John Brantley Wilder papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wilder, John Brantley
label: Names
content: Sioux Nation
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Journalists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Civil rights workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated by John Brantley Wilder in 1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilder, John Brantley
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content: John Brantley Wilder papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, journalist, and civil rights activist John Brantley Wilder measure 1.5 linear feet and date from 1937 to circa 1979. The papers include correspondence; clippings; invoices; photographs; reproductions of some of Wilder's pen and ink sketches; as well as a scrapbook, which includes clippings, photographs, and printed material. Also included in the collection is a diorama representing a Sioux family.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Brantley Wilder (1909?-1990) was a painter, journalist, and civil rights activist. He worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration, WPA) through the early 1940s and worked for the Philadelphia Tribune in a variety of capacities from the 1960s to the 1970s, including producing pen and ink sketches for Negro History Week, circa 1961. In addition to his art and journalism work, in the late 1940s Wilder led a campaign urging Hollywood to expand the portrayal of African Americans in film beyond maids and servants.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-circa 1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wildjohb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: John Brantley Wilder papers, 1937-circa 1979 (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear feet, OV 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was minimally processed and a finding aid prepared by Rayna Andrews in 2017 with funding from the Luce Foundation.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter, journalist, and civil rights activist John Brantley Wilder measure 1.5 linear feet and date from 1937 to circa 1979. The papers include correspondence; invoices for paintings and materials; clippings of Wilder's articles and sketches that appeared in newspapers; a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and printed materials; photographs and slides, primarily of artwork; and reproductions of Wilder's pen and ink sketches for the Philadelphia Tribune. The collection also includes a diorama representing a Sioux family. This is one of eighteen "Miniature Indian Dioramas" produced for the Works Progress Administration's Pennsylvania Museum Extension Project.