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Series 1:Biographical Material, circa 1950s-1971
6 Folders
Box 1, 8

Biographical material consists of a copy of Knaths's curriculum vitae, a press release, and miscellaneous personal financial records.

Materials are arranged by document type.

This series has been partially scanned. Personal financial records have not been scanned.

Description	Container	Select
Curriculum Vitae, circa 1950s	1 1	Select: Curriculum Vitae, circa 1950s
Financial Records, Bank Statements, 1971	1 2	Select: Financial Records, Bank Statements, 1971
Financial Records, Estate Planning and Tax Returns, 1969-1970	1 3	Select: Financial Records, Estate Planning and Tax Returns, 1969-1970
Financial Records, Ledger Book, 1966-1971 Oversized material housed in Box 8, F1	1 4	Select: Financial Records, Ledger Book, 1966-1971Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 8, F1
Press Release, circa 1950s	1 5	Select: Press Release, circa 1950s
Financial Records, Ledger Book, 1966-1971 Oversized materials from Box 1, F4	8 1	Select: Financial Records, Ledger Book, 1966-1971Scope and Contents noteOversized materials from Box 1, F4

Series 2:Correspondence, 1923-1971
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1

Correspondence in the collection documents Knaths's relationships with family, friends, and business associates after his move to Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1919.

The series is arranged as 2 subseries.

2.1: Business, 1943-1971
2.2: Personal, 1923-1970

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

2.1:Business, 1945-1970

Business correspondence documents Knaths's relationships with collectors, galleries, art museums, professional artist associations, and other professional contacts. Notable correspondents include Duncan and Marjorie Phillips and the gallery Paul Rosenberg and Co., which represented Knaths from 1945-1970.

2.2:Personal, 1923-1970

Personal correspondence consists of letters, holiday cards, and postal cards received from Knaths's family and friends, including artist Joseph Meierhans.

Description	Container
A-C, Miscellaneous, 1924-1965	1 29	Select: A-C, Miscellaneous, 1924-1965
D-M, Miscellaneous, 1925-1969	1 30	Select: D-M, Miscellaneous, 1925-1969
Meierhans, Joe, 1923-1929, undated	1 31	Select: Meierhans, Joe, 1923-1929, undated
N-Z, Miscellaneous, 1925-1970	1 32	Select: N-Z, Miscellaneous, 1925-1970

Series 3:Writings, 1916-1968, 1890
2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3, 8, OV 14, OV 19

Writings include three personal diaries of Knaths, notes on theoretical color and compositional approaches to painting, and essays on art written by Knaths and others. There is also one diary written by F. A. Mehler in 1890.

The series is arranged as 4 subseries.

3.1: Diaries, 1890, 1916-1948
3.2: Notebooks and Notes, circa 1920s-1940s
3.3: Karl Knatsh, 1938-circa 1950s
3.4: Others, circa 1920s-1950s

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

3.1:Diaries, 1916-1948, 1890

Diaries include three of Knaths's personal diaries labeled Allentown, Pennsylvania (1916-1918), European Travel (1919), and Provincetown, Massachusetts (1948). Also included is a diary written by F.A. Mehler in 1890.

Description	Container
Diary, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1916-1918	1 33	Select: Diary, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1916-1918
Diary, European Travel, 1919	1 34	Select: Diary, European Travel, 1919
Diary, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1948	1 35	Select: Diary, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1948
Diary, F.A. Mehler, 1890	1 36	Select: Diary, F.A. Mehler, 1890

3.2:Notebooks and Notes, circa 1920s-1940s

Notebooks and notes include lecture notes from classes that Knaths both attended and taught; 22 notebooks that explore his interest in articulating color classificatons, compositional theories of painting, and the potential intersections between music, space, and color theory; and loose notes on various artists, projects, and facets of painting.

3.3:Karl Knaths, 1938-circa 1950s

Writings by Karl Knaths include a draft of his unpublished manuscript "Ornament and Glory," and several of his completed essays on art, including "Decorative Material" and "Pictorial Analysis."

