Ernest William Watson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Watson, Ernest William, 1884-1969
label: Names
content: Berkshire Summer School of Art
title: label: Topic
content: American Artist
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Printing -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Periodicals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel N70-46 lent for microfilming 1970; some drawings and portions of material of sketch diary was subsequently donated 1972 along with unmicrofilmed material by Eve Watson, widow of Watson; material on reel 64 donated 1971 by Norman Kent, editor of American Artist.
creator: label: Creator
content: Watson, Ernest William, 1884-1969
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Illustrator and block printer; New York, N.Y. Founder & editor of American Artist, 1937-1955.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.watserne
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N 70-46 & 64 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel N70-46 (portions): Originals returned to Eve Watson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; research materials for a book; a tape recording; manuscripts; photographs; drawings; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N70-46: Working mock-up, original drawings, layout, for Watson's book SKETCH DIARY (1965); and other works; plus clippings of articles by him.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 64: Correspondence, 1949-1955, arising from Watson's position as editor-in-chief of the magazine AMERICAN ARTIST. Correspondence relates to articles for the magazine; color engraving; controversy between "modern" vs. "conservative" art; awards to watercolorists; gallery fees for exhibiting works of art; and personal matters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence; various manuscripts and other papers relating to SKETCH DIARY; tape recording in which he tells about the establishment of Berkshire Summer School of Art in 1916; preliminary manuscripts of "Getting a Likeness"; photographs; drawings; Christmas cards from other artists; pencil rendering "Temple of Zeus," created as an advertisement for Eldorado pencils; and miscellany.