Harris King Prior papers
name: label: Creator
content: Prior, Harris K. (Harris King)
label: Names
content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- New York(State) -- Rochester
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Northwest school of artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1981 by Mrs. Nathaniel Whitcomb, Prior's widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Prior, Harris K. (Harris King)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art administrator, educator; Rochester, N.Y.; b. 1911; d. 1975 Prior was director of Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y., 1962-1975.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- Rochester
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.prioharr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material on American Artists of the Pacific Northwest, and on Arthur B. Davies.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Files, 1946-1975, concerning artists of the Pacific Northwest, including: research correspondence; typescripts of published and unpublished writings; notes; photographs, negatives, and transparencies of works of art; card files; and exhibition catalogs, clippings, and other printed material. Also included is research material, 1955-1975, relating to Arthur B. Davies and a 1962 centennial exhibition on Davies organized by Prior. Papers include: correspondence with Davies's relatives, museums, and others; printed material; slides of the paintings exhibited; 3 installation photos; a photo file and a card file on Davies's paintings, arranged by location; and a dissertation, THE GRAPHIC ART OF ARTHUR BOWEN DAVIES AND JOHN SLOAN, by Merrill Clement Rueppel, 1955.