3.4:Others, circa 1920s-1950s

Writings by others consists of essays, lectures, and excerpts by 20 writers. It includes 15 lecture transcripts from courses taught by Hans Hofmann during the 1930s, Knaths's translations of essays by Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevitch, and Carl Einstein, and a biographical essay on Karl Knaths by Paul Mocsanyi.

Series 4:Printed Material, circa 1920s-1973
10 Folders
Box 3, OV 19

Printed materials in the collection include clippings, exhibition catalogs, and programs related to Knaths's one-man exhibitions and group shows, and the books Syracuse University Centennial Collection of Art (1970) and Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting (1973).

Materials are arranged by document type.

The bulk of this series has been scanned. In most cases, only the cover, title page, and individual relevant pages have been scanned from published materials.

Description	Container	Select
Alumni Bulletin, The View from Wisconsin State University, 1967	3 16	Select: Alumni Bulletin, The View from Wisconsin State University, 1967
Book, Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting by Isabel Patterson Eaton, 1973	3 17	Select: Book, Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting by Isabel Patterson Eaton, 1973
Book, Syracuse University Centennial Collection of Art, 1970	3 18	Select: Book, Syracuse University Centennial Collection of Art, 1970
Clippings, 1928-1969	3 19	Select: Clippings, 1928-1969
Exhibition Catalogs, 1942-1959	3 20	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, 1942-1959
Exhibition Catalogs, 1960-1965	3 21	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, 1960-1965
Exhibition Catalogs, 1966-1972	3 22	Select: Exhibition Catalogs, 1966-1972
Event Program, Portage Centennial Celebration, 1952	3 23	Select: Event Program, Portage Centennial Celebration, 1952
Miscellaneous Printed Material, circa 1920s-1970s	3 24	Select: Miscellaneous Printed Material, circa 1920s-1970s

Series 5:Sketchbooks, circa 1920s-1970s
4.5 Linear feet
Boxes 3-6, 9-13

132 Sketchbooks date from the 1920s to the 1970s and document Knaths's early figurative and landscape studies and later explorations of cubist style and compositional experiments with color, line, and form.

Materials are arranged in chronological order.

This series has been scanned in its entirety. Sketchbooks have been scanned in page order from the top cover to the bottom cover.

