Howard Thomas papers
name: label: Creator
content: Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
label: Topic
content: Prints
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2423 lent for microfilming 1982 and unmicrofilmed material donated 1980 by Ann Wall Thomas, widow of Thomas.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Educator and painter; Athens, Georgia and Milwaukee, Wisconsin Thomas was the Art Director of the State Teachers College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1939.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thomhowa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2423 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 2423: Originals returned to Ann Wall Thomas after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sketchbooks; notes; calendars; prints; books; and portfolios.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2423: Six sketchbooks, 1928-1969, containing pen, pencil and watercolor sketches done in North Carolina and Georgia and while traveling in Europe, Japan, Hawaii, and elsewhere. Also included are Thomas's notes on color, composition and technique; background information on sketches; and travel notes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Five calendars illustrated with prints by Thomas and others; AMERICAN BLOCK PRINTS, containing 26 original prints and 14 reproductions of prints, 1937; two children's books and 4 portfolios printed by the Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project.