MS 242 - Alexander Phimister Proctor Collection, 1789-2003
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Created by: Proctor, Alexander Phimister
Volume: 39.0 Boxes
Acquired: 01/01/2006. 2016.01.18 AP Proctor Marriage Certificates Photocopies
Arrangement:

Arrangement

The Alexander Phimister Proctor Collection (No. 242) is arranged into eight series by subject and/or physical characteristic, as follows:

Outline of Series Arrangement

            Personal/ Biographical – Box 1

            Correspondence – Box 2-6

            Writings – Box 6-12

            Diaries, Ledgers, Notebooks – 12-13

            Art Information Research Files – 13-16

            Catalogues and Magazines – 16-17

            Photographs – 18-28

            Oversize – Box Oversize Box 1 – 11

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Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Italian [ita]
Acquisition Notes: Phimister “Sandy” and Sally Church  Gift
Related Materials:

Oversize Rare Books:

BS 185 1872 .P5; Proctor Family Bible; The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments

Manuscript Collections:

MS 245 – Peter Hassrick Research Files.

Artist Files – Proctor, Alexander Phimister.

Books Owned By Proctor :

Caffin, Charles Henry.  American masters of sculpture : being brief appreciations of some American sculptors and of some phases of sculpture in America.  Doubleday, 1903.  NB 205 .C3 1903B.

Radcliffe, A. G. (Alida Graveraet).  Schools and masters of sculpture.  D. Appleton, 1894.  NB 60 .R3 1894.

By: Alexander Phimister Proctor:

Wildlife and Western Heroes : Alexander Phimister Proctor, sculptorNB 237 .P74 A4 2003

Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor in Buckskin : An AutobiographyNB 237 .P74 A2 1971

Books About Proctor:

Appelbaum, Stanley.  The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 : a photographic record : photos from the collections of the Avery Library of Columbia University and the Chicago Historical Society (Dover architectural series).  Dover Publications, 1980.  T 500 .B1 A66 1980

Badger, Reid.  The great American Fair : the World's Columbian Exposition & American cultureN. Hall, c1979.  T 500 .B1 B3 1979.

Donahue, Jesse.  Political animals : public art in American zoos and aquariumsLexington, 2007.  N 7660 .D66 2007.

Wagner, David J.  American wildlife artMarquand Books, 2008.  N 7660 .W28 2008.

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PreferredCitation: Alexander Phimister Proctor Collection, MS 242, Harold McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West.