Paul and Mary Wescher papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wescher, Paul, 1894-
label: Creator
content: Wescher, Mary
label: Names
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Names
content: Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
label: Names
content: Stockent, Constance
label: Names
content: Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958
label: Photographer
content: Woelffer, Dina, 1907-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California -- Santa Monica
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1977 by Mary Wescher.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wescher, Paul, 1894-
label: Creator
content: Wescher, Mary
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Wescher (1896-1974) was an art historian and administrator in Santa Monica, Calif. He and his wife Mary collected pre-Columbian art and 20th century painting. Mary's first husband was Herbert Stothart, who won an Academy Award for the musical score for "The Wizard of Oz."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1976
label: Date
content: bulk 1949-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wescpaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2157-2158 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data; family and personal correspondence, with letters from Julie and Man Ray, William Valentiner, Wolfgang Paalen, Dorothy Miller, and others; published and unpublished writings on art and poetry; printed material; photographs of the Weschers (two by Dina Woelffer), Benny Goodman, Man Ray, Valentiner, and others, including a photograph of Julie Ray by Man Ray, and a photo of Constance Stothart by Man Ray, 1950; sketches; collages; and miscellany [ca. 700 study photographs, negatives and reproductions of works of art, and 19 negatives of the Weschers have not been microfilmed].