Donald Bear papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bear, Donald, 1905-1952
label: Names
content: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Fremantle, Anne Jackson, 1909-
label: Names
content: Lansner, Jules, 1911-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- California
label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- California -- Santa Barbara
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent and donated by Esther Bear, widow of Bear.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bear, Donald, 1905-1952
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Museum director, critic, author, and artist; Santa Barbara, Calif.; b. 1905; d. 1952; full name: Donald Jeffries Bear.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- California -- Santa Barbara
label: Function
content: Art museums -- Colorado -- Denver
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beardona
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1713-1715 and 1286 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: REEL 1286: Originals returned to Esther Bear after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, catalogs, printed material, and scrapbooks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1713-1715: 285 letters; drafts and notes for lectures, critical works, and radio talks; paper relating to the design of the "Contemporary American Art" exhibit at the New York's World Fair; a curriculum vitae; essays by other individuals, including Jules Lansner and Anne Fremantle; photographs of Bear's art works; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; periodicals; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1286: Three scrapbooks of clippings, including articles written by Bear while director of the Denver Art Museum and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.