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Summary Information
John Rector Barton Papers
1912-1965
- Barton, John Rector, 1897-1965
Mss 401; Micro 1056; PH Mss 401
2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes), also available on 6 reels of microfilm (35mm); and 57 photographs
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of rural sociology concerning his work in Danish folk schools in the 1930's, his U.W. teaching of a Farm Short Course and working with the rural community, and his nurturing of rural cultural activities. With John Steuart Curry, U.W. Artist in Residence, Barton developed a rural arts program, centered in Madison, which achieved national attention after the publication of his book Rural Artists of Wisconsin in 1948. The collection contains an extensive set of materials relating to the publication of this book, and to other rural arts activities in which he was involved. Barton served on the Wisconsin Free Library Commission between 1947 and 1959, and also present are papers on the Commission, particularly on its 1956 search for an executive director. Additional papers document Barton's childhood, education, and retirement, and provide information on his wife, Rebecca Chalmers Barton, director of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights from 1949 to 1963. Included in the collection is correspondence with August Derleth, Aaron Bohrod, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Photographs include images related to Barton's rural studies including Labrador in 1926 and Denmark in 1939. There are also photographs of stone carvings by Boris Gilbertson of Herbster, Wis., 1941.
English
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