Toby Topek papers
name: label: Creator
content: Topek, Toby, 1934-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1982 by Toby Topek.
creator: label: Creator
content: Topek, Toby, 1934-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, sculptor; Houston, Texas.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.topetoby
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3309 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Toby Topek, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A resume; letters, undated and 1952-1981, from The Art League of Houston, Rabbi Moshe Cahana, the City Federation of Woman's Clubs, Houston, Rabbi William S. Malev, David A. Sharp and others; clippings; exhibition announcements; catalogs and invitations; lists of paintings and drawings; consignment sheets and statements, 1971; an insurance claim and correspondence relating to Topek's damaged sculpture DANCE OF THE SPIRIT, 1980; subject files containing correspondence, notes and writings, printed material and miscellany, 1977-1979, on the salon organized by Topek, "Organized Women Support Women," The Houston Festival exhibition DOORS, and the exhibition TOBY TOPEK: COLLAGES AND SCULPTURE, Roberto Molina Gallery, Houston; a journal, 1974, and a diary, 1978-1981, containing notes and writings on art and women, printed material and photographs; a report card, transcript and workbook of charts and anatomy and perspective studies from the Feather & Feather School of Design, Houston, 1950-1952; notebooks containing sketches, studies and notes from Topek's painting classes, lists of her works and sales, 1959-1982; and photograph albums containing photographs of Topek and her work and printed material, 1977-ca. 1982.