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Series 1: Biographical Material , 1910s, bulk 1936-2004
2.7 Linear feet
Box 1-3, 33

The files consist of address books, travel ephemera, identification cards and passports, honors and awards, several editions of Hadzi's curriculum vitae, and some interviews. Course notebooks, notes, certificates and some photographs papers document Hadzi's education at Brooklyn Technical High School (1936-1940), Cooper Union (1946-1950), and the Polytechnion in Athens, Greece (1950-1951). World War II files include photographs, printed materials, applications, reports, and memos from his time enlisted in the Army Air Force. Ephemera related to Hadzi's interest in geology, mineral collecting, and music can also be found in this series.
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Address Books, circa 1940s-1980s
1
1-4
Baptism Record; Vaccination Certificate, 1927, 1949
1
5
Curricula Vitae, circa 1950-1983
1
6
Education, P.S. 100; Brooklyn Technical High School, 1931-1940
1
7
Education, Assignment Book, circa 1936-1940
1
8
Education, Course Notebook, American History, circa 1936-1940
1
9
Education, Course Notebook, Chemistry, 1936-1940
1
10-14
Education, Course Notebook, English, 1939-1940
1
15
Education, Course Notebook, Industrial Processes, 1935-1936
1
16-17
Education, Course Notebooks, Power Generation and Distribution, 1939
1
18
Education, Course Notebooks, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, circa 1938
1
19
Education, Course Notebook, Shop Notes, circa 1936-1940
1
20
Education, Notebook, circa 1936-1940
1
21
Education, Miscellaneous Course Material, circa 1936-1940
1
22
Education, Cooper Union; Brooklyn Museum Art School, 1946-2004
2
1-5
Education, G. I. Bill, 1948-1954
2
6
Education, Fulbright Scholarship; Polytechnion, Athens, Greece, 1949-1966
2
7
Education, Cooper Union, Greece, Rome, Photographs, 1946-1954
2
8-9
Education, Courses Taken, Sushi, 1988
2
10
Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Certificate and Photographs, 1978, 1992-1996
33
1
Honors and Awards, American Institute of Architects; Boston Society of Architects, 1975-2000
2
11
Honors and Awards, Greek Institute, 1996
2
12
Honors and Awards, Krautheimer, 1977-1979
2
13
Honors and Awards, Lawrence University, 1986-1987
2
14-15
Honors and Awards, Miscellaneous, 1953-1989
2
16
Honors and Awards, Miscellaneous, Photographs, circa 1970s-1980s
2
17
Identification Cards and Passports, 1939-1997
2
18-19
Interview with Manson Kennedy, 1974 July
2 Sound cassettes
2
20
Interview with Elena Spiloti, 1997
1 Sound cassette
2
21
Interview Transcript, Silvia, 1980 March 24
2
22
Interview Transcript, Robert Brown, Archives of American Art, 1990
2
23-24
Interview Transcript, Chris Busa, 2000 December 17
2
25
Interview Questionnaire, undated
2
26
Interchemical Corp., New York City, 1940-1941
3
1
Luncheon Concert, 1942
3
2
Mineral Collecting; Geology, 1971-1992
3
3
Papers of Dimitri Hadzi, Archives of American Art; AAA Membership, 1975-1996
3
4
Papers, General, circa 1918-2000
3
5
Retirement Plan, "Operazione Liberazione" , circa 1984
3
6
Travel Ephemera, circa 1950-1992
3
7
World War II, Papers, 1942-1949
3
8-10
World War II, Photographs, circa 1942-1946
3
11-13
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Series 2: Correspondence , 1943-2007
3 Linear feet
Box 3-6

