Wilke (William Hancock) Collection, ca. early 1900s

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Summary

Title:
William Hancock Wilke Collection
Dates:
ca. early 1900s
Creators:
Wilke, William Hancock
Abstract:
Examples of illuminations and book plates Wilke did for the press of John Henry Nash, as well as numerous drawings and water colors of San Francisco scenes, and two original posters for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915.
Extent:
ca. 22 linear feet (24 boxes, 14 oversize boxes, and 3 map cabinet drawers).
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

William Hancock Wilke Collection. Printers Mss 23. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

William Hancock Wilke was born in San Francisco, California on June 1, 1879. Wilke was raised in the Mission District and studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Arthur Mathews. Accompanied by Joseph Raphael, he traveled to Paris on a scholarship for further study under Laurens. Prior to his departure he took French lessons from Nettie McConnell for whom he sent and married in Paris in 1903. Wilke did many of the illuminations and book plates produced by the press of John Henry Nash. Collection contains examples of those, and numerous drawings and water colors of San Francisco scenes.

Oversize material in del Sur: Some not yet sorted or identified. Includes two original posters by WHW for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 (one on paper and one on canvas).

Acquisition information:
Undetermined.
Physical location:
SRLF (boxes 1-38); Map Cabinets 20-17, 20-18 and 20-19.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo; latest revision, E. Fields
Date Prepared:
© 2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by A. Demeter. Date of source: Mar. 28, 2012.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

William Hancock Wilke Collection. Printers Mss 23. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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