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Series 1: Biographical Materials , 1905-1974
14 Folders
Box 1

The series consists of Smithson's curriculum vitae, a list of favorite things, an Art Students League class evaluation, vaccination records, a passport, a wallet, and eight engagement/day planners Smithson and Holt maintained from 1966 to 1973. Miscellaneous materials include an article on Charles Smithson and a photocopy of the front page of the New York Herald Tribune on the day of Robert Smithson's birth. The series also includes a funeral register and an artist's statement prepared by three unidentified friends upon Smithson's death.
Materials are arranged chronologically within each folder.
Series has been digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Curriculum Vitae, 1972
1
1
List, "My Favorites", 1952
1
2
Art Students League Class Evaluation, circa 1950s
1
3
Passport and Vaccination Records, 1968-1971
1
4
Wallet, 1964-1974
1
5
Engagement Calendars , 1966-1968
Includes calendars for 1966, 1967, and 1968
1
6
Engagement Calendar, 1969
1
7
Engagement Calendar, 1970
1
8
Engagement Calendar, 1971
1
9
Engagement Calendar, 1972
1
10
Engagement Calendar, 1973
1
11
Artists' Statement Following Smithson's Death, 1973
1
12
Funeral Register and Cards, 1973
1
13
Miscellaneous, circa 1905-1938
1
14
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Series 2: Correspondence , 1959-1987
1.7 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, OV 21

Correspondence is primarily with Smithson's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates discussing personal relationships, proposed art projects, and exhibitions.
The series is arranged as 3 subseries:
  • 2.1: Family, 1959-1987
  • 2.2: General, 1961-1984
  • 2.3: Condolences, 1973
Series has been digitized in entirety.

2.1: Family, 1959-1987

Family correspondence consists of letters from Smithson to Nancy Holt and postcards from Smithson and Holt to Smithson's parents, Susan and Irving. Smithson's postcards to his parents detail his travels to Europe and updates on life and work projects in the 1960s-1970s. Holt's postcards tto Susan Smithson describe her travel and projects in the 1970s-1980s.
Description Container
Holt, Nancy, circa 1960s
1
15
Smithson, Susan and Irving, 1959-1961
1
16
Smithson, Susan and Irving, 1971-1973
1
17
Smithson, Susan and Irving, 1974-1976, 1982-1987
1
18

2.2: General, 1961-1984

General correspondence includes a handful of letters drafted by Smithson and Holt, with the bulk of the subseries comprising of letters from artists, art critics, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations, universities, real estate brokers, and businesses.
There is correspondence of note from the Dwan Gallery (Virginia Dwan) and from artist friends Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Konrad Fischer, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson, Will Insley, Ray Johnson, Gyorgy Kepes, Sol Lewitt, Lucy Lippard, Toby Mussman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Wade, and Dennis Wheeler. There is also substatial correspondence between Holt and Robert Hobbs regarding the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art's retrospective Smithson exhibition in 1982.
Description Container
A, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
Includes letters from Vito Acconci
1
19
ACE Gallery, 1966-1970
1
20
ACE Gallery, Oversized, circa 1966
21
1
Andre, Carl, circa 1960s-1970s
1
21
Art International, 1967-1968
1
22
Art News, 1966-1972
1
23
Artforum (Leider, Phil), 1966-1972
1
24
B, Miscellaneous, 1963-1972
Includes letters from Jo Baer, John Baldessari, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and Donald Burgy
1
25