Hadzi's correspondents include architects, art historians, professional organizations, artists, collectors, and family members. The files contain some printed material, legal documents, and personal business records as well. Hadzi's military correspondence is with relatives and friends; it was during his time enlisted in the Army Air Force that his interest in drawing blossomed. Also present is one folder of letters that belonged to Dimitri's brother, Thomas Hadzi.
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Architects, Max Abramovitz, 1960-1964
3
14
Architects, The Architects Collaborative and Samuel Glaser Associates, 1965-1970
3
15
Architects, Gropius, Walter, 1963-1969
3
16
Architects, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, 1962-1981
3
17
Architects, Miscellaneous, 1955-2002
3
18-19
Art Historians and Critics, MacDonald, William L., 1958-1987
3
20
Art Historians and Critics, Millon, Henry , 1960-2005
3
21
Art Historians and Critics, Norland, Gerald , 1988-1991
3
22
Art Historians and Critics, A-Z, 1956-1986
3
23-24
Artists, Frank Monaco, 1954-1996
4
1
Artists, B-Z, 1941-2007
4
2-6
Artists, General, 1951-2005
4
7
Collectors, David Rockefeller, 1966-1981
4
8
Collectors, 1955-2005
4
9-10
Fan Mail, 1981-1998
4
11
General, 1938-1989
4
12-18
General, 1990-2009, undated
5
1-2
Last Name, A-Z, 1949-1988
5
3-8
Media and Publishing, 1955-1989
5
9
Military, 1943-1945
5
10-16
Military, 1945-1946
6
1-3
Organizations, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1962, 1987-1996
6
4
Organizations, Art, 1962-1992
6
5
Organizations, Asian Arts Council, 1984-1985
6
6
Organizations, International Sculpture Conference, 1978-1998
6
7
Organizations, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989-2000
6
8
Organizations, Miscellaneous, 1939-2002
6
9
Thomas Hadzi, 1943-1974
6
10
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Series 3: Diaries and Notebooks , 1939-2006
3 Linear feet
Box 6-9

Annotated calendars, daily notebooks, memoranda books, travel logs, and some loose notes; several journals containing longer and more reflective entries by Hadzi; one notebook from Hadzi's time in the Pacific towards the end of World War II; and two notebooks titled "Etching and Engraving."
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Annotated Desk Calendars, 1962-2001
6
11-18
Daily Notebooks, 1970s-1980s
6
19
Daily Notebooks, 1980-2005, undated
7
1-4
Diary, 1939-2006
7
5-14
Etching and Engraving, Notes and Records, 1970-1994
7
15
Etching and Engraving, Lapidary, circa 1994-1995
7
16
Journal, circa 1955-1986
7
17-19
Memoranda Books, 1951-1959
7
20-24
Memoranda Books, 1960-2004
8
1-24
Notebook, World War II, 1942-1946
8
25
Notebook, German and Italian Language, circa 1950-1970s
8
26
Notebook, "Dreamworld", 1972, 2006
8
27
Notes, Miscellaneous, circa 1950-2002
8
28-29
Travel Log, 1973-1998
9
1-11
Travel Log, Transcribed Fragments, 1944-1989
9
12
Travel, Loose Notes, 1956, 1991
9
13
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Series 4: Writing Files , 1945-2003
10 Folders
Box 9

A few folders contain drafts, correspondence, press releases, clippings, and other papers related to Dimitri Hadzi (1996) by Peter Selz. Papers compiled for Hadzi's incomplete memoir include letters, notes, printed material, and other ephemera that date back to the mid-1940s. Also present are some artist statements and writings about Hadzi and his work.
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Hadzi Memoir and Writings, 1945-2002
9
14-15
Hadzi Memoir and Writings; "Brooklyn in the 30s", 1951-2003
9
16
Monograph, Dimitri Hadzi (1996), 1978, 1995-1997
9
16-17
Book Thank You Letters, 1997-1999
9
18
Hadzi Statements and Writings, circa 1980s-1990s
9
19-20
Papers and Other Writings on Hadzi, 1956-2000
9
21
Hadzi as Poetic Inspiration for Others, circa 1980-1984
9
22
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Series 5: Exhibition Files , 1958-2002
1.2 Linear feet
Box 9-10

Exhibition files document group and solo exhibitions containing Hadzi's work. Folders may contain correspondence, clippings and press releases, photographs, loan agreements, and shipping details. Also found in this series are several countdown calendars and 11 exhibition guest books.
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Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture (1958; 1964; 1967), Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1958-1968
9
24
International Small Bronze Sculpture Competitions and Exhibitions, 1959-1973
9
25
Plastik (1962), Galerie Hella Neblung, 1962
9
26
Dimitri Hadzi: Sculptures (1963), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963
9
27
Dimitri Hadzi: Sculptures (1963), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Guest Book, 1963
9
28
White House Festival of the Arts (1965), 1965, 1969
10
1
Dimitri Hadzi Sculpture: 15 Years in Rome, 1953-1968 (1968-1969), Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, 1968
10
2
Dimitri Hadzi Sculpture: 15 Years in Rome, 1953-1968 (1968-1969), Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, Guest Book, 1968-1969
10
3
American Artists in Rome (1968; 1969), United States Information Service, Italy, 1968-1976
10
4
Prints from the Collection of Dimitri Hadzi (1978), The Arts Club of Chicago, 1978
10
5
Art in the Vice Presidents House (1979), 1979
10
6
Europalia (1982), Brussels, Belgium, 1982
10
7
Dimitri Hadzi: Pillars of Hercules and Related Works (1983), Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983
10
8
Bronze at Washington Square (1984) Public Art Trust, Washington, D.C., 1983-1984
10
9
The Fifth Henry Moore Prize Exhibition (1987), The Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan, 1987
10
10
Outdoor Sculpture: Dimitri Hadzi (1991), Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993
10
11
Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century (2002), Queens Museum of Art, New York, 2002
10
12
Correspondence and Papers, 1956-1977
10
13
Countdown Calendars, 1961-1984
10
14
Guest Book, Unidentified Exhibitions, 1958, 1960
10
15
Guest Book, Private Exhibition at Helene Seiferheld's Apartment, 1959
10
16
Guest Book, Stephen Radich Gallery, 1961-1962
10
17
Guest Book, Hopkins Center, New Hampshire, 1968
10
18
Guest Book, Felix Landau Gallery, 1969
10
19
Guest Book, Richard Gray Gallery, 1972
10
20
Guest Book, Obelisco Gallery, 1974
10
21
Guest Book, Gruenbaum Gallery; Studio Sign-in Book, circa 1978-1984
10
22-23
Guest Book, Unidentified Exhibition, 1995
10
24
Guest Book, Unidentified Exhibition, 2002
10
25
Guest Book, Alpha Gallery, undated
10
26
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Series 6: Project Files , 1957-2002
4.7 Linear feet
Box 11-15