Description	Container	Select
Book #1, circa 1920s-1940s	3 25	Select: Book #1, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #2, circa 1920s-1940s	3 26	Select: Book #2, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #3, circa 1920s-1940s	3 27	Select: Book #3, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #4, circa 1920s-1940s	3 28	Select: Book #4, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #5, circa 1920s-1940s	3 29	Select: Book #5, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #6, circa 1920s-1940s	3 30	Select: Book #6, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #7, circa 1920s-1940s	3 31	Select: Book #7, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #8, circa 1920s-1940s	3 32	Select: Book #8, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #9, circa 1920s-1940s	3 33	Select: Book #9, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #10, circa 1920s-1940s	3 34	Select: Book #10, circa 1920s-1940s
Book #11, circa 1920s-1970s	3 35	Select: Book #11, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #12, circa 1920s-1970s	3 36	Select: Book #12, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #13, circa 1920s-1970s	3 37	Select: Book #13, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #14, circa 1920s-1970s	3 38	Select: Book #14, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #15, circa 1920s-1970s	3 39	Select: Book #15, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #16, circa 1920s-1970s	3 40	Select: Book #16, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #17, circa 1920s-1970s	3 41	Select: Book #17, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #18, circa 1920s-1970s	3 42	Select: Book #18, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #19, circa 1920s-1970s	3 43	Select: Book #19, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #20, circa 1920s-1970s	3 44	Select: Book #20, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #21, circa 1920s-1970s	3 45	Select: Book #21, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #22, circa 1920s-1970s	3 46	Select: Book #22, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #23, circa 1920s-1970s	4 1	Select: Book #23, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #24, circa 1920s-1970s	4 2	Select: Book #24, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #25, circa 1920s-1970s	4 3	Select: Book #25, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #26, circa 1920s-1970s	4 4	Select: Book #26, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #27, circa 1920s-1970s	4 5	Select: Book #27, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #28, circa 1920s-1970s	4 6	Select: Book #28, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #29, circa 1920s-1970s	4 7	Select: Book #29, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #30, circa 1920s-1970s	4 8	Select: Book #30, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #31, circa 1920s-1970s	4 9	Select: Book #31, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #32, circa 1920s-1970s	4 10	Select: Book #32, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #33, circa 1920s-1970s	4 11	Select: Book #33, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #34, circa 1920s-1970s	4 12	Select: Book #34, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #35, circa 1920s-1970s	4 13	Select: Book #35, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #36, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 9, F1	4 14	Select: Book #36, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F1
Book #37, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 9, F2	4 15	Select: Book #37, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F2
Book #38, circa 1920s-1970s	4 16	Select: Book #38, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #39, circa 1920s-1970s	4 17	Select: Book #39, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #40, circa 1920s-1970s	4 18	Select: Book #40, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #41, circa 1920s-1970s	4 19	Select: Book #41, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #42, circa 1920s-1970s	4 20	Select: Book #42, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #43, circa 1920s-1970s	4 21	Select: Book #43, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #44, circa 1920s-1970s	4 22	Select: Book #44, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #45, circa 1920s-1970s	4 23	Select: Book #45, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #46, circa 1920s-1970s	4 24	Select: Book #46, circa 1920s-1970s
Book #47, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 9, F3	4 25	Select: Book #47, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F3
Book #48, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 9, F4	4 26	Select: Book #48, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F4
Book #49, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 9, F5	4 27	Select: Book #49, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F5
Book #50, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 9, F6	4 28	Select: Book #50, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F6
Book #51, 1922 Oversized material housed in Box 9, F7	4 29	Select: Book #51, 1922Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F7
Book #52, 1922-1923	4 30	Select: Book #52, 1922-1923
Book #53, 1923 Oversized material housed in Box 9, F8	4 31	Select: Book #53, 1923Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 9, F8
Book #54, circa 1930s-1932	4 32	Select: Book #54, circa 1930s-1932
Book #55, circa 1930s-1932	4 33	Select: Book #55, circa 1930s-1932
Book #56, circa 1930s-1932	4 34	Select: Book #56, circa 1930s-1932
Book #57, 1936-1937 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F1	4 35	Select: Book #57, 1936-1937Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F1
Book #58, 1938 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F2	4 36	Select: Book #58, 1938Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F2
Book #59, 1943	4 37	Select: Book #59, 1943
Book #60, 1948	4 38	Select: Book #60, 1948
Book #61, 1948	4 39	Select: Book #61, 1948
Book #62, 1948	4 40	Select: Book #62, 1948
Book #63, 1948	4 41	Select: Book #63, 1948
Book #64	4 42	Select: Book #64
Book #65, 1950-1951	4 43	Select: Book #65, 1950-1951
Book #66, 1950-1951	4 44	Select: Book #66, 1950-1951
Book #67, 1950-1951	4 45	Select: Book #67, 1950-1951
Book #68, 1951	5 1	Select: Book #68, 1951
Book #69, 1951	5 2	Select: Book #69, 1951
Book #70, 1951	5 3	Select: Book #70, 1951
Book #71, 1951 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F3	5 4	Select: Book #71, 1951Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F3
Book #72, 1952	5 5	Select: Book #72, 1952
