Thana Lauhakaikul papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lauhakaikul, Thana, 1941-
label: Creator
content: Laguna Gloria Art Museum
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- Texas -- Austin
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1982 by Thana Lauhakaikul.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lauhakaikul, Thana, 1941-
label: Creator
content: Laguna Gloria Art Museum
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, educator; born Bangkok, Thailand. Attended Silphakorn University in Bangkok where he received his bachelor's degree in fine art. Came to the United States in 1970 and earned a master's degree in art education from Massachusetts College of Art. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. before accepting professorship at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 87 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lauhthan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3027 Unrestricted microfilm is available at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Library), 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77005, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Thana Lauhakaikul after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Career resume; 9 letters and memoranda; exhibition invitaitons, announcements, and catalogs; newspaper clippings; a petition to have one of Lauhakaikul's sculptures erected; and a press release announcing Lauhakaikul as the first prize winner in the 1978 Texas Sculpture Exhibition co-sponsored by the Texas Society of Sculptors and Laguna Gloria Art Museum in Austin.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The newspaper clippings and the petition deal specifically with the controversy over the selection of Lauhakaikul's sculpture design, "The Infinity of Life," to commemorate the 98 Travis County citizens who died in Vietman; the petition has the names and addresses of individuals who supported the erection of his Vietman memorial.