Zornes, James Milford, 1908-2008
Muralist, Painter, Designer, Landscape painter
This site provides access to the papers of James Milford Zornes in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2025 from 2 reels of microfilm, and total 485 images.
The digitization of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund
Size: 2 Microfilm reels
Summary: The papers of educator and watercolorist James Milford Zornes date from 1929 to 1954. Focusing on Zornes's career as a painter and an educator at Pomona College, and his participation with the Treasury Department Public Works of Art Project, the papers contain two mixed-media scrapbooks, printed material, correspondence, and scattered biographical material.
James Milford Zornes (1908-2008) was an educator, painter, and watercolorist in California. Known as Milford Zornes, he was born in Oklahoma and moved to California as a teenager. He studied at the Otis Art Institute and Pomona College, and took classes with Millard Sheets at Scripps College. Zornes was active in the California Water Color Society.
The papers were lent for microfilming in 1965 by James Milford Zornes and returned after filming.
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This site provides access to the papers of James Milford Zornes in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2025 from 2 reels of microfilm, and total 485 images.
The digitization of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund
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