C, Miscellaneous, 1967-1972
Includes letters from Ted Castle, Rosemarie Castoro, Ron Cooper, and Bill Copley
1
26
Celant, Germano, 1969-1970
1
27
Centro de Arte y Comunicacion, 1970-1971
1
28
Columbia University, 1968-1969
1
29
D, Miscellaneous, 1963-1972
Includes letters from Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Peter Downsbrough, and Thomas Downing
1
30
Dwan Gallery (Dwan, Virginia), 1966-1971
1
31
E-F, Miscellaneous, 1965-1972
Includes letters from Hamish Fulton
1
32
Fischer, Candace, 1968-1972
1
33
Fischer, Konrad, 1968-1971
1
34
Flavin, Dan, 1966-1968
1
35
G, Miscellaneous, 1961-1972
1
36
Gemeentemuseum (Develing, Enno), 1968-1971
1
37
George Braziller, Inc., 1967-1974
1
38
Graham, Dan, circa 1960s
1
39
Graham, Dan, 1965-1970
1
40
Guggenheim Museum, 1972-1973
1
41
H, Miscellaneous, 1965-1972
Includes letters from Hans Haacke, Tim Head, Doug Huebler, and Sam Hunter
1
42
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Hobbs, Robert C.), 1979-1980
1
43
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Hobbs, Robert C.), 1981
1
44
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Hobbs, Robert C.), 1982
1
45
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Hobbs, Robert C.), 1983
1
46
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Hobbs, Robert C.), 1984
1
47
Hutchinson, Peter, 1965-1969
1
48
I, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
Includes letter from Robert Indiana, and letters from Institute of Contemporary Art
1
49
Insley, Will, 1966-1969
1
50
J, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
1
51
Johnson, Ray, 1965-1968
1
52
Junker, Howard, 1967-1972
1
53
K, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
Includes letters from Wolf Kahlen, Halasz Karoly, Kasper Konig, Bruce Kurtz, and Joseph Kosuth
2
1
Kepes, Gyorgy, 1968-1972
2
2
Kurtz, Bruce, 1971-1972
2
3
L, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
Includes letters from Lallie Lloyd and Lee Lozano
2
4
Lewitt, Sol, 1966-1970
2
5
Lippard, Lucy, 1965-1970
2
6
Long, Richard, 1968-1973
2
7
M, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
Includes letters from Joe Masheck and Robert Morris
2
8
McConathy, Dale, 1966-1967
2
9
Moderna Museet, 1984
2
10
Museum of Modern Art, 1961-1972
2
11
Mussman, Toby, 1967-1972
2
12
N, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
2
13
N.E. Thing Co., 1968-1969
2
14
New York State Council on the Arts (Hunter, Sam), 1968-1969
2
15
Nova Scotia School of Art, 1970-1972
2
16
O-P, Miscellaneous, 1968-1972
Includes letters from John Perreault and Larry Poons
2
17
Oldenburg, Claes and Patty, 1967-1972
2
18
Oppenheim, Dennis, 1968-1969
2
19
R, Miscellaneous, 1968-1974
Includes letters from Ed Ruscha
2
20
Real Estate Related, 1968-1972
2
21
Real Estate Related, Oversized, 1968-1972
21
2
Rhode Island School of Design, 1972
2
22
Robbin, Anthony, circa 1960s
2
23
S, Miscellaneous, 1968-1972
Includes letters from Harry Soviak, Petr Stembera, and Marjorie Strider
2
24
Sao Paulo Bienal (Kepes, Gyorgy), 1969
2
25
Sharp, Willoughby, 1967-1970
2
26
Smithson, Robert, 1961-1972
2
27
Sonsbeek, 1969-1972
2
28
T, Miscellaneous, 1966-1967
Includes letters from Paul Thek
2
29
Ta' (Berg, H.M.), 1967-1968
2
30
U, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
2
31
University of Utah, 1970-1972
2
32
V, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
Includes letters from Jan van der Marck
2
33
Vollmer, Ruth, 1966-1968
2
34
W, Miscellaneous, 1968-1972
Includes letter from Mac Wells
2
35
Walker Art Center, 1968
2
36
Wheeler, Dennis, 1970-1973
2
37
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1967-1972
2
38
Y, Miscellaneous, circa 1960s
2
39
Yale University, 1966-1968
2
40
Unidentified and Illegible, circa 1960s-1970s
2
41

