William Ehrich papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ehrich, William, 1897-1960
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
place: label: Place
content: Germany -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Rochester
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2017 by Roger Ehrich, William Ehrich's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ehrich, William, 1897-1960
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Ehrich (1897-1960) was a sculptor and educator in Rochester, New York. Ehrich was born in Königsberg, East Prussia. He studied sculpture at the State Art School in Königsberg. In 1929 he immigrated to Buffalo, New York. He taught at the Art Institute of Buffalo from 1931 to 1937 and directed the creation of public sculpture at the Buffalo Zoo as part of the WPA's Federal Arts Project. In 1939, Ehrich began teaching at the College for Women at the University of Rochester and the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1918-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ehriwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, research files, financial records, photographs, artwork, printed material and a scrapbook documenting the life of sculptor and educator William Ehrich.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes forms of identification, resumes, family genealogical records, travel notes, one award, and biographical notes. Research files include William Ehrich's 1955 trip to Germany and files compiled by Roger Ehrich and others regarding William Ehrich and WPA artists. Financial records include receipts, purchase orders, inventories, and mortgage records pertaining to Ehrich receiving money from a local art patron to purchase a home. Photographs are of Ehrich, Ehrich with his students, his sculpture and exhibitions. Artwork includes Ehrich's sketchbooks and sketches of anatomy. Printed material includes newspaper clippings. One scrapbook contains Ehrich's professional correspondence.