Porter Blanchard papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Blanchard, Porter, 1886-1973
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content: Porter Blanchard papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Box 1, OV 2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blanport, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is personal with letters from Blanchard to his family, and sympathy letters to his family following his death. Also found are letters from the Famous Writers School to Blanchard regarding a writing course he was taking ther and two letters from researchers regarding Blanchard's family history with enclosures of typed notes and questions. Writings consist of fictional short stories and an autobiography draft from Blanchard.  Personal Business records include a gold operations license application, an administrative file titled The Story of Porter Blanchard which includes biographical brochures, photographs of Blanchard's artwork, and price lists. Also included are project and client notes. Printed material includes clippings, exhibition catalogs, brochures on Blanchard and two books on silversmithing titled The Renaissance of an Ancient Art and The Story of Sterling with written dedications to Blanchard. Photographic material consists of disbound photo albums and loose photographs of Blanchard, his family and friends, studio, and artwork. Many of the photographs are annotated on the back with names and/or prices. The papers also include technical design sketches.