Archives and Finding Aids

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Correspondence, undated and 1971-1983; exhibition lists and art inventories; business records, undated and 1974-1983, including a list of collectors, gallery consignments, and invoices; clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1969-1984; photographs, undated, of Allensworth, her artwork, and her exhibition installations.

Scope and Contents Reel 1514 (Gift): correspondence, price lists, exhibition catalogues, clippings, and Christmas cards designed by Brants.Reel 1596 (Loan): correspondence concerning exhibitions; three illustrated diaries, two written while Brants was in Europe, 1948-1949, and one written while she was in the British Isles, 1954; lectures, notes, and other writings on art and artists; an unpublished manuscript entitled, "The Riding Lesson;" and exhibition catalogues.Reel 1597 (Loan): 62...

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A resume; correspondence with art organizations and institutions; a book by Brotherton, VARIATIONS IN WATERCOLOR; price lists for works of art; photographs of Brotherton and her work; certificates and awards; a scrapbook, 1967-1968; exhibition catalogs; announcements; invitations; and clippings.

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The Sandi Seltzer Bryant Papers contain photographs, photo cds, correspondence, news clippings, newspapers, publicity and press release materials, artist files, reception announcements, artist catalogs, artist portfolios and scrapbooks, and reviews of her works.

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Slides; sketchbooks; scrapbook; award certificates; and photographs.

REEL 3026: 9 sketchbooks with notes; a scrapbook containing biographical data, letters, and exhibition catalogs; citations and award certificates; photographs of works of art; an inventory of serigraphs; and a contract with the Vestart Gallery, 1972.

UNMICROFILMED: 20 color slides of paintings by Cipriani.

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Subject files concerning the interests and activities of the Coalition of Women's Art Organizations. Files include correspondence; members' resumes; address lists; business records; statistical reports; drafts for lectures; minutes from meetings; 3 untranscribed cassette tape recordings of meetings; and printed material including clippings, newsletters, press releases, programs, and brochures.

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A scrapbook containing ca. 10 letters received, 1970's; exhibition announcements and catalogs, including those of her daughter, Tinka Tarver; clippings; family memorabilia; printed material; and ca. 20 photographs of Cocke, her family and friends, and her works of art.

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Letters, 1973-1983, to Crow from art organizations; newspaper clippings; exhibition announcements, invitations and catalogs; awards and citations, from various art organizations; newsletters; and photographs of works by Crow.

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A resume; a twelve-page autobiographical sketch; exhibition announcements; newspaper clippings; and 47 (unmicrofilmed) slides of Grunbaum's works of art.

Preliminary Scope and Contents Note

The personal papers of life partners Pat Gustavson, an architect and pediatric hematologist, and Mignon Weisinger, an artist, in Houston and Galveston. The papers document their life partnership, early and family lives, education, careers, and community.

[The Gustavson and Weisinger papers are being processed but are available for research. Please contact curator Joyce Gabiola at jegabiola@uh.edu with questions.]

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Personal papers of Roberta Harris document the career of the Houston artist and instructor. Materials include sketchbooks, correspondence, photographs, exhibition documentation, clippings and other media.

The Roberta Harris papers are currently unprocessed but may be accessible for research. With questions or to request access contact curator Christian Kelleher at cdkelleh@central.uh.edu.

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The Dorothy Hood Papers are a collection of the Art Museum of South Texas and the University of Houston Libraries.

The personal papers of artist Dorothy Hood include correspondence, written works including a memoir and poetry, scrapbooks, catalogs and other publicity, photographs, financial documents, artifacts, and other materials.

Scope and Contents This collection includes the records, written works, collected writings, and photographs that document the development of the Houston Gorilla Girls, an anonymnous women’s art collective that protested sexism and racism in the art world from the 1987 to the late nineties. There are nine series, spanning from 1985 to 2000 which are entitled as follows: Correspondence; Organizational Documents and Photographs; Propaganda; Diverse Works Installation: Another Dead Horse; Rice University...

Scope and Contents The papers for the Houston Women's Caucus for Art (HWCA) span from its founding in 1978 to 2004. Some items, however, pre-date this period. The largest portion of the records is devoted to photos and to art exhibitions sponsored by the Caucus. The next largest portion includes newsletters, grant applications and fundraising, financial records, and conferences. The remainder of the collection is devoted to information pertaining to the business of the Caucus, membership, and the visual arts...

Scope and Contents Diaries, writings, sketches and drawings, scrapbooks, printed matter and photographs relating to John and her work.Circa 650 pages of undated sketches and notes from travels on the west coast of Mexico, and 24 combination journals and sketchbooks from her travels throughout Europe, Canada, Cuba, Mexico and the United States. Poetry, descriptions of places and people visited, and statements about her work comprise the major portion of the journal entries.Biographical...