William Kent papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kent, William, 1919-2012
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Connecticut
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2021 by Edgar Waterman, Trustee of the William Kent Charitable Foundation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kent, William, 1919-2012
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Kent (1919-2012), born William Williamson, was a sculptor and printmaker outside Durham, Connecticut.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kentwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor and printmaker William Kent measure 10.7 linear feet and date from 1919-2012. The collection documents Kent's early encounters with the mainstream art world in the 1960s, including the Whitney Museum of American Art where a work of his was shown. Earlier records also include documentation of Kent's participation in World War II, time at Yale, and the first set of Philistine Press books. 

Materials include biographical information, interviews primarily on on VHS, CDs, and Mini-DVs, correspondence, writings, exhibition and loan files, personal business records, administrative files, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs and works of art. Also included is a small box with metal items related to military service.