Julius Bloch papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bloch, Julius T. (Julius Thiengen), 1888-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1986 by Benjamin Bernstein, a friend and patron of Bloch.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bloch, Julius T. (Julius Thiengen), 1888-1966
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blocjuli
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 reels 3754-3755 available for use at Archives of American Art offices, the Free Library of Philadelphia and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; journals; loose writings; sketchbooks and clippings documenting his career. The journals, which have letters and other items laid in, describe his work for the WPA, the influence of other painters, exhibitions, and his concern for Black Americans and the unemployed, who frequently appeared in his paintings.