Book #73, 1952	5 6	Select: Book #73, 1952
Book #74, 1952	5 7	Select: Book #74, 1952
Book #75, 1953	5 8	Select: Book #75, 1953
Book #76, 1954	5 9	Select: Book #76, 1954
Book #77, 1954	5 10	Select: Book #77, 1954
Book #78, 1954	5 11	Select: Book #78, 1954
Book #79, 1954	5 12	Select: Book #79, 1954
Book #80, 1955	5 13	Select: Book #80, 1955
Book #81, 1955	5 14	Select: Book #81, 1955
Book #82, 1955	5 15	Select: Book #82, 1955
Book #83, 1955-1956	5 16	Select: Book #83, 1955-1956
Book #84, 1956	5 17	Select: Book #84, 1956
Book #85, 1956	5 18	Select: Book #85, 1956
Book #86, 1956	5 19	Select: Book #86, 1956
Book #87, 1956, 1958	5 20	Select: Book #87, 1956, 1958
Book #88, 1957	5 21	Select: Book #88, 1957
Book #89, 1957	5 22	Select: Book #89, 1957
Book #90, 1958	5 23	Select: Book #90, 1958
Book #91, 1958	5 24	Select: Book #91, 1958
Book #92, 1958	5 25	Select: Book #92, 1958
Book #93, 1958	5 26	Select: Book #93, 1958
Book #94, 1958	5 27	Select: Book #94, 1958
Book #95, 1958-1959	5 28	Select: Book #95, 1958-1959
Book #96, 1960 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F4	5 29	Select: Book #96, 1960Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F4
Book #97, 1960 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F5	5 30	Select: Book #97, 1960Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F5
Book #98, 1960-1961 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F6	5 31	Select: Book #98, 1960-1961Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F6
Book #99, 1960-1961 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F7	5 32	Select: Book #99, 1960-1961Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F7
Book #100, 1961 Oversized material housed in Box 10, F8	5 33	Select: Book #100, 1961Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 10, F8
Book #101, 1961 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F1	5 34	Select: Book #101, 1961Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F1
Book #102, 1961 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F2	5 35	Select: Book #102, 1961Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F2
Book #103, 1962	5 36	Select: Book #103, 1962
Book #104, 1962 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F3	5 37	Select: Book #104, 1962Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F3
Book #105, 1962 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F4	5 38	Select: Book #105, 1962Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F4
Book #106, 1963 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F5	5 39	Select: Book #106, 1963Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F5
Book #107, 1963 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F6	5 40	Select: Book #107, 1963Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F6
Book #108, 1963 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F7	5 41	Select: Book #108, 1963Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F7
Book #109, 1963 Oversized material housed in Box 11, F8	5 42	Select: Book #109, 1963Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 11, F8
Book #110, 1964 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F1	5 43	Select: Book #110, 1964Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F1
Book #111, 1964 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F2	5 44	Select: Book #111, 1964Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F2
Book #112, 1964-1965 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F3	5 45	Select: Book #112, 1964-1965Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F3
Book #113, 1965 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F4	5 46	Select: Book #113, 1965Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F4
Book #114, 1966	5 47	Select: Book #114, 1966
Book #115, 1966	5 48	Select: Book #115, 1966
Book #116, 1966	5 49	Select: Book #116, 1966
Book #117, 1966	6 1	Select: Book #117, 1966
Book #118, 1966 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F5	6 2	Select: Book #118, 1966Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F5
Book #119, 1966 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F6	6 3	Select: Book #119, 1966Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F6
Book #120, 1967	6 4	Select: Book #120, 1967
Book #121, 1967	6 5	Select: Book #121, 1967
Book #122, 1967 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F7	6 6	Select: Book #122, 1967Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F7
Book #123, 1967 Oversized material housed in Box 12, F8	6 7	Select: Book #123, 1967Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 12, F8
Book #124, 1967-1968	6 8	Select: Book #124, 1967-1968
Book #125, 1967-1968 Oversized material housed in Box 13, F1	6 9	Select: Book #125, 1967-1968Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 13, F1
Book #126, 1968	6 10	Select: Book #126, 1968
Book #127, 1968	6 11	Select: Book #127, 1968
Book #128, 1968 Oversized material housed in Box 13, F2	6 12	Select: Book #128, 1968Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 13, F2
Book #129, 1968-1969 Oversized material housed in Box 13, F3	6 13	Select: Book #129, 1968-1969Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 13, F3
Book #130, 1969	6 14	Select: Book #130, 1969
Book #131, 1969-1970	6 15	Select: Book #131, 1969-1970
Book #132, 1969-1970	6 16	Select: Book #132, 1969-1970
Oversized Sketchbooks, #36-37, #47-51, #53, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material scanned with Box 4, F14-15, F25-29, F31	9 1-8	Select: Oversized Sketchbooks, #36-37, #47-51, #53, circa 1920s-1970sScope and ContentsOversized material scanned with Box 4, F14-15, F25-29, F31
Oversized Sketchbooks, #57-58, #71, #96-100, 1936-1961 Oversized material scanned with Box 4, F35-36 and Box 5, F4, F29-33	10 1-8	Select: Oversized Sketchbooks, #57-58, #71, #96-100, 1936-1961Scope and ContentsOversized material scanned with Box 4, F35-36 and Box 5, F4, F29-33
Oversized Sketchbooks, #101-102, #104-109, 1961-1963 Oversized material scanned with Box 5, F34-35, F37-42	11 1-8	Select: Oversized Sketchbooks, #101-102, #104-109, 1961-1963Scope and ContentsOversized material scanned with Box 5, F34-35, F37-42
Oversized Sketchbooks, #110-113, #118-119, #122-123, 1964-1967 Oversized material scanned with Box Box 5, F43-46 and Box 6, F2-3, F6-7	12 1-8	Select: Oversized Sketchbooks, #110-113, #118-119, #122-123, 1964-1967Scope and ContentsOversized material scanned with Box Box 5, F43-46 and Box 6, F2-3, F6-7
Oversized Sketchbooks, #125, #128-129, 1967-1969 Oversized material scanned with Box 6, F9, F12-13	13 1-3	Select: Oversized Sketchbooks, #125, #128-129, 1967-1969Scope and ContentsOversized material scanned with Box 6, F9, F12-13

