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David Bourdon papers, 1941-1998

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Contents and Arrangement

The collection is arranged as 4 series. The found order has been maintained and is assumed to be that of David Bourdon.

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Series 1: Biographical Materials , 1949-1997
0.6 Linear feet
Box 1

Scattered biographical materials include school notebooks, files on topics of interest, family events, and family history. There is one folder of miscellaneous correspondence and one folder of two items from Ray Johnson (additional Johnson correspondence can be found in Series 3, subseries 4.)
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Description Container
Animals & Animal Welfare, 1985-1994
1
1
Apartment Decorating & Design, 1984-1986
1
2-3
Columbia University - Papers G.S. Fine Arts 44, 1960-1961
1
4
Correspondence - General, 1976-1977
1
5
Correspondence - Ray Johnson, 1996
1
6
"Erasable Structures" - Visual Arts Gallery 1971 - Guest Directed by David Bourdon, 1971
1
7
Garden Committee - 315 W. 23rd Street Owner's Corp., 1994-1996
1
8
"I Have Seen it All" by Marilyn Bourdon nee Edith Casale, undated
1
9
New Windsor Auction Gallery, 1986-1987
1
10
North Hollywood High School - 25 Year Reunion Mini-Yearbook, 1977
1
11
Notebook - Medieval - American Furniture, circa 1952-1961
1
12
Notebooks - French etc., 1986, 1990
1
13-15
Photographs, circa 1960-1997
1
16
School Notebook, Writings, 1951
1
17
"Sharon" by David Bourdon, Jr., undated
1
18
Studio of Modern Piano, 1949
1
19
Telephone Numbers, circa 1995
1
20
University Papers, 1957-1958
1
21
Vacation, etc. Materials, 1985, 1996
1
22
Writers Bloc - Flyer, circa 1961-1997
1
23
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Series 2: Writings , 1941-1997
1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2

Writings include essays, stories, articles, and research materials and manuscript drafts of Bourdon's books Calder and Designing the Earth (early drafts are titled "Earthbound".) There are also drafts of his "Collected Writings," some contracts, and a file marked current projects. Some files also include correspondence, press releases, brochures, clippings, and notes. Additonal writings are found among the research files, and published versions of Bourdon's writings are filed with Printed Materials.
Arranged chronologically, except book materials which are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Description Container
Book - Calder, 1941-1991
1
24-25
Book - Designing the Earth - Captions, 1994-1995
1
26
Book - Designing the Earth - Chapters 1-5, 1991-1996
1
27-31
Book - Designing the Earth - Chapter 6, 1991-1996
2
1
Book - Designing the Earth - Pictures, 1993-1995
2
2
Book - Designing the Earth - Pictures, Rejected, 1991-1996
2
3
Book - Designing the Earth - Reviews, 1995-1996
2
4
"Collected Writings" II - Pop Art, IV Happenings/Performance, V Abstraction, VI Figurative Art, VII Photography, circa 1967-1997
2
5
"Collected Writings", circa 1967-1997
2
6-11
Contracts, 1969-1996
2
12
Current Projects, 1991
2
13
Finished Stories & Articles, 1955-1991
2
14-16
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Series 3: Research files , 1945-1998
25.8 Linear feet
Boxes 2-28, 39

