Martha Mood papers
name: label: Creator
content: Mood, Martha, 1908-1972
label: Names
content: Henderson, Lester Kierstead
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- San Antonio
label: Occupation
content: Tapissiers -- San Antonio -- Texas
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- San Antonio -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women textile designers
label: Topic
content: Women ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1982 by Lester K. Henderson, Martha Mood's agent. A second portion of papers was loaned for microfilming in 1983 by W. Roger Mood, Mood's cousin by marriage. The gift and the loan were microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mood, Martha, 1908-1972
setName: label: See more items in
content: Martha Mood papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of sculptor, tapissier, and ceramicist Martha Mood (1908-1972) measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1989. Found are biographical materials on Mood and Lester Henderson, photocopies of letters sent to Henderson, photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Martha Mood (1908-1972) was a sculptor, tapissier, and ceramicist, in San Antonio, Texas. Mood created large-scale tapestries and operated a business selling embroidered home furnishings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moodmart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers received a preliminary level of processing after donation and were microfilmed on reel 3349. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 3449 at Archives of American Art offices. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.

Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reels 3316 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of sculptor, tapissier, and ceramicist Martha Mood (1908-1972) measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1989. Found are biographical materials on Mood and Lester Henderson, photocopies of letters sent to Henderson, photographs, and printed material.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Material loaned for microfilming on Reel 3316 was returned to the donor after filming and is not described in the collection container inventory including: an invitation and catalog, 1972, for an exhibition of Mood's stitcheries, ceramics, sculpture and photography at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston; 4 newspaper clippings; a letter to Roger and Mary Louise Mood from Martha and Beau Mood, 1965; and an undated photograph of Mood.