Dorothy Sturm papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sturm, Dorothy
label: Names
content: Betty Parsons Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Enamelers -- Tennessee -- Memphis
label: Occupation
content: Medical illustrators -- Tennessee -- Memphis
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Tennessee -- Memphis
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Dorothy Sturm papers were donated to the archives in 1991 by the Dorothy Sturm estate via Marvin Ratner, executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sturm, Dorothy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dorothy Sturm papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Dorothy Sturm measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1913 to 1989. The papers document Sturm's career as a painter, enamelist, writer, and medical illustrator through writings, professional files, printed material, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dorothy Sturm (1910-1988) was a painter, enamelist, and medical illustrator in Memphis, Tennessee. She studied art in New York at the Grand Central School of Art and the Arts Student League during the 1930s. Between 1952 and 1978 Sturm exhibited at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York. Sturm taught art at the Memphis Academy of Art between 1938 and the late 1970s, and also assisted in establishing a collection of contemporary art at the Memphis Brooks Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sturdoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Writings, 1913-1989 (1.0 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Professional Activity Files, 1935-1984 (0.5 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1930-1988 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Photographs, circa 1967 (0.1 linear feet; Box 2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Dorothy Sturm measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1913 to 1989. The papers document Sturm's career as a painter, enamelist, writer, and medical illustrator through writings, professional files, printed material, and photographs.

Writings include drafts of poems and short stories written by Sturm, drafts of manuscripts, lecture notes, writings by other educators on Sturm, a book of poems by Sturms mother, and four audio cassettes in which Sturm reads one of her stories and discusses her writings.

Professional activity files include address books, correspondence, sketches, and material related to her work as a medical illustrator for medical journals and pamphlets.

Printed material includes magazine and newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, and copies of some of her published works.

Photographic material includes images and transparencies of Sturm and her works.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: At the request of the donor drawings originally in the collection were subsequently donated to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.