Samuel johnson woolf biography of michael
Samuel Johnson Woolf (1880 - 1948) — Brier Hill Gallery.
Samuel johnson woolf biography of michael
S. J. Woolf papers, , bulk
Collection Information
Size: 3 Linear feet
Summary: Biographical material, letters, art works, 2 contracts, notes, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs document the journalism and portraiture of S.J.
Woolf. His subjects included many of the twentieth century's most influential figures.
Scrapbook I contains circa photographs of charcoal portraits of noted figures in politics, business, science, and the arts, drawn by Woolf between and for the "New York Times" magazine series "Drawings from Life." The other three scrapbooks contain clippings, , of the brief biographies, written by Woolf from his conversations with his subjects as he drew them, which were published with the drawings.
The third scrapbook also includes an original drawing of Alfred E. Smith and Woolf's obituaries.
Birth announcements for Woolf, ; a passport, ; documents relating to Woolf's work as a war correspondent, ; letters, , mentioning musical a