James M. Ray files on artists
name: label: Creator
content: Ray, James M.
label: Names
content: Layton, Elizabeth, 1909-
label: Names
content: Lindquist, Evan
label: Names
content: McCombs, Bruce, 1943-
label: Names
content: Reinhardt, Siegfried, 1925-1984
label: Names
content: Wilde, John, 1919-2006
label: Names
content: Wildner, Werner
topic: label: Occupation
content: Draftsmen (artists) -- Wisconsin
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Kansas
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Missouri
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Tennessee
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Wisconsin
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Missouri
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by James M. Ray, 1993-1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ray, James M.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collector; St. Joseph, Mo. Born 1924. Ray, the former director of the Albrecht Art Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, is a major collector of John Wilde's art work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rayjamem
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Files on artists John Wilde, Elizabeth Layton, Evan Lindquist, Bruce McCombs, Siegfried Reinhardt, and Werner Wilder, containing letters, photographs, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Wilde file, 1966-1992, contains 40 letters from Wilde concerning his exhibitions and sales of work to Ray and others, an exhibition catalog, and, and photographs of art work. The Layton file, 1983-1993, consists of 7 letters from Layton, clippings, and photographs of art work. Included in the Reinhardt file, 1968-1984, are clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs,brochures, reproductions of art work, photographs of art work, and 3 photographs of Reinhardt, 2 of them with Ray. The Wildner file, 1962-1975, contains clippings, 3 exhibition catalogs, and photographs of art work. The Lindquist file includes letters from Lindquist to Ray, 1969-1994; a comprehensive list of prints, May 21, 1994; a typescript by Lindquist, "Prints: Beginnings and and Ends," 1987; a sample copy of Lindquist's "Certificate of Authenticity"; 2 exhibition catalogs, 1970 and 1975; photographs of 106 prints by Lindquist in the Ray Collection; and 3 photographs of Lindquist. The McCombs file consists of one exhibition catalog, 1986.