Identity elements
referentie code
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1882-1951 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
2.5 linear feet (7 boxes of documents)
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
The landscape painter John Ottis Adams was born in 1851 in Amity, Indiana, a small town south of Indianapolis. He attended Wabash College in 1871, but left a year later for the South Kensington Art School in London to study under John Parker. Adams returned to Indiana in 1876, eventually settling in Muncie. In 1880 Adams returned to Europe, traveling to the Royal Academy in Munich to study with Gyula Bencz
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
The first series, Personal and Professional Materials, includes business cards, clippings, a postcard from the artist Clifton Wheeler, small black and white reproductions of the J. Ottis Adams painting The Gleaners, 1886, and an anonymous painting of Mary Queen of Scots, as well as the Adams family's inventories of the collection. The second series, Exhibition Materials, consists of exhibition catalogues, announcements, and art association bulletins. The last series, Journals, includes journals with articles about J. Ottis Adams, Winifred Adams, and other artists of the Hoosier Group.
Ordeningstelsel
The collection is arranged in three series: Personal and Professional Materials, Exhibition Materials, and Journals
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Please contact the Archivist for more information.
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: [Title of item], [date], [Container information], J. Ottis Adams Papers (M001), Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN.
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Regels of conventies
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sources used
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Processed by Eliza Sparacino
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Adams, J. Ottis (John Ottis), 1851-1927 (Onderwerp)
- John Herron Art Institute (Onderwerp)
- Society of Western Artists (Onderwerp)
- Art Association of Indianapolis, Indiana (Onderwerp)