Wendell Jones papers
name: label: Creator
content: Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943
label: Names
content: Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Cherry, Herman
label: Names
content: Force, Juliana, 1876-1948
label: Names
content: Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970
label: Names
content: Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
label: Names
content: Hague, Raoul, 1905-1993
label: Names
content: Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison), 1883-1968
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Martin, Fletcher, 1904-1979
label: Names
content: Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946
label: Names
content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
label: Names
content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York -- Woodstock
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Topic
content: Artists -- New York State -- Woodstock -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1982 and 1983 by Jane Jones widow of Wendell Jones.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and muralist; Woodstock, N.Y.; b. 1899; d. 1956.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet ((200 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jonewend
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, undated and 1937-1961, mostly dealing with Jones' mural in the Rome, N.Y. Post Office, done for the Section of Fine Arts; correspondence with Edward Bruce, Forbes Watson, Juliana Force, Edward Rowan, and Eugene Speicher; photographs of Jones, his family, his paintings, and of other Woodstock area artists including Philip Guston, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Harry Burlin, Herman Cherry, Marion Greenwood, Raoul Hague, Fletcher Martin, and Dorothy Varian; a contract, 1940, for a the Post Office mural; and other business records including check stubs, vouchers and receipts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are a manuscript by Jones entitled "Article of Faith" for MAGAZINE OF ART, October, 1940; a scrapbook of clippings; and exhibition catalogs, 1957-1969, a press release, 1938, and several clippings, 1933-1948.