Elementos de identidad
Código de referencia
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1920-1982 (Creación)
Extensión
2.75 linear feet (4 legal manuscript cases, 1 OVA box)
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Floyd D. Hopper (1909-1984) was born near French Lick in Martin County, Indiana. He turned down a scholarship to DePauw University to attend John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana; he attended on scholarship. He received a certificate in 1933, since no official degrees were offered at the time. He later returned to Herron to earn a Bachelor of Arts, graduating in 1940. Artists that Hopper studied under while at Herron include William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler, Paul Hadley, Roy C. Nuse, George Harding, Francis Speight, Donald M. Mattison, Henrik M. Mayer, Eliot O
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The Floyd Hopper Collection contains scrapbooks compiled by Floyd Hopper, an Indiana painter and printmaker. The scrapbooks contain ephemera from Hopper’s life connected to school, college, and work as an artist. Materials include newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards, photographs, and sketches and drawings. The scope of the material includes many subjects such as West Baden High School, John Herron Art Institute, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Noblesville Casting Iron Company, Indiana Sesquicentennial, among many others. Organizations discussed include the American Artists Professional League, Brown County Art Guild, Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement, Hamilton County Artists Association, Hoosier Salon, Indiana Artists Club, Kiwanis International, Marian County Art League, and Philadelphia Watercolor Club. A range of miscellaneous items are in the collection, e.g.: Hopper’s artist sketchbook containing inspirational clippings, 1928 Butler University basketball ticket, Walt Disney Productions Pass, 1939 New York World’s Fair ticket, Hopper’s original poetry, special edition prints of Hopper’s work from John Foland’s Remembrances, and a 1976 history of Hamilton County, Indiana, in honor of the United States’ bicentennial celebration.
Sistema de arreglo
Original order; the collection is organized chronologically according to scrapbooks' content.
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
Collection is open for research.
Acceso físico
Acceso técnico
Condiciones
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.
Idiomas del material
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Origen del ingreso
IMA Curator Marty Krause received the collection from Hopper's widow, Hazel Hopper, circa 1997-2001.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
Floyd D. Hopper Artwork and Papers, 1929-1980 (L463). Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library. Indianapolis, IN. 8 May 2018. www.in.gov/library/finding-aid/L463_Hopper_Floyd_D_Artwork_and_Papers.pdf
Floyd D. Hopper Collection. 1967-1986 (P0535). Indiana Historical Society. Indianapolis, IN. 26 Mar 2018. www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/collection-guides/floyd-d-hopper-collection.pdf
Hazel W. Hopper Papers, 1864-1942 (S0681). Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library. Indianapolis, IN. 8 May 2018. https://www.in.gov/library/finding-aid/S0681_Hopper_Haxel_W_Papers.pdf
Descripciones relacionadas
Elemento notas
Notas especializadas
- Mención: [Item title], [Date], [Container information]. Floyd Hopper Papers, 1920-1982 (M018). Archives, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Indianapolis, IN.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Área de control de la descripción
Reglas o convenciones
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Fuentes
- Materials in the collection.
- Floyd D. Hopper: Cherry Tree Hill Studio. 1976. Floyd Hopper Artist File, Stout Reference Library, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
- Gugin, Linda C. and James E. St. Clair. “Hopper, Floyd.” Indiana’s 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State. Indiana Historical Society, 2015.
- “Hazel Whiteleather Hopper.” Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/61677860/hazel-hopper. Accessed March 26, 2018.
- "Hazel Whiteleather Hopper." Indianapolis Star, July 8, 2001.
- “Hoosier Artists: Floyd Hopper.” Star Magazine, December 18, 1966. Floyd Hopper Artist File, Stout Reference Library, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
- “Hopper Exhibit Shows Greatness.” Indianapolis News, December 4, 1986. Floyd Hopper Artist File, Stout Reference Library, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
- Razak, Zulaiha. Floyd D. Hopper Collection. Indiana Historical Society, May 2014. www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/collection-guides/floyd-d-hopper-collection.pdf. Accessed Mar 26, 2018.
Nota del archivista
Processed by Evan N. Miller.