Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Cunningham, Merce
| title | Jasper Johns, Map. 1971-1972: Archives pamphlet file: miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material about this exhibition. Location MoMA Queens Archives Pamphlet File Call Number MoMA 979x |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011501399707141 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:02 |
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| title | Isabel Bishop papers, 1914-1983 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The collection documents Bishop's painting career, her friendship with other artists, and her participation in several arts organizations. There are scattered biographical documents, correspondence with fellow artists such as Peggy Bacon, Warren Chappell, Edward Laning, and R. B. Kitaj, and with writers, curators, museums, galleries, arts organizations, and others. Also found are arts organization files, Bishop's writings about Warren Chappell and friend Reginald Marsh, notes, exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material, photographs of Bishop and her artwork, and photographs of Reginald and Felicia Marsh. Original artwork includes 8 sketchbooks, loose sketches, prints, and watercolor figure studies. Bishop was friends with many artists and cultural figures and her correspondence includes letters to and from artists such as John Taylor Arms, Peggy Bacon, Peter Blume, Warren Chappell (many letters from Chappell are illustrated), Sidney Delevante, Edwin Dickinson, Philip Evergood, John Folinsbee, Malvina Hoffman, Jo Hopper, James Kearns, Leon Kroll, Clare Leighton, Jack Levine, Alice Neel, Hobson Pittman, Fairfield Porter, Abraham Rattner, Katherine Schmidt, Henry Schnakenberg, Raphael Soyer, George Tooker, Stuyvesant Van Veen, Franklin Watkins, Mahonri Young, and William Zorach. Bishop not only corresponded with artists but also many poets, authors, historians, and dancers, such as Van Wyck Brooks, John Canaday, John Ciardi, Merce Cunningham, Babette Deutsch, Edna Ferber, Richmond Lattimore, Marianne Moore, Lewis Mumford, Kurt Vonnegut, and Glenway Westcott. Also found are letters from many galleries, museums, and schools which exhibited or purchased her work, including curators Juliana Force and Una Johnson. Bishop kept files from her affiliations with the American Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers and the New Society of Artists, containing mostly membership and financial records, and a file on a UNESCO conference. Unfortunately, files documenting her membership and vice presidency of the National Institute of Arts & Letters are not found here. A small amount of Bishop's writings and notes include essays about friends and artists Reginald Marsh and Warren Chappell. Printed material consists of exhibition catalogs and announcements, news clippings, magazines, and a design by G. Alan Chidsey for a book about Bishop. Photographs depict Bishop with her husband and in her studio, her artwork, and also include three photographs of her friend, Reginald Marsh. Original artwork includes eight small sketchbooks, loose pen and ink sketches, intaglio prints, watercolor figure studies, and a drawing of Bishop by Aaron Bohrod. Bio / His Notes: Painter, New York, N.Y.; b. 1902, Cincincati, Ohio; studied at the Art Students League; d. 1988. Additional forms: The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website. Items not digitized include a typescript of an exhibition catalog, photos of artwork, and oversized materials. Use of items not digitized requires an appointment. |
| extent | 2.6 linear ft. |
| formats | Artwork Correspondence Exhibition Catalogs Clippings Photographs |
| access | The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art's website. Use of materials not digitized requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.bishisab.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/isabel-bishop-papers-9195 |
| finding aid | Collection available on-line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/bishisab/ |
| acquisition information | Donated by Isabel Bishop, 1959-1983. Material was microfilmed as it was received during the period 1959-1971. Material received after 1971 was processed and microfilmed, with funds provided by the Bay Foundation. Portions of material on reels NY59-4 & 5 were lent by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Midtown Galleries |
| updated | 07/10/2023 10:25:44 |
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| title | Clemens Kalischer papers, ca.1946-1966. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | 276 photographs, ca. 1946-1966, taken by Kalisher of artists teaching at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, Black Mountain College, North Carolina, and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. Artists include: Peter Abate, Kongo Abe, Cora-Beth Abel, Samuel M. Adler, Paul Aschenbach, Josef Albers, Ture Bengtz, Wieslaw Borowski, Ms. Coonhan, Jan Cox, Merce Cunningham, Dorothy Dehner, Elaine de Kooning, Garabed der Hovanesian, Blanche Dombek, Jan Doubrova, Franc Epping, Vernon Fimple, Miles Forst, Helen Frankenthaler, Buckminster Fuller, David Gil, Maurice Glickman, Julio Granda, Philip Grausman, Cleve Gray, Stanley William Hayter, Victoria Kilbourn, Oskar Kokoschka, Alexander Lieberman, Michael Mazur, ? McKenzie, Ivan Mestrovic, George L. K. Morris, Robert Motherwell, Alice Neel, Kenneth Noland, Mine Okubo, Gregorio Prestopino, Norman Rockwell, Jakob Rosenberg, David Smith, John Torres, Wen Ying Tsai, Asapia Voulis, Iain Whitecross, Marguerite Wildenhain, and ? Zhermansky. Bio / His Notes: Photographer. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm roll 2534 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 276 items (on one microfilm reel) roll 2534 |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Authorization to publish, or reproduce must be obtained from: Clemens Kalischer, Main St., Stockbridge, Massachusetts 02162. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/clemens-kalischer-papers-7808 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1982 by Clemens Kalischer. |
