Harry Wood Papers

The Harry Wood Papers are comprised of original artwork, awards, correspondence, poetry, research papers, short stories, and writings.

Series I: Artwork consists of sketches, paintings, watercolors, chalk drawings, and art show flyers produced by and/or promoting Harry Wood. Series II: Awards houses two awards that Wood received during his lifetime.

Series III: Media Clippings is a collection of magazine and newspaper visuals that Wood used to illustrate art techniques in his class lectures. The subjects of these clippings run the gambit from Santa Claus, to Elvis, to nature and wildlife, to handwriting. This is the largest series in the collection. Materials have been arranged alphabetically by folder title. Many of the folders that contain newspaper clippings are fragile, please handle with caution.

Series IV: Photographs and Slides contains photographs and 35 millimeter slides taken by Wood as well as slides used in his classes. The majority of the slides are of pieces of art: paintings, architecture, sculpture, photography, etc. Other slides display images of the human body and scenery for artistic study.

Series V: Written Materials contains research papers, poetry, parables, short stories, correspondence and other writings by Wood. He wrote on topics ranging from art to the treatment of the mentally handicapped. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title. The original order of these materials has been retained.