Papers relating to Anton Refregier mural controversy
name: label: Creator
content: Brotherton, Joseph L., 1918-2012
label: Names
content: Refregier, Anton, 1905-
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1999 by Joseph Brotherton.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brotherton, Joseph L., 1918-2012
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Brotherton an actor and painter, San Francisco, Calif, born 1918 in Bozeman, Mont. He was involved in many cultural activities in San Francisco, as an art collector, artist and actor.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 41 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brotjose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relating to the controversy surrounding Anton Refregier's mural commission for the San Francisco Rincon Annex Post Office. Included are 28 letters from Thomas S. Page (Page-Brotherton, public relations firm) to interested parties, among them being U.S. Congressmen James Coats Auchingloss, John S. Shelly and William S. Mailliard; Grace McCann Morley, director of the San Francisco Museum of Art; Alfred Frankfurter, publisher of Art News and Bay Area art critic; and Belle Krasne, editor, Art Digest; press releases and a history of the mural controversy.