Bourdon assembled extensive research/subject files on a wide variety of art topics and artists, such as American art, art prices and collecting, forgeries, photography, sculpture, Gregory Battcock, Nam June Paik, Ray Johnson, and Pop art, among many other topics. There are extensive files on Andy Warhol and earth art in support of his books. Contents of folders vary, but typically include printed materials, contract agreements, correspondence, draft writings, interview transcripts, memos to editors, newsletters, notes, photographs, and press releases.
Series 3 is arranged in 9 subseries.
  • Location, 1945-1996
  • Period, 1949-1997
  • Style, 1953-1997
  • Artist, 1945-1997
  • Architecture & Design, 1955-1993
  • Sculpture, 1959-1996
  • Various Subjects, 1949-1997
  • Andy Warhol, 1960-1998
  • Designing the Earth: the Human Impulse to Shape Nature, 1955-1997
3.1: Location, 1945-1996
4.6 Linear feet
Boxes 2-7
Locations include the United States, Asia, England, France, Germany, international, Italy, Russia etc.
DescriptionContainer
U.S. 19th C-1908, 1958-1993
2
17-18
U.S. 19th C-1908, 1958-1993
3
1-3
U.S. 1908-1945 A-F, 1958-1996
3
4-5
U.S. 1908-1945 G-M, 1954-1993
3
6-7
U.S. 1908-1945 N-R, 1961-1990
3
8
U.S. 1908-1945 S-Z, 1957-1993
3
9-10
Asia, 1959-1994
3
11-13
Austria, 1965-1992
3
14
Belgian, 1976-1989
4
1
Cambodia, 1970-1980
4
2
England Pre-1960, 1956-1988
4
3-4
England 1960-, 1964-1993
4
5-8
French 19th C I, 1949-1991
4
9-10
French 19th C II, 1955-1985
4
11-13
French 19th C III, 1954-1993
4
14-15
French 19th C IV, 1983-1991
5
1
French 20th C Pre 1945 I of VI, 1964-1988
5
2
French 20th C Pre 1945 II of VI, 1948-1982
5
3-4
French 20th C Pre 1945 III of VI, 1964-1994
5
5-6
French 20th C Pre 1945 IV of VI, 1966-1984
5
7
French 20th C Pre 1945 Vof VI, 1949-1984
5
8
French 20th C Pre 1945 VI of VI, 1965-1996
5
9
French 20th C Post 1945 II, 1976-1996
5
10
French 20th C Post 1945 III, 1945-1989
5
11
Germany Pre 1968, 1948
5
12
Germany Pre 1968, 1957-1966
5
13
Germany 1968-1980, 1968-1981
5
14
Germany Post 1981, 1982-1993
6
1
International I, 1953-1984
6
2
International II, 1969-1992
6
3
International IV, 1960-1991
6
4
International IV, 1960-1991
6
5
International 20th C I, 1958-1989
6
6
International 20th C II, 1957-1978
6
7
Italy, 1958-1995
6
8
Italy II, 1966-1991
6
9
Italy, 1949-1989
6
10
Italy, 1982-1991
6
11
Latin American, 1981-1993
6
12
Russia I, 1960-1989
6
13
Russia II, 1958-1985
6
14
Russia III, 1960-1987
7
1
Russia - Kandinsky, 1956-1991
7
2
Spanish, 1959-1989
7
3
Swiss, 1962-1994
7
4
3.2: Period, 1949-1997
1.6 Linear feet
Boxes 7-8
From ancient through the 18th century.
DescriptionContainer
Antiques II, 1979-1994
7
5
Antiques II, 1953-1993
7
6-7
Antiques III, 1956-1977
7
8
Archeology, 1957-1995
7
9
Ancient, 1955-1996
7
10
Ancient, 1959-1997
7
11
Ancient, 1961-1990
7
12
Medieval, 1947-1996
7
13-15
Renaissance, 1955-1996
8
1-2
Renaissance - 18th Century, 1958-1995
8
3
Northern Renaissance, 1954-1988
8
4
17th & 18th Century, 1949-1996
8
5-8
3.3: Style, 1953-1997
3.5 Linear feet
Boxes 8-12
From abstract, Art Deco, Dada, Pop to realism/figurative.
DescriptionContainer
Abstract A-L 1961-1970, 1954-1970
8
9-11
Abstract A-L 1971-1980, 1971-1980
9
1-4
Abstract A-L 1981-1990, 1981-1990
9
5
Abstract A-L 1991-, 1976-1997
9
6
Abstract M-Z 1960-1989, 1957-1968
9
7-8
Abstract M-Z 1970-1980, 1970-1979
9
9-10
Abstract M-Z 1981-1990, 1981-1990
9
11-12
Abstract M-Z 1991- , 1991-1996
10
1
Abstract Expressionists -1959, 1953-1959
10
2
Abstract Expressionists 1960-1969, 1961-1969
10
3-5
Abstract Expressionists 1970-1979, 1970-1979
10
6-8
Abstract Expressionists 1980-1990, 1974-1997
10
9-10
Abstract Expressionists 1991-2000, 1991-1996
10
11
Art Deco / Nouveau, 1958-1995
10
12-13
Art Deco / Nouveau, 1958-1995
11
1
Dada, Surrealism, 1958-1993
11
2-5
Pop, 1957-1995
11
6-9
Pop Art Styles, 1965-1988
11
10
Realism, Figurative A-L 1961-1980, 1960-1970
11
11
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1950s-1970, 1959-1967
11
12
Realism, Figurative A-L 1971-1980, 1971-1980
11
13-14
Realism, Figurative A-L 1971-1980, 1971-1980
12
1
Realism, Figurative A-L 1981-1990, 1981-1990
12
2-3
Realism, Figurative A-L 1991-, 1987-1997
12
4
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1971-1980, 1971-1980
12
5
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1981-1990, 1981-1990
12
6
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1991-, 1994-1996
12
7
3.4: Artist, 1945-1997
2.8 Linear feet
Boxes 12-15
Includes artists such as Diane Burko, Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson (includes some correspondence, including mail art), Carlo Maria Mariani, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Rauschenberg.
DescriptionContainer
Andre, Carl, 1966-1992
12
8
Andre, Carl - Krefelder Kunstmuseum, 1985-1996
12
9
Asterlind, Mark, 1993-1996
12
10
Beuys, Joseph, 1968-1993
12
11
Burko, Diane, 1993-1995
12
12
Cesar [Baldaccini], 1962-1997
12
13
Cesar - Rel. Sculptures, 1956-1983
12
14
Chamberlain, John et al, 1960-1990
12
15
Chia, Sandro, 1981-1990
12
16
Chia, Sandro, 1981-1990
13
1
Christo - Reichstag, 1996
13
2-4
Christo - Germany, 1989-1996
13
5
Cornell, Joseph, 1966-1997
13
6
Graves, Nancy, 1966-1996
13
7-9
Hume, Gary, 1997
13
10
Hunt, Bryan, 1977-1992
13
11
Hunt, Bryan, 1995
13
12
Johns, Jasper, 1959-1996
13
13
Johnson, Ray - Articles on, Writings, 1963-1995
13
14
Johnson, Ray, 1994-1995
13
15-16
Johnson, Ray, 1945-1995
13
17-19
Johnson, Ray, 1945-1995
14
1
Lichtenstein, Roy, 1964-1982
14
2
Liepke, Malcolm, 1990-1995
14
3
Mariani, Carlo Maria, 1984-1997
14
4-5
Nauman, Bruce, 1973-1996
14
6
Oldenburg, Claes, 1960-1977
14
7-8
Paik, Nam June, 1969-1997
14
9
Paik, Nam June: Charlotte Moorman & Avant Garde Festival of New York, 1997
14
10
Pearlstein, Philip, 1963-1997
14
11
Picasso, Pablo, 1955-1986
14
12-14
Pollock, Jackson, 1956-1978
14
15
Pollock, Jackson, 1956-1978
15
1
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1960-1991
15
2-3
Ruskin, John, 1962-1983
15
4
De Saint Phalle, Niki, circa 1985-1997
15
5
3.5: Architecture & Design, 1955-1993
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 15-16
Includes the United States, divided by time periods from pre-1960 through 1980 forward, and International.
DescriptionContainer
U.S. Pre 1960, 1955-1993
15
6-7
U.S. 1960-1979, 1960-1979
15
8-10
U.S. 1980-, 1973-1991
15
11
International, 1955-1991
15
12
International, 1955-1991
16
1-2
3.6: Sculpture, 1959-1996
2 Linear feet
Boxes 16-18
Includes United States abstract, 1950s through 1990s and figurative, 1960s through 1990s; international 1900 through 1990s.