2.3: Condolences, 1973

Condolences consists of letters, cards, and notes of sympathy from family and friends addressed to Nancy Holt upon the death of Smithson.
Description Container
A-C, Miscellaneous, 1973
2
42
D-H, Miscellaneous, 1973
2
43
I-M, Miscellaneous, 1973
2
44
N-R, Miscellaneous, 1973
2
45
S-Z, Miscellaneous, 1973
2
46
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Series 3: Interview Transcripts , 1966-1973
11 Folders
Box 2

This series includes nine interview transcripts with Robert Smithson. Topics include his general philosophy on art; contemporary art in relation to its historical context; non-sites, earthworks, entropy, space, and structures; the relationship between artists and dealers, museums, and collectors; and his most influential works, including Spiral Jetty, Broken Circle, and Spiral Hill.
The Alan Kaprow and Rodger Katan transcript (1966) focuses on the relationship between museums and contemporary art. The transcript with Dennis Wheeler (1969-1970) consists of 4 taped, informal sessions discussing Smithson's general philosophy on art, non-sites, and specific projects. In the Paul Toner transcript (1970), Smithson discusses earthworks, mirror displacements, non-sites, and art's historical context. The Gregorie Muller transcript [1971] focuses on the background and construction of Broken Circle and Spiral Hill. The Art Institute of Chicago transcript (1971) records Smithson's question and answer session with the audience after a showing of his films Swamp and Spiral Jetty. In the Bruce Kurtz transcript (1972), Smithson informally discusses artists' relationships with dealers, museums, and collectors; gallery art's general separation from nature; capitalism's influence and intersection with art; and his 1966 airport projects.
The Stella Russell (1973) transcript focuses on Spiral Jetty, Broken Circle, and Spiral Hill. In the Alison Sky transcript (1973), Smithson discusses his thoughts on entropy, the act of building, and its intersection with the architectural and engineering mechanics of structure. In Smithson's transcript with two unidentified students (1973), he discusses modernism and the branching off of developing contemporary art; public sculpture; historical context, theory, linguistics, and humanism; and thoughts on his own writings. The transcript with Moira Roth (1973) focuses on Duchamp and conceptual art.
There is also a full transcript of the Andrew Dickson White Museum's Earth Art Symposium (1969) with the following participating artists: Mike Hiezer, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson, Neil Jenney, Gunther Uecker, Jan Dibbets, Richard Long, and Hans Haacke.
This series is arranged in chronological order by year of the interview.
Series has been digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Robert Smithson and Rodger Katan with Alan Kaprow, "What is a Museum? Notes of Meeting on Museums", 1966
2
47
Transcript of Earth Art Symposium, Cornell University, 1969
2
48
Robert Smithson with Dennis Wheeler, 1969-1970
2
49
Robert Smithson with Paul Toner, 1970
2
50
Robert Smithson with Gregoire Miller, circa 1971
2
51
Robert Smithson at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971
2
52
Robert Smithson with Bruce Kurtz, 1972
2
53
Robert Smithson with Stella Russell, 1973
2
54
Robert Smithson with Alison Sky, "Entropy Made Visible,", 1973
2
55
Robert Smithson with Two Students, 1973
2
56
Robert Smithson with Moira Roth, 1973
2
57
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Series 4: Writings , 1959-1975
1.1 Linear feet
Boxes 2-3

