Chester D. Snowden papers, 1922-1982

Snowden, Chester, b. 1900
Houston, Tex.

Collection size: 2 microfilm reels.

Collection Summary: REEL 2815: 14 sketchbooks; 1 portfolio of sketches; and drawings in charcoal, watercolor and ink.

REEL 3352: An autobiographical sketch; clippings; exhibition catalogs; printed material on Snowden and Royal Dixon; sketchbooks; sketches, studies and watercolors; and photographs of Snowden, his studio and home. [Some of Snowden's art work also mistakenly was filmed with the James Buchanan "Buck" Winn, Jr. Papers, reel 3348 frames 837-866.]

Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, illustrator; Houston, Tex.

Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Lent for microfilming 1982-1983 by Chester D. Snowden.

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