DescriptionContainer
U.S. Abstract through 1959, 1956-1996
16
3
U.S. Abstract 1960-1970, 1960-1970
16
4-6
U.S. Abstract 1971-1980, 1959-1980
16
7-9
U.S. Abstract 1981-1990, 1979-1990
16
10-12
U.S. Abstract 1991-, 1991-1996
17
1
U.S. Figurative 1950-1960, 1948-1960
17
2
U.S. Figurative 1961-1970, 1961-1970
17
3
U.S. Figurative 1971-1980, 1970-1980
17
4-5
U.S. Figurative 1981-1990, 1982-1991
17
6-7
U.S. Figurative 1991-, 1991-1995
17
8
International 1900-1945, 1963-1994
17
9
International 1945-1959, 1955-1959
17
10
International 1960-1969, 1963-1972
17
11-12
International 1970-1979, 1970-1979
17
13-14
International 1980-1989, 1980-1989
17
15
International 1990-, 1988-1996
18
1
3.7: Various Subjects, 1949-1997
6 Linear feet
Boxes 18-24
Includes collectors, crafts, critics, dancers, dealers and galleries, films, happenings, horses (for proposed book), museums, music, photography, tribal, and video art, among many others.
DescriptionContainer
Art Shows, 1956-1993
18
2-3
Animals, 1978-1996
18
4-5
Battcock, Gregory, 1971-1975
18
6
Books, 1953-1988
18
7-8
Collectors, 1957-1987
18
9
Collectors - Continued, 1949-1993
18
10-11
Crafts, 1968-1991
18
12
Crafts - Ceramics & Glass , 1963-1993
19
1-3
Criticism, 1955-1987
19
4-6
Critics, 1949-1991
19
7-9
Dancers, 1975-1997
19
10
Danse Macabre, 1987-1990
19
11
Dealers, Galleries , 1962-1991
19
12
Drawings & Prints 1961-1970, 1948-1970
19
13
Drawings & Prints 1971-1980, 1969-1979
19
14
Drawings & Prints 1971-1980, 1969-1979
20
1
Drawings & Prints 1981-, 1981-1990
20
2
Fakes & Forgeries, 1959-1986
20
3
Films, 1961-1996
20
4-6
Happenings 1960s , 1959-1969
20
7-8
Happenings, Performance Art 1971-1980, 1961-1979
20
9-10
Happenings, Performance Art 1981-, 1981-1995
20
11
"The Horse" - Miscellaneous, 1971-1997
20
12
"The Horse" - Articles to Look at, 1988-1995
20
13
"The Horse" - Natural Rights, 1983-1996
20
14
"The Horse" - Pictures - Y Rejects, 1988
20
15
"The Horse" - Pictures, Z Rejects, 1956-1980
21
1
"The Horse" Text, 1994-1996
21
2-3
"Horse Power" - Pictures, 1988-1990
21
4
"Horse Power" Text, circa 1988-1990
21
5
Museums - U.S. General, 1957-1992
21
6-8
Museums - U.S., Los Angeles, 1957-1992
21
9
Museums - U.S., New York City, 1954-1991
21
10
Museums - U.S., New York City - Guggenheim, 1971-1992
21
11
Museums - U.S., New York City - Metropolitan, 1957-1997
21
12-13
Museums - U.S., New York City - MOMA, 1960-1988
22
1
Museums - U.S., New York City - Whitney, 1961-1992
22
2
Museums - U.S., Washington D.C. - Hirshhorn, 1966-1992
22
3
Museums - International, 1949-1994
22
4-7
Museums - Photographs, circa 1980-1997
22
8
Ono, Yoko & Lennon, John, 1971-1996
22
9-10
Orvieto, Italy - Postcards, circa 1952-1997
22
11
Photographs, circa 1987-1997
22
12
Photography 1920-, 1968-1994
22
13-16
Photography 1920-, 1968-1994
23
1-4
Photography - Conceptual, 1972-1995
23
5
Prices, 1955-1993
23
6-7
Restany, Pierre, 1991
23
8
Revere Teapot, 1978-1995
23
9
1960s Miscellaneous, 1963-1996
23
10
Sociology, 1966-1995
23
11-13
Themes, 1954-1995
23
14
Tribal, 1958-1992
24
1
Video, 1966-1995
24
2
3.8: Andy Warhol, 1960-1998
2.8 Linear feet
Boxes 24-26, 39
Materials include correspondence, clippings, announcements, draft writings, interview materials, press releases, reviews, and notes, for 1989 book and various articles.
DescriptionContainer
Andy Warhol Books, 1968-1979
24
3
Andy Warhol Pals, 1965-1989
24
4-5
Andy Warhol Museum, 1992, 1994
24
6
Andy's Pals, 1972-1992
24
7
Art of the 50s, 1960-1989
24
8
Art 1962-1963, 1962-1986
24
9
Art 1966-1967, 1965-1990
24
10
Art 1968 & 1969, 1969-1984
24
11
Art 1969-1972, 1970-1971
24
12
Art 1964-1965, 1963-1988
24
13
Art 1970s, 1970-1981
24
14
Art of the 70s - 1973-1980 & Oxidation Paintings - 1978, 1974-1987
24
15
Art of the 80s, 1980-1993
24
16
Art Deco & Collections, 1972-1977
24
17
Auction - Andy Warhol Collection, 1988
24
18
Auctions - Estate, 1988-1990
24
19-20
Bio 40s & 50s, 1966-1989
25
1
Bio 1960-63, 1974, 1982
25
2
Bio 60s 1966-1968, 1964-1968
25
3
Bio 69-70, 1964-1988
25
4
Bio 1971, 1971
25
5
Bio 70s, 1970-1973
25
6
Bio 70s 73-79, 1973-1979
25
7
Bio 80s, 1978-1989
25
8
[Book] Abrams Contract, Style Sheets, Publicity, Correspondence, 1986-1989
25
9
Book Publication and Reviews, 1989-1990
25
10-11
Correspondence - Abrams re Warhol, etc re Other Books, 1969-1991
25
12
Films 1963-65, 1964-1966
25
13
Films 1966-69, 1966-1969
25
14-15
Films 1970-72, 1970-1989
25
16
Films 1973-, 1973-1988
25
17
Films 80s, 1964-1986
25
18
Films, 1989-1990
25
19
Films - Chelsea Girls, 1966-1968
25
20
Films - Lonesome Cowboy, 1968-1971
25
21
Heinz Box, 1990-1991
25
22
Interviews, Questions A-L, 1968-1987
25
23
Interviews, Questions M-Z, 1964-1989
25
24
Johnson, Jed - TWA Flight 800 Crash, 1996
25
25
Miscellaneous, 1968-1997
Oversized material housed in Box 38, Folders 1 and 2
26
1-6
Miscellaneous Materials, 1968-1998
26
7
Obituary, 1987
26
8
Obituary, Funeral Mass etc, 1980-1989
26
9
Photographs - Miscellaneous, circa 1987-1989
26
10
Pictures [with Notes], 1965-1989
26
11
Pictures Material - 1960s, 1966-1988
26
12
Pictures - 1980s, circa 1980-1989
26
13
Pictures 4.1.1989, 1989
26
14
Portraits, 1975-1987
26
15
Portraits - 1970s and 1980s, 1970-1990
26
16
Post-Warhol Hospital Controversy, 1985-1991
26
17
Reviews and Comp Copies, 1987-1990
26
18
Shooting, Solanas [Valerie] 1968, 1964-1969
26
19
Oversize Andy Warhol Miscellaneous 3 of 6 , 1968-1997
38
1
Oversize Andy Warhol Miscellaneous 4 of 6, 1968-1997
38
2
3.9: Designing the Earth: the Human Impulse to Shape Nature, 1955-1997
1.7 Linear feet
Boxes 27-28
Research subjects include earth art, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson, moats, temples, and tombs.
DescriptionContainer
Art, 1988-1995
27
1-2
Commerce, 1987-1997
27
3
De Maria, Walter, 1968-1993
27
4
Dwellings, 1992-1996
27
5
Earth Art - General, 1989-1997
27
6
Earth Art General A (Bomarzo-Borglum), 1958-1990
27
7
Earth Art General B (Noguchi-present), 1966-1995
27
8-10
Earthworks Art, 1968-1991
27
11
General, 1955-1996
27
12-13
Heizer - Smithsonian, 1969-1990
27
14
Heizer - Smithsonian, 1969-1990
27
15
Heizer - Smithsonian, 1969-1990
27
16
Moats (Motte & Mound Fr), 1971-1995
27
17
Sacred Places, circa 1960-1995
28
1
Shelter, Housing, 1963-1994
28
2-3
Shelter, Housing - The Pueblo, the Hogan, 1969-1993
28
4
Smithson, 1980-1994
28
5
Temples, Cosmology, 1969-1995
28
6-7
Temples - Rock Cut - India, circa 1991-1995
28
8
Tombs, 1961-1994
28
9-10
Warfare, circa 1971-1995
28
11
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3.1: Location , 1945-1996
4.6 Linear feet
Boxes 2-7

