James Couper Wright papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wright, James Couper, 1906-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- California
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned for microfilming 1964 by James Couper Wright and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wright, James Couper, 1906-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: James Couper Wright papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and watercolorist James Couper Wright date from 1930 to 1944. Found is a mixed-media scrapbook that focuses on the exhibition of Wright's paintings and his participation with the Federal Art Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration. The scrapbook consists of two biographical sketches and a CV, newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and scattered photographs of works of art. Of note are photographs of an FAP mural at the San Diego Civic Center.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James Couper Wright (1906-1969) was a painter and watercolorist in California. Wright studied art in Europe and settled in Santa Barbara, California in 1930. He worked in Los Angeles in the mid-1930s before moving to Georgia to teach at the University of Georgia. He exhibited his works around the United States.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1944
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wrigjame
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 LA09 and was returned to James Couper Wright 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 the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel LA09. 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 after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and watercolorist James Couper Wright date from 1930 to 1944. Found is a mixed-media scrapbook that focuses on the exhibition of Wright's paintings and his participation with the Federal Art Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration. The scrapbook consists of two biographical sketches and a CV, newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and scattered photographs of works of art. Of note are photographs of an FAP mural at the San Diego Civic Center.