Ruth Van Sickle Ford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ford, Ruth Van Sickle, 1897-1989
label: Names
content: Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Barbara Turner donated her mother's papers to the Archives of American Art in  1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ford, Ruth Van Sickle, 1897-1989
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Van Sickle Ford papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and educator Ruth Van Sickle Ford (1897-1989) measure 1.7 linear feet and date from circa 1920 to 1986. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, printed materials, three scrapbooks, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Van Sickle Ford (1897-1986) was a painter and educator active in Chicago, Illinois. She was president and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1936 to 1960. 

Ford was born in Aurora, Illinois. She enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied under Carl Newland Werntz, and graduated in 1918. Over the course of her career her works were exhibited throughout the United States. In addition to her painting, Ford returned to the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts to teach watercolor and oil painting, and ultimately purchased the school and served as both president and director. 

In 1918, Ruth married Arthur Ford and together they had a daughter, Barbara. Ruth Van Sickle Ford died in 1989 in Aurora, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fordruth
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 a preliminary level of arrangement after donation and was partially microfilmed on reels 3955-3956. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2020.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 3955-3956 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and educator Ruth Van Sickle Ford (1897-1989) measure 1.7 linear feet and date from circa 1920 to 1986. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, printed materials, three scrapbooks, and photographs.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (Reel 3956, frames 187-316) including 55 handmade Christmas cards, news clippings,a booklet, photographs, and one sketch by Claude Buck. Originals are in the possession of Barbara Turner. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.