George Demont Otis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Otis, George Demont, 1879-1962
label: Names
content: Hartley, Grace, 1905-
label: Names
content: Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 266 lent for microfilming by Otis' neice Grace Hartley in 1971; she donated additonal material in 1974.
creator: label: Creator
content: Otis, George Demont, 1879-1962
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter and teacher; San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, California. Specialized in paintings of Indians.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 172 Items ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.otisgeor
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 266 and 2813 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Most of the printed material are photocopies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 266: Originals returned to the lender, Grace J. Hartley, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs; writings; printed material; miscellaneous papers regarding Otis and his work collected by his niece, Grace J. Hartley.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 266: Correspondence, biographical material, poetry, notes on Southwest Indians, lists of paintings, photographs of Otis and his work, sketchbooks, clippings, catalogs, announcements, and miscellaneous papers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2813: Seven photographs of Otis' works; clippings; a biographical sketch, 1948; letters, 1973-1974; and exhibition announcements, 1974.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Photocopies of letters, clippings, announcements, and resumés. Included is a letter from Patricia Nixon to Hartley thanking her for a painting by Otis.