Wallace Richards papers
name: label: Creator
content: Richards, Wallace, 1904-1959
label: Names
content: Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Craven, Thomas, b. 1889
label: Names
content: Simonson, Lee, 1888-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions -- Illinois -- Chicago
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers donated by Gwin Richards, a son of an associate of Thomas Hart Benton.
creator: label: Creator
content: Richards, Wallace, 1904-1959
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art administrator; Indianapolis, Ind.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((partially filmed on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1933
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richwall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1732 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers regarding Richards' supervision of the Indiana exhibit "A Century of Progress," Chicago, 1933, and Thomas Hart Benton's mural commissioned for that event. Included are: correspondence with Benton, Thomas Craven, and Lee Simonson and others; writings; organizational records; installation photographs; a book based on Benton's murals; clippings; and printed miscellany.