Alton Pickens papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pickens, Alton
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Politics in art -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1989 by Alton Pickens via Paul Schweizer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pickens, Alton
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alton Pickens (1917- 1991) was a painter, printmaker, and instructor. He taught art at Indiana University and Vassar College.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pickalto
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Business and personal letters to Pickens (1943-69), notes and other papers relating to his art instruction (1950-53), art exhibition announcements (1955-56), financial records (1949-56), and four leftist political magazines from the 1940's, one of which contains some of Pickens' sketches. In addition, there are a few photographs of unknown subjects.