Writings consist of drafts of published and unpublished essays by Smithson on art, artists, and works in progress. The series also includes poems by Smithson, six notebooks containing notes and sketches by Smithson, and drafts of writings sent to Smithson and Holt by friends and colleagues, including Carl Andre, Terry Atkinson, Dan Flavin, and Dan Graham.
The series is arranged as 2 subseries:
  • 4.1: By Robert Smithson, circa 1959-1973
  • 4.2: By Others, 1962-1975
Series has been digitized in entirety.

4.1: By Robert Smithson, circa 1959-1973

Writings by Smithson consists of 73 handwritten and typescript outlines, essay drafts, and lectures Smithson wrote from the 1960s to 1973. The majority of these writings explore his thoughts on contemporary art and artists. Through the theoretical frameworks that incorporate history, linguistics, aesthetics, literature, and media studies, Smithson examines historical and contemporary art's evolving concepts of interpretation and meaning, and specifically, the effect capitalism, nature and the environment, minimalism, and conceptual absences were having on his own art.
Essays of note include "The Crystal Land" (1966), "Cultural Confinement" (ca. 1972), "Frederick Law Olmstead and the Dialectical Landscape," (ca. 1973), "Incidents of Mirror Travel in the Yucatan" (ca. 1969), and "See the Monuments of Passaic New Jersey" (1970).
The subseries also includes six notebooks that record project ideas, fragments of essays, and letter drafts; a series of 21 poems written by Smithson on Christian/religious themes; and miscellaneous handwritten and typescript notes on art and film. Notebooks I and VI include notes by Nancy Holt.
Description Container
"Abstract Mannerism", circa 1966-1967
2
58
"Art and Dialectics", circa 1971
2
59
"Art and the Political Whirlpool or the Politics of Disgust", circa 1960s-1973
2
60
"Art and Time", circa 1960s-1973
2
61
"Art and Truth", circa 1960s-1973
2
62
"Art Through the Camera's Eye", circa 1971
2
63
"Artist as Site-Seer", circa 1966-1967
2
64
"Better Homes and Industries", circa 1960s-1973
2
65
"Broken Circle, Emmen, Holland", circa 1960s-1973
2
66
"Can Man Survive?", circa 1969
2
67
"Cinematic Atopia", circa 1971
2
68
"Collossal Nullifications", circa 1966
2
69
"Critoid Menace", circa 1960s-1973
2
70
"Crystal Land", 1966
2
71
"Cultural Confinement", circa 1972
2
72
"Dialectic of Site and Non-Site", circa 1960s-1973
3
1
"Domain of the Great Bear", 1966
3
2
"Earth Art and Reclamation", circa 1960s-1973
3
3
"Earth Projects (A Sedimentation of the Mind)", circa 1960s-1973
3
4
"Ecology and the Incest Taboo", 1972
3
5
"Economics of Self in Nature and Art", circa 1960s-1973
3
6
"Establishment", 1968
3
7
"Esthetics of Disappointment", circa 1966
3
8
"Fiction and Language in Art", circa 1960s-1973
3
9
"First Louse on the Tip of a Penis", circa 1960s-1973
3
10
"Frederick Law Olmstead and the Dialectical Landscape", circa 1973
3
11
"From Ivan the Terrible to Roger Corman or Paradoxes of Conduct in Mannerism as Reflected in the Cinema", circa 1967
3
12
"Hidden Trails in Art", 1969
3
13
"Hotel Palenque", circa 1960s-1973
3
14
"Iconography of Desolation", 1961
3
15
"Illustrations of Catastrophe and Remote Times", circa 1960s-1973
3
16
"Incidents of Mirror-Travel in the Yucatan", circa 1969
3
17
"Interstellar Flit", circa 1960s-1973
3
18
"Lamentations of the Paroxysmal Artist", circa 1959-1961
3
19
Letter to Michael Fried, circa 1960s-1973
3
20
"Look", circa 1970
3
21
"Minus Twelve", circa 1968
3
22
"Modular Properties in Structural Art", circa 1960s-1973
3
23
"Museum of Language in the Vicinity of Art", 1967
3
24
"Nature and Abstraction", circa 1960s-1973
3
25
"New Monuments and Entropy", 1967
3
26
"Note on the Division of Esthetics", circa 1960s-1973
3
27
"Notes for the Tape Recorder", circa 1960s-1973
3
28
On Donald Judd, Drafts and Fragments, circa 1965
3
29
On Donald Judd, Complete Draft, circa 1965
3
30
On Donald Judd, Copy B, circa 1965
3
31
"Outline for Yale Symposium: Against Absolute Categories", 1968
3
32
"Paragraph from a Fugitive Artist's Journal", 1966
3
33
"Pathetic Fallacy in Esthetics", circa 1966-1967
3
34
"Picturable Situations and Infra-Maps", circa 1960s-1973
3
35
"Pointless Vanishing Points", 1967
3
36
"Primary Envelopment", 1968
3
37
"Production for Production's Sake", circa 1972
3
38
"Quasi-Infinities and the Waning of Space", 1966
3
39
"Recent Site Developments", circa 1960s-1973
3
40
"Refutation of Historical Humanism", circa 1966-1967
3
41
"Restorations of Prehistory", circa 1960s-1973
3
42
"Search for the Elusive Edge", circa 1960s-1973
3
43
"Secrets of the Ambulatories", circa 1960s-1973
3
44
"Secrets of the Dome", circa 1960s-1973
3
45
"See the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey" Draft, 1970
3
46
"See the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey", 1970
3
47
"Shape of the Future and Memory", circa 1966
3
48
"Sites and Settings", circa 1968
3
49
"Small Test for Jo Baer", 1967
3
50
"Some Void Thoughts on Museums", circa 1967
3
51
"Sonsbeek Unlimited - Art as an Ongoing Development", circa 1960s-1973
3
52
"Space, The Mirror of Time", circa 1960s-1973
3
53
"Strata, A Geophotographic Fiction", 1970
3
54
"Toward the Development of an Air Terminal Site", circa 1967
3
55
"Towards a Pornographic Art Criticism", circa 1960s-1973
3
56
"Two Attitudes Toward the City", circa 1960s-1973
3
57
"What is an Art Show? A Paper Tiger", circa 1960s-1973
3
58
"What Really Spoils Michelangelo's Sculpture", circa 1966-1967
3
59
"X Factor in the New Art", circa 1966
3
60
Notebook I, circa 1960s-1973
3
61
Notebook II, circa 1960s-1973
3
62
Notebook III, circa 1960s-1973
3
63
Notebook IV, circa 1960s-1973
3
64
Notebook V, circa 1960s-1973
3
65
Notebook VI, 1966
3
66
Poems, circa 1959-1961
3
67
Miscellaneous Notes, Typescript, circa 1960s-1973
3
68
Miscellaneous Notes, Handwritten, circa 1960s-1973
3
69
Miscellaneous Notes, On Films, circa 1960s-1973
3
70

