Leonard Bocour Papers
An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: ASE
Date: Jun 1994
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Finding aid created by: ASE
Date: Jun 1994
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| 27 May 2005 | EAD file created (MRR) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Bocour, Leonard, 1910- |
| Title: | Leonard Bocour Papers |
| Dates: | 1953-1964 |
| Quantity: | .5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Biographical material, incoming and outgoing correspondence, and paint orders. Incoming letters of Walter Burt Adams, David Aronson, Aaron Bohrod, Warren Brandt, Alexander Brook, Lawrence Calcagno, Bernard Chaet, David C. Driskell, Herman Maril, Gregorio Prestopino, Walter Quirt, and others. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
American art collector, businessman, founder of Bocour Artist Colors Incorporated.
Spanning 1953 to 1964, the Leonard Bocour Papers consists of biographical material and correspondence of the paint manufacturer, lecturer, art collector, artist, and founder of Bocour Artist Colors Incorporated (b. 1910). Comprised of incoming letters, outgoing typescript carbons, and paint orders, the Correspondence-Subject Files documents Bocour's personal and professional relationships with various art organizations and artists (Walter Burt Adams, David Aronson, George Biddle, Aaron Bohrod, Warren Brandt, Alexander Brook, Lawrence Calcagno, Bernard Chaet, David C. Driskell, Jo Hopper, Walter Kamys, Rockwell Kent, Herman Maril, Edward Millman, Gregorio Prestopino, Walter Quirt, and others).
Collection is arranged alphabetically by correpondent's last name.
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this material.
Use Restrictions: Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Adams, Walter Burt
Aronson, David, 1923-
Bocour, Leonard, 1910-
Bohrod, Aaron
Brandt, Warren, 1918-
Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
Calcagno, Lawrence, 1913-1993
Chaet, Bernard
Driskell, David C.
Maril, Herman
Prestopino, Gregorio
Quirt, Walter, 1902-
Corporate Bodies
Bocour Artist Colors Incorporated
Subjects
Art Collectors and collecting
Artists
Paint
Paint industry and trade, United States
Genres and Forms
Correspondence
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Leonard Bocour Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Biographical Material
Correspondence-Subject Files
| Biographical Material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Biographical material on Leonard Bocours | ||||||||||
| Correspondence-Subject Files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | A (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Adams, Walter Burt 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Aronson, David 1958, 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | B (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Beerbohm, Marvin 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Biddle, George 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bohrod, Aaron 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Brandt, Warren 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Brook, Alexander 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Busa, Peter 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | C-F (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Calcagno, Lawrence 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Chaet, Bernard R. 1957-1958, 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Covington, Harrison W. 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Daly, Norman 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Danes, Gibson A. 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dodd, Lamar 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Driskell, David C. 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Feldman, Walter 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | G-K (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Green, Myra 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Holbrook, Hollis H. 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hopper, Jo 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kamys, Walter 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kaufman, Irving 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kent, Rockwell undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | L-M (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Lahee, Arnold Warburton 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Laird, Don 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Leighton, Thomas C. 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Loew, Michael 1956-1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Lord, Jack 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Maril, Herman 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Massin, Eugene 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mesches, Arnold 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Millman, Edward 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mulcahy, Freda 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | N-P (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Noland, Kenneth Clifton 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Prestopino, Gregorio 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Price, Helen F. 1953, 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Q-Z, unidentified (1 folder) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Quirt, Walter 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Quisgard, Liz Whitney 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Williams, Esther 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Wilson, Dora 1958 | ||||||||||