Project files include correspondence, sketches and blueprints, architectural plans, legal documents, photographs, printed material, and some audiovisual material. Several folders relate to Hadzi's projects as set designer and book illustrator.
This series is divided into two sub-series. Selected Public Commissions include Hadzi's more well-known outdoor sculptures, while Other Commissions and Projects consist of recasted sculpture installations, unexecuted projects, and Hadzi's less-known endeavors.

6.1: Selected Public Commissions

Files include correspondence with architects, companies, municipalities, and organizations that commissioned Hadzi; printed material such as press releases, clippings, and books; some photographs of sites, models, installations, and events; legal documents; and some audio recordings. Almost all of Hadzi's sculptures from this series were installed in the United States, one exception being Hadzi's Bronze Doors, commissioned by the St. Paul Within-the-Walls church in Rome, Italy.
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Elmo (1963), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1962-1963
11
1
Helios (1965), Sun Life Insurance Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1963-1966
11
2-4
Bronze Doors (1966-1976), St. Paul Within-the-Walls Church, Rome, Italy, 1963-2001
11
5-8
K 458 - The Hunt (1966), Lincoln Center, New York, New York, 1959-1965
11
9-10
Thermopylae (1968), JFK Federal Office Building, Boston, Massachusetts, 1961-1970
11
11-15
Arcturus (1973), Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1969-1973
11
16-17
Williamette River Oracle (1974), Oregon International Sculpture Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, 1972-1977
11
18-20
Williamette River Oracle (1974), Oregon International Sculpture Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, 1974
12
1
Oregon International Sculpture Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, Interview, 1974
2 Sound cassettes
12
2
River Legend (1976), Federal Office Building, Portland, Oregon, 1974-1977
12
3-6
Portland and Eugene, Oregon, Mixed Photographs, 1974-1976
12
7-8
Stone Atrium (1979), Johnson Wax, Racine, Wisconsin, 1978-1979
12
9-13
Bishop's Triad (1980), Dallas Center, Dallas, Texas, 1978-1983
12
14-15
Propylaea (1982), Owens-Illinois, Toledo, Ohio, 1979-1983
12
16-19
Propylaea (1982), Meeting, 1981
1 Sound cassette
13
1
Propylaea (1982), Owens-Illinois, Toledo, Ohio, Blueprints, 1980-1983
33
2
Pillars of Hercules III (1982), Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1978-1982, 1994
13
2-3
Atrium Sculpture (1984), Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981-1984
13
4-13
Atrium Sculpture (1984), Copley Place, Meeting, 1982 September 29
3 Sound cassettes
13
14
Omphalos (1985), Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts , 1981-1986
13
15-16
Omphalos (1985), Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts , 1981-1986
14
1-2
Fox River Oracle (1986) Appleton, Wisconsin, 1981-1987
14
3-5
Carleton Arch (1986), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1984-1986
14
6
Primavera (1986), Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts , 1986-1987
14
7-8
Bronze (1989), Embarcadero Center West, San Francisco, California, 1989-1990
14
9
agapetime (1990), Lowell, Massachusetts , 1987-1991
14
10
Red Mountain (1991), 1990-1991
14
11-14