Series 6:Artwork, circa 1920s-1970s
1.8 Linear feet
Box 6, 13, OV 15-18, OV 20-22

Artwork includes numerous color charts and diagrams that Knaths kept to inform his painting color palette; outlines of compositional works on both graphed and regular paper; loose pencil sketches and pastels of figures, landscapes, and compositional experiments; and finished paintings and prints.

The series is arranged as 3 subseries.

6.1: Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s
6.2: Drawings, circa 1920s-1970s
6.3: Mixed Media, circa 1920s-1970s

This series has been scanned in its entirety.

6.1:Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s

Color charts consists of numerous palette charts and labeled diagrams Knaths used to inform his color palette and compositional choices.

Description	Container
Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material housed in Box 13, F4	6 17	Select: Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 13, F4
Color Palette, Unlabeled, circa 1959	6 18	Select: Color Palette, Unlabeled, circa 1959
Color Palette, Labeled, circa 1959	6 19	Select: Color Palette, Labeled, circa 1959
Color Palette, Labeled, circa 1959	6 20	Select: Color Palette, Labeled, circa 1959
Color Line Charts, Curves, circa 1960	6 21	Select: Color Line Charts, Curves, circa 1960
Color Line Charts, 180 Degrees, circa 1960	6 22	Select: Color Line Charts, 180 Degrees, circa 1960
Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s Oversized material scanned with Box 6, F17	13 4	Select: Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970sScope and Contents noteOversized material scanned with Box 6, F17

6.2:Drawings, circa 1920s-1970s

Drawings includes loose figure drawing sketches, compositional outlines, and ideas for various interior still life and landscape paintings.

6.3:Mixed Media, circa 1920s-1970s

Mixed media includes collages, paintings, pastels, prints, watercolors, and an etching plate depicting figures, still lifes, landscapes, and abstract art.

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Series 1:Biographical Material, circa 1950s-1971
6 Folders
Box 1, 8

Series 2:Correspondence, 1923-1971
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1

2.1:Business, 1945-1970

2.2:Personal, 1923-1970

Series 3:Writings, 1916-1968, 1890
2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3, 8, OV 14, OV 19

3.1:Diaries, 1916-1948, 1890

3.2:Notebooks and Notes, circa 1920s-1940s

3.3:Karl Knaths, 1938-circa 1950s

3.4:Others, circa 1920s-1950s

Series 4:Printed Material, circa 1920s-1973
10 Folders
Box 3, OV 19

Series 5:Sketchbooks, circa 1920s-1970s
4.5 Linear feet
Boxes 3-6, 9-13

Series 6:Artwork, circa 1920s-1970s
1.8 Linear feet
Box 6, 13, OV 15-18, OV 20-22

