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Harry Jackson papers, 1939-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Jackson, Harry, 1924-2011; Harry Jackson Studios
Title
Harry Jackson papers
Dates
1939-2011 (inclusive)
Quantity
103.64 cubic ft. (104 boxes) + 234.10 MB
Collection Number
12777
Summary
Harry Jackson was an American artist. He began as a Marine combat artist, before moving into abstract, realist, and Western American art. Collection contains personal journals, copies of his sketchbooks with journal entries, address books, organizers relating to his personal life and art work, and business records of the Wyoming Foundry Studios, Inc., Harry Jackson Studios.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

Access to journals dated on or after January 1, 1972 are only available through the American Heritage Center, Reading Room until January 1, 2035.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Harry Jackson was an American artist. He began as a Marine combat artist, before moving into abstract, realist, and Western American art. Jackson was born Harry Aaron Shapiro Jr. in Chicago on April 18, 1924. His mother changed his name to Harry Andrew Jackson. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago as a teenager and was influenced by the cowboys he met at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago where he developed an interest in the American West. At the age of fourteen Jackson moved to Wyoming working on ranches in Cody and Meeteetse as a ranch hand, he also began sketching Western scenes. In 1942, Jackson enlisted with the Marines during World War II and became a combat artist, until his discharge in 1945. In 1946 he moved to New York and began painting in the abstract expressionist style, influenced by Jackson Pollock and Wassily Kandinsky. In the 1950’s, Jackson’s art was becoming more realist and in the 1970s he moved back to Wyoming and also lived in Camaiore, Italy where he had a foundry and studio. By the 1980’s, he was a well-known and influential artist of the American West genre. Jackson died on April 25, 2011 in Sheridan, Wyoming.

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Content Description

Collection contains Harry Jackson’s personal papers of journals from 1945-2011, copies of his sketchbooks with journal entries, address books, organizers relating to his personal life and art work, and photographs. Collection also contains the business records of the Wyoming Foundry Studios, Inc., Harry Jackson Studios regarding certificates of orgin, records regarding specific sculpture pieces, photographs, and general business files of correspondence.

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Use of the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the Harry A. Jackson Trust from 2020-2021.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in October 2022.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Harry Jackson at the date of processing.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Art -- West (U.S.)
  • Art and business
  • Artists -- United States
  • Artists’ studios -- Wyoming

Corporate Names

  • Harry Jackson Studios

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945
  • Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999
  • Wyoming -- History -- 2000-

Processed by Jamie J. Greene
2021

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