Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953

Papers of the American sculptors, medalists. Correspondence (1878-1967), with A. Stirling Calder, Jay N. Darling, Daniel Chester French, Charles Dana Gibson, Cass Gilbert, Robert Henri, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Lee Lawrie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lorado Taft, and others; approximately 200 letters of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1913-1934); business records (1913-1967) contain contracts, bills, receipts, and other financial and legal papers; designs and reproductions include sketches, blueprints, and photographs of work through various stages, including some by artists other than the Frasers; memorabilia (1872-1967) includes films, photographs, ephemera, and printed materials; writings (1897-1964) include articles, books, and notes by Fraser and others, notably Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944.

An undated, handwritten letter by the American illustrator.

Williams, Gluyas, 1888-1982.

Papers of the American cartoonist, illustrator. Original book illustrations for books by Robert Benchley, Edward Streeter, William Freeman, and Corey Ford, magazine cartoons for Cosmopolitan, Life and The New Yorker, and newspaper cartoons (1922-1947); correspondence, 1918-1949, and manuscript of a poem about Williams by Kenneth Bird and prefaces to Fellow Citizens (1941) and The Gluyas Williams Book, both by Robert Benchley (1929). Correspondents include Randolph G. Adams, Robert Benchley, Kenneth Bird, Charles Dana Gibson, G.S. Lobrano, Christopher Morley, D. Nassau, H.W. Ross, Frank Sullivan, and K.S. White.

Wilson, Edward A. (Edward Arthur), 1886-1970.

Spanning 1915 to 1963, the Edward A. Wilson Papers comprises biographical material, correspondence, artwork, writings, and memorabilia of the Scottish-born illustrator, lithographer, and painter (1886-1970). The collection illuminates Wilson's artistic career, which ranged from book and magazine illustration to the design of advertisements, bookplates, magazine covers, postage stamps, and war posters.