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Record Group: 6 C
Record Sub-Group: 55
Records Title: UMC; College of Arts and Science; Department of Art History and Archaeology; Faculty Papers
Dates: ca. 1889-1990
Volume: 1 and 1/2 cubic feet, 1.86 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

This Record Sub-Group contains the professional and personal papers of faculty members in the Department of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri. The papers include research, publication, manuscript, and photographic material.

Series Descriptions:

Series 1. - C:6/15/1 (A08-73)
This Series contains professional and personal papers, (ca. 1906-1990), of Homer Leonard Thomas, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Missouri. The papers consist of manuscript pages and research notes for some of Professor Thomas's publications, including Near Eastern, Mediterranean and European chronology : the historical, archaeological, radiocarbon, pollenanalytical and geochronological evidence, (1967). The remainder of this Series contains photographs, postcards (some inscribed), and a few newspaper clippings. These items pertain to Thomas's family and relatives, friends, students, and his travels throughout Europe and the Middle East.
(1 1/3 c.f.: 1 c.f., UMLD1; 1/3 c.f., UMLD1)
Note to Researcher: Homer Leonard Thomas was born 29 December, 1913 in Kansas City, Missouri, and died 28 May, 2003 in Poolesville, Maryland. Thomas married Winifred Isobel Gray Smeaton in Chicago in 1939. He began his teaching and research career at the University of Missouri in 1950 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art. Thomas became Associate Professor in 1954 and Professor in 1960. When the Department of Art History and Archaeology became a separate department in 1960, Thomas served as Professor of Art History and ultimately as Professor of Art History and Archaeology. He retired from the University in 1984. Additional information on Professor Thomas is available at the following URL: https://library.missouri.edu/about/homerthomas/.
Note to Researcher: Some of the photographs in this Series were taken by Winifred Thomas.
Note to Archivist: The materials in Series 1 were received via the Department of Art History and Archaeology in June and July of 2008. They were sent to the Department of Art History and Archaeology through the diligence, concern, and care of Viviana Warren and Thomas L. Macy.
The box lists for this Series are available online. They can be accessed by following this link.

Series 2. - C:6/15/4 (A22-12)
This Series contains professional and personal papers of John Pickard, Professor of Classical Archaeology and the History of Art, (1889-1929). The papers consist of Pickard's 1889 passport, various printed and duplicated items including a disseration defense announcement, a published dissertation booklet, a mounted photograph of Pickard by Joseph Douglass, a photomechanical print (halftone) of Pickard, and a number of manuscripts of presentations, lectures, or addresses. Series 2 also includes two sheets of parchment with signatures from friends and colleagues bestowing on Pickard "our tribute of affection..and esteem..." Among the many signatures are those of James P. Jamieson, North Todd Gentry, William R. Gentry, Luther and Cora Defoe, Henry and Anna Severance, Frank and Blanche Stephens, Mary Polk Jesse, Bredelle Jesse, Sara Lockwood and Walter Williams, Gertrude and Sanford Conley, William J. Hetzler (noted as major), Elmer McCaustland, Stratton and Marcia Brooks, Ella Dobbs, Verna Wulfekammer, Woodson and Evelyn Canada, William and Blanche Manly, and Forrest C. Donnell.
(1/6 c.f., UMLD1; OSF, MC)
Note to Researcher: John Pickard came to the University of Missouri in 1892 as an Associate Professor of Greek and Archaeology. He received Bachelor of Arts (1883) and Master of Arts (1886) degrees from Dartmouth before studying in Europe, where he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Munich in 1892. Pickard rose to the rank of Professor of Classical Archaeology and History of Art before retiring from teaching and being awarded Emeritus status in 1929. He served the University in many other roles, including as curator of the Museums of Art and Classical Archaeology, chairman of the Department of Classical Archaeology and History of Art, and as Dean of the Academic Department (later the College of Arts and Science).
Pickard established the University's Cooperative Store which he managed until June of 1929, and he was associated with numerous building projects and campaigns at the University, including the University Club House, the YMCA Building, and Memorial Tower. He also was instrumental in establishing the University's plaster cast collection of ancient sculpture during the 1890s.
Pickard headed the Missouri State Capitol Decoration Commission for over a decade, facilitating the donation of sketches and models made for the artwork to the Department of Classical Archaeology and History of Art in 1929. Pickard served as president of the College Art Association from 1915 until 1919. He died in Columbia, Missouri, on November 25th, 1937. Additional details of Pickard's life at the University can be found in a 1929 Missouri Alumnus article about his retirement.
Note to Archivist: The materials in Series 2 were donated by Katherine Tenthoff, the great-granddaughter of Pickard, in April of 2022.
The box lists for this Series are available online. They can be accessed by following this link.

Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released.

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