Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Organizational records document Chernow's affiliations with organizations, primarily in Connecticut, for which he worked, or in which he served as an officer or member. Records include correspondence, catalogs, clippings, yearbooks, notes, writings, and photographs. Records are found related to Housotanic Community College (which later became Housatonic Community Technical College) where Chernow taught, the Housatonic Museum of Art, founded by Chernow, multiple projects of the Westport arts advisory council, the Westport Arts Center, the Westport schools permanent art collection committee, and the Westport Weston arts council. The bulk of records are for the Westport arts awards, organized by the Westport arts advisory council, which include correspondence, notes, writings, photographs, event invitations, and financial records. The "One Percent for the Arts Ordinance" file documents Chernow's advocacy for the ordinance in correspondence with town representatives, drafts of the ordinance, and collected documents relating to a similar "Art in Architecture" program from 1977. Records for the Housatonic Community College include yearbooks from three of the years Chernow taught there, with multiple photographs of him marked within them. A photograph of Chernow with Governor Rowland of Connecticut is also found relating to the construction of the Bridgeport facility for the Housatonic College in 1997. A small file is also found for Connecticut Fine Arts, Chernow's art dealership business, containing letters and a database printout of artworks.

See also series 2, Other Writings, for Chernow's retirement speech from HCC and a file of teaching materials.