Locations include the United States, Asia, England, France, Germany, international, Italy, Russia etc.
Arranged alphabetically by location
Description Container
U.S. 19th C-1908, 1958-1993
2
17-18
U.S. 19th C-1908, 1958-1993
3
1-3
U.S. 1908-1945 A-F, 1958-1996
3
4-5
U.S. 1908-1945 G-M, 1954-1993
3
6-7
U.S. 1908-1945 N-R, 1961-1990
3
8
U.S. 1908-1945 S-Z, 1957-1993
3
9-10
Asia, 1959-1994
3
11-13
Austria, 1965-1992
3
14
Belgian, 1976-1989
4
1
Cambodia, 1970-1980
4
2
England Pre-1960, 1956-1988
4
3-4
England 1960-, 1964-1993
4
5-8
French 19th C I, 1949-1991
4
9-10
French 19th C II, 1955-1985
4
11-13
French 19th C III, 1954-1993
4
14-15
French 19th C IV, 1983-1991
5
1
French 20th C Pre 1945 I of VI, 1964-1988
5
2
French 20th C Pre 1945 II of VI, 1948-1982
5
3-4
French 20th C Pre 1945 III of VI, 1964-1994
5
5-6
French 20th C Pre 1945 IV of VI, 1966-1984
5
7
French 20th C Pre 1945 Vof VI, 1949-1984
5
8
French 20th C Pre 1945 VI of VI, 1965-1996
5
9
French 20th C Post 1945 II, 1976-1996
5
10
French 20th C Post 1945 III, 1945-1989
5
11
Germany Pre 1968, 1948
5
12
Germany Pre 1968, 1957-1966
5
13
Germany 1968-1980, 1968-1981
5
14
Germany Post 1981, 1982-1993
6
1
International I, 1953-1984
6
2
International II, 1969-1992
6
3
International IV, 1960-1991
6
4
International IV, 1960-1991
6
5
International 20th C I, 1958-1989
6
6
International 20th C II, 1957-1978
6
7
Italy, 1958-1995
6
8
Italy II, 1966-1991
6
9
Italy, 1949-1989
6
10
Italy, 1982-1991
6
11
Latin American, 1981-1993
6
12
Russia I, 1960-1989
6
13
Russia II, 1958-1985
6
14
Russia III, 1960-1987
7
1
Russia - Kandinsky, 1956-1991
7
2
Spanish, 1959-1989
7
3
Swiss, 1962-1994
7
4
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3.2: Period , 1949-1997
1.6 Linear feet
Boxes 7-8

