John Charles Ford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ford, John Charles, 1929-
label: Names
content: Keen, Helen Boyd, b. 1899
label: Names
content: Schwabacher, Ethel, 1903-1984
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1975-1979 by John Ford.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ford, John Charles, 1929-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y.. Born in Choudrant, La., Ford was educated at the Louisiana Polytechnic Instite and at the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. After some years as an ordained minister, he resumed his formal education at the Art Students League and at the University of Oregon. Moving to New York, he took a studio and became friends with Ethel Schwabacher, while corresponding with painter Mark Tobey in Switzerland and patron-of-the-arts Lady Peter Norton in London.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((266 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1930]-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fordjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Catalogues and printed material, 1957-1974, 1 volume of Ford's sketches with notes, 1970-1973; biographical material; 8 photographs of Ford and his work; 1 draft of an essay by Ford about Ethel Schwabacher; material and trial covers for Schwabacher's book John Ford, Conquistador; correspondence with Clifford and Lady (Peter) Norton, Helen B. Keen, and Mark Tobey; memorabilia; and miscellany.