Dan Wingren papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wingren, Dan, 1923-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Texas -- Dallas
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Dallas
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned for microfilming in 1981, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project, and returned to Dan Wingren after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wingren, Dan, 1923-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dan Wingren papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and educator Dan Wingren date from 1941 to 1981. Found are biographical material, correspondence, writings, photographs of Wingren and of works of art, personal business records, printed material, and a mixed-media scrapbook. Also found is a bound volume of compiled articles, clippings, handwritten notes and illustrations prepared by Wingren for "Art and the Vernacular" at Southern Methodist University.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dan Wingren (1923-1999) was a painter and educator in Dallas, Texas. He was a longtime professor of art and art history at Southern Methodist University and exhibited his works at galleries and museums throughout Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wingdan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels 2882-2883 and was returned to Dan Wingren after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels 2882-2883. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Dan Wingren, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and educator Dan Wingren date from 1941 to 1981. Found are biographical material, correspondence, writings, photographs of Wingren and of works of art, personal business records, printed material, and a mixed-media scrapbook. Also found is a bound volume of compiled articles, clippings, handwritten notes and illustrations prepared by Wingren for "Art and the Vernacular" at Southern Methodist University.