Olin Travis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Travis, Olin Herman, 1888-1975
label: Names
content: Reaugh, Frank
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Texas -- Dallas
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1979 by Josephine Travis, widow of Olin Travis. Microfilmed as part of AAA's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Travis, Olin Herman, 1888-1975
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, teacher; Dallas, Tex. Founded Dallas Art Institute in 1924.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 342 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.travolin
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1831 available through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; writings, including, notes, typescripts of an autobiographical sketch, "I Found a Nose in Our Alley; Art in Dallas, 1896-1953," and "Portrait Painting as an Art," plays, and limericks; sketches and sketchbooks; exhibition catalogs and clippings; and photos of Travis and his paintings. Also included are photographs of Josephine Travis's teacher Frank Reaugh, and a letter to Josephine Travis from Reaugh.