John Rector Barton papers
name: label: Creator
content: Barton, John Rector, 1897-1965
label: Names
content: University of Wisconsin
label: Names
content: Bohrod, Aaron
label: Names
content: Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
label: Names
content: Nolan, Elizabeth
label: Names
content: Sugden, Earl
label: Names
content: Thorp, Walter
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin organized, arranged and microfilmed these papers. The Archives of American Art purchased copies of the film.
creator: label: Creator
content: Barton, John Rector, 1897-1965
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Barton was Chair of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin when the Rural Artists Program and the Artist-in-Residence position were initiated. John Steuart Curry was the first artist to hold the Artist-in-Residence position.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 716 Items (microfilm frames)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bartjohr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3579 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Microfilmed by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, (1 reel).
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Selected files kept by John Rector Barton relating to the Rural Artists program and the Artist-in-Residence program at the University of Wisconsin, including: Rural art show, 1939-1956; Rural art calendar, 1946-1948; University of Wisconsin permanent collection of rural arts, 1942-1952; John Steuart Curry memorial projects, 1946-1957; Extention specialist in rural art, 1946-1947; Wisconsin rural artists groups, 1945-1962; Artist in residence candidates; Aaron Bohrod, 1947-1949; Various artists, 1946-1949; Elizabeth Nolan, 1946-1950 and 1958; Earl Sugden, 1941, 1945-1948, 1962; Walter Thorp, 1946-1950; and Publication, publicity, reveiws and post-publication files, 1946-1949.