Papers, ca.1930-1980s.

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Papers, ca.1930-1980s.

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Consists of professional correspondence and papers while Norman-Wilcox was a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The bulk of the material is research notes, correspondence, typed drafts, photographs, and some tear copies for magazine articles on decorative arts topics. Norman-Wilcox had many short features published in Antiques on a variety of topics and longer articles on silver published in Antiques and Connoissseur. He wrote on pottery and porcelain for the Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques. Additional material includes: catalogs of private collections of silver and other items with appraisals; correspondence, clippings, and photographs of an honorary nature; a file he kept on a speech given at the 1951 Antiques Forum in Williamsburg, Va.; and surveys and reports he made as an advisor on silverwork acquisitions for the museum. Finally, there are installation drawings done in pencil and pen and ink featuring gallery displays and room settings. The repository also holds 145 keep-sake books Norman-Wilcox made for his wife in the 1930s.

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