Theodore Wores papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939
label: Names
content: Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
label: Names
content: Gray, Percy, 1869-1952
label: Names
content: Keith, William, 1838-1911
label: Names
content: Peck, Orrin, 1860-1921
label: Names
content: Peters, Charles Rollo, 1862-1928
label: Names
content: Russel, Alexander, Mrs
label: Names
content: Sandona, Matteo, b. 1883
label: Names
content: Shenson, A. Jess
label: Names
content: Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming April 1974 by A. Jess Shenson, M.D., along with his brother Ben who spent many years researching Wores.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter, portrait painter, illustrator, teacher. Year of birth also cited as 1860. Born in San Francisco, resided many places.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 296 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1881-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.woretheo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 691 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters received, 1884-1967, concern Wores' art work, the Bohemian Club, the work of sculptor Douglas Tilden, and other matters. William Keith writes of his own work and choice of subject matter. Other correspondents include Orrin Peck, Frank Duveneck, Charles Rollo Peters, Mrs. Alexander Russel, Matteo Sandona, and Percy Gray. In addition, there are two scrapbooks, 1881-1938; a typescript of CALIFORNIA ART RESEARCH, 1937-Abstract from WPA Project 2874, which is a monograph on Wores with penciled corrections by him; and 5 articles from THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE, 1889-1899, 4 of them written by Wores, and 1 illustrated by him.