6.2: Other Commissions and Projects

Correspondence, invoices, photographs, publicity material, and blueprints from small-scale projects, recasted sculpture installations, and unexecuted projects. Correspondence, press releases, and notes related to Hadzi's original illustrations for Anothony Hecht's The Venetian Vespers (1979) and for the printing of Seamus Heaney's poem, Keeping Going (1993). Materials from Hadzi's role as set designer for John Eaton's opera Traveling with Gulliver (1997) include printed material, notes, sketches, correspondence, invoices, and some photographs. One folder composed of competition correspondence is found at the end of the series.
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Chase Manhattan, New York, 1959, 1964
14
15-16
Omphalos III, Huron Towers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1961-1969
14
17
R.S. Reynold Memorial Award Sculpture, Virginia, 1962-1963
14
18
Thermopylae; Centaur, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1962-1972
14
19
Floating Helmets, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1963-1965
14
20-21
Arcturus, Fullterton Junior College, Fullterton, California, 1973-1974
14
22
Crucifix, Pope John Paul II Visit, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979
14
23
Sensebrenner Park Fountain, Columbus, Ohio, 1980
14
24
Attiko Metro Project, Athens, Greece, 2003-2005
14
25-26
International Memorial at Auschwitz, 1957-1961, 1967
15
1-3
Prudential Center, Boston, Massachusetts (unexecuted) , 1963
15
4
Munich, Germany (premiated but not executed), 1964
15
5
University Center, Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky (unexecuted), 1970
15
6
Commercial Union Assurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts (unexecuted), 1974-1975
15
7
Bicentennial I-80 Sculpture Project, Lincoln, Nebraska (unexecuted), 1974-1975
15
8
Rayovac, Madison, Wisconsin (unexecuted), 1992-1993
15
9
Art in Public Places, Vail, Colorado (unexecuted), 1997
15
10
Radcliff College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts (unexecuted), undated
15
11
The Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht, Etchings by Hadzi, 1977-1979
15
12
"Keeping Going" by Seamus Heaney, Illustrations by Hadzi, 1992-1994
15
13
Travelling With Gulliver by John Eaton, Set Design by Hadzi, 1996-1997
15
14-15
Correspondence, Commissions and Projects, 1973-2000
15
16
Potential Commissions and Projects, 1972-1999
15
17
Unexecuted Projects, Miscellaneous, 1959-2002
15
18
Unidentified Project Blueprints and Drawings, undated
15
19
Competitions, 1954-1992
15
20
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Series 7: Teaching Files , 1955-2000
12 Folders
Box 15-16

Files relating to Hadzi's career as professor of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University include administrative correspondence, some exhibition material, clippings, lecture and discussion notes, course descriptions, communication with his students, and schedules. Also present is material related to potential employment opportunities; Hadzi's time as visiting instructor at the Vermont Studio School; artist in residence at Dartmouth College, and to various lectures given by Hadzi outside of Harvard.
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Harvard University, Visual and Environmental Studies, Papers and Correspondence, 1975-1999
15
21-22
Harvard University, Student Correspondence and Papers, 1976-1997
15
23-24
Dreamstage: An Experimental Portrait of the Sleeping Brain (1977) Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, 1977-1978
16
1
Harvard University, Learning from Performers Program, 1977-1992
16
2
Harvard University, Course Descriptions, 1978-1986
16
3
Dartmouth College, Artist in Residence, 1968-1970
16
4
Vermont Studio School, 1984-2000
16
5
Inquiries Regarding Teaching and Guest Artist Positions, 1955-1982
16
6
Letters of Recommendation, 1964-1983
16
7
Lectures, 1976-1999
16
8
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Series 8: Museum and Gallery Files , 1947-2008
1.8 Linear feet
Box 16-17

