Forrest Bess letters
name: label: Creator
content: Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Donated 1981 by Suzy Thompson, acquaintance of Forrest Bess. Photocopies discarded after microfilming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bessforl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3458 available for use only at Museum of Fine Arts Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with Mrs. Wanda K. Sivells, Director, J. M. Hodges Learning Center, Wharton County Junior College, Wharton, Texas, regarding Bess' paintings and the donation of his personal library to Wharton Library.