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Call Number:

PH-02017

Collection Name:

Laura Wilson Papers and Photography Collection

Creator:

Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - )

No. of Items:

88 items

Span Dates:

1979-2004

Description:

The Laura Wilson Papers and Photography Collection document her work with photographer Richard Avedon from 1979 to 1984, and resultant exhibitions and publications from 1985 to 2003.

The collection is organized into two series: Series I. "In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon" Project, and Series II. Avedon at Work: In the American West.

The first series comprises materials relating to Avedon, his project, and the resulting exhibition and book. There are notes taken by Wilson while traveling with Avedon, project updates submitted to the Amon Carter Museum, subject release forms, and some correspondence. The bulk of the material is clippings on Avedon and In the American West from 1979 to 2001. Also included are a few layouts for the exhibition and book, an exhibition catalog, and a transcript of the "In the American West" symposium held at the Amon Carter Museum on September 14, 1985.

Series II. documents Wilson's own publication and includes several folders of research notes and twenty-four work prints. Of note are the production materials which consist of a project overview, several typescripts and dummies, and sixty-four black-and-white publication prints used to make the book. One of those prints (2004:0030:0063) is by Ruedi Hofmann (American), master printer for Avedon's In the American West. In addition there is a small amount of correspondence between Wilson and Avedon and Wilson and her publishers, two publicity posters, and information on another seminar at the Amon Carter Museum in 2003.

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Access Restrictions:

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Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00477

Location(s):

Wilson, L., Box 01-05 (papers)
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Wilson, L., Box 11 (2 prints 2004:0030:0050, 0088 and, OV papers)
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Wilson, L., Box 06 (2004:0030:0001-0016)
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Wilson, L., Box 07 (2004:0030:0017-0032)
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Wilson, L., Box 08 (2004:0030:0033-0048)
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Wilson, L., Box 09 (2004:0030:0049, 0051-0066)
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Wilson, L., Box 10 (2004:0030:0067-0087)
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Wilson, L., Box 12 (rolled poster)
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Item(s):

-- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). , . , .

-- Starr, Kevin. , 1986-10-01. , .

-- Avedon, Richard (1923 - 2004); Hofmann, Ruedi; Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). , 1986-03-13. , .

-- Avedon, Richard (1923 - 2004); Hofmann, Ruedi; Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). , 1986-03-13. , .

-- Avedon, Richard (1923 - 2004); Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). , 2001-10-05. , .

-- Avedon, Richard (1923 - 2004); Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). , 2001-10-05. , .

-- . Amon Carter Seminar, 1985 September 14. , .

-- . Amon Carter, undated. , .

