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Collection: Willard Stone Manuscript Collection

113 Items

October 9, 1961 | ink and pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Dean Krakel, Director, regarding various sale opportunities, mentions Philbrook exhibit

October 23, 1945 | ink on paper

Letter from Wiesendanger to Stone, asking for additional small statues

August 3, 1946 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger concerning possible problems in work on small dance figures requested by Wiesendanger

October 17, 1947 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Hargrett telling of infection in two of his fingers

November 12, 1961 | ink on paper

Carbon copy of Dean Krakel's reply, mentions "Our Sales Desk"

November 14, 1945 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger, stating he will begin project as soon as clay arrives

August 11, 1946 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Logan with additional details about "Garfish"

December 3, 1947 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease concerning idea of making busts of tribal leaders

April 5, 1962 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Krakel regarding exhibit in the fair

December 16, 1945

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger about carving bust of a 114 year old Cherokee woman from photographs

September 3, 1946 | ink on paper

Letter from Gilcrease to Stone, tells of travel plans, and therefore will not be able to see Stone

December 28, 1947 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about having started on bust of Opothle Yohola from a book by Grant Foreman

April 17, 1962 | ink on paper

Carbon copy of Krakel's reply to Stone about exhibit to be in New York

January 16, 1946 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease requesting a date and time for meeting

September 6, 1946 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger describing land he would like to purchase for studio

January 26, 1948 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about receiving pictures of Chiefs from Chronicles of Oklahoma

August 1, 1962 | ink on paper

Letter from Willard to Dean about Rudy (Wunderlich)

October 14, 1942 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Foreman discussing whether to continue carving next year or "forget it" and farm.

January 16, 1946 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease describing background on a work of an old Choctaw woman

September 11, 1946 | ink on paper

Letter from Wiesendanger to Stone requesting more information about the property.