4.2: By Others, 1962-1975

Writings by others includes unpublished draft versions of essays and fictional works sent to Smithson and Holt by friends, colleagues, and students of art criticism. Smithson is the topic of two personal reminiscences by Carl Andre and Jack Thibeau and seven academic essays examining his work and influence.
The scholarly essays include Janet Kardon's "Robert Smithson's Unrealized Projects," William Lipke's "Dialectics of Place: Some Reflections on Robert Smithson's Mirror Project," and Joseph Masheck's "Smithson's Earth: Notes and Retrievals." Though there is no attributed author of the essay "Non-Sites," the draft has been edited by Robert Smithson.
Other writings include two project proposals by Dan Graham, a project proposal by Terry Atkinson, writings and a speech by Dan Flavin, and a draft of "Idea Art" (1968) by Howard Junker.
Description Container
Andre, Carl, [On Robert Smithson], 1975
3
71
Atkinson, Terry, "Three Boxes", circa 1969-1970
3
72
Baker, Kenneth, "Note on Criticism as Fiction", circa 1970s
3
73
Fischer, Candace, "Labyrinth", circa 1968
3
74
Flavin, Dan, [Excerpt from a Letter and a Record Entry], 1966, 1963
3
75
Flavin, Dan, "Speech for the Senior and Graduate School Students at the Rhode Island School of Design", 1966
3
76
Graham, Dan, "Dislocations", 1966
3
77
Graham, Dan, "TV Camera/Monitor Performance", 1970
3
78
Junker, Howard, "Idea Art", 1968
3
79
Kaprow, Allan, "Where Art Thou, Sweet Muse? (I'm Hung Up at the Whitney)", 1967
3
80
Kardon, Janet, "Robert Smithson's Unrealized Projects", circa 1960s-1970s
3
81
Kubler, George, [On Prime Objects and Replications], From The Shape of Time, 1962
3
82
Lipke, William C., "Dialectics of Place: Some Reflections on Robert Smithson's Mirror Project" (Cayuga Salt Mine Project), circa 1969
3
83
Masheck, Joseph, [Annotated Chronology of Smithson Projects, 1964-1973], circa 1970s
3
84
Masheck, Joseph, "Smithson's Earth: Notes and Retrievals", 1974
3
85
Mussman, Toby, "Alchemist", 1967
3
86
Mussman, Toby, "Pierrot-Le-Fou - Godard as Godard", 1968
3
87
O'Doherty, Brian, "Less Known and Unknown: An Exhibition of 35 Painters", circa 1965
3
88
Oster, Gerald, "What's Op?", 1966
3
89
Robbin, Anthony, "Some Common Misconceptions About Smithson's Conceptual Art", circa 1968
3
90
Robbin, Anthony, "Zen", circa 1960s-1970s
3
91
Rubenfeld, Florence, [On Robert Smithson], 1974
3
92
Shafrazi, Tony, "Thats It", 1972
3
93
Stitelman, Paul, "Light and Video: Contemporary Art and Technology", circa 1970s
3
94
Swenson, Gene, "Way of Art: A Comedy in Six Scenes", circa 1960s-1970s
3
95
Thibeau, Jack, "Los Cines", 1972
3
96
Thibeau, Jack, [On Robert Smithson], circa 1970s
3
97
Unknown, "Non-Sites", circa 1969
3
98
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Series 5: Project Files , circa 1950s-1982
6.5 Linear feet
Boxes 4-5, Boxes 17-18, OV 20, OV 22-26, OV 36, RD 28-30, RD 32-35

