Collection Information
Size: 4.5 Linear feet, (on 7 microfilm reels)
Summary: Sketchbooks, prints, drawings, correspondence, and business and printed materials relating to the activities of Seymour Rosofsky.
Reels 4183-4187: Sixty sketchbooks (circa 1945-1980) range in size from 5" x 8" to 18" x 24" and are accompanied by 2 linocuts and 42 drawings and watercolors.
Reels 4187-4189: Biographical materials include resumes (1959-1981), a transcript (1970) from the Art Institute of Chicago and medical records (1966-1967, 1980). Correspondence (1947-1981) concerns art-related activities and includes 12 letters (1978-1981) from William Stipe, letters of condolence (1981) to Carol Rosofsky after her husband's death, and a file (1981-1982) on the Rosofsky Memorial Fund. Business records consist of an accounts notebook of works sent out (1978-1981), income tax returns (1969-1976), invoices (1966-1981) for art supplies, receipts (1963-1982) and 5 leases (1969-1981) for Rosofsky's apartment.
A file (1968-1973) contains letters and printed material concerning the Chicago City College art program. Printed materials consist of clippings (1954-1981), press releases (1961-1981), exhibition announcements and catalogs (1966-1981), and publications containing illustrations by Rosofsky. Other materials include a proposal (1967) for a center for craftsmen and artists, lists of exhibitions and PAC members, a linocut portrait of a man, 30 ink sketches and a card file of addresses.