Paul Stewart Harris papers
name: label: Creator
content: Harris, Paul Stewart, 1906-
label: Names
content: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
label: Names
content: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
label: Names
content: J.B. Speed Art Museum
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors
label: Occupation
content: Museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1980 and 1982 by Paul Stewart Harris.
creator: label: Creator
content: Harris, Paul Stewart, 1906-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Curator, museum director, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Ky., 1946-1962; deputy director Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum, Delaware, 1962-1967; director of collections, Henry Ford Museum, Michigan, 1967-1971.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.harrpaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Files and 16 scrapbooks kept during Harris' tenure at various museums and participation in art organizations. Included are files on the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts, 1938-1940, containing material on the 1939 Worlds Fair and the WPA; the J.B. Speed Museum, 1950-1964, containing research material for Harris' FOURTEEN SEASONS OF ART ACCESSIONS IN KENTUCKY 1947-1960; the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, containing newsletters, executive committee meeting minutes, letters, budget reports, by-laws and printed material; the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, containing material on the Edison Institute; American Federation of the Arts, 1969-1972; and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, 1973-1974.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are eight volumes of study notes, syllabi and a bibliography from art history classes taken at Harvard University and New York University, 1930-1936.