Francis John McComas papers
name: label: Creator
content: McComas, Francis John, 1874-1938
label: Photographer
content: Sewell, E. N.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 862 lent for microfilming in 1974 by California Historical Society through Kent Seavey, Asst. Curator; Seavey donated material on reel 3042 in 1977.
creator: label: Creator
content: McComas, Francis John, 1874-1938
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Watercolorist, San Francisco, California. Born in Tasmania, Australia. Came to California in 1898. Jury member of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, and president of San Francisco Society of Artists. Married to painter Gene Frances McComas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 122 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mccofrjo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 862 and 3042 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 862: Originals in the California Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbook, catalogs, photographs, and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 862: One scrapbook, 1898-1938, containing clippings, photographs, catalogs and announcements, printed material, and miscellany; and a catalog from the California Historical Society FRANCES JOHN MCCOMAS exhibition of 1965, written by Kent L. Seavey, the Assistant Curator.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3042: One letter, 1928, enclosing a certificate of birth; 5 photos including one of a landscape "On Sentinal Dame" taken by E. N. Sewell, ca. 1900's; 6 exhibition catalogs and announcements; notes; loose clippings and a scrapbook of clippings.