Vernon Howe Bailey papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953
topic: label: Topic
content: Navy-yards and naval stations -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1968 by the New York Public Library Art Division.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and illustrator.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 600 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bailvern
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 421 (frames 726-801;896-1264; and spliced on end, frames 1-471) available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of Bailey's drawings, some done while a U.S. navy contract artist, including: American college and university buildings; interior and exterior views of Vatican City; U.S. Navy ships and submarines, naval stations and yards, shipbuilding, mine depot, torpedo repair and dock scenes, U.S. Naval air training scenes; and scenes of New York City and its suburbs. Also included are a letter from the Director of Exhibits at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an invitation to an exhibition held at MIT, and three critical reviews.