Gordon Onslow-Ford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Onslow-Ford, Gordon
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Travel journals and notebooks lent for microfilming 1975. Manuscripts donated 1979 and 1992 by Gordon Onslow-Ford.
creator: label: Creator
content: Onslow-Ford, Gordon
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Inverness, Calif.; b. Dec. 26, 1912, Wendover, England; d. Nov. 9, 2003
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.onslgord
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1452-1453 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1452-1453: Originals returned to Gordon Onslow-Ford after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 13 studio notebooks and travel journals; and drafts of unpublished manuscripts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1452-1453: Thirteen studio notebooks and travel journals, 1951-1973, containing numerous illustrations in watercolor, ink, and pencil, plus notes, observations, ideas for books and paintings, travel experiences, notes on art seen, etc. Onslow-Ford travelled to Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Tibet, India, Egypt, England, France, Spain, Central America, and Mexico.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Drafts of two unpublished manuscripts: an early version of "Instant Painting," ca. 1960-1961, and "Creation," summer of 1971.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Two draft calligraphic manuscripts for "Creation," ca. 1978, 44 oversize pages total.