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Archives related to: Valley House Gallery

titleValley House Gallery records, 1941-1979.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionBiographical information on Texas artists, financial records, printed material, correspondence, and interviews.

REELS 1685-1686: Biographical information on Texas artists; financial records; notes for an article on primitive painter Clara McDonald Williamson, and notes of an interview with her by Donald S. Vogel; exhibition catalogs and clippings on Vogel; and correspondence with Robert DeBolli, Edith Halpert, Curt Valentin, E. Yamanouchi, Al Meadows, Wildenstein & Co., M. Knoedler, and others.

REEL 1799: A 17 page biographical sketch of Donald S. Vogel; and exhibition catalogs and invitations from the Valley House Gallery and other galleries.

UNMICROFILMED: 7 cassette tapes of an interview with Clara Williamson, conducted by Vogel, 1964-65. Williamson speaks of her childhood in Iredell, Tex., her paintings, her family, the Bosque Riber, Johnson's Peak, the railroad, her marriage and move to Dallas, Arbor Camp Meeting Salons, and the death of her husband.
extent2.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 3 reels) reels 1685-1686 reel 1799
formatsCorrespondence Financial Records Interview
accessMicrofilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of cassette tapes requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. office.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.vallhous.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/valley-house-gallery-records-9247
acquisition informationMaterial on reels 1685-1686 lent for microfilming by Donald S. Vogel, 1979. Material on reel 1799 donated by Vogel, 1979.
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