Paul Brooks Willis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Willis, Paul Brooks, 1903-1981
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming, 1984, by Helen Willis, Paul's widow, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Willis, Paul Brooks, 1903-1981
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Santa Fe, New Mexico. Born in Farmington, New Mexico. Taught art at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, 1941-1942, and was the director of of the Field School of the University of New Mexico at Taos, 1941-1942.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.willpaul
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 reel 3340 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; AAA's Washington, D.C. office; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Helen Willis, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters and postcards from Willis in Paris to his family and letters from Home savings and Loan Association of Los Angeles, Calif. and the Santa Monica Public library; exhibition catalogs, announcements, invitations and clippings; a guestbook from an open house honoring Willis; 2 scrapbooks containing clippings, letters, photographs, sketches, postcards and newspaper clippings about his experiences as an ambulance driver on the western front during World War II; lists of art work, gallery receipts and consignment sheets; a sketchbook of watercolors; a photograph album of his art work and photographs of Willis, his family, friends, and art work.