From ancient through the 18th century.
Arranged alphabetically by period
Description Container
Antiques II, 1979-1994
7
5
Antiques II, 1953-1993
7
6-7
Antiques III, 1956-1977
7
8
Archeology, 1957-1995
7
9
Ancient, 1955-1996
7
10
Ancient, 1959-1997
7
11
Ancient, 1961-1990
7
12
Medieval, 1947-1996
7
13-15
Renaissance, 1955-1996
8
1-2
Renaissance - 18th Century, 1958-1995
8
3
Northern Renaissance, 1954-1988
8
4
17th & 18th Century, 1949-1996
8
5-8
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3.3: Style , 1953-1997
3.5 Linear feet
Boxes 8-12

From abstract, Art Deco, Dada, Pop to realism/figurative.
Arranged alphabetically by style type
Description Container
Abstract A-L 1961-1970, 1954-1970
8
9-11
Abstract A-L 1971-1980, 1971-1980
9
1-4
Abstract A-L 1981-1990, 1981-1990
9
5
Abstract A-L 1991-, 1976-1997
9
6
Abstract M-Z 1960-1989, 1957-1968
9
7-8
Abstract M-Z 1970-1980, 1970-1979
9
9-10
Abstract M-Z 1981-1990, 1981-1990
9
11-12
Abstract M-Z 1991- , 1991-1996
10
1
Abstract Expressionists -1959, 1953-1959
10
2
Abstract Expressionists 1960-1969, 1961-1969
10
3-5
Abstract Expressionists 1970-1979, 1970-1979
10
6-8
Abstract Expressionists 1980-1990, 1974-1997
10
9-10
Abstract Expressionists 1991-2000, 1991-1996
10
11
Art Deco / Nouveau, 1958-1995
10
12-13
Art Deco / Nouveau, 1958-1995
11
1
Dada, Surrealism, 1958-1993
11
2-5
Pop, 1957-1995
11
6-9
Pop Art Styles, 1965-1988
11
10
Realism, Figurative A-L 1961-1980, 1960-1970
11
11
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1950s-1970, 1959-1967
11
12
Realism, Figurative A-L 1971-1980, 1971-1980
11
13-14
Realism, Figurative A-L 1971-1980, 1971-1980
12
1
Realism, Figurative A-L 1981-1990, 1981-1990
12
2-3
Realism, Figurative A-L 1991-, 1987-1997
12
4
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1971-1980, 1971-1980
12
5
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1981-1990, 1981-1990
12
6
Realism, Figurative M-Z 1991-, 1994-1996
12
7
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3.4: Artist , 1945-1997
2.8 Linear feet
Boxes 12-15

Includes artists such as Diane Burko, Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson (includes some correspondence, including mail art), Carlo Maria Mariani, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Rauschenberg.
Arranged alphabetically by Artist's name
Description Container
Andre, Carl, 1966-1992
12
8
Andre, Carl - Krefelder Kunstmuseum, 1985-1996
12
9
Asterlind, Mark, 1993-1996
12
10
Beuys, Joseph, 1968-1993
12
11
Burko, Diane, 1993-1995
12
12
Cesar [Baldaccini], 1962-1997
12
13
Cesar - Rel. Sculptures, 1956-1983
12
14
Chamberlain, John et al, 1960-1990
12
15
Chia, Sandro, 1981-1990
12
16
Chia, Sandro, 1981-1990
13
1
Christo - Reichstag, 1996
13
2-4
Christo - Germany, 1989-1996
13
5
Cornell, Joseph, 1966-1997
13
6
Graves, Nancy, 1966-1996
13
7-9
Hume, Gary, 1997
13
10
Hunt, Bryan, 1977-1992
13
11
Hunt, Bryan, 1995
13
12
Johns, Jasper, 1959-1996
13
13
Johnson, Ray - Articles on, Writings, 1963-1995
13
14
Johnson, Ray, 1994-1995
13
15-16
Johnson, Ray, 1945-1995
13
17-19
Johnson, Ray, 1945-1995
14
1
Lichtenstein, Roy, 1964-1982
14
2
Liepke, Malcolm, 1990-1995
14
3
Mariani, Carlo Maria, 1984-1997
14
4-5
Nauman, Bruce, 1973-1996
14
6
Oldenburg, Claes, 1960-1977
14
7-8
Paik, Nam June, 1969-1997
14
9
Paik, Nam June: Charlotte Moorman & Avant Garde Festival of New York, 1997
14
10
Pearlstein, Philip, 1963-1997
14
11
Picasso, Pablo, 1955-1986
14
12-14
Pollock, Jackson, 1956-1978
14
15
Pollock, Jackson, 1956-1978
15
1
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1960-1991
15
2-3
Ruskin, John, 1962-1983
15
4
De Saint Phalle, Niki, circa 1985-1997
15
5
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3.5: Architecture & Design , 1955-1993
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 15-16