2004:0030:0001 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Portrait of Richard Avedon, camera in hand, standing in field. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0002 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon stands with an oil field worker in front of a white backdrop. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0003 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Portrait of Richard Avedon. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0004 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Drifter Bill Curry seen through car window. Yukon, Oklahoma. June 1980], June 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0005 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and his assistants photograph drifter Bill Curry outside a cafe in Yukon, Oklahoma. June 1980], June 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0006 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon speaks with drifter Bill Curry outside a highway cafe. Yukon, Oklahoma. June 1980], June 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0007 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon prepares drifter Bill Curry for his photograph outside a cafe. Yukon, Oklahoma. June 1980], June 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0008 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Three oil field workers on a drilling rig. ca. 1979-1982], between 1979 and 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0009 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographing a group of oil field workers on their rig in Albany, Texas. ca. 1979-1982], between 1979 and 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0010 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon shows the boss of an oil rig prints of coal miners made a few months before. Velma, Oklahoma. 1980], 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0011 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon prepares to photograph two oil field workers while other men from the crew look on. 1979], 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0012 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Two members of an oil field crew hold a shade over a third crew man being photographed. Velma, Oklahoma. 1980], 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0013 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon leans the Texas two-step inside and oil field worker's trailer. Albany, Texas. ca. 1979-1982], between 1979 and 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0014 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Oil field worker Roberto Lopez looks on as his friend is being photographed. Lyons, Texas. 28 Sept. 1980], 28 September 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0015 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Oil field worker Roberto Lopez and a friend pose for a photographed. Lyons, Texas. 28 Sept. 1980], 28 September 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0016 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Oil field worker Roberto Lopez poses in front of a white backdrop. Lyons, Texas. 28 Sept. 1980], 28 September 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0017 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [The H for Hotchkiss, Colorado, "branded" onto a hillside. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0018 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon prepares to photograph gypsum miner Jimmy Lopez. Sweetwater, Texas. 15 June 1979], 15 June 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0019 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and an entomologist prepare bee man Ronald Fischer for his portrait. David, California. May 1981], May 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0020 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon positions bee man Ronald Fischer's head before taking his portrait. Davis, California. May 1981], May 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0021 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Bee man Ronald Fischer, covered in bees, having his portrait taken. Davis, California. May 1981], May 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0022 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [In Billings, Montana, Richard Avedon and his assistants examine photographs made nine days earlier. May 1981], May 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0023 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographs a tattooed prisoner in the Bexar County Jail. San Antonio, Texas. 5 June 1980], 5 June 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0024 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Curbside preaching in Colorado. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0025 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon prepares to photograph drifter Richard Garber. Provo, Utah. 20 Aug. 1980], 20 August 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0026 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographs an oil field worker against the open horizon in Oklahoma. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0027 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [In Cody, Wyoming, Richard Avedon photographs a man seated atop a trained buffalo. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0028 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographing a dead steer on the road near Casa Grande, Arizona. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0029 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon with a hunter and his moose carcass. Wilson, Wyoming. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0030 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and his assistants prepare to photograph a moose carcass. Wilson, Wyoming. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0031 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon positions sheep carcasses outside a slaughterhouse in Ennis, Montana. 30 June 1983], 30 June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0032 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [The G for Ganado, Arizona, "branded" onto a hillside. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0033 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and an assistant kiss the hands of Sis Wigglesworth. Wilson, Wyoming. 2 July 1982], 2 July 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0034 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon prepares to photograph Sis Wigglesworth outside a barn on her ranch in Wilson, Wyoming. 2 July 1982], 2 July 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0035 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and Sis Wigglesworth outside a barn on her ranch in Wilson, Wyoming. 2 July 1982], 2 July 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0036 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon with Loudilla, Loretta, Kay, and Mack Johnson on their farm in Wild Horse, Colorado. 1982], 1982. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0037 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographs Loudilla, Loretta and Kay Johnson on their farm in Wild Horse, Colorado. 16 June 1983], 16 June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0038 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon speaking with Loudilla, Loretta and Kay Johnson. Wild Horse, Colorado. 16 June 1983], 16 June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0039 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographing Kay Johnson while her sisters wait their turn. Wild Horse, Colorado. 16 June 1983], 16 June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0040 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon with carney Debbie McClendon at the Frontier Days Rodeo. Cheyenne, Wyoming. 29 July 1981], 29 July 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0041 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Carney Debbie McClendon looks back at Richard Avedon and his assistants. Cheyenne, Wyoming. 29 July 1981], 29 July 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0042 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon with coal miner Roger Tims. Reliance, Wyoming. 29 Aug. 1979], 29 August 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0043 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Coal miners aboard a man trip car. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0044 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographs the Tibble brothers, coal miners in their twenties. Colorado. