Walker, Ardis Manly, 1901-

Papers of the American engineer, writer. Collection includes correspondence, 1928-63; typescript, holograph, and carbon copy manuscripts of articles; publicity materials including photographs; and published works. Works primarily concern local California history, especially for Kern County, California.

Walker, Constance.

Papers of the American poet, artist (1898-1975). Collection contains correspondence (1942-1973); scrapbooks (1940-1972); manuscript and published poems; memorabilia, including articles about Constance Walker, and photographs. Notable correspondents include Alben Barkley, Hubert H. Humphrey, John V. Lindsay, Edward R. Murrow, Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, and Harry S. Truman.

Walker, Ralph, 1889-1973.

Papers of the American architect. Correspondence, articles, manuscript essays, speeches, notes and notebooks, photographs, project files, sketches, clippings, and scrapbooks.

Watson, Dudley Crafts, 1885-

Papers of the American painter, art critic, lecturer. Collection contains correspondence (1913-1965); sketches, photographs of artwork; exhibition catalogs and invitations; articles and other writings; clippings; 37 films of art from 69 countries which Watson used in his lectures.

Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967.

Correspondence; manuscript scores; printed scores; clippings; articles and speeches; materials about the Los Angeles Music Festival; awards; and his autograph collection. Correspondents include American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Leonard Bernstein, Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., Nicolai Brerezowsky, Aaron Copland, Werner Egk, Paul Eluard, James Forsyth, Lukas Foss, John Green, John te Groen, Jascha Heifetz, Dorothy Huttenback, Rolf Liebermann, Joshua Logan, Los Angeles Music Festival, J Marks, Charlotte Nicholls, Organisation Artistique Internationale, Menahem Pressler, Max Rabinoff, Marcella Rabwin, Rundfunk Hessischer, Dore Schary, Hans Sikorski, Isaac Stern, Leopold Stokowski, Alexandre Tansman, Union of Soviet Composers, Gottreid Von Emlin, Jerry Wald, Bruno Walter, John Waxman, Lella Simone Waxman, and Alma Mahler Werfel.

Weisinger, Mort, 1915-

Papers of the American Jewish author, editor of DC Comics' Superman and contributing editor for This Week Magazine. Collection includes correspondence (1941-1965), mostly from magazine editors; and writings (1932-1957), including typescript draft and manuscript articles, most of which appeared in Coronet and This Week Magazine.

Weiss, Frederick A.

Papers of the American psychologist and author. Collection includes reprints of articles, notes, and typescripts; most articles appeared in the American Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Welch, Edgar T., 1881-1963.

Papers of the American businessman, son of the founder of Welch Grape Juice Co.; succeeded his father as its president in 1926, and subsequently resigned to spend his life and fortune on good works for the Methodist Church. Collection includes correspondence, sermons, speeches, articles, brief notes on the history of the Welch Grape Juice Company, and scrapbooks pertaining to Welch's Methodist Church-related activities.

Werner, Fritz.

Papers of the Austrian-American portrait painter. Collection contains correspondence, incoming, 1934-1965; drawings; photographs of his portraits; and printed material, including articles, clippings and exhibition catalogs, 1936-1964.

Weschler, Anita.

Papers of the American sculptor, painter, interior decorator, poet, author. Collection includes correspondence, artwork (sketches, watercolors), exhibition catalogs, photographs, writings, and memorabilia, including financial material.

Whitaker, Frederic

Papers of the American painter (1891-1980). Correspondence, published material, paintings, and sketches.

Wickey, Harry.

Papers of the American sculptor, lithographer, etcher (1892-1968?). Primarily correspondence (1928-1965); also clippings and photographs of Wickey and his work.

Widdemer, Margaret.

Papers of the American author, novelist, poet. Appointment books (1923-1962); manuscript poems and novels; articles, clippings, reviews, and scrapbooks.

Wight, Clifford.

Papers of the Mexican muralist. An epigrapher and sculptor, Wight acted as secretary, translator, and technical assistant to Diego Rivera during the latter's sojourn in the United States. Collection includes a variety of materials relating to Rivera's mural work in Detroit, San Francisco, and New York, including technical documents, correspondence, miscellaneous holograph and typescript manuscripts, photographs, and printed material.

Wildes, Harry Emerson, 1890-1982

American sociologist, biographer, political advisor to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP). Collection consists entirely of reports on post-World War II Japan.

Williams, Hiram.

Papers of the American painter and educator. Collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, original book illustrations and a painting of his parents, reproductions of Williams' artwork, financial and legal material, lists of paintings, photographs of Williams and his family, and printed material. Correspondents include Luis Eades, Hobson Pittman, and art galleries and museums.

Williams, Wheeler, 1897-1972.

Manuscript entitled "Confusion in the Art World." Collection also includes supporting material: an article by Williams entitled "The Truth About Modern Art," a copy of a Congressional Record from 1959 recording Congressional concern about Communism in the art world, and a mimeo of a letter with notes purporting to document Communist party discussions on how best to use art in America as a political weapon.

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.

Wilson, Elizabeth

Artwork, correspondence, memorabilia, printed material, and wiritings relating to American abstract artist Rhys Caparn

Wilson, Richard, 1920-1987

Correspondence, financial and legal material, memorabilia, fanzines, and writings including short stories, plays, novels, novellas, and miscellaneous items.