Includes the United States, divided by time periods from pre-1960 through 1980 forward, and International.
Arranged in original order with United States first and chronologically by time period, then International
Description Container
U.S. Pre 1960, 1955-1993
15
6-7
U.S. 1960-1979, 1960-1979
15
8-10
U.S. 1980-, 1973-1991
15
11
International, 1955-1991
15
12
International, 1955-1991
16
1-2
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3.6: Sculpture , 1959-1996
2 Linear feet
Boxes 16-18

Includes United States abstract, 1950s through 1990s and figurative, 1960s through 1990s; international 1900 through 1990s.
Arranged in original order with United States first, chronologically by time period, then International, chronologically by time period
Description Container
U.S. Abstract through 1959, 1956-1996
16
3
U.S. Abstract 1960-1970, 1960-1970
16
4-6
U.S. Abstract 1971-1980, 1959-1980
16
7-9
U.S. Abstract 1981-1990, 1979-1990
16
10-12
U.S. Abstract 1991-, 1991-1996
17
1
U.S. Figurative 1950-1960, 1948-1960
17
2
U.S. Figurative 1961-1970, 1961-1970
17
3
U.S. Figurative 1971-1980, 1970-1980
17
4-5
U.S. Figurative 1981-1990, 1982-1991
17
6-7
U.S. Figurative 1991-, 1991-1995
17
8
International 1900-1945, 1963-1994
17
9
International 1945-1959, 1955-1959
17
10
International 1960-1969, 1963-1972
17
11-12
International 1970-1979, 1970-1979
17
13-14
International 1980-1989, 1980-1989
17
15
International 1990-, 1988-1996
18
1
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3.7: Various Subjects , 1949-1997
6 Linear feet
Boxes 18-24

Includes collectors, crafts, critics, dancers, dealers and galleries, films, happenings, horses (for proposed book), museums, music, photography, tribal, and video art, among many others.
Arranged alphabetically by subject
Description Container
Art Shows, 1956-1993
18
2-3
Animals, 1978-1996
18
4-5
Battcock, Gregory, 1971-1975
18
6
Books, 1953-1988
18
7-8
Collectors, 1957-1987
18
9
Collectors - Continued, 1949-1993
18
10-11
Crafts, 1968-1991
18
12
Crafts - Ceramics & Glass , 1963-1993
19
1-3
Criticism, 1955-1987
19
4-6
Critics, 1949-1991
19
7-9
Dancers, 1975-1997
19
10
Danse Macabre, 1987-1990
19
11
Dealers, Galleries , 1962-1991
19
12
Drawings & Prints 1961-1970, 1948-1970
19
13
Drawings & Prints 1971-1980, 1969-1979
19
14
Drawings & Prints 1971-1980, 1969-1979
20
1
Drawings & Prints 1981-, 1981-1990
20
2
Fakes & Forgeries, 1959-1986
20
3
Films, 1961-1996
20
4-6
Happenings 1960s , 1959-1969
20
7-8
Happenings, Performance Art 1971-1980, 1961-1979
20
9-10
Happenings, Performance Art 1981-, 1981-1995
20
11
"The Horse" - Miscellaneous, 1971-1997
20
12
"The Horse" - Articles to Look at, 1988-1995
20
13
"The Horse" - Natural Rights, 1983-1996
20
14
"The Horse" - Pictures - Y Rejects, 1988
20
15
"The Horse" - Pictures, Z Rejects, 1956-1980
21
1
"The Horse" Text, 1994-1996
21
2-3
"Horse Power" - Pictures, 1988-1990
21
4
"Horse Power" Text, circa 1988-1990
21
5
Museums - U.S. General, 1957-1992
21
6-8
Museums - U.S., Los Angeles, 1957-1992
21
9
Museums - U.S., New York City, 1954-1991
21
10
Museums - U.S., New York City - Guggenheim, 1971-1992
21
11
Museums - U.S., New York City - Metropolitan, 1957-1997
21
12-13
Museums - U.S., New York City - MOMA, 1960-1988
22
1
Museums - U.S., New York City - Whitney, 1961-1992
22
2
Museums - U.S., Washington D.C. - Hirshhorn, 1966-1992
22
3
Museums - International, 1949-1994
22
4-7
Museums - Photographs, circa 1980-1997
22
8
Ono, Yoko & Lennon, John, 1971-1996
22
9-10
Orvieto, Italy - Postcards, circa 1952-1997
22
11
Photographs, circa 1987-1997
22
12
Photography 1920-, 1968-1994
22
13-16
Photography 1920-, 1968-1994
23
1-4
Photography - Conceptual, 1972-1995
23
5
Prices, 1955-1993
23
6-7
Restany, Pierre, 1991
23
8
Revere Teapot, 1978-1995
23
9
1960s Miscellaneous, 1963-1996
23
10
Sociology, 1966-1995
23
11-13
Themes, 1954-1995
23
14
Tribal, 1958-1992
24
1
Video, 1966-1995
24
2
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3.8: Andy Warhol , 1960-1998
2.8 Linear feet
Boxes 24-26, 39

