Bruce Handiside Mitchell papers
name: label: Creator
content: Mitchell, Bruce Handiside, 1908-1963
label: Names
content: Navarro, Fats, d. 1950
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art and war
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1964-1972 by Olivia Dehn Mitchell, widow of Bruce Handiside Mitchell.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mitchell, Bruce Handiside, 1908-1963
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Army artist, landscape painter, teacher.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1965 and [undated]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mitcbruc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 110, 324 & 1874 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs; drawings; a typescript; lyrics; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 110: Correspondence; photos; drawings; publications; and clippings. Most of the correspondence is with Mitchell's wife and his mother; letters from the war period and thereafter describe his activities as an Army artist and college art teacher.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 324: Letters received, 1943-1965, mostly from the War Department regarding his service as an artist war correspondent in World War II; a typescript of "Requiem for Fats" (Fats Navarro) by Mitchell; lyrics for two songs by Mitchell; photographs of his paintings and of himself; 1 sketch; a curriculum vitae; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1874: 15 photographs of Bruce Mitchell, his friends and work, including photographs of Mitchell painting jazz musicians as they perform.