Mary Walker Phillips

Mary Walker Phillips was an American writer and designer (1923–2007). She was born at Fresno.

Also recorded as Mary W. Phillips.

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Recognition and collections

Mary Walker Phillips received Fellow of the American Craft Council. Work by Mary Walker Phillips is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art and Museum of Modern Art.

Works and catalogued output

What Mary Walker Phillips produced.

Biological anthropology of the human skeleton / edited by M. Anne Katzenberg, Shelley R. Saunders. is dated [2000] and held by Wellcome Collection. Shells is dated 1967 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1984.87). The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 10 works under this heading.

Context

The circumstances in which Mary Walker Phillips stands.

Disease and demography in the Americas / edited by John W. Verano and Douglas H. Ubelaker. is dated [1992] and held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) is dated 1937-1991 and held by Wellcome Collection. Work / edited by Friederike Sigler. is dated [2017] and held by Wellcome Collection. Mary Walker Phillips is also recorded as Mary W. Phillips.

Reception

Mary Walker Phillips is recorded as having received Fellow of the American Craft Council. Open Library catalogues 10 works under this name.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Mary Walker Phillips may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Mary Walker Phillips is established in the international name authorities as Social Networks and Archival Context w6903k7x, Getty Union List of Artist Names 500464396, Library of Congress n50010295, ISNI 000000008473743X, VIAF 113941266 and Wikidata Q6780907.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1937 to 2017.

Step-by-Step Knitting. Knitting Counterpanes Dover Knitting Crochet Tatting Lace. Macramé. Macrame (Craft Books). Step-by-step macrame. Knitting. Knitting counterpanes. Step-by-step knitting (Golden press). Step-by-step macramé (Golden press). Creative Knitting. Shells, dated 1967, linen and silk, knit in shell knitting, ladder, fancy crossed throw, and knit into stitch below stitches, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.87. Biological anthropology of the human skeleton / edited by M. Anne Katzenberg, Shelley R. Saunders., dated [2000], held by Wellcome Collection. Disease and demography in the Americas / edited by John W. Verano and Douglas H. Ubelaker., dated [1992], held by Wellcome Collection. Work / edited by Friederike Sigler., dated [2017], held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Mary Walker Phillips studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art. the recorded working language is English.

Work by Mary Walker Phillips is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art and Museum of Modern Art.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Craft Council.

Chronology

  1. 1915Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) is dated 1937-1991 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1923Mary Walker Phillips born at Fresno.
  3. 1923Mary Walker Phillips was born in 1923 at Fresno.
  4. 1923Mary Walker Phillips was born on 23 November 1923.
  5. 1967Shells is dated 1967 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1984.87).
  6. 1992Disease and demography in the Americas / edited by John W. Verano and Douglas H. Ubelaker. is dated [1992] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 2000Biological anthropology of the human skeleton / edited by M. Anne Katzenberg, Shelley R. Saunders. is dated [2000] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 2007Mary Walker Phillips died.
  9. 2007Mary Walker Phillips died in 2007.
  10. 2007Mary Walker Phillips died on 3 November 2007.
  11. 2017Work / edited by Friederike Sigler. is dated [2017] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Mary Phillips, Women in Academic Psychiatry, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Mary Walker Phillips: The Art of Knitting, The Journal of Modern Craft, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Mary Walker Phillips (Internet Archive), 10 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Phillips, Alice Mary, (born 1 Aug. 1960), Headteacher, St Catherine’s School, Bramley, since 2000, Who's Who, 2008

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Riis, Mary Phillips (1877-1967), financier and social welfare reformer, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Mary Walker Phillips as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Mary Walker Phillips.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 10 works naming Mary Walker Phillips.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    “Mary Walker Phillips”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6780907: Mary Walker Phillips

    authority record · Unverified · Wikidata

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