Monroe Stearns research papers on Henry Varnum Poor
name: label: Creator
content: Stearns, Monroe
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Michael Stearns, Stearns's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stearns, Monroe
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; New York, N.Y. Henry Varnum Poor was a ceramist and painter from New City, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.steamonr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material on Harry Varnum Poor compiled by Stearns for his unpublished manuscript "Henry Varnum Poor" (422 p.). Included are correspondence with friends, relatives, colleagues and owners of Poor's work, including Ann Poor, Bessie Breuer Poor, Raphael Soyer and Helen Hayes; notes and writings by family members; notes on interviews with Sidney Simon, Al Blaustein and Alex Katz, 1974, on Poor's diary and letters, and from tapes of Poor's lectures; clippings and exhibition catalogs, 1948-1975; photographs of Poor working on murals and of his works of art; and an undated cassette tape "Poor - Basic Lecture."