Sanford B. D. Low papers
name: label: Creator
content: Low, Sanford B. D. (Sanford Ballard Dole), 1905-1964
label: Names
content: New Britain Museum of American Art
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Vose, Robert C. (Robert Churchill), 1911-1998
label: Names
content: Vose, Robert Churchill, 1873-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Designers
label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Virginia Low, is the widow of Sanford Low.
creator: label: Creator
content: Low, Sanford B. D. (Sanford Ballard Dole), 1905-1964
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, illustrator, block printer, decorator, designer, educator, museum director, New Britain, Conn. and Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Was instrumental in organizing and founding the New Britain Museum of American Art, and was its director for a number of years.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Connecticut -- New Britain
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((186 items on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lowsanbd
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2147 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data; personal and business correspondence, including letters from Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, Robert Vose and Robert Vose, Jr. of Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., and others; writings; exhibition catalogs; printed materials regarding the Sanford Low Memorial Collection of American Illustration; 3 sketches by Low, clippings on Low and the activities of the New Britain Museum of American Art; photographs of Low, of Low with Benton, Thomas Craven and Denys Wortman, and photographs of the installation of a Low retrospective exhibition, 1963.