| updated | 07/10/2023 10:26:13 |
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| title | [Robert Rauschenberg and others] [graphic] / Frank Horvat | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Photographed by Frank Horvat at the Robert Rauschenberg retrospective at Jewish Museum, 1963. Standing left to right are: Sherman Drexler, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Lippold, Merce Cunningham, Robert Murray, Peter Agostini, Edward Higgins, Barnett Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, Perle Fine, Alfred Jensen, Ray Parker, Friedel Dzubas, Ernst Van Leyden, Andy Warhol, Marisol, James Rosenquist, John Chamberlain and George Segal. Kneeling left to right: Jon Schueler, Arman, David Slivka, Alfred Leslie, Tania, Frederich Kiesler, Lee Bontecou, Isamu Noguchi, Salvatore Scarpitta and Allan Kaprow. |
| extent | 1 photographic print : b&w ; 46 x 30 cm. |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | n/a |
| bibliography | Glamour magazine/ June 1963. |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/robert-rauschenberg-and-others-robert-rauschenberg-retrospective-jewish-museum-new-york-2568 |
| acquisition information | Possibly donated by Sidney Waintrob. Microfilmed 1973 with Photographs of Artists Collection I and scanned in 2003. |
| updated | 07/10/2023 10:27:15 |
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| title | Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes, writings, art work, printed material, and photographs. REEL D115: Ca. 900 letters and greeting cards, 1939-1963, to Gross from collectors, museums, art organizations, and colleagues; contracts and receipts, 1941-1959; a drawing of African sculptures; 4 sketches drawn on envelopes and letters received; minutes of an exhibit committee meeting, 1962; and printed material, mainly exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1942-1962, and invitations to art-related events, 1948-1959. Correspondents include: John I. H. Baur, Isabel Bishop, Cornelia Van Auken Chapin, Henry Di Spirito, Eliot Elisofon, Juliana Force, Hy Freilicher, Al Hise, Edward Hopper, Mervin Jules, Benjamin Kopman, Leon Kroll, Paul Manship, Frances M. Morgan, Arnold Newman, Elias Newman, Abbo Ostrowsky, Ann Cole Phillips, Edna Reindel, Hugo Robus, Edward Rowan, Charles Salerno, Paul Sample, Mitchell Siporin, Henry Strater, Isaac Stern, Egon Weiner, Anita Weschler, Warren F. Wheelock, Harry H. Wickey, Carl Zigrosser, and William Zorach. REELS D115a and 924-925: Ten record books of Gross' sculpture, 1926-1975, containing rough drawings of works, dimensions, titles, dates, materials, production locations, and information regarding owners. REELS N69/7-8, N69/19-20, N69/28-29, N69/34, and N69/52: Eighty sketchbooks, 1920-1968. REELS N69/35-36: Letters, 1942-1969, from universities, museums, galleries, and colleagues including Ben-Zion, George Biddle, Peter Blume, Federico Castellon, Joseph Floch, Jo Hopper, Karl Knaths, Arnold Newman, Elliot Offner, Paul Suttman, Stuyvesant Van Veen, and William Zorach; miscellaneous writings by Gross and others; 3 lists of works; and printed material. REELS 2320-2321 and unmicrofilmed: Letters and postcards, 1934-1974, many illustrated, from Mimi Gross and her husband, Red Grooms; eight illustrated letters and two envelopes from Mimi Gross to her parents Renee and Chaim Gross, written while she was traveling in Italy, Macedonia, Greece, and Yugoslavia in 1961 and 1968; 3 sketches; 2 clippings; and an exhibition announcement for Red Grooms, undated. REEL 2813: Thirteen postcards, 1951-1954, from friends who were traveling. REELS 4913-4923: Primarily correspondence (7.2 linear ft.), 1926-1983, with galleries, philanthropic organizations, and colleagues, including Isabel Bishop, Peter Blume, Jose De Creeft, Allen Ginsberg, John Graham, Joseph Hirsch, Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn, Jacob Kainen, Leon Kroll, Arnold Newman, Elias Newman, Abraham Rattner, Warren Robbins, Edward Rowan, Isaac Singer, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Isaac Stern, William Zorach, and an undated letter containing a photograph of Merce Cunningham. Photographs, 1935-1982, are of Gross, his children, art-related events, gallery receptions, gatherings at Gross' home, exhibition installations, of art work executed between 1920 and 1979, and colleagues, including Sam Adler, George Constant, José De Creeft, Alexander Dobkin, Philip Evergood, Ernest Fiene, Joseph Floch, Eugenie Gershoy, Vincent Glinsky, Aaron Goodelman, Adolph Gottlieb, Lena Gurr, Cleo Hartwig, Joseph Hirshhorn, Leon Kroll, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson, Arnold Newman, Warren Robbins, Nelson Rockefeller, Isaac Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Stuyvesant Van Veen, Karl Knaths posing for Gross, and Joseph Stella posing for Moses Soyer. Other material includes contracts, loan agreements, receipts; minutes of meetings; lists of art work and people; writings by Gross and others; 2 drawings; clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1935-1982; a catalog, 1977, for "The Sculptor's Eye," an exhibition of African art from Gross' collection; press releases; programs; brochures; 2 books, Chaim Gross: The Jewish Holdiays (1972) and The Sculpture Reliefs of the Ten Commandments by Chaim Gross (1973); and reproductions of art works. