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Esther Torosian Fuller and Fenner Fuller papers, approximately 1940-1986.
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Esther Torosian Fuller and Fenner Fuller papers, approximately 1940-1986Esther Torosian Fuller papers
Fenner Fuller papers
Creator/Contributor:
Fuller, Esther Torosian, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Fuller, Fenner, 1902-1964, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Oakland Art MuseumAbstract:
Contains notebooks, class notes, sketchbooks, correspondence, files, miscellany, clippings, publications, certificates, sketches,
a scrapbook, journals, etc. of Esther and Fenner Fuller. Most of the text materials appear to be connected to Esther Fuller
with numerous references to her husband Fenner Fuller and their restaurant, Fenner Fuller's. Includes one bound journal of
Esther Fuller with handwritten entries dated from December 26, 1945 to 1974. Topics covered in the material include art, cooking,
museums, art galleries, artists, architecture, the Armenian-American community, Familial Mediterranean fever (i.e., periodic
peritonitis), etc. Also includes two audiocassettes, one of which is a recording of Esther Fuller's memorial service at Lakeside
Baptist Church on October 20, 1980.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caArmenian Americans -- California -- Oakland
Armenian American artists -- California
Women artists -- California
Art patrons -- California -- Oakland
Women art patrons -- California -- Oakland
Artists and patrons -- California -- Oakland
Art museums -- California -- Oakland
Periodic peritonitis
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Américains d'origine arménienne -- Californie -- Oakland
Femmes artistes -- Californie
Mécènes -- Californie -- Oakland
Femmes mécènes -- Californie -- Oakland
Artistes et mécènes -- Californie -- Oakland
Maladie périodique
Armenian American artists
Armenian Americans
Art museums
Art patrons
Artists and patrons
Periodic peritonitis
Women art patrons
Women artists
California
California -- Oakland
Oakland Art Museum.
Fenner Fuller's (Restaurant)
Oakland Art Museum
Fuller, Esther Torosian -- Archives
Fuller, Esther Torosian -- Correspondence
Fuller, Esther Torosian -- Diaries
Fuller, Fenner -- 1902-1964 -- Correspondence
Fuller, Fenner -- 1902-1964 -- Archives
Bufano, Beniamino -- 1898-1970 -- Correspondence
Johnson, Philip -- 1906-2005 -- Correspondence
Keane, Margaret -- 1927-2022
Bufano, Beniamino -- 1898-1970
Johnson, Philip -- 1906-2005
Keane, Margaret -- 1927-2022
Note:
Gift of James Nielsen and Nancy Jean Thompson; 20151028.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2016.058).
Digital material transferred to the Digital Collections of the Bancroft Library.
Esther Torosian Fuller (November 5, 1902-October 10,1980), also known as Esther Fenner Fuller, was an accomplished Armenian-American
painter, ceramics artist, and a well-known patron of the arts in Oakland, California, particularly of the Oakland Art Museum.
She served on the Oakland Library and Museum Commision for six years from 1957 to 1963.
Fenner Adolphus Chamberlain Fuller (January 13, 1902-April 30, 1964) was the husband of Esther Torosian Fuller and owner
of Fenner Fuller's, a restaurant that also served as an informal art gallery located in the Lake Merritt area of Oakland,
California.
Esther Torosian Fuller and Fenner Fuller papers, BANC MSS 2015/205, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Portrait.Diary
sketchbooks.
sketches.
portraits.
scrapbooks.
diaries.
group portraits.
Sketchbooks
Portraits
Albums (Books)
Archives
Diaries
Personal correspondence
Albums (Books)
Diaries.
Sketchbooks.
Portraits.
Clippings.
Scrapbooks.
Albums de croquis.
Portraits.
Albums personnalisés.
Journaux intimes.
Portraits de groupe.
Physical Description:
sound cassette
2.75 (1 2 1 1 1
Language:
English