Carolyn Wyeth 1909-1994 Collection

The collection was originally received by Brandywine staff from the Wyeth family home and from donations by Betsy James Wyeth and Frank Delle Donne. These items were originally part of the artificial, unprocessed collection, “Miscellaneous Wyeth Family Collections” as Box 4, 6, and 7. Originally, Box 5 of this collection contained personal medical records of Carolyn Wyeth (from 1991-1994); these were destroyed in December of 2021 by Research Center staff at the direction of Museum administration. The remaining three boxes were removed from this collection, reprocessed by curatorial volunteer and graduate student Kayla Maciorkoski in the Fall of 2024, and then re-labeled as Box 1 and 2 of the Carolyn Wyeth Collection. Box 6 was deaccessioned as it only contained labels used in the exhibition, “Unique Force: The Art of Carolyn Wyeth” (2009). Box 1 Folder 1 (Originally Box 4 Folder 1) was rearranged into chronological order, acid free paper was placed between each newspaper clipping, and any duplicates were deaccessioned. Folder 2 and Folder 3 had acid free paper added between childhood and early drawings by Carolyn. Folder 4 was rearranged chronologically, with excess copies of exhibition catalogues deaccessioned, and Folder 6 was also rearranged chronologically. Box 2 contains files from Betsy Wyeth’s Wyeth Foundation Office (“the Oval Office”), more newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and items related to Frank Delle Donne (former husband of Carolyn Wyeth). Additional reference materials, photocopies, and printouts related to Delle Donne were removed from this collection in the Research Center and sent to the Curatorial Department’s artist files on the Museum third floor. Final edits and evaluation of work were made by Manager Lillian Kinney.