Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Photographs of exhibits created by Winfield Scott Wellington,
- Dates:
- 1941-1953
- Abstract:
- Photographs of exhibits created by Winfield Scott Wellington in the University Art Gallery, primarily of Hearst Museum of Anthropology artifacts.
- Extent:
- 252 photographic prints
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Photographs of exhibits created by Winfield Scott Wellington, UARC PIC 28K, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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189 photographic prints, 4x5 in. or smaller, of exhibits in the University Art Gallery created by Winfield Scott Wellington, Professor of Decorative Art. There are also 63 8x10 in. enlargements, mounted on boards (housed as UARC PIC 2800K). All prints are black and white, except for two color prints, noted below.
The majority of the exhibits show artifacts from the Hearst (then Lowie) Museum of Anthropology. Other exhibits include the sculpture of Elah Hale Hays and of Robert B. Howard, pottery of Frans and Marguerite Wildenhain, and Chinese stone and bronze rubbings.
Exhibit titles and dates were taken from the university's weekly Calendar.
- Biographical / historical:
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The University Art Gallery operated in what was originally built as a powerhouse from 1931 until the construction of the University Art Museum, completed in 1968. Winfield Scott Wellington (1897-1979) was Professor of Design in the Department of Decorative Art from1936 until 1965. He was director of the University Art Gallery at Berkeley from 1946 to 1962, and he mounted exhibits in San Francisco museums as well.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Winfield Scott Wellington, June 1973.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2004
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by James Lake. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: March 2004.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Photographs of exhibits created by Winfield Scott Wellington, UARC PIC 28K, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, University Archives, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-6481