Samuel Benton Cantey papers, 1944-1978

Cantey, Sam,
Collector

Collection size: 2600 items (on 6 microfilm reels).

Collection Summary: Biographical information; correspondence and original Christmas cards; correspondence and catalogs relating to the Fort Worth Art Center; files on Herbert Bayer, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Isamu Noguchi, and Texas artists, most of which contain correspondence, catalogs, clippings and photographs; an index card file of Cantey's art collection; catalogs, clippings and photographs.

Biographical/Historical Note: Collector, banker; Fort Worth, Texas. Born 1914. Died 1973.

Lent for microfilming 1979 by Betsy Cantey, widow of Sam Cantey.

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