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Tom Lea, El Paso Artist, 1907 - 2001
Prepared by Rebecca Rogers
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Photos of Tom Lea through the years

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Online Catalog Subject Headings  
 
Here are a few subject headings to use in the online catalog
to find books about Tom Lea.
  Lea, Tom, 1907-
  Lea, Tom, 1907--Bibliography
  Lea, Tom, 1907--Exhibitions
  Lea, Tom, 1907--Themes, motives--Catalogs
  Painters--Texas--Biography
  Palau--History
Another way to find Subject Headings about Tom Lea is to do a “Subject Keyword” search using the key words “Tom Lea".
 
Reference Resources  
 
The Art of Tom Lea The Art of Tom Lea
By Tom Lea
Compiled by Kathleen G. Hjerter
Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, 2003
978-1585442829
Call no: Reference Southwest  709.24  L464L
   

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A compilation of Tom Lea's drawings and paintings.
 
Great Constellations
By Lawrence Clark Powell
El Paso Public Library Association, El Paso, TX 1977
Call no:  Reference Southwest 976.496  P871g

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A speech given in honor of José Cisneros, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd and Tom Lea, at El Paso, April 14, 1977

 
Tom Lea: An Oral History Tom Lea: An Oral History
By Tom Lea
Edited by Rebecca Craver and Adair Margo
Texas Western Press, El Paso, TX, 1995
ISBN: 978-0874042344
Call no:  Reference Southwest
813  L464L

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In early 1994, Tom Lea recorded a series of interviews with Adair Margo for the University of Texas at El Paso's Institute of Oral History. In the spring, a retrospective exhibition on his art work was held at the El Paso Museum of Art, UTEP's Centennial Museum, and the Adair Margo Gallery. This book, developed from the interviews and illustrated by exhibition pieces and photos from Lea's personal collection, serves as Lea's autobiography.
 
Tom Lea: A Portfolio of Six Paintings
with an introduction by J. Frank Dobie
By Tom Lea
University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1953
ISBN: 978-0292736801
Call no:  Reference Southwest 759.13 L463p

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Tom Lea: Artist in Two Mediums
By John O. West
Steck-Vaughn Co.,Austin, TX, 1967
Call no:   Reference Southwest
813  L464-w

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Tom Lea: His Life and Work
By Evan Haywood Antone
Texas Western Press, El Paso, TX, 1988
ISBN:  978-0874042016
Call no:  Reference Southwest 813 L464an

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Tom Lea: Master Draftsman
By Tom Lea
Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX, 1994
Call no:  Reference Southwest 741.973 L464t

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Border Heritage Center Resources  
 
CEl Paso Newspaper Index—People Index
   Lea, Tom, Jr. (Lea, Tom)
Vertical File Index
   - Lea, Tom
   - CVF [Citizens Vertical File]
   - EPVF—Artists [El Paso Vertical File]
Index to Archives
 
Database Resources  
 
Texshare Databases
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers—A search for “Tom Lea” yields 17 sources.

Gale Literature Resource Center—An Author Search for Tom Lea yields 2 sources.

GENERAL INFORMATION—All Ebsco Databases—Choose Databases: search for Lea, Tom—yields 22 sources.

These databases are available as part of the TexShare Databases which are commercial database subscriptions that are paid for by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) for use by registered patrons of Texas public libraries.

Please ask your librarian for a login and password.
 
 
Internet Resources  
 
Tom Lea Papers
http://libraryweb.utep.edu/special/findingaids/tomlea.cfm
  This site outlines the contents of the Tom Lea papers contained in the Special Collections of the University of Texas at El Paso Library. It provides a biographical sketch of Tom Lea, links to select photographs from the collection, a brief list of select literary and art works, as well as guidelines for researchers wishing to utilize the collection.
The Tom Lea Collection: Harry Ransom Center
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/art/holdings/texas/lea/
  Contains an overview of the Tom Lea collection contained in the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, including a brief biography and select images of some of Lea’s artworks.
Texas State Library - Tom Lea
http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=9790
  Search or browse for individuals buried and eligible for burial in the Texas State Cemetery, including Tom Lea.
 


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