James Stovall Morris papers
name: label: Creator
content: Morris, James Stovall, 1898-1973
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming by James Morris and were returned after filming. The materials appear to be from a personal scrapbook, perhaps Morris's own, but the origin is uncertain.
creator: label: Creator
content: Morris, James Stovall, 1898-1973
setName: label: See more items in
content: James Stovall Morris papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter James Stovall Morris date from 1935 to 1961. Found are photographs of works of art, an exhibition catalog, and a list of exhibitions in which he participated.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James Stovall Morris (1898-1973) was a painter in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Morris moved to Santa Fe after studying art in Cincinnati, Ohio and helped to establish an art colony. Later, he moved to New York to study at the Art Students League. By the mid-1930s, he had returned to New Mexico and  participated in the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.morrjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
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 Reel NDA02 and was returned to James Morris after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA02. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, James Morris, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter James Stovall Morris date from 1935 to 1961. Found are photographs of works of art, an exhibition catalog, and a list of exhibitions in which he participated.