Lorenzo Palmer Latimer sketchbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Latimer, Lorenzo Palmer, 1857-1941
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Nevada -- Reno
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 682 lent for microfilming 1974 by James Finlinson, a gallery director. Material on reel 722 lent for microfilming 1974 by Ridgeway Smith and Sandra Atkinson. The papers were returned to their respective donors after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Latimer, Lorenzo Palmer, 1857-1941
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lorenzo Palmer Latimer sketchbooks
abstract: label: Summary
content: The sketchbooks of painter Lorenzo Palmer Latimer date from 1939. Two sketchbooks contain pencil drawings of landscapes, plants, and nautical scenes, many of which are combined with caricatures.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lorenzo Palmer Latimer (1857-1941) was a painter in San Francisco, California and Reno, Nevada. Known for his landscape paintings, Latimer taught at the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute and founded the Latimer Art Club in Reno.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.latilore
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels 682 and 722 and was returned to Ridgeway Smith, Sandra Atkinson, and James Finlinson after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels 682 and 722. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Material on Reel 682 was returned to James Finlinson after microfilming. Material on Reel 722 was returned to Ridgeway Smith and Sandra Atkinson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The sketchbooks of painter Lorenzo Palmer Latimer date from 1939. Two sketchbooks contain pencil drawings of landscapes, plants, and nautical scenes, many of which are combined with caricatures.