Materials include correspondence, clippings, announcements, draft writings, interview materials, press releases, reviews, and notes, for 1989 book and various articles.
Arranged alphabetically by subject
Description Container
Andy Warhol Books, 1968-1979
24
3
Andy Warhol Pals, 1965-1989
24
4-5
Andy Warhol Museum, 1992, 1994
24
6
Andy's Pals, 1972-1992
24
7
Art of the 50s, 1960-1989
24
8
Art 1962-1963, 1962-1986
24
9
Art 1966-1967, 1965-1990
24
10
Art 1968 & 1969, 1969-1984
24
11
Art 1969-1972, 1970-1971
24
12
Art 1964-1965, 1963-1988
24
13
Art 1970s, 1970-1981
24
14
Art of the 70s - 1973-1980 & Oxidation Paintings - 1978, 1974-1987
24
15
Art of the 80s, 1980-1993
24
16
Art Deco & Collections, 1972-1977
24
17
Auction - Andy Warhol Collection, 1988
24
18
Auctions - Estate, 1988-1990
24
19-20
Bio 40s & 50s, 1966-1989
25
1
Bio 1960-63, 1974, 1982
25
2
Bio 60s 1966-1968, 1964-1968
25
3
Bio 69-70, 1964-1988
25
4
Bio 1971, 1971
25
5
Bio 70s, 1970-1973
25
6
Bio 70s 73-79, 1973-1979
25
7
Bio 80s, 1978-1989
25
8
[Book] Abrams Contract, Style Sheets, Publicity, Correspondence, 1986-1989
25
9
Book Publication and Reviews, 1989-1990
25
10-11
Correspondence - Abrams re Warhol, etc re Other Books, 1969-1991
25
12
Films 1963-65, 1964-1966
25
13
Films 1966-69, 1966-1969
25
14-15
Films 1970-72, 1970-1989
25
16
Films 1973-, 1973-1988
25
17
Films 80s, 1964-1986
25
18
Films, 1989-1990
25
19
Films - Chelsea Girls, 1966-1968
25
20
Films - Lonesome Cowboy, 1968-1971
25
21
Heinz Box, 1990-1991
25
22
Interviews, Questions A-L, 1968-1987
25
23
Interviews, Questions M-Z, 1964-1989
25
24
Johnson, Jed - TWA Flight 800 Crash, 1996
25
25
Miscellaneous, 1968-1997
Oversized material housed in Box 38, Folders 1 and 2
26
1-6
Miscellaneous Materials, 1968-1998
26
7
Obituary, 1987
26
8
Obituary, Funeral Mass etc, 1980-1989
26
9
Photographs - Miscellaneous, circa 1987-1989
26
10
Pictures [with Notes], 1965-1989
26
11
Pictures Material - 1960s, 1966-1988
26
12
Pictures - 1980s, circa 1980-1989
26
13
Pictures 4.1.1989, 1989
26
14
Portraits, 1975-1987
26
15
Portraits - 1970s and 1980s, 1970-1990
26
16
Post-Warhol Hospital Controversy, 1985-1991
26
17
Reviews and Comp Copies, 1987-1990
26
18
Shooting, Solanas [Valerie] 1968, 1964-1969
26
19
Oversize Andy Warhol Miscellaneous 3 of 6 , 1968-1997
38
1
Oversize Andy Warhol Miscellaneous 4 of 6, 1968-1997
38
2
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3.9: Designing the Earth: the Human Impulse to Shape Nature , 1955-1997
1.7 Linear feet
Boxes 27-28

Research subjects include earth art, Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson, moats, temples, and tombs.
Arranged alphabetically by subject
Description Container
Art, 1988-1995
27
1-2
Commerce, 1987-1997
27
3
De Maria, Walter, 1968-1993
27
4
Dwellings, 1992-1996
27
5
Earth Art - General, 1989-1997
27
6
Earth Art General A (Bomarzo-Borglum), 1958-1990
27
7
Earth Art General B (Noguchi-present), 1966-1995
27
8-10
Earthworks Art, 1968-1991
27
11
General, 1955-1996
27
12-13
Heizer - Smithsonian, 1969-1990
27
14
Heizer - Smithsonian, 1969-1990
27
15
Heizer - Smithsonian, 1969-1990
27
16
Moats (Motte & Mound Fr), 1971-1995
27
17
Sacred Places, circa 1960-1995
28
1
Shelter, Housing, 1963-1994
28
2-3
Shelter, Housing - The Pueblo, the Hogan, 1969-1993
28
4
Smithson, 1980-1994
28
5
Temples, Cosmology, 1969-1995
28
6-7
Temples - Rock Cut - India, circa 1991-1995
28
8
Tombs, 1961-1994
28
9-10
Warfare, circa 1971-1995
28
11
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Series 4: Printed Material , 1962-1997
9.4 Linear feet
Boxes 28-39

