Byron Thomas papers
name: label: Creator
content: Thomas, Byron, 1902-1978
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Vermont -- Woodstock
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 9-12, 1197 & 1202 lent for microfilming 1971 & 1977 by Byron Thomas; material on reels 1417 & 1427 lent for microfilming 1978 by Virginia Thomas, widow of Thomas.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thomas, Byron, 1902-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Woodstock, Vt.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thombyro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 9-12, 1197 & 1202: Originals returned to Byron Thomas after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1417 & 1427: Originals returned to Virginia Thomas after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters; photographs and photograph albums; diaries; notes and notebooks; writings; sketchbooks; business records; catalogs; periodicals; clippings; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 9-12: Detailed autobiographical or diary-type notes of Thomas's activities and notes on his paintings, October 1928-August 1970, plus a few clippings, inventories of paintings, and miscellaneous items.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1197: A typescript of Thomas's autobiography, "For the Life of Me"; a volume of painting notes, 1966-1977; a notebook entitled "Record of Painting, 'Baseball at Rum Point'", 1968; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1202: An album containing photos of Thomas, his works, and a few exhibition catalogs and letters; and loose photographs of Thomas, his works, and an Artists Equity group leaving for a trip to Europe.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1417: Letters from friends and colleagues about Thomas's exhibitions; two diaries of European travels, and a notebook on European art; "Journal no. 8" (1975-1978) with sporadic entries concerning activities and work; manuscripts of four unpublished children's books written and illustrated by Thomas; drawing notes, 1968; six sketchbooks, 1929-1931; business records include files on Babcock Galleries, 1965-1971; catalogs, periodicals, clippings, and miscellaneous printed matter.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1427: Photographs, ca. 1909-1978, of Thomas, his work, his family, and friends; and a World War II photograph album.