Iris Woolcock
Iris Woolcock (February 3, 1896 in Wisconsin – July 21, 1979 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American artist, photographer, and writer. She traveled with husband Charles Morrow Wilson, a freelance writer, and made photographs and drawings illustrating his books and articles. Woolcock wrote her own book about driving to Alaska in 1947; it was published after her death.
Iris Woolcock
- Name
- Iris Woolcock
- Born
- 3 February 1896
- Birthplace
- Wisconsin, U.S.
- Died
- 21 July 1979
- Place of death
- Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
- Known for
- Artist, photographer, writer
- Spouse
- Charles Morrow Wilson (divorced 1939)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
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Iris Woolcock (February 3, 1896 in Wisconsin – July 21, 1979 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American artist, photographer, and writer. She traveled with husband Charles Morrow Wilson, a freelance writer, and made photographs and drawings illustrating his books and articles. Woolcock wrote her own book about driving to Alaska in 1947; it was published after her death.
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Woolcock was born in Wisconsin, and spent summers in Enterprise, Wisconsin with her parents. In 1933, she married Charles Morrow Wilson. They lived in Putney, Vermont until their divorce in 1939. Woolcock traveled with Wilson, both in the U.S. and Central America, and contributed to his magazine articles and books with photographs and drawings that she produced. The New York Times said of her work in Central America: Challenge and Opportunity, "Iris Woolcock's photographs.. Are quite as beckoning as if this were a travel book." In 1948, Woolcock bought a Liberty trailer in Bremen, Indiana and drove to Fairbanks, Alaska on the Alaska Highway that had opened in 1942. She wrote about her experience in a book titled The Road North: One Woman's Adventure Driving the Alaska Highway 1947-1948.
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• Name — Iris Woolcock • Born — 3 February 1896 • Birthplace — Wisconsin, U.S. • Died — 21 July 1979 • Place of death — Sarasota, Florida, U.S. • Known for — Artist, photographer, writer • Spouse — Charles Morrow Wilson (divorced 1939)
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- 1.Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. FamilySearch.
- 2.To study Oneida people. The Rhinelander Daily News. 5. August 10, 1936.
- 3.Charles Morrow Wilson (1905–1977) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas. www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net.
- 4.C.M. Wilson Weds Iris Woolcock. New York Times. 28. March 22, 1935.
- 5.Central America: Challenge and Opportunity. By Charles Morrow Wilson. With photographs by Iris Woolcock, and decorative maps. New York Times. 63. May 11, 1941.
- 6.Trailer traveler returns from long, cold trek to far north. The Bremen Enquirer. 1. February 10, 1949.
- 7.Woolcock, Iris. The road north : one woman's adventure driving the Alaska Highway, 1947-1948. Greatland Graphics. 1990. 9780936425108.
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