Julia Sully papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sully, Julia
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
topic: label: Occupation
content: Historians -- Virginia -- Richmond
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting, American -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1093 lent for microfilming by Virginia State Library. Material on reels 2524-2525 lent for filming 1982 by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sully, Julia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Historian; Richmond, Va.; b. 1870; d. 1948. Director of the Works Progress Administration Art Index Division in Richmond. Her great uncle was painter Thomas Sully.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,650 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1730]-1948
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sulljuli
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1093 and 2524-2525 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1093: Originals in Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 2524-2525: Originals in Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical and genealogical material; writings; letters; photographs; research material on portraiture in Virginia; and research material on Thomas Sully.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1093: A card index of portraiture in Virginia, ca. 1730-1944, compiled by Sully, probably for Art Index Division. Information listed includes artist name, subject, size, date painted, owner, and description.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 2524-2525: Biographical and genealogical information; writings and notes; postcards and letters; photographs of Sully and family members; monthly work reports for the Works Progress Administration Art-Index Division of the Virginia Conservation Commission, including clippings, notes, photographs, and correspondence on historical portraits and other art in Virginia. Also included is research material on Thomas Sully and letters from Isabella Sully regarding Robert Sully.