William E. Woolfenden papers
name: label: Creator
content: Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward), 1918-1995
label: Names
content: Detroit Institute of Arts
label: Names
content: Exhibition for Michigan Artist-Craftsmen
label: Names
content: Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
label: Names
content: Miles, Cyril, 1918-1993
label: Names
content: Sarkis, 1909-1977
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Occupation
content: Museum curators
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated July 1980 by William E. Woolfenden.
creator: label: Creator
content: Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward), 1918-1995
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William E. Woolfenden (1918- 1995) was the director of the Archives of American Art from 1963-1983.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.woolwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily photographs of works exhibited in Michigan Artist Craftsmen exhibits at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950-1956, and Designer Craftsmen U.S.A. 1953 for which Woolfenden was a juror. Many of the photographs have labels identifying the museum holding the work, the artists' name, and year exhibiting. Some printed material, notecards and other documentation relating to the 1953 Designer Craftsmen exhibit are also found, primarily relating to the Michigan artists represented and the Michigan regional exhibitions. Also found are miscellaneous photographs, including one of Woolfenden with fellow judge Sarkis Sarkesian holding winning covers for the 4th annual Yearbook of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit, one of Woolfenden at a typewriter labeled Yearbook Staff 1940, and one of Woolfenden holding a bowl with a group of women identified as Museum and Television Party, 1949; twenty-four clippings are of articles by and about Woolfenden, circa 1938-1956 and his obituary, 1995; three illustrated letters from Detroit artist Cyril Miles to Woolfenden (ca. 1967); and a letter from Morris Graves, 1964, reflecting on meeting Woolfenden with Una Johnson, and "those days in St. Paul... wouldn't it be great sport if the three of us were sometime asked to 'do it again'."