John Opper papers, 1908-2013, bulk 1930-1994

This series contains a range of biographical material such as a New York University faculty identification card, a family tree, five passports, curriculum vitae; birth, naturalization, marriage, and death certificates; notes, census data, etc. Noteworthy material includes sketches by Opper, some loose and others on a printed program from the T.S. "Bremen." All sketches are of people, probably fellow passengers. Some Opper family genealogical documents are in digital format.

The material in this series is in alphabetical order.

The bulk of the material in this series has been digitized except for some passport pages. Only the covers and first two pages of the passports were digitized.

This series consists of professional and personal correspondence. Correspondents include immediate family, galleries, universities, foundations, and friends and colleagues, such as Lee Hall and George McNeil. Also found in this series is the text of a lecture by Lee Hall delivered at Rhode Island School of Design in 1981.

Family correspondence and "first names only" correspondence (letters which are only signed with a first name) are at the beginning of the series. The rest of the series is in alphabetical order.

The bulk of the material in this series has been digitized, except for duplicates.

Personal business records consist of financial and legal material as well as inventories related to John Opper's artwork. Opper's Bowery and Amagansett studio files contain a mixture maintenance fees as well as records related to a legal settlement. Sales records are from Grace Borgenicht Gallery, which represented John Opper. Also included is a painting inventory on index cards that has measurements and dates for paintings without a corresponding list of titles and a list of slides of paintings.

The material in this series is arranged in alphabetical order.

The bulk of the material in this series has been digitized, except for blank pages and duplicates. The Bowery Studio folder was not digitized because they contain legal records.

The series includes a disbound scrapbook, newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition catalogs, announcements, and the galley sheets for a children's book illustrated by Opper. The dismantled scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings about Opper and his artwork.

The material in this series is grouped alphabetically by type, such as bulletins, clippings, exhibition catalogs, magazines, etc. Printed materials are arranged chronologically within each grouping.

The bulk of the material in this series has been digitized, except for duplicates. Most of the exhibition catalogs up through 1945 have been fully digitized. Exhibition catalogs and other publications after 1945 have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized. The unbound galley of the book Roberta E. Lee has only had the cover and title page digitized.

This series includes photographs, slides, and digital photographs. The photographs depict John Opper, Opper with friends and family, and Opper's artwork.

Photographs of John Opper are at the beginning of the series, followed by photographs of his artwork.

The bulk of this series has been digitized except for blank versos of photographs and duplicates.