Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about working on a bust of Sequoyah with a drawing of "The Sofkie Makers"

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Folder 48

Archival Location

Collection: Manuscript Collection: Willard Stone

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Title(s):

Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about working on a bust of Sequoyah with a drawing of "The Sofkie Makers"

Creator(s):

Willard Stone (Artist)

Thomas Gilcrease (Subject)

Sequoyah Sequoyah (Subject)

Culture:

Native American; Cherokee descent

Date:

July 28, 1947

Classification:

Manuscripts

Object Type:

Letter

Accession No:

3827.7864-.1

Department:

About the Contributor(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Willard Stone

Biography:

Not enrolled, but Cherokee through one grandparent. Generally accepted as a Native American artist, although not legally recognized as such.

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Stone, Willard

Birth Date:

1916

Death Date:

1985

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Cherokee sculptor, 1916-1985

Gender:

male

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Thomas Gilcrease

Biography:

Muscogee Creek

Role(s):

Subject

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Sequoyah

Biography:

Cherokee

Role(s):

Subject

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American Indian, Cherokee, Locust Grove, Native Americans, Sequoyah, Thomas Gilcrease, weather, Willard Stone, Willard Stone Manuscript Collection

Stone, Willard. Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about working on a bust of Sequoyah with a drawing of "The Sofkie Makers". 3827.7864-.1. Willard Stone Manuscript Collection. July 28, 1947. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/38277864-1 (06/06/2019).

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Letter from Stone to Gilcrease about working on a bust of Sequoyah with a drawing of "The Sofkie Makers"

Scope and Content Notes

Archival Location

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Buffaloes Departure

Letter from Stone to Wiesendanger concerning possible problems in work on small dance figures requested by Wiesendanger

Letter from Stone to Martin Wiesendanger discussing materials and depicting members of the Five Tribes

Archive Item Information

About the Contributor(s)

Tags and Search Terms

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