Biographical Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bennett, Garry Knox, 1934-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Garry Knox Bennett papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 1, 13, OV 14)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.benngarr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The series contains wedding anniversary and birthday celebration plans, appointment calendars, notes and photographs documenting Bennett's marriage history, personal photographs of Bennett's family and friends, photographs of Bennett working with Wendell Castle on a collaboration project, and student and childhood records. Files of artwork include childhood drawings, notes with doodles and cartoons to Bennett's wife Sylvia, and sketches and patterns for woodworking projects. In 2003, the Bennett's home caught fire endangering their vast collection of artworks, some of which were designated to be exhibited at the inaugural exhibition of the San Francisco Museum of Craft Design, Dovetailing Art and Life: The Bennett Collection. The file for the Bennett's house fire consists of photographs of their damaged home and thank you letters to members of the fire department.