Albert Winslow Barker selected papers
name: label: Creator
content: Barker, Albert W. (Albert Winslow), 1874-1947
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
label: Names
content: Whitmore, Elizabeth
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection was donated to Bryn Mawr College by Elizabeth Barker and Agnes Davis, daughters of Barker. Microiflmed 1986 as part of Archives of American Arts' Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Barker, Albert W. (Albert Winslow), 1874-1947
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Winslow Barker (1874-1947) was a lithographer and educator in Pennsylvania. Born in Chicago, Barker studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before teaching at the School of Industrial Arts in Philadelphia. In 1913 he enrolled at Haverford College and earned his A.B. before earning his Ph.D. in Classical Greek from the University of Pennsylvania in 1921. From 1921 to 1929 he served as the Director of Art Education in the Public School District of Wilmington, Delaware. In 1927 Barker studied with lithographer Bolton Brown. Barker devoted the rest of his artistic career to lithography, producing over 200 works.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels (2 linear feet on 2 microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1947
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barkalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3757-3758 available at Archives of American Art offices, Bryn Mawr College Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Bryn Mawr College Library, Special Collections.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Albert Winslow Barker selected papers contain biographical information, including resumes and a typescript by Barker's wife; correspondence with his publisher and dealer, Elizabeth Whitmore; correspondence with Bolton Brown, John Taylor Arms, Albert Fowler, print societies, and suppliers; letters regarding exhibitions; a manuscript on lithography; notes on a course with Brown; clippings; photographs; drawings; and information on the Bolton Brown memorial exhibition organized by Barker.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Bryn Mawr College Special Collections holds the Elizabeth Barker and Agnes Davis collection of the papers of Albert Winslow Barker, 1888-1982.