Donal Hord papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hord, Donal, 1902-1966
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Diego
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were loaned to the Archives of American Art in 1964 for microfilming and returned to Donal Hord after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hord, Donal, 1902-1966
setName: label: See more items in
content: Donal Hord papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor Donal Hord date from 1935 to 1950. Found is correspondence and one scrapbook. Correspondence focuses on Hord's Federal Arts Project sculptures.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Donal Hord (1902-1966) was a sculptor in San Diego, California. Born in Wisconsin, he and his family settled in San Diego due to health problems and he was largely homeschooled. He did formal study at the Santa Barbara School of Art and participated in the Works Project Administration Federal Arts Project.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.horddona
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels LA02 and LA04 and was returned to Donal Hord after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2024 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels LA02 and LA04. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Donal Hord after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor Donal Hord date from 1935 to 1950. Found is correspondence and one scrapbook. Correspondence focuses on Hord's Federal Arts Project sculptures.