Blanche Phillips Howard and John Langley Howard papers
name: label: Creator
content: Howard, Blanche, 1908-1979
label: Creator
content: Howard, John Langley, 1902-
label: Names
content: Berman, Ann
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- California
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women authors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1309 lent for microfilming 1977 by Blanche P. Howard, and unmicrofilmed material donated 1981 by John L. Howard.
creator: label: Creator
content: Howard, Blanche, 1908-1979
label: Creator
content: Howard, John Langley, 1902-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Blanche Phillips Howard, a sculptor, was married to John Langley Howard, an illustrator. They lived in Bolinas, California and with other members of the Howard family became an influencial force in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene. Blanche died in 1976.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 249 Items ((partially filmed on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.howablan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35 mm microfilm reel 1309 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material covering personal and professional lives of the Howards including correspondence, photographs, writings, sketches, business records and miscellaneous printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gift: Biographical information, photographs of Blanche Howard's sculpture; a manuscript of Blanche Howard's book, DANCE OF THE SELF; a copy of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ADELINE KENT; drawings of Blanche Howard's sculpture by Ann H. Berman; printed material including exhibition catalogs, announcements and clippings and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 1309, frames 140-285: Materials concerning John Langley Howard's career, including a letter received about his illustrations for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, 1942-1974; 2 engravings by him, 1950; 13 cover illustrations by him, 3 prepatory sketches and related material; 2 photographs of him, 1963; 25 photos of his works, a few financial papers. 1 biographical sketch, exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 1309, frames 286-501 Materials relating to Blanche Phillips Howard's career including one letter of introduction by Robert M. Church; 4 photographs of her; one photograph of her and John Langley Howard; 21 photographs of her sculpture; one limited edition publication consisting mainly of photographs of her sculpture; a copy of DANCE OF THE SELF, published in 1974; and 4 clippings.