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Archives of American Art
Harry Wickey papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wickharr
- Creators:
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Wickey, HarrySociety of American Etchers
- Dates:
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1918-1973
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Linear feetca. 237 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters, printed material, photographs, writings, and two etchings.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3683: Letters, annotated by Wickey, from John Taylor Arms, John Steuart Curry, Adolph Dehn, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Walter Pach, the Society of American Etchers, and other art organizations discussing art theory, exhibitions, and personal matters; 3 exhibition catalogs, ca. 1931-1973; a notice of a Guggenheim Fellowship award; and two landscape etchings by Wickey.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1079: A typescript of Wickey's autobiography, THUS FAR, (published by the American Artists Group, 1941); letters from Wickey to Ethel and Virginia Myers about Jerome Myers, and to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Street sent from France during World War I; letters from Syracuse University about the Wickey Collection, and from George Grosz; a list of letters given to Syracuse University; and photographs of Wickey and Grosz.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Etcher, lithographer, teacher; Cornwall Landing, New York.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1079 and 3683 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 3683: Originals returned to the lender, Ralph Sandler, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reel 1079 donated by Mrs. May Wickey, wife of Harry Wickey, 1976. Material on reel 3683 lent for microfilming by Ralph Sandler, the son of Wickey's friend and patron Marc Sandler, 1986.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Harry Wickey papers also at Syracuse University.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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