Walter Quirt papers
name: label: Creator
content: Quirt, Walter, 1902-
label: Names
content: Bearden, Romare (1911-1988)
label: Names
content: Coates, Robert M. (Robert Myron), 1897-1973
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Franz, Eduard, 1902-1983
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
label: Names
content: Rattner, Abraham
label: Names
content: Scholl, Evelyn Harwood, b. 1899
label: Names
content: Steig, William, 1907-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material lent for microfilming in 1976 by Eleanor Quirt, widow of Walter Quirt, and donated with additional papers in 2023 by Jon Quirt, Quirt's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Quirt, Walter, 1902-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walter Quirt (1902-1968) was a painter and teacher in Minneapolis, Minn. Quirt taught at the University of Minnesota, 1945-1968
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.quirwalt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection including ca. 600 letters from Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis, Eduard Franz, Abraham Rattner, Evelyn Scholl, William Steig, Robert Coates, Duncan Phillips and others; ca. 300 photographs of family, friends, and works of art; a sketchbook; notes and theoretical writings on art; catalogs; biographical information; clippings and other printed material are available on 35mm microfilm reels 570-572, at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and teacher Walter Quirt measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1928-1976. Included are writings, correspondence, photographs, project files, interviews, drawings and printed material.