Robert K. Fowler papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fowler, Robert K., 1931-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Public sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1995-1998 and 3126 lent for microfilming, 1979-1984, by Fowler as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Unmicrofilmed material donated by Fowler, 1984-1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fowler, Robert K., 1931-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and etcher; Houston, Tex.
function: label: Function
content: Art commissions -- Texas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (ca. 2700 items (partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1950-1982]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fowlrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1995-1998 and 3126 available for through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1995-1998 & 3126; Originals returned to the lender, Robert K. Fowler, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sketchbooks, photographs and slides, correspondence, writings, art works, monologue and financial material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1995-1998: Biographical information; manuscripts and drafts for articles; contracts for sculpture commissions; clippings and catalogs; 12 sketchbooks; sketches and drawings; correspondence and clippings relating to the commissioned altar piece for St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Houston.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3126: Material relating to the commissioned sculpture for the entrance to the Houston zoo, including correspondence, clippings, financial records, sketches, photographs and a file on the Art in Public Places-Arts Council of Houston.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3752: Transcript of a monologue by Fowler regarding his sculpture now in Temple Emmanuel, and portions of a conversation between Bob West and Fowler. (Original tapes - 2 cassettes, are in the collection).
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Thirty-nine slides of the Houston zoo sculpture, 10 etchings, a drawing, and a print.