Collection Information
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: The scattered papers of sculptor, tapissier, and ceramicist Martha Mood (1908-1972) measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1989. Found are biographical materials on Mood and Lester Henderson, photocopies of letters sent to Henderson, photographs, and printed material.
Biographical/Historical Note
Martha Mood (1908-1972) was a sculptor, tapissier, and ceramicist, in San Antonio, Texas. Mood created large-scale tapestries and operated a business selling embroidered home furnishings.
Provenance
The collection was donated in 1982 by Lester K. Henderson, Martha Mood's agent. A second portion of papers was loaned for microfilming in 1983 by W. Roger Mood, Mood's cousin by marriage. The gift and the loan were microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Related Materials
Material loaned for microfilming on Reel 3316 was returned to the donor after filming and is not described in the collection container inventory including: an invitation and catalog, 1972, for an exhibition of Mood's stitcheries, ceramics, sculpture and photography at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston; 4 newspaper clippings; a letter to Roger and Mary Louise Mood from Martha and Beau Mood, 1965; and an undated photograph of Mood.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.