Finding Aid for the Stephen Seymour Thomas Papers, 1893-1935
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© 1999
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Finding Aid for the Stephen Seymour Thomas Papers, 1893-1935
Collection number: 162
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Stephen Seymour Thomas Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1893-1935
Collection number: 162
Creator:
Thomas, Stephen Seymour, 1868-1956
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: S. Seymour Thomas (1868-1956) painted portraits of prominent people. The collection consists of Thomas' studio notes and memorabilia.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Dawson's Book Shop, purchase, 1956.
[Identification of item], Stephen Seymour Thomas Papers (Collection 162). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233868
Thomas was born on August 20, 1868 in San Augustine, Texas; student at the Art Students League (1885-88) and at the Académie
Julien, Paris (1888-91); was a pupil of Jules Lefebre and Benjamin Constant; AM, Williams College, 1914; painted portraits
of prominent people; settled in La Crescenta, California; honorary mention (1895) and gold medal (1901 and 1904), Paris Salon;
awarded Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1905; member, Paris Society of American Painters, Los Angeles Art Association, Pasadena
Art Society, and the Academy of Western Painters; he died in March 1956.
Collection consists of studio notes and memorabilia of portrait painter S. Seymour Thomas.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Thomas, Stephen Seymour, 1868-1956--Archives.
Portrait painters--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Container List
Papers and Photographs, 1893-1935
Creator/Collector: Thomas, Stephen Seymour, 1868-
Physical Description: (1 box, 13 pieces)
Scope and Content Note
S. Seymour Thomas, a noted portrait painter in Europe and the United States, settled in La Cresenta, California where his
commissions included many noted Californians. The collection includes incidental memorabilia from his long career.