William King papers
name: label: Creator
content: King, William, 1925-2015
label: Names
content: Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)
label: Names
content: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
label: Names
content: Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
label: Names
content: Cummings, Willard Warren, 1915-1975
label: Names
content: Dintenfass, Terry, 1920-
label: Names
content: Talese, Gay
label: Names
content: Waggaman, John F., 1923-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated in installments from 1969-2008 by William King. Two linear feet of material was micorfilmed upon receipt (reels 487-488).
creator: label: Creator
content: King, William, 1925-2015
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content: William King papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15.7 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-2007
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kingwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 2.0 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, financial record, works of art and printed material available on 35mm microfilm reels 487-488 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, photographs, project files, writings, financial records, works of art, audio visual material, and printed material regarding the career of sculptor William King.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes a yearbook and an award from the National Academy of Design. Business and personal correspondence is with family, friends, and others among them Terry Dintenfass, John Waggaman, Willard Cummings, E. E. Cummings, Gay Talese, and John Canaday. Photographs are of King's family, friends, works of art, and installation shots. Detailed project files contain notes, diagrams, paper cut-outs, blueprints, and technical material. Writings include 16 v. of daily diaries and notes by King and the book "Uncle King's Album". Financial records include sales ledgers and records, contracts for sculptures, cancelled checks, receipts, deposit books, bank statements, and income tax records. Works of art include sketches, a sketchbook, drawings for editorial cartoons, and illustrated cards.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Audio visual material includes six untranscribed cassettes of an interview with King's mother, Florence D. King, a videocassette of King creating Amitie at SUNY Plattsburgh, 1977, 8 mm motion picture films and VHS videocassette copies relating to sculptures Twins and The Creative Spirit, a DVD video recording of King's profile for the Luce Center, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and an audio cassette recording of the 11th International Sculpture Conference (and corresponding program booklet) honoring King. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, invitations, announcements, and newspaper clippings. Also included is a memorandum book belonging to King's father Walter Blake King.