Barbara Shissler Nosanow materials relating to Howard Finster
name: label: Creator
content: Nosanow, Barbara Shissler
label: Names
content: National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Self-taught artists -- Georgia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred 1993 from the National Museum of American Art, which received the materials from Howard Finster.
creator: label: Creator
content: Nosanow, Barbara Shissler
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Barbara Shissler Nosanow was the curator of an exhibit titled "More than land or sky: art from Appalachia," which ran at the National Museum of American Art from October 30, 1981 to January 3, 1982, and featured works by self-taught artist Howard Finster.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1981]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nosabarb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4961 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter from Finster to Barbara Shissler Nosanow at the National Museum of American Art, discussing his upcoming visit to Washington, D.C. The letter is illustrated in pencil with sketches of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson and William Shakespeare. Finster writes: "I am excited to be coming to Washington where these great men once had our future responsibility upon them I feel so unworthy to live in a world of luxery (sic) and these great men paved our way..." Also included are several handmade cards and leaflets, enclosed in a note to Nosanow: "I was going to demastrat (sic) how I make these card in the show but we ran out of time."