John Taylor Arms papers
name: label: Creator
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Artists for Victory, Inc.
label: Names
content: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Society of American Etchers
label: Names
content: Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique -- United States
label: Topic
content: Printing -- societies, etc
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1986 by Bryn Mawr College.
creator: label: Creator
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
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content: John Taylor Arms papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Taylor Arms (1887-1953) was a printmaker and etcher. Born in Washington, DC, Arms first attended Princeton University to study law, before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study architecture. His work often depicts medieval churches, gargoyles, and New York City architecture. Arms was involved with several art and printmaking societies. He was a member of the National Academy of Design and also served as the president of the American Society of Graphic Artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.armsjota
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3756-3757 available at Archives of American Art offices, Bryn Mawr College Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Bryn Mawr College Library, Special Collections.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed John Taylor Arms papers consist of journals from France; an address book; diaries; writings, including a notebook on printmaking made while studying with Bolton Brown; two volumes of consignment records; sketchbooks and drawings of French architecture; a notebook of engineering drawings for Princeton; a scrapbook related to Dorothy Noyes Arms' Fishing Memories; minutes related to the New York World's Fair; minutes and a scrapbook of posters for Artists for Victory; National Academy of Design catalogs (1948-1952); Society of American Etchers catalogs (1950-1952); and Society of American Etchers scrapbooks (1932-1937).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the microfilmed John Taylor Arms papers, 1923-1953. Bryn Mawr College Special Collections holds the John Taylor Arms papers 1914 – 1952.