Robert Joy papers, 1939-1978
Joy, Robert Carleton,
b. 1910
d. 1993
Portrait painter
Houston, Tex.
Collection size: 72 items (on partial microfilm reel).
Collection Summary: 36 letters to Joy, mostly from patrons thanking him for painting their portraits; 28 photographs of art work; and a scrapbook containing family snapshots and printed material on Joy's career.
Biographical/Historical Note: Portrait painter; Houston, Texas.
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Robert C. Joy.
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