6.1:Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s

6.2:Drawings, circa 1920s-1970s

6.3:Mixed Media, circa 1920s-1970s

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Description	Container
"Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s	2 22	Select: "Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s
"Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s Oversized material housed in OV 14	2 23	Select: "Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950sScope and Contents noteOversized material housed in OV 14
"Artist and His Model", circa 1940s	2 24	Select: "Artist and His Model", circa 1940s
"Decorative Material", 1938	2 25	Select: "Decorative Material", 1938
"Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938 Oversized material housed in Box 8, F5 and OV 19	2 26	Select: "Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in Box 8, F5 and OV 19
"Decorative Material" and "Pictorial Analysis" Draft, circa 1940s	2 27	Select: "Decorative Material" and "Pictorial Analysis" Draft, circa 1940s
"Pictorial Analysis", circa 1940s	2 28	Select: "Pictorial Analysis", circa 1940s
"Pictorial Expression", circa 1940s	2 29	Select: "Pictorial Expression", circa 1940s
"Problem of the Painter", circa 1920s	2 30	Select: "Problem of the Painter", circa 1920s
"Structure in Painting", circa 1940s	2 31	Select: "Structure in Painting", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, [Autobiography], circa 1940s	2 32	Select: Essay Fragment, [Autobiography], circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Areas", circa 1940s	2 33	Select: Essay Fragment, "Areas", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Blank Space", circa 1940s	2 34	Select: Essay Fragment, "Blank Space", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Color", circa 1940s	2 35	Select: Essay Fragment, "Color", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Color Patterns", circa 1940s	2 36	Select: Essay Fragment, "Color Patterns", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Figure Composition", circa 1940s	2 37	Select: Essay Fragment, "Figure Composition", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Form", circa 1940s	2 38	Select: Essay Fragment, "Form", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Harmony", circa 1940s	2 39	Select: Essay Fragment, "Harmony", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Plastic Arts", circa 1940s	2 40	Select: Essay Fragment, "Plastic Arts", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Reality", circa 1940s	2 41	Select: Essay Fragment, "Reality", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Scale Functions/Scheme", circa 1940s	2 42	Select: Essay Fragment, "Scale Functions/Scheme", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Space Relations", circa 1940s	2 43	Select: Essay Fragment, "Space Relations", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Spirit of the Time", circa 1940s	2 44	Select: Essay Fragment, "Spirit of the Time", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Surface", circa 1940s	2 45	Select: Essay Fragment, "Surface", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment, "Theory", circa 1940s	2 46	Select: Essay Fragment, "Theory", circa 1940s
Essay Fragment on Modern Art, circa 1940s	2 47	Select: Essay Fragment on Modern Art, circa 1940s
Essay Fragments on Art History, circa 1940s	2 48	Select: Essay Fragments on Art History, circa 1940s
"Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938 Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F26	8 5	Select: "Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938Scope and Contents noteOversized material scanned with Box 2, F26
"Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F23	OV 14	Select: "Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950sScope and Contents noteOversized material scanned with Box 2, F23
"Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938 Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F26	OV 19	Select: "Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938Scope and Contents noteOversized material scanned with Box 2, F26

