Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Merritt, Francis Sumner, 1913-2000
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content: Francis Sumner Merritt papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.merrfran, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains materials relating to Merritt's personal life and career. General materials include short biographical sketches, identification cards, and a high school commencement booklet. A scrapbook contains clippings and exhibition materials from Merritt's painting career and material relating to his induction to the International Institute of Arts and Letters. Artworks are by others and unsigned and include pencil, pen, and paint sketches. Also found are and a pencil sketch portrait of Merritt and a print by Fiske Boyd.