Biographical Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
setName: label: See more items in
content: Henry Varnum Poor papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1, OV 18)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.poorhenr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Materials are arranged by document type.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been partially scanned.  Documents with sensitive information have not been scanned.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series includes Poor's desk diary containing sporadic, sparse notes along with addresses and phone numbers; army discharge material; biographical notes on Poor by Bessie Breuer Poor and others; a desk diary; genealogical material; medical documents; and wills of Henry Varnum Poor and Bessie Breuer Poor. Awards and certificates document: Carnegie Institute Third Prize, 1933; Limited Editions Club Fellowship in Book Illustration, 1937; announcement of gold medal award from the Architectural League of New York, 1938; appointment to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1941; and membership certificate, National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1943. The posthumous item is a proclamation of Henry Varnum Poor Centennial Month, Clarkstown, New York, 1987.