Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Bridaham, Dorothy
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
label: Topic
content: Women art critics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 1987 by Lester B. and Dorothy O. Bridaham.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bridaham, Dorothy
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content: Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of two Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks dating from 1938 to 1964. The scrapbooks contain material concerning Bridaham's career as an art critic.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dorothy Bridaham (1923-1987) was an art critic and journalist active in Chicago, Illinois. 

Dorothy Odenheimer Bridaham was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1923. She studied art at the University of Pittsburgh and later at the University of Chicago. Settling in Chicago, Bridaham joined the staff at the Art Institute of Chicago and wrote a weekly column for the Chicago Sun in the 1940s. Later, she wrote for the Denver Post. She was married to the art historian Lester Burbank Bridaham.

Bridaham died in 1987 in Tacoma, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.briddoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
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 collection received preliminary processing and was microfilmed on receipt on reels 4190-4191. 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: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 4190-4191 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two Dorothy Bridaham scrapbooks dating from 1938 to 1964. The scrapbooks contain material concerning Bridaham's career as an art critic.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Lester Burbank Bridaham papers, 1912-1986.