Scope and content of the materials

The first series, Personal and Professional Materials, includes business cards, clippings, a postcard from the artist Clifton Wheeler, small black and white reproductions of the J. Ottis Adams painting The Gleaners, 1886, and an anonymous painting of Mary Queen of Scots, as well as the Adams family's inventories of the collection. The second series, Exhibition Materials, consists of exhibition catalogues, announcements, and art association bulletins. The last series, Journals, includes journals with articles about J. Ottis Adams, Winifred Adams, and other artists of the Hoosier Group.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series: Personal and Professional Materials, Exhibition Materials, and Journals

Use restrictions

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Please contact the Archivist for more information.

Index terms

Adams, J. Ottis (John Ottis), 1851-1927

Art Association of Indianapolis, Indiana

Art, American--Indiana

Artists-Indiana-Biography

John Herron Art Institute

Society of Western Artists