Janet Shook LaCoste papers
name: label: Creator
content: LaCoste, Janet Shook
topic: label: Occupation
content: Designers -- Texas
label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Canvas embroidery
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women designers
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1656-1657 lent for microfilming 1979 by Janet Shook LaCoste; material on reels 1658-1661 donated 1979 by LaCoste.
label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: LaCoste, Janet Shook
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Needlepoint designer; San Antonio, Texas. Lived 1912-1984.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet ((microfilmed on 6 reels))
label: Extent
content: 21 Items (rolled docs)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lacojane
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1656-1661 available for use only at Archives of American Art offices; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1656-1657: Originals returned to Janet Shook LaCoste after microfilming.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reel 1658: Microfilm inventory available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs; sketches; notes; announcements; clippings; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1656-1657: Clippings, invitations, announcements, and notes about the Shook-Carrington Gallery; a letter, clippings, and printed material about the San Antonio Art League; correspondence and clippings about Shook as an artist; photos of completed needlepoint; hand-painted sketches of needlepoint designs; and correspondence, 1963-1973, primarily with Lady Bird Johnson, about commissioned Texas wildflower needlepoint chair sets.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1658-1661: Papers relating to LaCoste's needlepoint design business, 1960-1976, including: an extensive inventory of her designs and tracings of her patterns; sales correspondence; price slips; instruction sheets for the execution of her designs; and clippings.