John Ferren papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ferren, John, 1905-1970
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1972 by Mrs. Rae Tonkel Ferren.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ferren, John, 1905-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, sculptor, designer, graver, and teacher.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Reel (620 items (on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ferrjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 371 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to Mrs. Ferren after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1932-1969, mostly personal, with Laure Ferren, his first wife, and Inez Chatfield Ferren, his second wife, and others; military papers relating to his service as Chief of Publications Section, Psychological Warfare Branch during World War II; and diaries, 1927-28, 1931-33, and 1939, with both brief and extensive entries on activities and his philosophy. Also found are family photographs; a sketchbook; personal records and résumés from his teaching career; writings by Ferren on art; exhibition catalogs, 1928-1966; clippings; and miscellany.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: John Ferren papers also at Syracuse University.