Files shed light on Hadzi's relationship with various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad. Material includes correspondence, loan and sale agreements, price lists, clippings, newsletters, shipping information, and some exhibition material.
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Addison Gallery of American Art, 1959-1961
16
9
Albright-Knox Gallery, 1968-1984
16
10
Alpha Gallery, 1970-1985
16
11
Athens Gallery, 1999-2000
16
12
Charles Young Gallery, 1988-2001
16
13
Elaine Horwitch Galleries, 1977-1992
16
14
Gremillion Gallery, 1987-2008
16
15-16
Gruenbaum Hallery, 1978-1990
16
17-18
Guggenheim Museum, 1965, 1977-1979
16
19
Helene Seiferheld Gallery, 1960-1966
16
20
HMK Fine Arts, Inc., 1978-1981
16
21
Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, 1988-2000
16
22
Kouros Gallery, 1988-2008
16
23-24
Landau Gallery, 1958-1971
16
25
Levinson Kane Gallery, 1991-1992
16
26
Lewis Newman Galleries, 1985-1997
16
27
Long Point Gallery, 1995-2000
16
28-29
Martha Jackson Gallery, 1956-1963
17
1
Meckler Gallery, 1974-1989
17
2
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1959-2000, 2008
17
3
Museum of Modern Art, 1947-1971
17
4
Richard Gray Gallery, 1972-1999
17
5-6
Rikugian Gallery, 1988-1989
17
7
Rosenthal Gallery, 1963-1995
17
8-10
Ruth White Gallery, 1957-1958
17
11
Galleria Schnieder, 1956-1988
17
12
St. Luke's Gallery, 1990
17
13
Smith Anderson, 1971-2000
17
14
Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of Fine Arts, 1969-1972
17
15
Stephen Radich Gallery, 1957-2000
17
16-17
Virginia Lynch Gallery, 1995-2004
17
18
Museums and Galleries, A-R, 1955-1987
17
19
Museums and Galleries, S-Z, 1956-1983
17
20
College and University Galleries, 1957-2002
17
21
Galleries, Miscellaneous, 1957-2006
17
22
Museums, Miscellaneous, 1961-2003
17
23
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Series 9: Personal Business Records , 1949-2007
2.5 Linear feet
Box 17-20

Files relate to Hadzi's financial dealings, relations with foundries and material distributors, studio operations, and printmaking. Financial records include price lists, payments, inventories of art sold, loaned, or donated, and papers related to grants and fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Foundry and material files consist of Hadzi's correspondence, invoices, some photographs, and price lists. Studio operations are documented through bills, daily logs, phone messages, correspondence with assistance and students, and loose notes.
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Art on Loan or Donated, 1971-2002
17
24
Business Notebook, 1965-1985
17
25
Collectors of Hadzi's Work, 1996, undated
17
26
Correspondence, A-Z, 1956-1986
18
1-2
Correspondence, Accountant, 1965-1973, 1995
18
3
Estimates, Stone and Bronze, 1978-1991
18
4
Financial, Prices, 1956-1975
18
5
Financial, Time Payments, circa 1973
18
6
Financial, Miscellaneous, 1963-1971, undated
18
7
Foundries, Fonderia Artistica Bonvicini, 1985-1986
18
8
Foundries, Founderia Arturo Bruni, 1961-1975
18
9
Foundries, Fonderia Nicci, 1954-1969, 1979
18
10
Foundries, Mussi Artworks Foundry, 1991-2001
18
11
Foundries, Paul King Foundry, 1978-2007
18
12-13
Foundries, Plycast Venturi Systems, 1973-1974
18
14
Foundry, Notebook, 1958-1982
18
15
Foundries, Miscellaneous Papers and Photographs, circa 1950s-1980s
18
16-18
Grants and Fellowships, American Academy in Rome, 1954-1996
18
19-20
Grants and Fellowships, American Academy in Rome, Conference, 1966
18
21
Grants and Fellowships, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1953-1973
18
22
Grants and Fellowships, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 1955-1956
18
23
Grants and Fellowships, 1949-1999
18
24
Material, New England Stone Industries, Inc., 1990-1991
18
25
Material, Providence Granite Co., Inc., 1979, 1983
18
26
Print Making, Fox Graphics, 1985-1990
18
27
Print Making, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. , 1960-1964, 1991
18
28
Sale of Centaur with Pipes to Commune of Tilburg, Holland, 1959
18
29
Sales, 1957-1959, 1969-1989
18
30
Sales, Inventories, Expenses, 1957-2001
19
1
Shipping Receipts, 1956-1969
19
2
Studio, Assistants and Students, 1971-2005
19
3-5
Studio, via Eleonora Pimentel, Rome, 1956-1981
19
6
Studio, Rome, Bills, Papers, Etc., circa 1960-1993
19
7-9
Studio, Charles Street, 1970s-1980s
19
10
Studio Log, 1975-1993
19
11-21
Rome and Cambridge,Mixed Studio Notes and Log, circa 1960s-1980s, undated
19
22-24
Studio Operations, 1960s-2004
20
1
Studio Phone Messages, 1982-1995
20
2-3
Studio Visitor Sign-In Book, 1963-1988
20
4-7
Taxes, Inventory of Bronzes, 1959-1960
20
8
Visual Investments LTD., Artist Profiles, 1980s
20
9
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Series 10: Printed Material , 1949-2007
3.7 Linear feet
Box 20-24

