M-326: Thomas Hart Benton Collection Inventory

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Correspondence 1965-1968, n.d. Binder. Includes photograph of C Fath and TH Benton. “Artist’s Dilemma” – TH Benton’s reflections on his estate and its value

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Correspondence 1964, n.d. Copies

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Correspondence 1965

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Correspondence 1966

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Correspondence 1967

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Correspondence 1968

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Envelopes 1965-1981. Some contain notes

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Correspondence with publishers, the LOC, people – 1966-68. Includes an article about George Miller and lithography (1943)

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Letter from Thomas Hart Benton to Creekmore Fath, n.d.

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Thomas Hart Benton to Creekmore Fath, October 2, 1968

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Creekmore Fath to Thomas Hart Benton. 1966-68

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Creekmore Fath – correspondence 1965-67

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Creekmore Fath – correspondence 1967. Includes a letter to John Steinbeck

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Clippings of Thomas Hart Benton print reproductions

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Correspondence 1966-2000. Includes correspondence related to the catalog, correspondence related to subsequent projects and exhibitions. Correspondence about the nomination of TH Benton for the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Sen. T. Eagleton, the Christmas card project, and the second edition of the catalog of lithographs

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Working documents – manuscripts, research. Includes the article “The Past Gets a Cleaning” on Benton’s murals of 1930-1932 (1968)

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Working documents – manuscripts; text only

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Working documents – manuscripts for catalog. Includes copies of correspondence

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Working documents – manuscripts for catalog. Includes a chronological autobiography

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Working documents – manuscript of catalog, printer’s proof

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Working documents – manuscript for catalog, printer’s proof

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Working documents – notes. Includes Bulletin of the Associated American Artists (new Benton prints)

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University of Texas correspondence (1969-) – financial statements; other documents. Includes contract with UT Press for publishing “The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton” (1968), correspondence regarding finances (1975), and order form for catalog from the Association of American Artists

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Exhibitions 1973-1976 and other documents. Includes newspaper page clipping about Benton's murals at the New Britain Museum of American Art (1973), exhibition invitations and events 1973-76, article on Benton's mural "Sources of Country Music" (Smithsonian News, 1976), THB home and studio brochure, and manuscript article "THB's Folk Musicians"

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Correspondence 1979. Includes correspondence with Constable’s Gallery in Kansas City about a Benton exhibit there (1979)

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Correspondence and working documents on the Benton bowls and mugs project, 1983-1986. Includes reproductions of artwork

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Correspondence 1987-1996. Includes letter from Jessie Benton regarding a cartoon depicting her father, “Painting the Critics” (1987), nominations for the THB Awards of the THB Associates (1981), and grating permissions for reproduction of Benton works

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Correspondence 1966-1986 and other documents. Includes 13 photographs of THB's Christmas cards, correspondence both related and unrelated to the catalog of lithographs of 1969, correspondence related to the nomination of THB by Sen. T. Eagleton to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969), letter by Creekmore Fath to NBC in relation to The Today Show's presentation of THB's lithographs, a book review of the catalog - no author, n.d., poster of the symposium "Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original" (1987), and documents and records of the THB Associates at the Kansas City Art Institute (1984-1986)

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Correspondence 1990-2000. Includes new lithograph found, “Crossing the Threshold,” done for Bell Telephone Co. (1950-1951) and articles “The Students of Thomas Hart Benton” (including Ed Vogele) by Marianne Berardi (1993)

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Minutes of the Thomas Hart Benton Associates of the Kansas City Art Institute 1984-1986

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Working documents and Thomas Hart Benton – miscellany. Includes THB quotes and Creekmore Fath's reflections on the Benton's' life on Martha's Vineyard and their connection to its community

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Truman Library mural postcard (1970)

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Italian Church – Christmas greeting. Includes a copy of Italian Church print - plain; a copy of Italian Church print with message "Merry Christmas"

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Correspondence 1957-1969 and working documents – manuscripts. Includes some related to the publication of the 1969 catalog, most related to other projects, exhibitions, shows, lectures, gallery pamphlets, and envelopes, some with letters inside

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Correspondence 1972-1990 and working documents – manuscripts. Includes most related to the second edition of the catalog of lithographs (1979), Amon Carter Museum correspondence (1988-1989), and envelopes, some with letters inside

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Correspondence with Madelon Umlauf (1986). Includes an article about Diego Rivera by Lucienne Block (1986) and a reproduction of a painting by Benton

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Photographs of Christmas greetings and prints. Contains 68 small photographs, most of which are the season’s greetings cards the Benton's sent. Some are photographs of Benton’s prints included in the catalog

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Includes working copies of Benton’s prints; clippings