Latané Temple papers
name: label: Creator
content: Temple, Latane, 1914-
label: Names
content: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Houston Artists' Forum
label: Names
content: Texas Memorial Museum
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Texas
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1983 by Latane Temple. 20 items on reel 3123 were donated, including published writings and file on Houston Artists' Forum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Temple, Latane, 1914-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, collector and writer; Galveston and Houston, Tex.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Texas
label: Function
content: Art museums -- Texas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1934]-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.templata
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3120 & 3123-3124 available for use through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Journals; sketchbooks; art works; inventory of art investments; material relating to donations given to museums and institutions; photographs; writings; a file on the Houston Artists' Forum; exhibition catalogs; and announcements.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3120: Five journals, 1967-1982, containing a log of Temple's personal goals and objectives, philosophy of life, personal experiences and relationships, and his reactions to political events in the United States and abroad. The journals also include accounts of Temple's painting, writing and trips to Mexico, Europe and Kenya, writings, sketches, and illustrations.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3123-3124: 1 exhibition announcement, ca. 1976, for a show at Katy Nail Gallery, Houston, Texas; writings; a file on the Houston Artists' Forum, 1969, consisting of printed material about meetings, a list of names and RSVP cards for meeting attendance. The Houston Artists' Forum, co-founded by Temple, was formed to promote increased communication between Houston's sculptors and painters;
label: Scope and Contents
content: 8 journals, 1956-1982, containing sketches and thoughts; a list and inventory of his art investments, 1968-1979; correspondence, receipts, printed material, and appraisal reports relating to books, magazines, paintings, and Pre-Columbian and African ethnographic artifacts donated to the Texas Memorial Museum, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, and other institutions, 1975-1983; 2 exhibition and auction catalogs in Temple's collection; 6 sketchbooks, undated and 1955-1978; ca. 300 sketches, drawings, caricatures, prints and watercolors; 2 photos of Temple, ca. 1980; and 3 photos of locales taken by Temple, 1954-1957. The correspondence relating to Temple's gifts to institutions includes a letter and typescript of a letter to Monsieur Duportius from Le Pce de Talleyrand, December 16, 1829.