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Collection: Willard Stone Manuscript Collection

113 Items

June 16, 1959 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone, Locust Grove, to James T. Forrest, Gilcrease Director

April 20,1945 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Martin Wiesendanger discussing materials and depicting members of the Five Tribes

November 27, 1962 | ink on paper

Letter from Willard to Krakel regarding New York exhibit and trip

August 3, 1946 | pencil on paper

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

May 6, 1946 | ink on paper

Letter from Gilcrease to Stone, Gilcrease saying the story makes the work more interesting

November 2,1959 | ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Forrest regarding delivery of pieces sold at exhibit

July 13, 1963 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Krakel, break-in makes him want to bring things over to Gilcrease or sell them

January 9, 1943 | ink on paper

Letter from Willard Stone to Thomas Gilcrease, sending three carvings for Gilcrease's approval

September 6, 1946 | pencil on paper

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

April 30, 1946 | ink on paper

Letter from Wiesendanger to Stone thanking Stone

August 15, 1962 | pencil and ink on paper

Letter from Stone to Krakel regarding Wunderlich showing

September 12, 1945 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger inquiring about commission.

January 16, 1946 | pencil on paper

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

December 29, 1946 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease describing several pieces of wood he has found

June 20, 1946 | ink on paper

Letter from Gilcrease to Stone praising carvings and ideas

January 9, 1963 | ink on paper

Letter from Willard to Krakel listing pieces sold and enclosing typed copy of letter (January 5, 1963) from Mrs. Hermann Wunderlich

October 9, 1945 | pencil on paper

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger in which Stone requests clay and meeting with Wiesendanger and Thomas Gilcrease

December 16, 1945

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

June 25, 1947

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about six newly completed sculptures but also being discouraged with present work

August 1, 1946 | ink on paper

Letter from Gilcrease to Stone commenting that Atomic Baby is interesting