Clippings and articles contain stories about Hadzi, reviews of his work, and general publicity as well as some collected by Hadzi regarding other artists, books, history, geology, and music. Exhibition materials include announcements, posters, invitations, schedules, and some books. Also found in this series are post cards, invitiations, event ephemera, press releases, newsletters, and two books owned by Hadzi on Greek history and culture.
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Bibliography, Articles, circa 1987
20
10
Bibliography, Reference Cards (Photocopied), undated
20
11
Book Art, 1970s, 1992
20
12
Book Publicity, 1996
20
13
Clippings, 1952-1979
20
14-20
Clippings, 1980-2007, undated
21
1-8
Clippings, Book Reviews, 1976-1985
21
9
Clippings, Greece, Italy, Japan, Germany, circa 1956-2002
21
10
Clippings, Other Artists, 1961-1988
21
11
Clippings, Visual Arts and Architecture, 1965-1985
21
12
Clippings, General, 1956-1985
21
13-14
Collections, 1965-1989
21
15-16
Exhibition Material, 1949-1958
21
17-18
Exhibition Material, 1959-1978
22
1-14
Exhibition Material, 1967-1983
33
3-4
Exhibition Material, 1978-2008
23
1-15
Exhibition Material, "Exhibitions Visited During School Years", 1946-1949
23
16
Exhibition Material, Other Artists, 1986, 1995-1999
23
17
International Sculpture Conference, 1965-1998
23
18
Invitations, Special Events, and Programs, 1957-1997
23
19-20
Lecture Schedules and Calendars, 1970s-2000
23
21-22
Music Programs and Clipping, 1942-1977, undated
24
1
Postcards, undated
24
2
Scrapbook, Publicity and Exhibitions, 1951-1954
24
3
Millenial Afterlives: A Retrospective by Stratis Haviaras, 2000
24
4
History of Ancient Greece; Thesaurus of Greek Wisdom, 1989, undated
24
5
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Series 11: Photographs , circa 1930s-2006
1.5 Linear feet
Box 24-25

Snapshots, contact sheets, and negatives of Hadzi, his friends and family, exhibitions and events, projects and installations, foundries, and at his studios.
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Portraits of Dimitri Hadzi, 1948-1997
24
6
Portraits of Dimitri Hadzi, Polaroids by Edwin Land, 1966
24
7
Dimitri Hadzi with Family and Friends, circa 1930s-1963
24
8
Dimitri Hadzi with Family and Friends, Negatives, 1930s-1942
24
9
Dimitri Hadzi With His Art, 1950s-1990s
24
10
New Talent (IX) (1956), Museum of Modern Art, 1956
24
11
Venice Biennale, 1950s-1960s
24
12
Radich Exhibition, 1961-1962
24
13
Dimitri Hadzi: Sculptures (1963), 1961-1963
24
14
Dusseldorf Exhibition, 1963
24
15
Dartmouth Exhibition, 1969
24
17
Dimitri Hadzi Sculpture: 15 Years in Rome, 1953-1968 (1968-1969), 1968
24
16
Seven Sculptors at Harvard (1983), 1983
24
18
Exhibitions and Events, Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1956-1963
24
19
Japan, circa 1960s, 1986
24
20
Hadzi's Print Collection, 1990
24
21
Projects, 1963-1969
24
22
Sculptures, circa 1950s-1970s
24
23
Sculptures, Small Bronzes, 1969-1974
24
24
Sculpture Installations, 1960s-1970s
24
25
Sculptures, Photographed by John Swope, 1969, 1973
33
5
Photograph Album of Hadzi Sculptures, Text by Harry Cooper, circa 1997-2006
24
26
Sculptures and Drawings, circa 1940-1960
24
27
Studio, Rome, circa 1950s-1970s
24
28
Studio, United States, 1970s-2002
24
29
Other Artists, circa 1950s-1990s
24
30
Other Artists, circa 1950s-1990s
25
1-3
Other Artists and Writers, Negatives and Contact Sheets, circa 1950s-1970s
25
4
Photographs by Frank Monaco, Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1960s
25
5
Contact Sheets and Negatives, Events, Art, Portraits, Installations, Studio, circa 1950s-1990s
25
6-8
Negatives, Sculptures, Installations, Travel, Projects, Studio, 1951-1965, 1976
25
9-10
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Series 12: Artwork , circa 1939-1998
11 Folders
Box 25

This series includes six sketchbooks; several small drawings; one silhouette of Dimitri Hadzi from 1941; and one woodblock depicting a boudoir woman.
Description Container Select
Hadzi Silhouette, 1941
25
11
Faceless Man Drawing, undated
25
12
Loose Sketches, undated
25
13
Residential Drawings, circa 1986
25
14
Sketchbook, "Ceramics; Mosaics", 1982-1993
25
15
Sketchbooks, 1980-1998, undated
25
16-20
Woodblock of Boudoir Woman from Life, 1939, undated
25
21
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Series 13: Audiovisual Material , 1952-2000
12 Linear feet
Box 26-40

