Raymond Steth papers
name: label: Creator
content: Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
label: Names
content: Philographic School of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1989 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond Steth (1917-1997) was an African American printmaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked for the WPA's Federal Art Project graphics division and collaborated with Dox Thrash, an artist known for developing new methods of Carborundum printing. After the WPA, Steth founded and directed the Philographic School of Art, an independent printmaking and graphics workshop teaching commercial, fine, and graphic art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stetraym
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 reel 4315 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the possession of Raymond Steth.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection of the papers of African American printmaker Raymond Steth contains corrrespondence; business records; photographs; printed material; and records of the Philographic School of Art including correspondence, financial records, course materials, student records, printed material, and photographs.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Oral history interview with Raymond Steth, 1990 April 28 conducted by Marge Kline.