Project files contain correspondence, project instructions, diagrams and sketches, research materials, photographic material, and maps related to over 50 of Smithson's artworks. These include concepts, proposed projects, sculptures, non-sites, and earthwork projects, including Spiral Jetty, Broken Circle, and Spiral Hill.
The series also includes miscellaneous textual and graphic research material collected by Smithson but unrelated to any specific art project.
The series has been arranged alphabetically by project name.
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Items not digitized include some commercial maps and brochures with no annotations, for which only the covers have been digitized; duplicate photographic material; and some oversized maps and documents that cannot be digitized due to size.
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400 Seattle Horizons, Seattle, [Washington], 1969
4
1
"Aerial Art", circa 1969
4
2
Alogon, 1966-1967
4
3
Amarillo Ramp, Amarillo, Texas, 1974
4
4
Amarillo Ramp, Amarillo, Texas, Oversized, 1974
17
1
Asphalt Rundown, L'attico, Rome, Italy, 1969
4
5
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, 1971-1982
4
6
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, 1971-1982
4
7
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, Maps and Brochures, 1971-1982
4
8
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, Photographic Material, 1971-1982
4
9
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, Oversized, 1971-1982
22
1
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, Oversized, 1971-1982
28
Broken Map, circa 1960s-1973
Oversized material housed in Roll 29.
4
10
Broken Map, circa 1960s-1973
29
Central Park (Frederick Law Olmstead), New York City, New York, 1972
4
11
Central Park (Frederick Law Olmstead), New York City, New York, 1972
4
12
Central Park (Frederick Law Olmstead), New York City, New York, 1972
4
13
Circular Ramp (Promontory), circa 1970s
Oversized material digitized with Box 17, Folder 2
4
14
Circular Ramp (Promontory), Oversized, circa 1970s
17
2
Coastal Crescents, Salton Sea Project, California, 1972
4
15
Coastal Crescents, Salton Sea Project, California, Oversized, 1972
17
3
Concrete Pour, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
4
16
Earth Map for Mexico (Gondwanaland), 1969
4
17
Earth Map for Mexico (Gondwanaland), Oversized, 1969
22
2
"Eliminator", 1964
4
18
First Upside-Down Tree, Alfred, New York, 1969
4
19
Florida Projects, 1969-1971
4
20
Florida Projects, Oversized, 1969-1971
17
4
Florida Projects, Hypothetical Continent of Lemuria, Sanibel Island, Florida, 1969-1971
4
21
Florida Projects, Mirror Shore, Sanibel Island, Florida, 1969-1971
4
22
Flows and Pours, 1969
4
23
Flows and Pours, Oversized, digitized with Box 4, F23, 1969
17
5
Flows and Pours, Oversized, 1969
32
Force-Findings of the Termites, 1996
4
24
Gyrostasis, 1972
4
25
"Hum", circa 1965
4
26
Hypothetical Continent in Stone: Cathaysia, Alfred, New York, 1969
4
27
"Interpolation of the Enantiomorphic Chambers", circa 1966
4
28
Island of Broken Glass, Vancouver, Canada, 1970
4
29
Island of Broken Glass, Vancouver, Canada, Oversized, 1970
17
6
Island of Broken Glass, Vancouver, Canada, Oversized, 1970
29
Lake Crescents, Forest Park, Illinois, 1970-1973
4
30
Lake Crescents, Forest Park, Illinois, Oversized, 1970-1973
17
7
Lake Edge Crescents, Ohio, 1972
4
31
Mirror Displacement, Cayuga Salt Mine Project, Ithica, New York, 1968-1969
4
32
Mirror Displacement, Cayuga Salt Mine Project, Ithica, New York, 1968-1969
4
33
Mirror Displacement, Cayuga Salt Mine Project, Ithica, New York, 1968-1969
4
34
Mirror Displacement, Cayuga Salt Mine Project, Ithica, New York, 1968-1969
4
35
Mirror Displacement, Cayuga Salt Mine Project, Ithaca, New York, Oversized, digitized with Box 4, Folder 32
17
8
Mirror Displacements, England, 1969
4
36
Mirror Displacements (England), Oversized, 1969
22
3
Mirror Project, Amsterdam, Holland, 1969
4
37
Mirror Project, Rome, Italy, 1969
4
38
Mirror Project, Rome, Italy, Oversized digitized with Box 4, Folder 38, 1968-1973
17
9
"Monument" (Film Project), circa 1967
4
39
Monuments of Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, 1967-1968
4
40
Monuments of Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, 1967-1968
4
41
Monuments of Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, 1967-1968
4
42
Monuments of Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, 1967-1968
4
43
"Mud Pool Project", circa 1960s-1973
4
44
New Jersey Projects, 1969
Oversized material digitized in Box 17, Folder 10.
4
45
New Jersey Projects, Oversized, 1969
17
10
New Jersey Projects, Chain Letter, 1969
4
46
New Jersey Projects, Map of Broken Glass, Atlantis, 1969
4
47
New Jersey Projects, Mirror Trail, 1969
4
48
New Jersey Projects, Mirror Wedge, 1969
4
49
New Jersey Projects, Urination Map of the Constellation Hydra, 1969
4
50
New Jersey Projects (Urination Map of the Constellation Hydra) Oversized, digitized with Box 4, Folder 50, 1969
17
11
"Non-Site #2 (Based on Weehawken Quadrangle Map, New Jersey-New York", 1968
4
51
"Non-Site #3, Indoor Earthwork - Rock Fragments from Franklin, New Jersey" (Franklin Mineral Dump), 1966-1968
4
52
"Non-Site #3, Indoor Earthwork - Rock Fragments from Franklin, New Jersey" (Franklin Mineral Dump), 1966-1968
4
53
"Non-Site #3, Indoor Earthwork - Rock Fragments from Franklin, New Jersey" (Franklin Mineral Dump), 1966-1968
4
54
"Non-Site #3, Indoor Earthwork - Rock Fragments from Franklin, New Jersey" (Franklin Mineral Dump), Maquette, 1966-1968
4
55
Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site), 1968
4
56
Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site), Oversized, 1968
22
4
Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site, Baker Lava), 1968
4
57
Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site, Obsidian Site), 1968
4
58
Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site, Sand and Gypsum Site), 1968
4
59
Non-Site, Essen Soil and Mirrors, Essen, Germany, 1969
4
60
Non-Site, Essen Soil and Mirrors, Essen, Germany, Oversized digitized with Box 4, Folder 60, 1969
17
12
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
1
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
2
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
3
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
4
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, Oversized, 1968-1969
22
5
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, Oversized, 1968-1969
33
Non-Site, Mono Lake, California, 1968
5
5
Non-Site, Mono Lake, California, Oversized, 1968
17
13
Non-Site, Mono Lake, California, Oversized, 1968
33
Non-Site, Palisades, Edgewater, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
6