Documentary films and audio records, footage of events and exhibitions, project installations as well as scenes from foundries and in studios. The formats include VHS, U-Matic, Betacam, sound cassettes, and film reels.
Also included in this series are transfer slips, notes, correspondence, budget details, and outlines pertaining to Hadzi's "JFK Film Project." Although most of the papers regarding the project date from the late 1990s, the project centered around Hadzi's Thermopylae installed in front of the JFK Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968.
Description Container Select
Documentaries
Dimitri Hadzi Works in Black Wax, 1952
2 Film reels
16 mm
35
Dimitri Hadzi Works in Black Wax, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
26
1
Dimitri Hadzi: American Sculptor, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
26
2
Events and Exhibitions
Tyler Exhibition, 1969
3 Film reels
16mm
35
Richard Gray Gallery Exhibition, circa 1970
2 Film reels
16mm
35
Unknown Exhibition, 1971
1 Film reel
16mm
35
Professor Sekler Lecture, 1972 October 12
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
26
3
Fullerton College, Arcturus Unveiling Ceremony, 1974 April 19
1 Sound tape reel
7 inch
26
4
Fullerton College, Lecture, 1974 April 19
1 Sound tape reel
7 inch
26
5
Hadzi Lecture, 1975 December 9
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
26
6
Hadzi Dedication, 1982 May 20
1 Sound cassette
26
7
Dimitri Hadzi: A Retrospective View, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, Ohio , 1982 August 14
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
26
8
Dimitri Hadzi: A Retrospective View, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, Ohio; Open House, 1982 September 24
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
26
9
Dimitri Hadzi: A Retrospective View, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, Ohio , 1982
1 Film reel
16mm
35
Dimitri Hadzi (Work Print), 1995 January 11
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
26
10
Works on Paper: Dimitri Hadzi; Opening, 1997 March 1
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
26
11
Retrospective; Copley Place Fountain, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
27
1
Munich; Exhibition, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
27
2
Foundries
Nicci Foundry, circa 1966
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 63
Nicci Foundry; Rome Studio; WGBG GBArts; Johnson Foundry, circa 1967-1999
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
27
3
Nicci Foundry; Driving Sounds; Postman Singing; Dinner with Christina, 1968 September
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
27
4
Foundry Sounds; Driving, 1968 September
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
27
5
Nicci Foundry #4; Lucio; Choral Music, 1968 September
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
27
6
Nicci Foundry, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
27
7
Nicci Foundry, Trims and Outtakes , 1950-1970
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 60
Arcturus; Francesco Bruni Foundry , 1972 July
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
27
8
Francesco Bruni Foundry, 1972
2 Film reels
16mm
FC 61
Francesco Bruni Foundry Negative, 1972
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 62
Nicci Foundry, 1999 May
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
27
9
Russi/Nicci Foundry, Wax Burnout Pour, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
27
10
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, 1950-1980
1 Film reel
16mm
36
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 1, reel 1, 1950-1980
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 53
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 2, reel 2, 1950-1980
2 Film reels
16mm
FC 54
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 3, reel 3, 1950-1980
3 Film reels
16mm
FC 55
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 4, reel 4, 1950-1980
4 Film reels
16mm
FC 56
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 5, reel 5, 1950-1980
5 Film reels
16mm
FC 57
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 6, reel 6, 1950-1980
6 Film reels
16mm
FC 58
Unknown Foundry Trims and Outtakes, Untitled 7, reel 7, 1950-1980
7 Film reels
FC 59
Hadzi and Others
Hadzi Monoprinting, 1995 March 31
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
27
11
Hadzi and Nina, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
27
12
Dimitri Hadzi; A. Elsen; Off Line Edit, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
28
1
Lipschitz, 1972 August
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
2
Henry Moore, 1972
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
3
Vincent Scully, 1976 April 21
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
4
Henry Moore Interview; Simons, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
5
Tuckwell; Moore (Simons), undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
6
Moore; Jacobi, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
7
Noguchi, undated
