William Dolan Fletcher papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fletcher, William Dolan
label: Names
content: Brockhurst, Gerald Leslie, 1890-1978
label: Names
content: Castigan, John
label: Names
content: Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933
label: Names
content: Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942
label: Names
content: Gannett, Ruth Chrisman
label: Names
content: Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962
label: Names
content: Kent, Norman, 1903-1972
label: Names
content: Kinney, Troy, 1871-1938
label: Names
content: Leighton, Clare, 1899-
label: Names
content: Moser, Barry
label: Names
content: Ryder, Chauncey F., 1868-1949
label: Names
content: Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967
label: Names
content: Tittle, Walter, 1883-1966
label: Names
content: Williams, Keith Shaw, 1905-1951
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Etchers
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers
label: Occupation
content: Priests
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Prints, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 James J. Gentile, a friend of Fletcher, and executor of his estate. The material on Benton Spruance was donated by Robert M. Vogel, 1991, who received it from Fletcher's estate; the notebook on Keith Shaw Williams was donated by William Greenbaum, 1991, who also received it from Fletcher's estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fletcher, William Dolan
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Priest, art historian; Connecticut. Taught at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Author of a catalog raisonne on Gerald Leslie Brockhurst's etchings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fletwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notebooks compiled by Fletcher listing prints by artists John Castigan, John Flannagan, Ruth Gannett, Gordon Grant, Norman Kent, Troy Kinney, Clare Leighton, Barry Moser, Chauncey Ryder, Benton Spruance, Walter Tittle and Keith Shaw Williams; and research material on Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and Benton Spruance. Brockhurst material includes correspondence, biographical sketches, notes, lists of works, a draft of Fletcher's catalog Complex Simplicity: Gerald Leslie Brockhurst and his Graphic Work, printed material, reproductions and photographs of work, and photographs of Brockhurst, his models and others;
label: Scope and Contents
content: the Spruance material includes an obituary, 2 letters to Spruance from Carl Zigrosser, 1934, and letters between others regarding the sale of his prints; a typescript by Fletcher, "In My Orb of Gold: The Life and Work of Benton Spruance," 1980; writings by Spruance; printed material, 1929-1986, including exhibition catalogs and announcements, newspaper clippings, and other printed material; and photographs of Spruance and his works of art.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Notes of William Dolan Fletcher, 1971, are also located at the Fairfield Historical Society Library.