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor, instructor; New York, N.Y.; b. 1904; d. 1991. Born in a small village in Austria-Hungary, Gross studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts (Budapest) in 1919, and at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna) in 1920. Immigrating to New York City in 1921, he attended classes at the Educational Alliance Art School from 1921-1926 and befriended Raphael and Moses Soyer. He also studied at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and with Robert Laurent at the Art Students League. Gross taught at the Educational Alliance Art School from 1927-1990, and at the New School of Social Research from 1950-1990. A renowned collector of African sculpture, Gross was active in many art-related and philanthropic organizations. His daughter, Mimi, was married to Red Grooms in 1964. |
| extent | 10.4 linear ft. (on 28 microfilm reels) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Artwork Business Papers Photographs |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed material requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.groschai.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/chaim-gross-papers-8992 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available at AAA offices |
| acquisition information | The Chaim Gross papers were given to the Archives of American Art in a series of accessions by Chaim Gross from 1963-1983. Thirteen postcards were given by Mrs. Irving Marantz in 1975. Mimi Gross donated eight letters and two envelopes in 2005. Additional papers were donated by the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation in 2016 via Susan Fisher, executive Director, and in 2017 and 2020 by the Foundation via Sasha Davis, Interim Director and Curator of Collections. |
| updated | 06/09/2023 15:39:50 |
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| title | Oral history interview with John Cage, 1974 May 2 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of John Cage conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Cage speaks of his education; studying art and architecture in Europe; his paintings; his music teachers including Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowells and Adolph Weiss; his lectures on modern art and music; his first wife, Xenia; teaching at the Cornish School, the Chicago Institute of Design, and Black Mountain College; taking chess lessons from Marcel Duchamp; Oriental philosophy; and "Silence," "Empty Words," and other compositions. He recalls Josef Albers, Bonnie Bird, Merce Cuningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Tobey, Alan Watts, and others. Bio / His Notes: Composer and printmaker, b. 1912. Additional forms: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/cage74.htm |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 55 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Microfilm Online Transcript Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212080 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-john-cage-12442 |
| finding aid | Transcript available on the Archives of American Art Web site. |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. |
| updated | 07/10/2023 10:28:06 |
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| title | Roy R. Neuberger papers, 1940-1979. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, printed material, photographs; and "birthday books" containing drawings and writings by artists sent to Neuberger on his 50th and 75th birthdays. UNMICROFILMED: Material relating to Neuberger's activities as an art collector, patron, and trustee consisting of: clippings, exhibiton catalogs and announcements; photographs; and correspondence with Leroy Lamis, Sidney Laufman, Paul David Magriel, Larry Rivers, Frank Roth, Jon Rudolf Schueler, Hudson Walker and Frederick Stallknecht Wight. ADDITION: Correspondence with artists and other prominent people including: Edward Albee, Alexander Calder, Merce Cunningham, Lyonel Feininger, Henry Geldzahler, Henry Moore, Gerald Ford, Robert F. Kennedy, John V. Lindsay, George McGovern and Nelson Rockefeller. Also included are a letter from Mr. and Mrs. John Walker relating to their trip to Europe to return the "Mona Lisa" to the Louvre in 1963; printed material relating to Nelson Rockefeller; and four lists of art related papers remaining with Neuberger. |
| extent | 5.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) Addition: 0.2 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Clippings Catalogs Announcements |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/roy-r-neuberger-papers-9085 |
| acquisition information | "Birthday books" on reels NSM 1 and 4588 lent for microfilming 1963 and 1992 by Neuberger. He donated the unmicrofilmed material in 1975 and 1993. Location of Original: Reels NSM 1 and 4588:: Originals returned to the lender, Roy R. Neuberger, after microfilming. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:22 |
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| title | Betty Freeman papers, 1965-1999. | repository | University of California, San Diego |
