Ben Norris memoir
name: label: Creator
content: Norris, Ben, 1910-2006
label: Names
content: Harvard University -- Students
label: Names
content: University of Hawaii -- Faculty
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Hawaii
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- Hawaii
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2008 by Margaret Castrey, Norris' widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Norris, Ben, 1910-2006
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ben Norris (1910-2006) was a watercolorist and educator in Hawaii and New York. Norris studied privately with Frederic Taubes and Stanton Macdonald-Wright, and was educated at Harvard University and the Sorbonne in Paris. Norris also taught art history at the Univeristy of Hawaii.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume ((369 p.))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1993-1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.norrben
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An unpublished memoir written by Norris documenting his life. The manuscript begins with Norris' birth in 1910, including his childhood memories of California. He also describes in detail his education at Ponoma College, Harvard University and Sorbonne in Paris, as well as his teaching position at the University of Hawaii. Themes of formative experiences, education, sexual orientation, family, and church life are dominant in his writing. He concludes with a summary of the early 1990s, after he moved to New York City. Some pages are annotated in pen by Norris.