Raymond Jonson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: Jonson Gallery
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976
label: Names
content: Bloch, Albert
label: Names
content: Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-
label: Names
content: Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Elaine
label: Names
content: Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966
label: Names
content: Levy, Beatrice S. (Beatrice Sophia), 1892-1974
label: Names
content: Nordfeldt, Bror Julius Olsson, 1878-1955
label: Names
content: O'Hara, Eliot, 1890-1969
label: Names
content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
label: Names
content: Pelton, Agnes, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Wells, Cady, 1904-1954
label: Names
content: Xceron, Jean, 1890-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels RJ 1-10 was lent for microilming by Jonson c/o the Jonson Gallery, 1964-1965; all other material donated, 1966-1975, by Jonson and his brother Arthur, through the gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Albuquerque, N.M. Painted murals for the WPA Federal Art Project and other New Deal art programs. He taught at the University of New Mexico where the Jonson Gallery was erected in his honor, housing the most complete permanent collection of Jonson's work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 13 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jonsraym
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NDA 14, 76, and RJ 1-RJ 10 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel RJ 1-RJ 10: Originals returned to Raymond Jonson c/o Jonson Gallery after microfilming.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm inventory for microfilm reels RJ 1-RJ 10 is available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, correspondence, exhibition materials, sketchbooks, diaries, scrapbooks, slides, and an untranscribed interview.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL NDA 14: Photographs of Jonson's murals for the Public Works of Art Project in Albuquerque, N.M. and a chart showing the relative sizes of the murals.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS RJ 1-RJ 10: Biographical data; correspondence with family members, artists, and others, including Josef Albers, Emil Bisttram, Albert Bloch, Sheldon Cheney, Andrew Dasburg, Elaine de Kooning, Hilaire Hiler, Beatrice S. Levy, B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Eliot O'Hara, Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes Pelton, Cady Wells, Jean Xceron, and others; diaries, 1919-1926, with sketches; notebooks; scrapbooks; lectures; photographs; and exhibition records.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 76: Catalogs; photographs; slides and schedule of exhibits, 1922-1962, of the Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico; and photographs of Jonson.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Photocopies of correspondence with administrators of the WPA Federal Art Project in New Mexico and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts regarding the design and execution of murals by Jonson and Willard Nash for the Library of the University of New Mexico; an untranscribed tape of an interview of Jonson conducted by Ed Garman, undated; and two color charts, one a color circle and the other showing the main colors Jonson used, both used by Jonson to illustrate a lecture delivered at the Chili Club, December 6, 1948 [lecture is on reel RJ 9, fr. 6343-6346.]
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Raymond Jonson papers also at Syracuse University.