| description | The collection is comprised largely of correspondence from and subject files about contemporary composers including John Adams, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Virgil Thomson, and Harrison Birtwistle. It also contains art work and other objects given to Freeman by several of the composers she befriended, including David Hockney, Mark Bulwinkle, Joe Brainard, and John Cage. The collection also contains photographs by Freeman of composers and of musical events in New York City during 1986 and 1987. Bio/History: American photographer, philanthropist, and patron of new music and contemporary composers. Since the mid-1960s, Freeman has served on the board of directors for the Pasadena Art Museum's concert program and for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Freeman is also the photographer of a series of portraits of prominent contemporary musicians, published as Music people and others (1987), and the producer of a documentary film about Harry Partch entitled The dreamer that remains (1972). Cite as: Betty Freeman Papers. MSS 227. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD Location SPEC Mss Call number MSS 227 |
| extent | 28.30 lin. ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Subject Files Writings Artwork Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/testing/html/mss0227a.html |
| record source | http://roger.ucsd.edu/record=b3776101~S9 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Acquired 1991, Accession Processed In 1993 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:07 |
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| title | Dale Harris Papers, 1939-1995 | repository | Jerome Robbins Dance Division |
| description | The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, articles, photographs, programs, contracts, legal records, notes, and clippings. The Dale Harris papers consist of correspondence, lectures, articles, reviews, photographs, programs, contracts, legal records, notes, and clippings that document his career as a dance critic and lecturer from the late 1960s through the mid-1990s. The correspondence series contains not only incoming letters but copies of his responses. This gives a wonderfully detailed look at some aspects of his professional writing career. Highlights include a letter from Romola Nijinsky and correspondence from David Vaughan. The personal papers series includes programs, itineraries, and photographs from his various worldwide travels. The professional papers documents Harris' work as a contributing writer for Architectural Digest and his time as General Editor for Da Capo's Dance reprint series, as well as his tenured professorships at both Sarah Lawrence College and Cooper Union. The articles series contains include an interview Harris conducted with Rudolf Nureyev for Dance in America, as well as various pieces Harris wrote on prominent dancers, particularly Sergei Diaghilev, Fred Astaire, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Margot Fonteyn. The subject files and clippings series includes information on topics of interest or research value, particularly relating to dance performances of which Harris reviewed or lectured such as those of Merce Cunningham and Twyla Tharp. This collection contains no information about his home and family life. Biography Dale Harris was a preeminent dance critic who lectured on a wide variety of topics including ballet, cultural history, and opera. Stanley Dale Harris, born on November 16, 1928 in the U.K., was a prolific writer and arts lecturer who wrote on a wide variety of subjects including literature, opera, art, and dance history, fostering a reputation as the preeminent dance critic at the Wall Street Journal and a music critic for The Washington Post. A popular lecturer on ballet, cultural history, and opera, Harris lectured for several preeminent cultural institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Opera Guild. An active member of the dance-critic community, he also served as the President of the Dance Critics Association and the General Editor of the Da Capo Dance Reprint Series during the 1980s. Harris received his Doctorate in 1965 and his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1958 after emigrating from his native England. In the 1960s and 1970s, he taught English Literature at Harvard and Stanford University, and later moved on to teach Dance History at New York University and English Literature at Sarah Lawrence College. In the early 1970s, Harris ultimately settled at Cooper Union where he taught Art History and Humanities courses for 21 years. He also held various public lectures at Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institution, the San Francisco Opera Guild, and Christie's on a number of cultural and art historical topics from the 1970s to the 1990s. In addition to teaching, Harris wrote for numerous magazines, newspapers, and specialized journals. His publications include articles and reviews in Ballet Review, Ballet News, Dancing Times, The Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times Book Review, a number of articles for newspapers including the New York Times, the London Observer, he also wrote dance and music entries for the Encyclopedia of Dance and Ballet. Dale Harris worked as an arts critic for several television and radio stations, such as WHRB, the Harvard student radio station. Catalog advertisements for sets of CD's and tapes based on his opera talks, which became best sellers at the Metropolitan Opera, are found in this collection. Harris also wrote a novel Home Fires Burning, which is not present in this collection. Dale Harris died of complications from AIDS on March 14, 1996. Location Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance Call Number S) *MGZMD 201 |
