content: O'Hara, Frederick, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by the artist's widow, Mary Louise R. O'Hara.
creator: label: Creator
content: O'Hara, Frederick, 1904-1980
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Printmaker, painter, teacher, lithographer, block printer, writer. b. 8/16/1904, Ottawa, Canada; d. 1980; full name: James Frederick O'Hara; Albuquerque, N.M. and La Jolla, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.oharfred
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Six letters are photocopies.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical accounts, letters, 2 work journals (1956-1960), essays, photographs, and printed material document Frederick O'Hara's printmaking techniques and career.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ten letters discuss O'Hara's work (1965-1980). O'Hara's essays concern "The Story of a Lithographic Print", "An Adventure in Printmaking", and "Technique in the Biennial". Photographs show O'Hara printing a lithograph and works of art. Other material consists of 6 exhibition announcements and catalogs (1958-1981), a copy of ARTIST'S PROOF magazine with O'Hara's article, "Toward Technical Excellence in Printmaking" (1961), and 3 biographical accounts.