The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Copy 439 of limited edition of 500. The book is inscribed "To my good friend Alex Parks, January 5, 1979 Erskine Wood."
Citation:
Life of Charles Erskine Scott Wood, a renaissance man / by his grandson Erskine Wood, c1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 3851 available at Archives of American Art through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Original returned to National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a lawyer, painter, and good friend of J. Alden Weir. He painted with Childe Hassam. A Ryder painting "Jonah and the Whale," once owned by Wood is now in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Microfilmed 1987 in association with the National Museum of American Art, which had borrowed the book from Mr. Alex Parks of Portland, Oregon, a senior partner in the law firm Wood started, and in which Erskine Wood practices.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001