James Milford Zornes papers
name: label: Creator
content: Zornes, James Milford, 1908-2008
label: Names
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- California
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming in 1965 by James Milford Zornes and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Zornes, James Milford, 1908-2008
setName: label: See more items in
content: James Milford Zornes papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of educator and watercolorist James Milford Zornes date from 1929 to 1954. Focusing on Zornes's career as a painter and an educator at Pomona College, and his participation with the Treasury Department Public Works of Art Project, the papers contain two mixed-media scrapbooks, printed material, correspondence, and scattered biographical material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James Milford Zornes (1908-2008) was an educator, painter, and watercolorist in California. Known as Milford Zornes, he was born in Oklahoma and moved to California as a teenager. He studied at the Otis Art Institute and Pomona College, and took classes with Millard Sheets at Scripps College. Zornes was active in the California Water Color Society.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1954
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zornjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels LA09 and LA10 and was returned to James Milford Zornes after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels LA09 and LA10. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to James Milford Zornes after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of educator and watercolorist James Milford Zornes date from 1929 to 1954. Focusing on Zornes's career as a painter and an educator at Pomona College, and his participation with the Treasury Department Public Works of Art Project, the papers contain two mixed-media scrapbooks, printed material, correspondence, and scattered biographical material.