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

Scope and Content Notes

Folder 10

Archival Location

Collection: Manuscript Collection: Willard Stone

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Title(s):

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

Creator(s):

Willard Stone (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Cherokee descent

Date:

October 9, 1945

Materials/Techniques:

pencil on paper

Classification:

Manuscripts

Object Type:

Letter

Accession No:

3827.7816

Department:

About the Contributor(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Willard Stone

Biography:

Not enrolled, but Cherokee through one grandparent. Generally accepted as a Native American artist, although not legally recognized as such.

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Stone, Willard

Birth Date:

1916

Death Date:

1985

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American sculptor, 1916-1985

Gender:

male

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American Indian, Cherokee, clay, Locust Grove, Native Americans, sculpture, Thomas Gilcrease, Willard Stone, Willard Stone Manuscript Collection

Stone, Willard. Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger in which Stone requests clay and meeting with Wiesendanger and Thomas Gilcrease. 3827.7816. Willard Stone Manuscript Collection. October 9, 1945. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/38277816 (06/06/2019).

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

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