Wayne Amerine papers
name: label: Creator
content: Amerine, Wayne, 1928-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Dallas
label: Topic
content: War in art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1982 by Wayne Amerine.
creator: label: Creator
content: Amerine, Wayne, 1928-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Wayne Amerine (1928-2008) was a painter in Dallas, Texas. Born in Great Bend, Kansas, Amerine attended the Kansas City Art Institute before moving to Dallas,  where he worked as the art director for the BBDO Adverising Agency. Amerine was also served in the U. S. Air Force in the Korean War and as a combat artist in Vietnam.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.amerwayn
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 reels 3349-3351 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Wayne Amerine after microfilming. Amerine reported to AAA in Dec. 2002 that the papers were subsequently stolen along with all his possessions during his move from Dallas to San Antonio, Tx.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Wayne Amerine papers contain a resume; letters and telegrams (1966-1967) from the Dallas County United Fund, Inc., Keitz & Herndon Inc., Dallas Lone Star Gas Company, and others; exhibition announcements, catalogs, and invitations (1968-1982); newspaper and magazine clippings (undated and 1968-1982); a typescript of Amerine's log in which he describes his participation as a combat artist int he U. S. Navy operation "Roughride," (1971); journals (1979-1982) containing drafts of letters, notes, and writings on art and his activities, as well as annotated drawings, sketches and studies, and newspaper clippings; and undated photographs of Amerine and his artwork.