1 Sound cassette
28
8
Octetra by Isamu Noguchi, 1968
1 Film reel
16mm
35
Simons (Zajac), undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
9
Sculptor's Lunch, 1970
1 Film reel
16mm
35
Projects and Installations
Thermopylae; Terra III, circa 1966
2 Film reels
16mm
Thermopylae, JFK Boston and Terra III, reel 1, 1966
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 69
Thermopylae, JFK Boston and Terra III, reel 2, 1966
2 Film reels
16mm
FC 70
Terra III, 1967
2 Film reels
16mm
Terra III, reel 1, 1967
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 71
Terra III, reel 2, 1967
2 Film reels
16mm
FC 72
Thermopylae, JFK Boston, 1967
5 Film reels
16mm
Thermopylae, JFK Boston Negative, reel 1, 1967
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 66
Thermopylae, JFK Boston Negative, reel 2, 1967
2 Film reels
16mm
FC 65
Thermopylae, JFK Boston Negative, reel 3, 1967
3 Film reels
16mm
FC 64
Thermopylae, JFK Boston Negative, reel 4, 1967
4 Film reels
16mm
FC 67
Thermopylae, JFK Boston Negative, reel 5, 1967
5 Film reels
16mm
FC 68
Thermopylae, JFK Boston, 1968
12 Film reels
16mm
37
Thermopylae; Thecht, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
10
Thermopylae, JFK Boston, Trims and Outtakes, 1968
9 Film reels
16mm
38
Thermopylae, JFK Boston, Trims and Outtakes, 1968
8 Film reels
16mm
39
JFK, Reviewing Rushes; Film Review, 1968 September
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
28
11
Thermopylae, JFK Film Project, Film Transfers, 1968-1969, 1997
28
12
Thermopylae, JFK Film Project, Notebook, 1967-1998
28
13
Thermopylae, JFK Film Project, 1999-2000
28
14
Thermopylae, JFK Film Project, 1997-2000
29
1
Thermopylae, JFK Boston; Ecumenical Doors, circa 1960-1970
1 Film reel
16mm
39
Thermopylae; Arcturus, 1972
2 Film reels
16mm
40
Ecumenical Doors, 1970
1 Film reel
16mm
39
St. Paul's Doors outtakes; Minneapolis; Eugene, circa 1970-1979
10 Film reels
16 mm
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 1: Unknown, bulk 1970-1979
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 42
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 2: Wire Removal, bulk 1970-1979
2 Film reels
16mm
FC 43
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 3: Fire Factory, bulk 1970-1979
3 Film reels
16mm
FC 44
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 4: Binding, bulk 1970-1979
4 Film reels
16mm
FC 45
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 5: Final Smoking, bulk 1970-1979
5 Film reels
16mm
FC 46
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 6: Plastering Drums, bulk 1970-1979
6 Film reels
16mm
FC 47
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 7: Discs, bulk 1970-1979
7 Film reels
16mm
FC 48
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 8: Terra, bulk 1970-1979
8 Film reels
16mm
FC 49
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 9: Final, bulk 1970-1979
9 Film reels
16mm
FC 50
St. Paul's Door Outtakes, Reel 10: Two Unknown, bulk 1970-1979
10 Film reels
16mm
FC 51
Arcturus, 1973
1 Film reel
16mm
40
Arcturus, Williamette River Oracle, Ecumenical Doors, 1975
4 Film reels
16mm
40
For the Record
, circa 1976
1 Film reel
16 mm
Master Sculptures include Bruce Beasley, Roger Bolomy, Dimitri Hadzi, High Townley, Tony Rosenthal and John Chamberlin. Recorded at the Oregon International Sculpture Symposium in 1976 in Eugene.
FC 52
Eugene Symposium; Springfield Quarry
, circa 1973-1976
1 Film reel
16 mm
FC 41
River Legend, 1976
6 Film reels
16mm
40
Bracciano Sculpture; Gil Franklin, Don Acquilno, Paul Suttman, Aldo Casanova, 1970 May 29
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
29
2
Seagate Spectacular and Other Hadzi Display Footage, 1983 November 11
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
29
3
Fox River Oracle, circa 1985-1990
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
29
4
Hadzi: In Lowell, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
29
5
Dimitri Hadzi: Sculpture, 1998 January 7
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
29
6
Dimitri Hadzi: Sculpture, 1998 January 7
5 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
29
7-10
Dimitri Hadzi: Sculpture, 1998 January 7
5 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
30
1-5
Studios
Osborne; 1/2 Scale Plaster; Pimentel; Dismantling Trucks, 1999 May
1 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
30
6
Pimentel, undated
1 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
30
7
Miscellaneous
Acetato, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
30
8
Giacimenti, undated
1 Sound cassette
30
9
Fireworks, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
30
10
Fischer Concert, undated
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
30
11
Unidentified, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
31
1
Unidentified, undated
1 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
31
2
Unidentified, 1981 December 10
1 Sound cassette
31
3
Unidentified, undated
1 Sound cassette
31
4
Notes and Photographs of Original Housing, circa 1969-2000s
32
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