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Bardene Allen papers, circa 1965-2014

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Series 1: Biographical Material , circa 1990-1996
0.1 Linear feet
Box 1

Resumes and artist statements document Allen's professional activities primarily in the 1990s.
Series is digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Business Card, circa 1990
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Resume and Artist Statements, circa 1990-1996
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2
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Series 2: Correspondence , circa 1965-2009
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Box 1

Correspondence includes one folder of general personal correspondence, correspondence with friend and actor Richard Chamberlain, and letters and cards from Allen's former professor and friend Frederick Hammersley. Additionally, there are two folders of professional correspondence relating to Allen's career.
Included are three letters and two cards from Richard Chamberlain, who writes of his excitement about his upcoming role in the television adaptation of Shogun.
The Hammersley material is all in the form of letters and postcards from Hammersley and one letter from Hammersley's sister enclosing his obituary. Many of the letters include photos of exhibitions and artwork, some picturing Hammersley, clippings of cartoons, and clippings of articles about Hammersley. Also found in Hammersley's letters are copies of scattered family photos taken by Harold Hammersley.
Professional correspondence is with galleries, including El Prado Galleries and Laguna Beach Arts Commission, and others to whom Allen sent her work on consignment. Also found are three items of correspondence with Karl Benjamin.
Series is digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Richard Chamberlain, circa 1979-2008
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Frederick Hammersley, 1965, 1973-1981
Includes photos by Harold Hammersley: of Hammersley and his sister in 1922 and Hammersley's mother and a friend, circa 1914.
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Frederick Hammersley, 1983-1985
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Frederick Hammersley, 1986-1989
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Frederick Hammersley, 1990-1992
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Frederick Hammersley, 1993-1994
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Frederick Hammersley, 1995-1996
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Frederick Hammersley, 1997-1998
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Frederick Hammersley, 1999-2002
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Frederick Hammersley, 2004-2009
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Personal Correspondence, circa 1980s-1997
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Professional Correspondence, 1981-1986
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Professional Correspondence, 1987-1992, 2005
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Series 3: Professional Files , circa 1980-1994
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Series includes scattered documentation of Allen's professional activities including records of a donation Allen made to an art auction, retail price lists for her sculpture from 1988-1992, inventories of artwork, and commission proposals. Documentation of Allen's involvement with the Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California is in the form of lists and notes on artists who exhibited there. Her involvement with the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, for which Allen was the director from 1988-1990, is primarily in the form of printed material.
Also of note is a copy of a letter to Margaret Kuntz describing her friendship with Frederick Hammersley, and a copy of a letter to Hammersley which enclosed her letter to Kuntz. Allen sent the letter to Kuntz for a book Kuntz was writing on Southern California artists.
Series is digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Art Auction Donation to Laguna Art Museum, 1994
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Collectors Inventory, circa 1980, 1994
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Commission Proposal, 1984
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Employment Applications, circa 1985-1986
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Fine Arts Gallery, Laguna Beach, circa 1980-circa 1987
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Grant Application, Virginia Groot Foundation, 1993
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Observations on Frederick Hammersley by Bardene Allen, 1992
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5
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, circa 1989-1992
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Price Lists, circa 1991-1992
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Series 4: Exhibition Files , circa 1989-1995
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Exhibition files document select exhibitions Allen participated in and include printed material, photographs and slides, and a small number of exhibition related records such as correspondence and lists of artwork exhibited.
Series is digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Prints Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery (1983), 1983
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Observations About Men, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (Jan.-Feb. 1989), circa 1989
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Paintings and Sculptures Based on the Lyrics and Music of Cole Porter, Jeanine Meijers Gallery (Feb.-Mar.1993), 1993
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Women Sculptors of Southern California, San Bernardino County Museum (Jun.-Jul.1993), circa 1993
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Brand Library and Art Center Annual Exhibition, circa 1994
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Bardene Allen Sculpture, Irvine Fine Arts Center (Jul.-Sep. 1995), 1995
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Series 5: Photographic Materials , circa 1977-2014
0.788 Gigabytes
ER01-ER17

Series is arranged as two subseries.
  • 5.1: Photographs and Slides, circa 1977-circa 2005
  • 5.2: Digital Photographs, 2004-2014
Photographs and slides are digitized in entirety. Access copies of born-digital records are not online and are available at the Archives of American Art offices.

5.1: Photographs and Slides, circa 1977-circa 2005

Series includes two folders of photos of Allen at work, at exhibitions, in her studio, and with members of her family. The remainder of the images are photos and slide transparencies of Allen's artwork, in addition to one folder of snapshots of Frederick Hammersley and his artwork.
Description Container
Photos of Allen in Studio and at Exhibitions, 1977, circa 1990
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Photos of Allen with Family, circa 1983-1992
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Photos of Frederick Hammersley, 1978-1979
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Photos of Artwork, Beach People Series, circa 1991-1992
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Photos of Artwork, Goddess Series, circa 1991
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Photos of Artwork, Paintings in Various Media, circa 1990s-circa 2005
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Photos of Artwork, Resin Castings, circa 1977-1980
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Photos of Artwork, Rock Concert Series, circa 1989-1991
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Photos of Artwork, Sculptures in Various Media, 1988-circa 2005
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Photos of Artwork, Sculptures in Various Media, 1993-1997
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Photos of Artwork, Wood Carvings , 1978-1987
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24

5.2: Digital Photographs, 2004-2014

Digital photographs are primarily of works of art by Allen, in addition to images of exhibitions from 2004-2014.
Description Container
Exhibitions, 2004-2014
0.025 Gigabytes
14 computer files
ER01
Paintings, Dancers, 2007-2013
0.025 Gigabytes
26 computer files
ER02
Paintings, Family, 2007-2014
0.064 Gigabytes
66 computer files
ER03
Paintings, Ocean, 2007-2013
0.07 Gigabytes
72 computer files
ER04
Painting, Trips, 2009-2012
0.023 Gigabytes
24 computer files
ER05
Sculptures, Wood Carvings, 2007, 2014
0.104 Gigabytes
55 computer files
ER06
Sculptures, Bronzes, 2014
0.016 Gigabytes
9 computer files
ER07
Sculptures, Resin, 2014
0.024 Gigabytes
15 computer files
ER08
Sculptures, Mixed Media, 2004-2014
0.037 Gigabytes
24 computer files
ER09
Sculptures, Stone, 2014
0.012 Gigabytes
8 computer files
ER10
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, Dancers, 2004-2014
0.05 Gigabytes
36 computer files
ER11
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, Dreams, 2004-2014
0.045 Gigabytes
29 computer files
ER12
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, Family, 2004-2014
0.106 Gigabytes
72 computer files
ER13
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, Goddesses, 2004-2014
0.041 Gigabytes
26 computer files
ER14
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, Musicians, 2004-2014
0.036 Gigabytes
25 computer files
ER15
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, Ocean People, 2004-2014
0.086 Gigabytes
60 computer files
ER16
Sculptures, Terra Cotta, People and Pets, 2004-2014
0.021 Gigabytes
21 computer files
ER17
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Series 6: Printed Material , circa 1981-2007
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Printed material includes press clippings and exhibition invitations and catalogs. All material relates to Bardene Allen, except for one exhibition catalog for a group exhibition featuring Frederick Hammersley.
The bulk of this series has been digitized, except for the full text of some of the exhibition catalogs and the California Artist Directory, for which only covers, title pages, and other relevant pages have been digitized.
Description Container Select
California Artist Directory, 1998
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Clippings, circa 1981-1993, 2007
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Exhibition Announcements, circa 1983-1999
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Exhibition Catalogs, 1993-2000
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