Horace Talmage Day papers
name: label: Creator
content: Day, Horace Talmage, 1909-1984
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Citron, Minna Wright, 1896-1991
label: Names
content: Day, Elizabeth Nottingham, 1907-1956
label: Names
content: Laning, Edward, 1906-1981
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
label: Names
content: Nicolaïdes, Kimon, 1892-1938
label: Names
content: Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1966 and 1971 by Horace T. Day.
creator: label: Creator
content: Day, Horace Talmage, 1909-1984
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and portrait painter; Staunton, Virginia. Married artist Elizabeth Nottingham.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 3 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dayhora
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 76, 135, and 2803 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, resumes, exhibition catalogs, photographs, and personal writings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 76: Letters, many to wife, Elizabeth Nottingham Day, from Kimon Nikolaides, Edward Laning, Minna Citron, Henry Schnakenberg, and Kenneth Hayes Miller; exhibition catalogs, many from Virginia museums and Public Works of Art Project, and typescript catalog introductions; career resumes of both Elizabeth and Horace Day; and photographs of the two artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 135: Journal compiled from letters to wife, Elizabeth Nottingham Day, describing Day's World War II experiences in training at Camp Lee, Va. and other U.S. stations, on a troopship to France and in Germany following its surrender, including photographs of sketches from the original letters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 2803: Typescript of "Head Hunting in West 'By God' Virginia." Compiled from letters to Elizabeth Nottingham Day in 1948 and describing a week spent in Lewisburg seeking commissions for portraits.