Charis Wilson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009
label: Names
content: Holger, William
label: Names
content: Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
place: label: Place
content: California -- description and travel
topic: label: Topic
content: Art and photography -- California
label: Topic
content: Documentary photography -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1983 by Wilson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charis Wilson (1914-2009) was a writer in Aptos, Calif. Wilson married photographer Edward Weston.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Reel (ca. 125 items (on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wilschar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2776 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Journal Original in Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. The Huntington also owns the copyright.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Correspondence and photographs: Originals returned to Charis Wilson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence between Edward Weston and Charis Wilson and publishing companies regarding requests to publish photographs and articles; a photograph of Charis Wilson by William Holgers; a typescript of Wilson's "Journal of Guggenheim Year 1937-1938" describing the Westons' Guggenheim sponsored tour photographing California. The journal is dated from March 22, 1937, when the Westons received notification of the Guggenheim Fellowship award, to April 24, 1939, and provides very detailed descriptions of their activities during that time.