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Correspondence between Thomas Hart Benton and FVOC; correspondence between Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock; correspondence between FVOC and Time Magazine; transcription of letters between Benton and Pollock; correspondence between FVOC and Smithsonian Institution; Tapes of FVOC’s interview of Thomas Hart Benton (Oct. 1973); transcription of interview; photocopies of Benton letters to Ernst Fiene

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Marerials include draft and final copies of Francis V. O'Connors essays published between 1963 and 1980; correspondence; newspaper clippings; research notes; and other publications. Files are organized by article title.

Scope and Contents The Major Murals of Hildreth Meière (VHS); Bill Rabinovitch c. 1993 (VHS); FVOC Lecture “Icons of Death” April 6, 1991, University of Texas Medical Branch at Gavelston / “Dying: On Whose Terms” Concern for Dying Workshop (VHS); Film reel: Pictures of U of Iowa in mid 1960s (maybe); Film reel: FVOC with Freeman; CD: Ibram Lassaw Works from 1927-2003: MUSMA-Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera, Italy (June 18-October 14, 2008); Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas...

Scope and Contents Volumes 1 and 2 of Art USA NOW (1962); the Kansas Quarterly (Spring 1969); USA New Deal Art New Jersey; Art for the Millions (1973); A New Deal or Public Art: Murals from Federal Work Programs; copies of The WPA Era: Urban Views and Visions (1992); copies of WPA Graphics (1976); New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs (1972); Federal Arts Patronage, 1933-1943; Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now (1969); Thomas Hart Benton: An American in Art (signed copy by...

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Copies of books published by FVOC: Art for the Millions (1973); A New Deal or Public Art: Murals from Federal Work Programs; copies of The WPA Era: Urban Views and Visions (1992); copies of WPA Graphics (1976); New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs (1972); Federal Arts Patronage, 1933-1943; Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now (1969)

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Materials include grant and fellowship application materials; correspondence; essays; articles; and finnancial documents pertaining to Francis V. O'Connor's grant and fellowship applications for the Mural in American project and other projects. Box may contain confidential materials.

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Materials include essays; personal journals; articles; correspondence; lectures; newspaper clippings; invoices; copies of FVOC's resume/curriculum vitae; other writings pertaining to FVOC's personal research.

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Materials include artist and exhibition files, questionnaires, transcripts, writings, audio recordings, correspondence, research notes, project files, newspaper clippings, and other printed and digital materials that pertain to Francis V. O'Connor's PhD dissertation research on Jackson Pollock

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Materials include a working inventory of Jackson Pollock paintings; pubilcations, essays, and journal articles on Pollock; photographs and scans of Pollock paintings; blue print photographs of Pollock paintings; correspondence; research notes; working drafts of FVOC's Jackson Pollock catalog raisonné.

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Materials include transcripts, writings, audio recordings, correspondence, research notes, and other printed and digital materials that pertain to Francis V. O'Connor's writing and research on Jackson Pollock.

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Materials include books, essays, and articles on Jackson Pollock; correspondence between O'Connor and other Pollock scholars. Files in this series are organized alphabetically by scholar last name.

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Materials include correspondence; essays; lectures; books; bibliographies; and other printed and written materials pertaining to Francis V. O'Connor's research on Jackson Pollock and publication of the Jackson Pollock catalog raisonné.

Scope and Contents Materials include newspaper clippings; copies of Art Journal magazine (Fall 1964 and Fall 1979); copy of magazine, Convergence: The Hamptons; Art News magazines; Arts Magazine (1979); The Peggy Guggenheim Foundation catalogues (1982); The Cambridge Review; Jackson Pollock: the Early Years exhibition catalog, The Gerald Peters Gallery; Sotehby’s catalogue (1986); Jackson Pollock: Psychodynamic Drawings, by C.L. Wysuph (1970); Jackson Pollock monographs by Frank O’Hara (1959); Pollock...

Scope and Contents Large photographs of two murals by Philip Guston-WPA Building at NYWorld’s Fair 1939, and durate murals c. 1936; Photo by Nina Leen, LIFE, of the “Irascibles” (Abstract Expressionists), 1950, from dust jacket of Sandler’s “Triumph” book; Photo of Herbert Matter of Pollock in front of his Mural, 1943; Photo of Hans Namuth of Eugene Victor Thaw c. 1978; Complete issue of the NYTimes Book Review for January 28, 1973, with review of FVOC’s The New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs; FVOC...

Scope and Contents Recording of student interviews; DVD of Pollock paintings; essays on Pollock; several copies of unpublished monograph on Pollock (title: Down to the Weave: An Analysis of Style and Meaning of Selected Key Works); correspondence with publishing companies; copy of exhibition catalog, Newfound Works by Jackson Pollock, introduction by Francis V. O’Connor (1995); Pollock paintings catalogue, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City (1951); Jackson Pollock’s copy of “The Western Round Table on Modern...

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Materials include slides of American murals and artworks. The materials in this series are arranged chronologically by period and by subject area.

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Materials include printed and written materials; newspaper clippings; maps; photographs; correspondence; chronologies; lecture notes; exhibtion materials; and audio visual materials pertaining to Francis V. O'Connor's reseach for his book, The Mural in America.

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Materials include correspondence; printed and written materials; National Endowment for the Humanities grant application materials; exibition materials; and photographs relating to Francis V. O'Connor's research on the Mexican muralists of the 1930s.

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Materials include pritted and written materials; essays; draft copies of FVOC's book, the Mural in America; correspondence, "The Mural in America" course materials; newspaper clippings; research notes; mural diagrams; photographs relating to Francis V. O'Connors book, the Mural in America. Materials are arranged by subject areas related to the history and making of murals in America.

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Materials include draft copies of FVOC's book, The Mural in America; correspondence; printed and writtem materials pertaining to murals; press releases; newspaper clippings; articles; National Endowement for the Humanities grant materials; computer files; CDs; and bibliographies pertaining to the creation of the Mural in America project website and digitization of the research materials.

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Copies of FVOc's Mural in America manuscript, parts 1-5; bibliographic materials for the Mural in America book; correspondence; FVOC notes.

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Materials include research notes; printed and written materials; newspaper clippings; correspondence; book chapters; essays; articles; mural diagrams; photographs; photocopies; and slides pertaining to Francis V. O'Connor's research on Academic muralists in America. Materials are arranged by muralist and mural location.

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Materials include artist letters; correspondence; interiews; publications; documentary materials; newspaper clippings; negatives; photographs; bibliographies; chronologies; slides; curriculm vitae; resumes; exhibition materials; invoices; budget docs; book contracts; pertaining to Francis V. O'Connors research on Hildreth Meière murals and the 1998 Hildreth Meière monograph and exhibition.

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Materials include printed and written materials; photographs; lecture materials; DVDs; correspondence; newspaper clippings; research notes; bibliographies; chronologies; student papers; exhibition materials; invoices pertaining to Francis V. O'Connor's research on the American mural.

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Materials include printed and written materials; correspondence; essays; articles; grant application materials; symposium materials; photographs pertaining to Francis V. O'Connors research on community murals across the United States. Materials are organized geographically and by subject area.