| extent | 8.19 linear feet (20 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Photographs Legal Papers Clippings |
| access | Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. |
| record link | http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/dance/danHarris.xml |
| finding aid | Collection guide available in repository and on internet. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:07 |
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| title | David Tudor papers, 1884-1998 bulk 1940-1996 | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Papers of the avant-garde pianist and electronic music composer, David Tudor, comprehensively document his participation in post-World War II experimental music. Scores by other composers, notably John Cage, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Sylvano Bussotti, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tudor's realizations of their scores, and his own electronic compositional materials form the bulk of the collection. Archive includes correspondence, financial papers, programs and announcements, specifications and documentation for electronic equipment, and audio and video recordings. Other Archival Location: Other recordings of Tudor pieces, and discussion about him, may be found in the Getty Research Library collection, Recordings of the symposium The Art of David Tudor, 2001 (accession no. 1983.M.155). Other Tudor letters may be found in the Getty Research Library collection, Letters to Karlheinz Stockhausen (photocopies), 1954-1963, (accession no. 2001.M.26); the originals are at the Stockhausen Foundation, Germany. |
| extent | ca. 177.5 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Ephemera Sound Recording Video recording |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/980039/980039.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat389021 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in the repository; folder-level control. Unpublished inventory to all the audio and video tapes, and reformatted copies available in the repository; item level control. |
| acquisition information | Acquired 1994 (Accn. no. 940073), 1998 (Accn. no. 980039, 980045), and 2001 (2001.A.132, 2001.A.182, 2001.A.183, 2001.A.184] |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:07 |
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| title | Mary Caroline Richards papers, 1928-1994. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The Richards papers document her lifetime of work as first a scholar and teacher of English literature, then her work as a poet, potter, and translator, and finally her lectures, workshops and writings in art education. The papers emphasize the period, the 1940s and 1950s, during which Richards served on the faculty of Black Mountain College. Here she formed friendships with many artists, including the musicians John Cage, David Tudor, Lou Harrison, the so-called Black Mountain poets, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and Robert Duncan, and in dance, Merce Cunningham and Remy Charlip. Visual artists with whom she was associated include Lyle Bongé, and Joe Fiore, as well as the many students she taught. Richards extensive correspondence (12 linear ft.) documents her warm friendships with these artists, her students, and with many others. This series comprises the largest part of the archive. Also included are manuscripts and lectures by Richards, including her dissertation, articles, translations, books, and her poetry. Many of her writings reveal her philosophy of education, and the value she placed on the arts as a means to self-expression. Manuscripts by others include those by Lou Harrison, Dick Higgins, Jackson Mac Low, and Cage’s "Indeterminacy" stories, handwritten with corrections and dedicated to Richards. Other materials include her diaries, notebooks and sketchbooks, photographs and printed matter, and original artwork by Richards and her students, with some pieces by established artists. Biographical or Historical Notes: Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards was born in Idaho in 1916. She described herself as "teacher, writer, lecturer, potter, poet." She joined the faculty of Black Mountain College in 1945 and while there met and collaborated with such artists as Charles Olson, John Cage, David Tudor, Robert Rauschenberg, and Merce Cunningham. In 1954, Richards and other former Black Mountain faculty became part of the Stony Point community in upstate New York. Among her books are Centering, and The Crossing point. She died in New York City in 1999. Preferred Citation Mary Caroline Richards papers, 1928-1994, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 960036. |
| extent | 33 linear feet (77 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Manuscript Diaries Notebooks Sketchbooks |
| access | To access physical materials on site, go to the library catalog record for this collection and click "Request an Item." Click here for access policy. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/960036/960036.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat366988 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in the repository; folder-level control. |
| acquisition information | Acquired in 1996. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:07 |
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