Printed materials inlcude published books, clippings, gallery and museum literature, periodicals, three videos, and print versions of Bourdon's writings. The most extensive coverage is of Bourdon's published writings, and of Andy Warhol and his circle. Other subjects include animal welfare, dance, theatre, glass art (especially Dale Chihuly), modern art, and the art world. A number of materials are annotated by Bourdon, and there are also some autographs and dedications. Also included are some periodicals for which Bourdon served as an editor. Also found are scattered published books written by others about Andy Warhol, and other topics that interested Bourdon.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material, then chronologically where possible.
Description Container
Books - by Andy Warhol, Annotated - Andy Warhol's Party Book by Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett, 1988
28
12
Books - by Andy Warhol, Annotated - Blue Movie, 1970
28
13
Books - by Andy Warhol, Annotated - The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), 1975
28
14
Books - by Andy Warhol, Annotated - Popism: the Warhol 60s by Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett, 1980
28
15
Books - by Andy Warhol, Annotated - Vanishing Animals by Andy Warhol and Kurt Benirschke, 1986
28
16
Books - by Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol's Index (Book), 1967
28
17
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Andy Warhol Films and Paintings and untitled Institute of Contemporay Art U Penn, 1965, 1971
28
18
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Andy Warhol Death and Disasters and The Autobiography & Sex Life of Andy Warhol by John Wilcock et al, 1971, 1988
29
1
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Warhol by Victor Bockris, 1989
29
2
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Andy Warhol's Art and Films by Patrick S. Smith, 1986
29
3
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Loner at the Ball: The Life of Andy Warhol by Fred Lawrence Guiles, 1989
29
4
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Star Gazer by Stephen Koch, Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s by Robert Rosenblum, Andy Warhol, Transcript of David Bailey's ATV Documentary, 1974, 1979
Oversize material is housed in Box 39, Folder 5
29
5
Books - on Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol by Rainer Crone, 1970
29
6
Books - on Andy Warhol - The Andy Warhol Museum, 1994
29
7
Books - on Andy Warhol - The Life and Death of Andy Warhol by Victor Bockris, 1989
29
8
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Warhol by Christopher Makos and Out of the Shadow by Debra Miller, 1988, 1996
30
1
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Andy Warhol Prints edited by Frayda Feldman and Jorg Schellmann and Andy Warhol Photographs by Stephen Koch, 1985
30
2
Books - on Andy Warhol, Annotated - Warhol by Carter Ratcliff, 1983
30
3
Books - on Andy Warhol - Warhol The Biography by Victor Bockris, 1989
30
4
Books - Edie An American Biography by Jean Stein & George Plimpton (Bourdon Quoted), 1982
30
5
Books - Gullibles Travels by Jill Johnston, 1974
30
6
Books - S.C.U.M. Society for Cutting Up Men Manifesto by Valerie Solanas, 1968
30
7
Books - Superstar by Viva, 1970
30
8
Books - to see the skies by Yoko Ono, 1990
30
9
Clippings, 1966-1997
30
10-15
Clippings, 1966-1997
Oversize material housed in Box 39, Folder 4
31
1-16
Clippings, 1966-1997
32
1-5
Gallery & Museum Exhibitions - Andy Warhol, 1966, 1971
32
6
Gallery & Museum Exhibitions - Andy Warhol, 1979, 1988-1989
32
7
Gallery & Museum Exhibitions - Andy Warhol, 1992
32
8
Gallery & Museum Exhibitions - Andy Warhol, 1994-1997
Oversize material is housed in Box 39, Folder 3
32
9
Gallery & Museum Announcements & Invitations, 1971, 1989-1997
32
10-11
Gallery & Museum Booklets & Brochures, 1977, 1991-1997
32
11-17
Gallery & Museum Booklets & Brochures, 1977, 1991-1992
33
1-2
Gallery & Museum Press Releases, 1975-1997
33
3-10
Periodicals, circa 1966-1976
Oversize Material is housed in Box 39, Folder 2
33
11
Periodicals by Andy Warhol - Parkett No. 12: Collaboration Andy Warhol, 1987
33
12
Periodicals by Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol's Interview Vol IX No.1, 1978
Oversize material is housed in Box 39, Folder 1
33
13
Periodicals with material on Andy Warhol, 1967-1990
33
14-21
Books - Andy Warhol, Contributor, 1978
33
22
Books - Calder: Mobilist, Ringmaster, Innovator, 1980
33
23
Books - Carl Andre, 1978
33
24
Books - Jackie Ferrara Sculpture: A Retrospective, Contributor, 1992
33
25
Books - Raid the Icebox 1 with Andy Warhol, Contributor, 1969
33
26
Books - Warhol, 1989
34
1
Published Writings, 1960-1965
34
2-7
Published Writings, 1966-1973
Oversize material is housed in Box 39, Folder 6 and Box 38, Folder 3
34
8-12
Published Writings mostly Village Voice (173 shows), 1974-1977
Oversize materials housed in Box 38, Folder 3
34
13-15
Published Writings, 1978-1980
34
16-18
Published Writings, 1981
Oversize material is housed in Box 38, Folder 3
34
19
Published Writings, 1982-1986
34
20-24
Published Writings, 1987-1996
35
1-7
Published Writings - du Magazine, New York Correspondent, 1976-1979
35
8-12
Published Writings - Exhibitions, 1984, 1988
35
13
Published Writings - Gallery & Exhibition Publications, 1975-1995
35
14
GEO Magazine, 1982-1983
35
15-17
Published Writings - Periodicals, 1962-1971
35
18-22
Published Writings - Periodicals, 1972-1996
36
1-16
Published Writings - Saturday Review of the Arts, 1972
36
17
Video - Andy Warhol Presents Three Films by Paul Morrissey, Paramount Pictures, 1968, 1970, 1972
37
1
Video - Warhol: Portrait of an Artist, London Weekend Television, 1987
37
2
Oversize Published Writings 1970-1973, 1970-1973
38
3
Oversize Published Writings, 1977
38
3
Oversize Published Writings, 1981
38
19
Oversize Periodicals by Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol's Interview Vol IX, No. 1, 1978
39
1
Oversize Periodicals, circa 1966-1996
39
2
Oversize Gallery & Museum Exhibitions - Andy Warhol, 1994, 1997
39
9
Oversize Clippings 15 of 27 , 1966-1997
39
4
Oversize Books - on Andy Warhol - Star Gazer, Andy Warhol: Portrait of the 70s, Andy Warhol Transcript of David Bailey's ATV Documentary, 1974, 1977
39
5
Oversize Published Writings, 1966
39
6
Oversize Published Writings, 1967
39
6
Oversize Published Writings, 1968
39
6
Oversize Published Writings, 1969
39
6

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