Tom and Dorothy Benrimo papers
name: label: Creator
content: Benrimo, Tom, 1887-1958
label: Creator
content: Benrimo, Dorothy
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Taos
label: Occupation
content: Jewelers -- New Mexico -- Taos
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1984 by Earl Stroh, a friend of Tom Benrimo.
creator: label: Creator
content: Benrimo, Tom, 1887-1958
label: Creator
content: Benrimo, Dorothy
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Thomas Benrimo (1887-1958) was a painter in Taos, New Mexico. He taught at Pratt Institute in New York and was one of the first artists in the United States to introduce the teaching methods developed at the German Bauhaus school of design. Benrimo relocated to Taos in 1939 for his health and there began to paint full-time. 

Dorothy Benrimo (1903-1977) was a jewelry designer in Taos, New Mexico. After her studies at Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Benrimo received multiple Tiffany Foundation Fellowships and worked at the Tiffany estate. She also taught at Carnegie Mellon and at Pratt until she and her husband moved to Taos in 1939. Benrimo is also a photographer and her photographs were exhibited at the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art and published in book the book Camposantos: A Photographic Essay in 1966.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.benrtom
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3452-3457 available for use only at Museum of Fine Arts Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Earl Stroh after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Tom and Dorothy Benrimo papers consist of biographical records; correspondence, including some illustrated letters, with friends, family members, art galleries, and others; photographs of the Benrimos and their friends, and of Tom's work; an illustrated travel diary by Dorothy in Italy; writings, including Dorothy's book, Camposantos: A Photographic Essay, and lecture notes; handwritten notebooks of Thomas's; address books and appointment books; drawings, including Dorothy's jewelry designs; Thomas's sketchbook; business and financial records; scrapbooks; and printed matter.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library Special Collections and College Archives holds the Tom Benrimo sketch collection, 1930-1939.