William Sommer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sommer, William, 1867-1949
label: Names
content: Kokoon Arts Club
label: Names
content: Ten Thirty Gallery
label: Names
content: Crane, Hart, 1899-1932
label: Names
content: Marker, Thomas Morrison, 1901-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Occupation
content: Lithographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Ohio
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1973 by Joseph Erdelac, who collected the papers as well as many Sommer paintings.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sommer, William, 1867-1949
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lithographer, painter; Brandywine, Ohio.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sommwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 883-884 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender, Joseph Erdelac, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, including letters from Hart Crane, Thomas Marker (letters from Sommer discuss Marker's art work and his own work in progress), Mary Manning Brody and Nancy Manning of Ten Thirty Gallery; eighteen sketchbooks, loose sketches and drawings; notes on art theory and style; marginal notes from Sommer's copy of Martin Buber's I AND THOU; exhibition catalogs, among them shows at the Ten Thirty Gallery and the Kokoon Arts; clippings and printed material; photographs of Sommor and his work; prizes and awards; and miscellany.