Mitchell A. Wilder papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wilder, Mitchell A.
label: Names
content: Abrams, Harry N.
label: Names
content: Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
label: Names
content: Avedon, Richard
label: Names
content: Nelson, George, 1908-
label: Names
content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art museum directors -- Texas -- Fort Worth
label: Topic
content: Art -- West (U.S.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1685 & letter from Georgia O'Keeffe lent for microfilming 1979-1980; material on reels 1846-1848 & 1853 donated 1979-1980 by Sally D. Wilder, widow of Wilder.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilder, Mitchell A.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Museum director; Fort Worth, Tex. Director of the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1961-1979. He established an active exhibition program that sent shows on the American West to the USSR and Japan. He also established the largest collection of photographs in the southwest. Over 300,000 prints are stored there.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- United States
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet ((on 5 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wildmitc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1685 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1846-1848 & 1853 available for use through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1685 & G. O'Keeffe letter: Originals returned to Sally D. Wilder after microfilming.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reels 1846-1848: Inventory available at the Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; writings; speeches and notes for lectures; photographs; and files on museums and institutions in the U.S.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1685: Condolence letters sent to Wilder's wife Sally following his death from leukemia in 1979. Included are letters from Richard Avedon and Ansel Adams.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1846-1848: Correspondence, including a letter Sept. 28, 1964 from G. O'Keeffe and letters of condolence; memorial resolutions; speeches and notes for lectures; material on the architect George Nelson; an unpublished manuscript on art of the West and manuscripts of articles and catalogs; magazine articles; photographs; and 15 files of program and building analyses of museums and institutions in the U.S.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1853: Several letters between Wilder and Harry N. Abrams, 1971 and 1976; proposals; and brief drafts for an unpublished manuscript by Wilder on the art of the American West.