Correspondence, including letters from artists David McManaway, Bill Komodore, Hassel Smith, Velma and Otis Dozier and Peter Blake; a sketch by Otis Dozier; a photograph of Charles T. Williams; printed material from Winter's exhibitions; a cancelled check; and a calendar.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, educator; Dallas, Tex.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by Winter, 1981, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Correspondence; files on 42 artists, containing clippings, photos, exhibition catalogs and letters; exhibition files for her gallery, Gallery of Wonderful Things, Fort Worth, Texas, and Tall Timbers, Houston, Texas; a scrapbook containing clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, photos, and letters about the Gallery of Wonderful Things; printed material and loan records for her private collections of ceramics, paintings and sculpture; photographs; and printed miscellany.
Artist files include David Adickes, Ludwig Bemelmans, James Blake, Bill Bomar, Cynthia Brants, David Brownlow, Max Butler, John Chumley, Charles Cobelle, Dorothy Crowley, Montague Dawson, Adolph Dehn, Joseph Domjan, Kelly Fearing, Robert Fowler, Frank Freed, An Furuta, Henry and Leila Gadbois, R.C. Gorman, George Grammer, John Guerin, Dorothy Hood, William A. Kolliker, Richard M. Lincoln, Anthony Martin, Blanche McVeigh, Marc Moldawer, Martha Mood, Charles Pebworth, Margaret Putnam, Dickson Reeder, Andrew Rush, Porfirio Salinas, E.M. (Buck) Schiwetz, Charles Schorre, Mary Ellen Shipnes, Agnes Sims, Emily Guthrie Smith, Trudy Sween, Charles Umlauf, Bror Utter, and Charles T. Williams.
Biographical / Historical:
Hershey founded Gallery of Wonderful Things, Fort Worth, Texas in 1956 and turned it over to Electra Carlin in 1958. Carlin moved the gallery and changed the name to Carlin Gallery. Hershey moved to Houston and organized four art shows at the Tall Timbers apartment complex owned by her husband.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1981 by Terese Tarlton Hershey.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Correspondence; subject files; sketchbooks; photographs; prints; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and miscellany.
REEL 1799: A resume; 13 prints designed for personal Christmas cards; a sketch; and photographs of Williams and his sculpture.
REELS 1800-1806: Personal and business correspondence; receipts; exhibition catalogs and announcements; files containing correspondence, notes, and ca. 2,000 studies for sculpture commissions; 2 sketchbooks; photographs of sculpture by Williams; clippings; and printed miscellany.
Biographical / Historical:
Sculptor; Fort Worth, Tex.
Provenance:
Donated 1979-1980, except 2 sketchbooks on reel 1803 and photos on reel 1806, by Mrs. Charles T. Williams, Williams' widow.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
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.
Charles T. Williams, retrospective with friends : Charles T. Williams, Roy Fridge, Jim Love, David McManaway, Gene Owens : from an exhibition / organized by Diana R. Block