Glen Lukens letters to Roy Walker
name: label: Creator
content: Walker, Roy, 1910-2006
label: Creator
content: Lukens, Glen
label: Names
content: University of Southern California -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Lukens, Glen
place: label: Place
content: Haiti -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Mexico -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California
label: Topic
content: Ceramics -- Study and teaching
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2016 and 2020 by Diane Gunter, Roy Walker's niece.
creator: label: Creator
content: Walker, Roy, 1910-2006
label: Creator
content: Lukens, Glen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roy Walker (1910-2006) was a ceramic artist in California and a student of Glen Lukens.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1945
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.walkroy
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Glen Luken letters to Roy Walker measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1930- 1945. Included are approximately 150 letters from ceramic artist Glen Lukens to Roy Walker. The letters were written during the time that Lukens became head of the art department at University of Southern California in 1936. They also document Lukens' travels to Mexico and to Haiti, where he established a ceramics center, and his ideas on teaching, materials, exhibitions, sales, race relations, and other topics.