John Shown papers
name: label: Creator
content: Shown, John, 1937-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Set designers -- Texas -- San Antonio
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Mail art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1984 by John Shown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shown, John, 1937-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collage artist, set designer; San Antonio, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (partial microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.showjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3257-3258 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, including a birth certificate and a resume; correspondence, 1973-1984 including mail art; 2 journals, 1982-1983 and 1983-1984, containing notes, printed material and mail art; 4 subject files, undated and 1978-1983, entitled: Creative New Yorkers, House Portraits, Intergalactic Communication Show, and Shown-Davenport Gallery, containing correspondence, printed material and contracts; exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, and publications containing Shown's illustrations; 4 scrapbooks, 1978-1983, containing printed material and photographs, including those relating to Shown's set designs and one-man shows; photographs of Shown, his family and his works of art; and 3 sketches.