Michigan Water Color Society records
name: label: Creator
content: Michigan Water Color Society
topic: label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- Michigan
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Loaned by Mary Jane Bigler, member of the Michigan Water Color Society and of the Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University.
creator: label: Creator
content: Michigan Water Color Society
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art society, Detroit, Mich. Seventy artists interested in promoting watercolor as an artistic medium joined together in 1946 to develop a regional organization. Organizers were drawn from the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and the Scarab club. The Society organized a lecture series, established a watercolor prize, and sponsored exhibitions. Staged a national watercolor exhibition in 1966.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Michigan
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.michwate
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1158 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Mary Jane Bigler after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Thiry-three exhibition catalogs and brochures.