Settlement of Will
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916
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content: Henry Ward Ranger Estate papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.05 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1907-1920
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ranghenr, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Records are arranged by type.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A portion of this series has been digitized. Duplicates and records which relate primarily to the litigation of Ranger's will have not been digitized.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series documents the settlement of Ranger's will, which entered two years of litigation shortly after the artist's death, having been contested by Ranger's sister, Edith Ranger, whose lawyers presented a fraudulent will claiming her as an heir to Ranger's estate. The District Attorney papers include correspondence, memoranda, and legal documents related to the litigation. Court documents further record the legal proceedings.  Of note are the court documents from 1916-1917 which include statements by various people who knew Ranger, some of whom were employed by him, as they provide  limited biographical information about him and about his development as an artist. Also found are a photograph of Ranger, estimates of commissions due to William Macbeth from Ranger's estate, a copy of William Macbeth's will, and copies of Ranger's will and the fraudulent will.