Sol Wilson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Sol
label: Names
content: Babcock Galleries
label: Names
content: Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969
label: Names
content: Burliuk, David, 1882-1967
label: Names
content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
label: Names
content: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on microfilm lent for microfilming 1965-1971 by Wilson; unmicrofilmed material donated 1975 by Mrs. Sol Wilson; and addition donated 2000 by Jacqueline M. Arkin, Sol Wilson's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Sol
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1896 in Vilno, Poland. Died 1974.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wilssol
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N69-61, NY65-3 & 51 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels N69-61, NY65-3 & 51: Originals returned to Sol Wilson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs; scrapbooks; sketchbooks and sketches; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N69-61: 2 scrapbooks containing correspondence, 1963-1965, and photographs, 1924-1965.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL NY65-3: Correspondence, 1947-1962, and a clipping from the New York Herald Tribune "This Week" magazine. Correspondents include the Babcock Galleries, Louis Bouche, David Burliuk, Philip Evergood, and Edward Hopper.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 51: Sketchbooks, 1935-1962, 11v., and loose sketches.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Letters; photographs, slides, and negatives, of Wilson, his work, and his family and friends; catalogs, announcements, clippings, and other printed material; and 2 scrapbooks of clippings, catalogs and reproductions.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION (0.6 linear ft.): Correspondence with the Babcock Gallery, the Provincetown Art Association, and letters from Edward Rowan, Section of the Fine Arts concerning Wilson's post office commission in Delmar, NY, 1940; 15 photographs show Wilson and classmates in the life class at the National Academy of Design, Wilson with Nicolai Cikovsky, Moses and Raphael Soyer, Alexander Dobkin, and Chaim Gross, and a young Jacob Lawrence, who had studied with Wilson at the American Artists School, and Wilson with Chaim Gross; an undated lecture by Wilson; a WNYC Radio interview with Wilson and Frank Kleinholz, March 29, 1944; and printed material, including articles, clippings, a resume, exhibition history, and press releases.