Ward Lockwood papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lockwood, Ward
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
label: Names
content: Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962
label: Names
content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
label: Names
content: Rattner, Abraham
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Painting
label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1964 by Mrs. Ward Lockwood, widow of Lockwood.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lockwood, Ward
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mural painter, painter and educator; born in Kansas; attended University of Kansas, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Ransom Academy in Paris. Worked on various government buildings painting murals for the WPA. Taught in the art departments at University of Texas, University of California at Berkeley and elsewhere. Lived in Taos, N.M. for many years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Items (linear ft.(on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lockward
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 534-535. available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1913-1963, regarding Lockwood's work on murals for government buildings, and letters from Andrew Dasburg, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Abraham Rattner; a 23 page diary, 1931-1933; an anecdotal reminiscence of John Marin; career resumes; 6 sketchbooks; 6 speech texts; material relating to mural projects in Washington, D.C., in Lexington, Kentucky, and in Wichita, Kansas; photographs of Lockwood, his works, and of mural classes; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and miscellany.