Dorothy Hood papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hood, Dorothy, 1919-2000
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Dorothy Hood donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hood, Dorothy, 1919-2000
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dorothy Hood papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter Dorothy Hood measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1955 to 1984. Found are biographical materials, a project file for a film, and slides of works of art. The bulk of the papers consist of printed materials concerning Hood's career and include clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and posters.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and sculptor Dorothy Hood (1919-2000) was active in Houston, Texas. Her mentor was José Clemente Orozco. She is known for combining the styles of Mexican surrealism and American Color Field School.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hooddoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Dorothy Hood papers were loaned for microfilming and returned to the donor. Portions of the collection microfilmed on reel 3440 were subsequently donated to the Archives of American Art in 1984 and were arranged upon receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 3440 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of painter Dorothy Hood measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1955 to 1984. Found are biographical materials, a project file for a film, and slides of works of art. The bulk of the papers consist of printed materials concerning Hood's career and include clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and posters.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Material including eight scrapbooks, 1888-1981, containing clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, photographs, scattered letters and printed material were returned to the donor after microfilming onto reels 2153-2154, 2245, and part of 3440, for the Archives of American Art's Texas project, and are not described in the collection container inventory.