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0045 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon visits with a coal miner in Somerset, Colorado. Aug. 1980], August 1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0046 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon's sketches for anticipated final portraits. 1979], 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0047 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and the exhibition of coal miners' portraits he created for them. Somerset, Colorado. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0048 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Coal miners arriving at work see Richard Avedon's photographs of themselves. Somerset, Colorado. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0049 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Coal miners look closely at Richard Avedon's photographs of themselves. Somerset, Colorado. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0050 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [While on the road, Richard Avedon assesses contact prints of two portraits made earlier. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0051 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon photographs Brad and Richard Wheatcroft and their friend Patty. Jordan, Montana. 27 June 1983], 27 June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0052 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon prepares to photograph Richard Wheatcroft on his ranch in Jordan, Montana. 27 June 1983], 27 June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0053 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and the Richard Wheatcroft family outside the ranch church. Jordan, Montana. 1984], 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0054 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon evaluates prints with his studio manager Ruedi Hofmann and David Liittschwager. New York. ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0055 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Detail of a Richard Avedon portrait with Ruedi Hofmann's exposure times marked in grease pencil. ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0056 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Ruedi Hofmann and David Liittschwager watch Richard Avedon's prints roll through a processing machine ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0057 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon signs a master print from the "In the American West" exhibition set. ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0058 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon speaking with a subject in front of his portable large white paper backdrop. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0059 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon being photographed in front of one of his photographs at the Amon Carter Museum. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0060 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [View of Richard Avedon's "In the American West" exhibition in situ at the Amon Carter Museum. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0061 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Wheatcroft. Jordan, Montana. Spring 2003], 2003. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0062 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [On his ranch, Richard Wheatcroft prepares to photograph Richard Avedon. Jordan, Montana. 1983 or 1984], circa 1983-1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0063 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Laura Wilson and Richard Avedon pose with a giant roll of hay. ca. 1981], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0064 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon outside the Uranium Cafe in Grants, New Mexico. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0065 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and his assistants photograph two men in the middle of a field. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0066 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Wheatcroft. Jordan, Montana. 2003], 2003. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0067 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon outside a polka-dot painted building, Wyoming (far view). Aug. 1979], August 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0068 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon outside a polka-dot painted building, Wyoming (near view). Aug. 1979], August 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0069 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon posed outside a Christmas-decorated store front window. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0070 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon plays dead with two assistants in front of the Rollie Mortuary sign. Gallup, New Mexico. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0071 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and three participants in the Sweetwater, Texas, Rattlesnake Round-Up. March 1979], March 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0072 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and two participants in the Sweetwater, Texas, Rattlesnake Round-Up. March 1979], March 1979. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0073 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and an assistant preparing to photograph a subject at a country fair. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0074 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon preparing to photograph a subject at a Hutterite Colony in Harlowton, Montana. June 1983], June 1983. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0075 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon relaxes with two of his subjects inside their home. ca. 1979-1985], between 1979 and 1984. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0076 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Coal miners view Richard Avedon's photographs of themselves. Somerset, Colorado. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0077 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Coal miners view Richard Avedon's photographs of themselves. Somerset, Colorado. 1979 or 1980], circa 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0078 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon, Richard Wheatcroft and an unidentified man at the Jersey Lily Cafe. Ingomar, Montana. 2003], 2003. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0079 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and Richard Wheatcroft at the Jersey Lily Cafe. Ingomar, Montana. 2003], 2003. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0080 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Ruedi Hofmann and David Liittschwager manipulate the exposure of a Richard Avedon photograph. ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0081 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [In New York, Richard Avedon's assistant and studio manager discuss appropriate exposure times. ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0082 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [View of Richard Avedon's "In the American West" exhibition in situ at the Amon Carter Museum. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0083 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [View of Richard Avedon's "In the American West" exhibition in situ at the Amon Carter Museum. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0084 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Maria Watts and Tricia Steward in front of their portrait at Richard Avedon's "In the American West" exhibition. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0085 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon being interviewed about his "In the American West" exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0086 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon being photographed at his "In the American West" exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum. 1985], 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0087 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon signs copies of his book In the American West. ca. 1985], circa 1985. Gelatin silver print, .

2004:0030:0088 -- Wilson, Laura, 1939- (1939 - ). [Richard Avedon and an entomologist prepare bee man Ronald Fischer for his portrait. Davis, California. May 1981], May 1981. Gelatin silver print, .

See Also:

Richard Avedon Photography Collection: Richard Avedon Photography Collection (PH-00460)

Laura Wilson Photography Collection: Laura Wilson Photography Collection (PH-01933)


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