Walker Hancock papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
label: Names
content: Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association
label: Names
content: Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942
label: Names
content: Crouse, Timothy
label: Names
content: Jennewein, Carl Paul, 1890-
label: Names
content: Kreis, Henry, 1899-1963
label: Names
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
label: Names
content: Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1974-1996 by Walker Hancock and in 2017 by Deane French Hancock, Hancock's daughter and executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walker Hancock (1901-1998) was a sculptor from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Hancock was born in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Washington University for one year before moving on to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Charles Grafly. He taught at PAFA from 1929 to 1967. During his career, he produced hundreds of realistic works, ranging from a 39 foot bronze angel in the 30th St. Station in Philadelphia, to a bust of former President Geroge H.W. Bush in the Capitol, to a monumental statue of James Madison in the Library of Congress, to a Christ figure in the central altar in the National Cathedral in Washington. Hancock first visited Gloucester in 1921, built a studio there, and later moved there permanently. He died at home at age 97.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hancwalk
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3946, 1718-1726, 1818 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reel 3946: Finding aid listing notable correspondents is available in all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with artists including Cecilia Beaux, Timothy Crouse, Carl Paul Jennewein, Henry Kreis, Paul Manship, Booth Tarkington, William Zorach, and others; project and commission files including the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial in Georgia among others; committee files; personal business records; writings; sketches; photographs and negatives of Hancock, works of art, and political figures taken in preparation of portrait busts; printed material; and an interview transcript relating to Hancock's career as a sculptor.