Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, b. 1890 d. 1973

Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973

Reels LA1 & LA5: 109 items.
Unfilmed: 4.9 linear ft.
Reel(s): LA 1 and LA 5

REELS LA1 & LA5: Brochure on the Santa Monica Library murals, 6 photographs of various panels while still in Macdonald-Wright's studio; a catalog of a 1939 Los Angeles exhibition, "Southern California Art Project"; a Master's thesis on Macdonald-Wright by Dori Jean Watson, University of California., L.A., (June 1957); and a scrapbook (reel LA 5) about his career, ca. 1910-1964, including photographs, catalogs, clippings, and articles.

UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, 1909-1970s, including letters from Macdonald-Wright and his brother Willard Huntington Wright to their mother describing difficulties during wartime in London and establishing their careers, letters from Michel and Suzanne Seuplor, 1954-1966, photocopies of letters to Ann and John Summerfield, Mrs. Hugh (Bethany) Wilson, and to others, and miscellaneous letters received; Macdonald-Wright's diary from Paris, 1907; five journals (4 in. spiral notebooks), 1939-1973; writings, including "A Treatise on Color," containing palettes and color wheels, notes on "The Basis of Culture"; the book, The Future of Painting (1913) by Willard Wright; and printed material, including the catalog, Les Synchromistes: Morgan Russell et S. Macdonald-Wright Exposition du 27 Octobre au 8 Nov. 1913; writings and essays by Willard Wright, 1920-1925; notes; and Macdonald-Wright's blueprints for the Kineidoscope.

Location of Originals: Reels LA1 & LA 5: Originals returned to Macdonald-Wright after microfilming.

Material on reels LA1 and LA 5 lent for microfilming 1965 by Stanton Macdonald-Wright. The unfilmed material was donated 1995 by his widow, Jean Macdonald-Wright. Additions are expected.

How to Use this Collection

• Entire: Copyrights to material created by Stanton Macdonald-Wright is retained by Jean Macdonald-Wright during her lifetime.
• Unmicrofilmed: ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.
  Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment.
• Microfilm reels LA 1 and LA 5 available at Archives of American Art offices through interlibrary loan.
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Also in the Archives:

• Stanton Macdonald-Wright letters to Alan and Fanny Leslie, 1968-1976
• Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26
• Stanton Macdonald-Wright collection, 1940-1950
• Stanton Macdonald-Wright letters to Morgan Russell, 1913-1938
• Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1964 Apr. 13-Sept. 16