Wendell Castle papers
name: label: Creator
content: Castle, Wendell, 1932-2018
topic: label: Occupation
content: Furniture designers -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- Rochester
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Wendell Castle papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1982 by Wendell Castle.
creator: label: Creator
content: Castle, Wendell, 1932-2018
setName: label: See more items in
content: Wendell Castle papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Rochester, New York-based furniture designer, sculptor, and educator Wendell Castle measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1965 to 1975. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with galleries, museums, universities, clients, friends, and colleagues. Also found is a small amount of other material such as resumes, financial records, price lists, notes, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Wendell Castle (1932-2018) was a furniture designer, sculptor, and educator based in Rochester, New York. He was born in Emporia, Kansas and received both his bachelor's in industrial design and master's in sculpture from the University of Kansas. He taught at the School for American Craftsmen and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.castwend
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of the collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2020.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Rochester, New York-based furniture designer, sculptor, and educator Wendell Castle measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1965 to 1975. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with galleries, museums, universities, clients, friends, and colleagues. Also found is a small amount of other material such as resumes, financial records, price lists, notes, and printed material.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Wendell Castle conducted by Robert F. Brown on June 3-December 12, 1981; and an oral history interview with Wendell Castle conducted by Jeannine Falino on February 22-24, 2012.