Thomas Bull papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bull, Thomas, 1866-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Interior decorators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Interior decoration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1969 by Arlene Taylor, a protegé of Bull in her youth and his caretaker in his old age.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bull, Thomas, 1866-1962
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interior designer. Born in Norway, Bull came to New York City and executed designs for McKim, Mead, and White and other architects for the city's great mansions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bullthom
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 reel N70-10 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N70-10 (Ca. 150 items): Correspondence, notes on room decor, sketches, bills, and obituary notices, 1933-1962. Includes photos of his studio, of the interior of Schrafft's at 181 Broadway, N.Y.C., of the Carl Hoening house in Hoboken, of wall paintings, and of Bull and his family. Correspondents include family members, contractors, and clients William E. Schrafft and Pakistani Ambassador M. A. H. Ispaphani.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED (ca. 0.6 ft.): Photographs, including some of Bull; drawings and paintings by an unidentified artist; an article about Bull; and a shell plaque.