Trudy Sween papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sween, Trudy
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Poets -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Trudy Sween donated portions of her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1982-1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sween, Trudy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Trudy Sween papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, poet, and sculptor Trudy Sween measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1966 to 1982. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, designs for logos and medals, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Trudy Sween (1929-2017) was known primarily as a painter, but was also a sculptor and a published poet based in Houston, Texas. 

Sween studied at the University of Houston and often exhibited her works in Texas. She was a founder of the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and served on its executive board for many years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sweetrud
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 3274 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter, poet, and sculptor Trudy Sween measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1966 to 1982. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, designs for logos and medals, and printed material.