Myron B. Chapin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Chapin, Myron B. (Myron Butman), 1887-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- Michigan
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Michigan
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Sketchbook requested by and returned to donor, Chapin's widow, January 8, 1974.
creator: label: Creator
content: Chapin, Myron B. (Myron Butman), 1887-1958
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, etcher, illustrator; Ann Arbor, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chapmyro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D8 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Sketchbook returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A 44 page sketchbook, 1958; 1 photograph of a painting; a copy of Chapin's book VISUAL UNDERSTANDING, 1954; a letter from a student regarding this book, 25 clippings; 5 exhibition catalogs, 1921-1937; original Christmas cards; 2 letters to his mother, February 24 and April 14, 1919, in which Chapin writes of a visit to the countryside in France, where he was stationed during World War I, and of the whereabouts of his regiment.