Morris Blackburn papers
name: label: Creator
content: Blackburn, Morris, 1902-1979
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Rist, Luigi, 1888-1959
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1988 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Lent for microfilming by Mrs. Morris Blackburn.
creator: label: Creator
content: Blackburn, Morris, 1902-1979
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content: Morris Blackburn papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter, instructor; Philadelphia, Pa. Taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and other schools.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Linear feet ((on 8 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blacmorr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4159-4166 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Morris Blackburn, after microfilming. They were donated to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2000.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Journals, letters, writings, business records, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs. Thirty-seven journals, 1927, 1942-1979, containing daily entries on teaching, exhibitions, work in progress, artists and the Philadelphia art scene; letters concerning exhibitions and sales, including 30 from Franklin Watkins, and 15 from Louis Rist; writings; a file on Blackburn's involvement with the Public Works of Art Project includes contracts, letters, clippings, and photographs; notebooks and registers documenting prints, contain title, date, size, edition number, exhibition record, experiments with materials, and lists of paintings sent to exhibition; clippings, exhibition catalogs and a scrapbook of clippings; and photographs of Blackburn, his art, installations, and his associates.