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Call Number:
MSS 14
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Smith, Sam, 1908-
Title(s):
Letter to Max, Barbara and Francie Wilk
Date:
1974
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Bioscope Palace
Part of Collection:
1, folder 1
Provenance:
Gift of Max and Barbara Wilk.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
The letter refers to the "Silent Cinema Toy," later known as the Bioscope Palace. There is also a reference to an unidentified publication with "thirty 2" pages of illustrations for Ernest Benn Ltd.
Physical Description:
3 leaves ; 26 x 21 cm. Typescript letter addressed and signed in black ink. Heading dated: "the ninth 1974"
Genre:
Correspondence , Brochures, Clippings, Cut-out craft, Exhibition catalogs, Gouaches, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Legal documents, Letters, Magazines (periodicals), Miniature theaters, Mock-ups, Models (representations), Photocopies, Postcards, Recreations, Toy theaters, Typescripts, Watercolors (paintings), and Wood engravings
Subject Terms:
Artists
Handicraft
Paper toys
Sculpture
Toymakers
Toys
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Begaye, Mary Frances
Ernest Benn Ltd
Smith, Sam, 1908-
Wilk, Barbara
Wilk, Max, 1920-
Finding Aid Title:
Sam Smith Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/7.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1138
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1138?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1