Emil Weddige papers
name: label: Creator
content: Weddige, Emil, 1907-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Lithographers -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
label: Topic
content: Lithography -- United States
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers were lent for microfilming in 1973 by Emil Weddige. The bulk of the microfilmed material and additional papers were donated 1973.
creator: label: Creator
content: Weddige, Emil, 1907-2001
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content: Emil Weddige papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Emil Weddige measure 3.1 linear feet and date from circa 1926-1979. The papers detail Weddige's time spent as a professor of art at the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design, and as an artist and lithographer through biographical material, correspondence, writings, personal business records, exhibition files, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emil Weddige (1907-2001) was a lithographer and teacher who worked primarily in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was born in Sandwich, Ontario, Canada to American parents of French, German, and Windot background. In 1934 Weddige earned a bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan University and studied under Morris Kantor at the Art Students League in New York and Emil Ganso in Woodstock, New York. In 1937 he became a teaching fellow at the University of Michigan where he went on to become an instructor in 1957. While acting as a teaching fellow he earned a Master of Design degree. In 1949 Weddige established a second studio in Paris, France to which he travelled intermittently. In 1957 he was appointed Professor Emeritus by Eastern Michigan University and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts. 

Weddige held more than one hundred one-man shows in both the United States and Europe, received more than twenty-five major art awards, and published a book on his techniques, Lithography, in 1966. Weddige's work is in permanent collections of more than a dozen museums including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His lithographs appear in public buildings throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Weddige died in 2001 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1926-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.weddemil
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as eight series. Nitrate negatives are housed separately and closed to
researchers.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1940-1969 (.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1930-1973 (.9 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1940-1979 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 4: Exhibition and Gallery Files, circa 1950-1969 (.1 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 5: Personal Business Records, circa 1940-1974 (.5 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1930-1973 (.7 Linear feet: Boxes 2-3)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1926-1970 (.3 Linear feet: Box 3)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1940-1972 (.3 Linear feet: Box 3 and OV 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared, by Allessandra Liberati in 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel(s) 950 and 987-990 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Emil Weddige papers measure 3.1 linear feet and date from circa 1926-1979. Included biographical materials consist of a resume, and an interview transcript. Correspondence is composed of letters to and from Weddige regarding his personal and professional life. Writings includes lectures, speeches, various writings, notes, and comments. Exhibition and Gallery Files consists of materials related to various exhibits Weddige took part in. Personal Business Records includes documents and materials related to Weddige's time as an instructor and his activities as a lithographer. Printed Material is composed of exhibition announcements and catalogs, magazine and newspaper clippings, and yearbooks. Photographic material includes photos of Weddige, his artwork, and professional activities. Artwork consists of sketches and drawings, original sketches for color lithographs, and paintings.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The archives also hold an interview of Emil Weddige conducted 1977 Dec. 17-1978 Feb. 11 by Stephen Hamp.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material donated for microfilming (reels 950 and 987-990) including: correspondence, sketches, drawings and watercolors, essays, writings and lectures, lists of Weddige's works, exhibition catalogs and announcements, notes, and brochures.