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Lecture Transcript, Symposium on Modern Art, Winter Park, Florida, 1950	2 49	Select: Lecture Transcript, Symposium on Modern Art, Winter Park, Florida, 1950
[Art Appeals So Strongly to the Senses], circa 1930s	2 50	Select: [Art Appeals So Strongly to the Senses], circa 1930s
Burke, Kenneth, Lecture, "Ideology and Myth", 1947	2 51	Select: Burke, Kenneth, Lecture, "Ideology and Myth", 1947
Campbell, Joseph, Notes from Lecture, "Myth and Ritual", 1947	2 52	Select: Campbell, Joseph, Notes from Lecture, "Myth and Ritual", 1947
Einstein, Carl, "Cubism," Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths and Myron Stout, circa 1920s	2 53	Select: Einstein, Carl, "Cubism," Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths and Myron Stout, circa 1920s
Einstein, Carl, "Cubism," Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths and Myron Stout, circa 1920s	2 54	Select: Einstein, Carl, "Cubism," Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths and Myron Stout, circa 1920s
Einstein, Carl, Excerpts from Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s	2 55	Select: Einstein, Carl, Excerpts from Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
Einstein, Carl, Excerpts from Georges Braque, circa 1940s	2 56	Select: Einstein, Carl, Excerpts from Georges Braque, circa 1940s
Estienne, Charles, "Jacques Villon", 1949	2 57	Select: Estienne, Charles, "Jacques Villon", 1949
Fromm, Erich, Lecture, "The Modern Myth", 1947	2 58	Select: Fromm, Erich, Lecture, "The Modern Myth", 1947
Gleizes, Albert, Excerpts from History of Cubism, circa 1940s	2 59	Select: Gleizes, Albert, Excerpts from History of Cubism, circa 1940s
Gris, Juan, Notes on Painting, circa 1930s-1940s	2 60	Select: Gris, Juan, Notes on Painting, circa 1930s-1940s
Hofmann, Hans, "Plastic Creation," Trans. by Ludwig Sander, circa 1930s	2 61	Select: Hofmann, Hans, "Plastic Creation," Trans. by Ludwig Sander, circa 1930s
Hofmann, Hans, Lectures #3-11, circa 1930s-1940s	2 62	Select: Hofmann, Hans, Lectures #3-11, circa 1930s-1940s
Hofmann, Hans, Six Lectures, 1938-1939	2 63	Select: Hofmann, Hans, Six Lectures, 1938-1939
Hofmann, Hans, Notes, 1941-1942	3 1	Select: Hofmann, Hans, Notes, 1941-1942
Jarrell, Randall, "A Sad Day at the Supermarket", circa 1940s	3 2	Select: Jarrell, Randall, "A Sad Day at the Supermarket", circa 1940s
Malevitch, Kazimir, "Suprematism," Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s	3 3	Select: Malevitch, Kazimir, "Suprematism," Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
Mocsanyi, Paul, "Karl Knaths", circa 1950s	3 4	Select: Mocsanyi, Paul, "Karl Knaths", circa 1950s
Mondrian, Piet, "Reply of Piet Mondrian", circa 1940s	3 5	Select: Mondrian, Piet, "Reply of Piet Mondrian", circa 1940s
Mondrian, Piet, "The Home--The Street--The City", 1949	3 6	Select: Mondrian, Piet, "The Home--The Street--The City", 1949
Mondrian, Piet, "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s	3 7	Select: Mondrian, Piet, "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
Mondrian, Piet, "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s	3 8	Select: Mondrian, Piet, "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
Mondrian, Piet, Excerpt from "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s	3 9	Select: Mondrian, Piet, Excerpt from "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
Raynal, Maurice, Excerpts from Picasso, circa 1940s	3 10	Select: Raynal, Maurice, Excerpts from Picasso, circa 1940s
Roman, Melvin, Presentation, "Anger and the Arts", 1968	3 11	Select: Roman, Melvin, Presentation, "Anger and the Arts", 1968
Schrodinger, Erwin, Notes Taken on "What is Life", circa 1940s	3 12	Select: Schrodinger, Erwin, Notes Taken on "What is Life", circa 1940s
Seuphor, Michel, "Piet Mondrian and the Origins of Neo-Plasticism", circa 1940s	3 13	Select: Seuphor, Michel, "Piet Mondrian and the Origins of Neo-Plasticism", circa 1940s
Suzuki, D.T., Excerpts from "Introduction to Zen Buddhism" and "Essays in Zen, the Koan Exercise", circa 1940s	3 14	Select: Suzuki, D.T., Excerpts from "Introduction to Zen Buddhism" and "Essays in Zen, the Koan Exercise", circa 1940s
Thompson, Ralph F., "'Reality' Appraised", circa 1940s	3 15	Select: Thompson, Ralph F., "'Reality' Appraised", circa 1940s

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