Non-Site, Palisades, Edgewater, New Jersey, Oversized, 1968-1969
17
14
Non-Site, Pine Barrens, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
7
Non-Site, Pine Barrens, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
8
Non-Site, Pine Barrens, New Jersey, Oversized, 1968-1969
22
6
Non-Site (Mica), Portland, Connecticut, 1968
5
9
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, 1968
5
10
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, 1968
5
11
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, 1968
5
12
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
13
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
14
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
15
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
16
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
17
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
18
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Photographic Material, 1968
5
19
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, Oversized digitized with Box 5, Folder 10, 1968-1969
17
5
Non-Site (Slate), Bangor, Pennsylvania, 1968
5
20
Partially Buried Woodshed, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1969-1975
5
21
Partially Buried Woodshed, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1969-1975
5
22
Partially Buried Woodshed, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1969-1975
17
16
"Predictable Model for Unpredictable Project", circa 1966
5
23
Proposal for Earthworks and Landmarks, Dallas-Fort Worth Air Terminal, Texas, 1967- 1969
5
24
Proposal for Earthworks and Landmarks, Dallas-Fort Worth Air Terminal, Oversized, 1967-1975
17
17
Proposal for Earthworks and Landmarks (Dallas-Fort Worth Air Terminal) Blueprints, Oversized, 1967-1969
23
1
"Proposal for Seven Aerial Pavements", circa 1960s-1973
5
25
"Proposal for the Detection of Approximate Period Quality", circa 1966
5
26
"Proposal for the Venezuelan Exposition Art in the Wilderness", circa 1960s-1973
5
27
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects, 1972-1973
5
28
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects, Correspondence, 1972-1973
5
29
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects, Printed Material, 1964-1973
5
30
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects, Photographic Material, 1972-1973
5
31
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects, Photographic Material, 1972-1973
5
32
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects, Oversized, 1972-1973
18
2
"Pulverizations", 1967
5
33
Quicksand Pool, Alfred, New York, 1969
5
34
Quicksand Pool, Alfred, New York, Oversized digitized with Box 5, Folder 34, 1969
18
1
"Short Description of Two Mirrored Crystal Structures", circa 1965
5
35
Six Stops on a Section, New York - New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
36
Six Stops on a Section, New York - New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
37
Six Stops on a Section, New York - New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
38
Six Stops on a Section, New York - New Jersey, Oversized, 1968-1973
18
3
Six Stops on a Section, New York - New Jersey, Oversized, 1968-1969
23
2
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Correspondence, 1970-1972
5
39
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Land Certification Forms (Blank), 1969-1972
5
40
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Notes, 1969-1972
5
41
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Notes for Film, 1969-1972
5
42
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Writings, "Spiral Jetty" Draft, 1969-1972
5
43
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Writings, "Spiral Jetty" Typescript, 1969-1972
5
44
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Writings, "Spiral Jetty" Proof, 1969-1972
5
45
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Maps and Guides, 1969-1972
5
46
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Maps and Guides, 1969-1972
5
47
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Printed Material, 1950
5
48
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Printed Material, About Spiral Jetty, circa 1972
5
49
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Photographic Material, 1969-1972
5
50
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Photographic Material, 1969-1972
5
51
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Photographic Material, 1969-1972
5
52
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Photographic Material, 1969-1972
5
53
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Oversized, 1969-1972
18
4
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Oversized, 1969-1972
23
3
Spiral Jetty, Oversized, 1969-1972
34
Tailing Pond, Creede, Colorado, 1973
5
54
Tailing Pond, Creede, Colorado, Oversized, 1967-1973
23
4
Yucatan Projects, Yucatan, Mexico, 1968-1969
5
55
Yucatan Projects, Yucatan, Mexico, 1968-1969
5
56
Yucatan Projects, Yucatan, Mexico, Oversized, 1968-1969
18
5
Unidentified Project, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1970
5
57
Unidentified Projects, circa 1966-1973
5
58
Unidentified Projects, Oversized, circa 1966-1973
18
6
Unidentified Projects, Oversized, undated
24
1
Unidentified Projects, circa 1966-1973
29
Unidentified Proposed Project Maps, circa 1960s-1973
5
59
Miscellaneous Research Material, Images, circa 1950s-1970s
5
60
Miscellaneous Research Material, Images, Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
18
7
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 20, OVs 24 - 26, OV 36, RD 30, and RD 35
5
61
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
Oversized material from Box 5, F61
20
Miscellaneous Research Material, Photographs, circa 1950s-1970s
5
62
Miscellaneous Research Material, Text, circa 1950s-1970s
5
63
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps (Antique and Arizona), Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
24
2
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps (Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio), Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
Oversized material from Box 5, F61
25
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps (Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia), Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
26
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps (Topographic), Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
Oversized material from Box 5, F61
36
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
Oversized material from Box 5, F61
30
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
Oversized material from Box 5, F61
35
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Series 6: Personal Business Records , circa 1967-1970s
4 Folders
Box 5

