John Whorf papers
name: label: Creator
content: Whorf, John, 1903-1959
label: Names
content: Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960
label: Names
content: Whorf, Harry C.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reel 1052 lent for microfilming 1975 by Nancy Whorf Kelly, Whorf's daughter. Portions were subquently donated along with unmicrofilmed material, 1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: Whorf, John, 1903-1959
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Provincetown, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1880-1961]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.whorjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1052 available from Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Some items on reel 1052: Originals retained by Nancy Whorf Kelly.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs; sketches and pages from a sketchbook; drawings; certificates; notes; a book; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1052: Correspondence, mostly between Whorf and family members; pages from a scrapbook of clippings and photographs, 1912-1926; 2 National Academy of Design certificates; a drawing, 1913, done by Whorf as a child; photographs of Whorf, his family (including one of his grandfather, ca. 1880), and of his paintings; and clippings, 1924-1961.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: A postcard from Ruth and Loring Dodd; a 1934 letter from a patron; 6 photographs, including The Beachcombers (a painter's club); a street scene (ca. 1890's) taken by John's father, commercial photographer, Harry C. Whorf, photographs of Harry C. Whorf (1890s), John Whorf's work, and of a John Singer Sargent painting; certificates of membership in the National Academy of Design; notes on color; 17 sketches in pencil, crayon and water color (1911); 21 clippings; and an inscribed copy of Harry Kemp's PROVINCETOWN TIDEWAYS (c 1947).