Esther McCoy papers, circa 1876-1990, bulk 1938-1989

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4.2: Exhibition Catalogs, circa 1942-1990

This subseries contains records of McCoy's work on several exhibition catalogs. McCoy worked on major museum exhibitions about architecture, such as Blueprints for Modern Living at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Ten Italian Architects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and High Styles at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In some instances she was a curator for the exhibition and wrote the catalog, and in others she was asked to contribute an essay for the catalog. Files include correspondence, published catalogs, draft writings and photographs used for the catalogs, notes and research material, publicity and reviews, and other documentation of exhibition details. Of particular note are a video about the Case Study House Program that was released in conjunction with the Blueprints for Modern Living exhibition, and documentation regarding theft of items from the Juan O'Gorman exhibition.

Files are grouped alphabetically by exhibition title.

The bulk of this subseries has been scanned. Photographs by Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand and other select folders have not been scanned.

Description	Container	Select
A. Quincy Jones: A Tribute (1980)		Select: A. Quincy Jones: A Tribute (1980)
Catalog, 1980	18 23	Select: Catalog, 1980
Drafts, circa 1979	18 24-25	Select: Drafts, circa 1979
Notes and Research Material, circa 1970s-1980	18 26	Select: Notes and Research Material, circa 1970s-1980
Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study House (1989)		Select: Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study House (1989)
Correspondence, 1985-1989	18 27	Select: Correspondence, 1985-1989
Drafts, circa 1989	18 28-29	Select: Drafts, circa 1989
Notes, circa 1989	18 30	Select: Notes, circa 1989
Project Description, 1989	18 31	Select: Project Description, 1989
Publicity and Reviews, 1987-1990	18 32	Select: Publicity and Reviews, 1987-1990
Video, "The Case Study House Program, 1945-1966,", 1989 (1 videocassette (VHS))	18 33	Select: Video, "The Case Study House Program, 1945-1966,", 1989 (1 videocassette (VHS))
Felix Candela (1957)		Select: Felix Candela (1957)
Catalog and Printed Material, 1957	18 34	Select: Catalog and Printed Material, 1957
Correspondence, 1957-1959	18 35-36	Select: Correspondence, 1957-1959
Drafts and Notes, 1956-1957	18 37-38	Select: Drafts and Notes, 1956-1957
Exhibition Arrangements, 1957	18 39	Select: Exhibition Arrangements, 1957
Photographs, circa 1950s	18 40	Select: Photographs, circa 1950s
High Styles (1986)		Select: High Styles (1986)
Checklist Documents, circa 1985	18 41	Select: Checklist Documents, circa 1985
Correspondence, 1983-1986	18 42-44	Select: Correspondence, 1983-1986
Drafts, circa 1985	19 1-2	Select: Drafts, circa 1985
Exhibition Arrangements, 1984-1985	19 3	Select: Exhibition Arrangements, 1984-1985
Fabric Samples, circa 1956-1968	19 4	Select: Fabric Samples, circa 1956-1968
Museum Catalog Records (photocopies), circa 1985	19 5	Select: Museum Catalog Records (photocopies), circa 1985
Notes, circa 1984-1985	19 6	Select: Notes, circa 1984-1985
Photographs, circa 1942-1985 (photographs by Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand not scanned)	19 7	Select: Photographs, circa 1942-1985 (photographs by Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand not scanned)
Photographs, circa 1942-1985	19 8	Select: Photographs, circa 1942-1985
Research Material, circa 1960s-1985	19 9	Select: Research Material, circa 1960s-1985
Reviews, 1985-1986	19 10-11	Select: Reviews, 1985-1986
Home Sweet Home: The California Ranch House (1983)		Select: Home Sweet Home: The California Ranch House (1983)
Correspondence and Exhibition Planning Documents, 1983-1984	19 12	Select: Correspondence and Exhibition Planning Documents, 1983-1984
Drafts, circa 1983	19 13	Select: Drafts, circa 1983
Notes, circa 1983	19 14	Select: Notes, circa 1983
Photographs, 1945, 1958, undated	19 15	Select: Photographs, 1945, 1958, undated
Printed Material, 1971, 1983-1984	19 16	Select: Printed Material, 1971, 1983-1984
Irving Gill (1958)		Select: Irving Gill (1958)
Catalog, 1958	19 17	Select: Catalog, 1958
Correspondence, 1958-1960	19 18	Select: Correspondence, 1958-1960
Drafts, circa 1958	19 19	Select: Drafts, circa 1958
Exhibition Arrangements, 1958	19 20	Select: Exhibition Arrangements, 1958
Photographs for Catalog, 1958 (photographs by Marvin Rand not scanned)	19 21-23	Select: Photographs for Catalog, 1958 (photographs by Marvin Rand not scanned)
Juan O'Gorman (1964)		Select: Juan O'Gorman (1964)
Catalog, 1964	19 24	Select: Catalog, 1964
Correspondence, 1958, 1963-1964	19 25	Select: Correspondence, 1958, 1963-1964
Drafts and Exhibition Arrangements, circa 1958-1964	19 26-27	Select: Drafts and Exhibition Arrangements, circa 1958-1964
Report on Theft, 1964	19 28	Select: Report on Theft, 1964
Marmo: The New Italian Stone Age, Introduction by Esther McCoy, circa 1988-1989	19 29	Select: Marmo: The New Italian Stone Age, Introduction by Esther McCoy, circa 1988-1989
Naives and Visionaries (1975)		Select: Naives and Visionaries (1975)
Correspondence, 1974-1977, 1984	19 30	Select: Correspondence, 1974-1977, 1984
Drafts, circa 1974-1975	19 31	Select: Drafts, circa 1974-1975
Notes, circa 1974-1975	19 32	Select: Notes, circa 1974-1975
Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s	19 33	Select: Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s
Printed Material, 1967-1981	19 34	Select: Printed Material, 1967-1981
Ten Italian Architects (1967)		Select: Ten Italian Architects (1967)
Acknowledgements and Captions, circa 1967	19 35	Select: Acknowledgements and Captions, circa 1967
Blueprints, Ignazio Gardella, 1965	19 36	Select: Blueprints, Ignazio Gardella, 1965
Catalog, 1967	19 37	Select: Catalog, 1967
Correspondence, 1963-1968	19 38-40	Select: Correspondence, 1963-1968
Financial Records, circa 1966-1968	19 41	Select: Financial Records, circa 1966-1968
Notebooks, circa 1963-1967	19 42-44	Select: Notebooks, circa 1963-1967
Notes, circa 1963-1967	20 1-2	Select: Notes, circa 1963-1967
Photograph Album, circa 1963-1967	20 3	Select: Photograph Album, circa 1963-1967
Proposals, circa 1964	20 4	Select: Proposals, circa 1964
Publicity, 1967	20 5	Select: Publicity, 1967
Research Material, Franco Albini, circa 1963-1965	20 6	Select: Research Material, Franco Albini, circa 1963-1965
Research Material, General, circa 1957-1966	20 7	Select: Research Material, General, circa 1957-1966
Research Material, Angelo Mangiarotti, 1963-1968	20 8	Select: Research Material, Angelo Mangiarotti, 1963-1968
Research Material, Gino Valle, circa 1960s	20 9	Select: Research Material, Gino Valle, circa 1960s

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