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Box 5

 Container

Contains 25 Results:

"Tennis Players", 1942-1982, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.

Dates: 1942-1982, undated

"Sandlot Scrubs", 1943-1970, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes clippings and exhibition catalogs from venues where "Sandlot Scrubs" was exhibited.

Dates: 1943-1970, undated

Army busts, 1943

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Clippings and correspondence related to busts Hirsch made while serving at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, including busts of Colonel W.A. Ellis, Major General Withers A. Burress, and Governor Olin Johnston.

Dates: 1943

Charleston Community and War Chest busts, 1945-1946

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Clippings related to busts Hirsch created for the Charleston Community and War Chest's most outstanding member, Louis A. R. Nelson.

Dates: 1945-1946

"Mermaid Fountain", 1945-1947, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.

Dates: 1945-1947, undated

"Angel Gabriel", 1947, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.

Dates: 1947, undated

Carolina Art Association busts, 1947-1948

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Clippings on busts Hirsch made for the women who signed up the most people during the Carolina Art Association's membership drives.

Dates: 1947-1948

"God's Children", 1948-1984

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Photographs, clippings, and correspondence regarding this piece, sold in 1964.

Dates: 1948-1984

"Maternity", 1949

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.

Dates: 1949

LBC&W sculpture, 1949-1966, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Primarily materials regarding exterior sculpture Hirsch created for the architectural firm of Lyles, Bissett, Carslisle, and Wolff, in Charleston. Also includes correspondence regarding the firm's recommendation of Hirsch for a sculptural commission at the Federal Building in Charleston, for which Hirsch was not selected.

Dates: 1949-1966, undated