Personal business records include gallery related loan arrangements and receipts for miscellaneous art supplies.
The series has been arranged alphabetically by organization.
Series is partially digitized; only a sample of the 92 receipts, all for Max's Kansas City in New York City, have been digitized.
Description Container Select
American Federation of Arts, 1967
5
64
John Daniels Gallery, circa 1960s
5
65
Receipts, circa 1968
5
66
Receipts, circa 1970s
5
67
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Series 7: Financial Records , 1962-1972
1 Linear foot
Box 6

Financial records include tax forms and preparation documents, including cancelled checks, receipts, statements, and related correspondence.
The series has been arranged chronologically by document type.
This series has not been digitized.
Description Container Select
Cancelled Checks, Holt, 1964-1969
6
1-7
Cancelled Checks, Smithson, 1962-1969
6
8-13
Receipts, 1965
6
14-15
Stocks, 1964-1971
6
16-21
Stocks, 1964-1971
7
1-2
Tax Documentation and Forms, 1963-1967
7
3-9
Tax Documentation and Forms, 1968-1972
7
10-15
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Series 8: Printed Material , 1955-1985
5.6 Linear feet
Boxes 7-11, Box 18, RD 31

Printed materials include books, clippings, and periodicals related to Smithson, either containing writings or sketches by him, or containing articles reviewing his work. While some of the clippings review Smithson's exhibitions and work, the bulk of the clippings are on the general topics of contemporary art trends, earth art, and emerging artists.
Exhibition announcements and catalogs are of Smithson's group and solo shows from 1959 to 1985, and include the following concept exhibitions whose catalogs were issued in very limited numbers: One Month (organized by Seth Siegelaub, March 1969), Letters (organized by Philip Simkin, July 1969), Projects Class (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Fall 1969), and Exhibition 557,087 (organized by Lucy Lippard, 1969).
Other rare printed materials in the series include Vito Acconci's Transference: Roget's Thesaurus, Acconci's periodical 0 to 9 (#6, July 1969), and the avant-garde periodical Aspen (#8, 1970).
Also included are inventory lists of the published books, periodicals, and phonographs from Robert Smithson's library that have been transferred to off-site storage.
The series has been arranged by publication type.
This series has been partially digitized. For books and booklets, only the covers and title pages and/or other relevant pages referencing Smithson have been digitized. Some overized printed material has not been digitized due to size.
Description Container Select
Book, Album 9-68 . 2-71, ed. by Instituto Grafico Tiberno, 1971
7
16
Book, Arte Povera, by Germano Celant, 1969
7
17
Book, Breakthrough Fictioneers, ed. by Richard Kostelanetz, 1973
7
18
Book, Essaying Essays: Alternative Forms of Exposition, ed. by Richard Kostelanetz, 1975
7
19
Book, Great Western Salt Works, ed. by Jack Burnham, 1974
7
20
Book, Handbook of the Collections: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1981
7
21
Book, If I had a Mind ??? (Ich Stelle Mir Vor), by Klaus Groh, 1971
7
22
Book, Metro 14, ed. by Alfieri, 1968-1969
7
23
Book, Report on the Art and Technology Program of the Los Angeles Museum of Art 1967-1971, by Maurice Tuchman, 1971
7
24
Book, Robert Smithson: Sculpture, ed. by Robert Hobbs, 1981
7
25
Book, Transference: Roget's Thesaurus, by Vito Acconci, 1969
7
26
Book, Writings of Robert Smithson, ed. by Nancy Holt, 1979
7
27
Booklet, "Pamphlet of Essays Occasioned by an Exhibition of Painting at the Guggenheim Museum", 1966
7
28
Booklet, "Reclamation Works", 1980
7
29
Booklet, "Whitney Review", 1967
7
30
Clippings, circa 1955-1985
8
1
Clippings, 1965
8
2
Clippings, 1966
8
3
Clippings, 1967
8
4
Clippings, 1968
8
5
Clippings, 1969
8
6
Clippings, 1970
8
7
Clippings, 1971
8
8
Clippings, 1972
8
9
Clippings, 1973
8
10
Clippings, 1974
8
11
Clippings, 1975
8
12
Clippings, 1976
8
13
Clippings, 1977
8
14
Clippings, 1978
8
15
Clippings, 1979
8
16
Clippings, 1980-1981
8
17
Clippings, 1982
8
18
Clippings, 1983-1985
8
19
Clippings, by Robert Smithson, 1963-1973
8
20
Event Announcements, 1966
8
21
Event Announcements, Hayden Planetarium, "Domain of the Great Bear," Press Releases, circa 1955- 1966
8
22
Event Announcements, Hayden Planetarium, "Domain of the Great Bear," Photographs, circa 1955-1966
8
23
Event Announcements, Hayden Planetarium, "Domain of the Great Bear," Photographs, circa 1955-1966
8
24
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1959
8
25
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1960-1962
8
26
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1965
8
27
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1966
8
28
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1967 January-April
8
29
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1967 May-December
8
30
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1968 January-May
8
31
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1968 June-September
8
32
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1968 October-December
8
33
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969
8
34
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 January-February
8
35
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 March
8
36
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 March
8
37
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 April
8
38
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 May-June
9
1
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 July
9
2
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 August-September
9
3
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 September
9
4
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969 October-December
9
5
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969-1970
9
6
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969-1970
9
7
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1970
9
8
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1970 January-July
9
9
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1970 August-December
9
10
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1971
9
11
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1971
9
12
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1971 January-April
9
13
Exhibition Catalog, Oversized, 1971
18
8
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1971 May-June
9
14
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1971 July-December
9
15
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1972
9
16
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs (Documenta 5), 1972
10
1
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1972 January-June
10
2
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1972 January-August
10
3
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1972 September-December
10
4
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1973
10
5
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1974-1975
10
6
Exhibition Announcements, Oversized, 1974-1975
Oversized materials from Box 10, F6 and F16
31
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1976
10
7
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1977
10
8
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1979
10
9
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1980
10
10
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1982
10
11
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1982
10
12
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1983
10
13
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1984
10
14
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1985
10
15
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Non-Smithson Related, 1965-1980
Oversized material housed in RD 31
10
16
Newsletter, Public News + News Network, 1972
10
17
Periodicals, with Articles by Robert Smithson
0 to 9, 1969
10
18
Artforum, 1967
10
19
Art Now: New York, 1970
10
20
Art Present, 1981
10
21
Arts Yearbook, 1967
10
22
Aspen, 1970
11
1
Aspen, Oversized, 1970
18
9
Avalanche, 1970
11
2
Avalanche, Oversized, 1970
18
10
Harvard Advocate, 1982
11
3
Kalejdoskop, 1982
11
4
On Site, 1973
11
5
Pan, 1958
11
6
Ta', 1967-1968
11
7
Periodicals, with Articles on Robert Smithson
Art in America, 1976, 1979
11
8
Art in America, 1980
11
9
Art in America, 1981
11
10
Art in America, 1985
11
11
Artforum, 1970-1971
11
12
Artforum, 1980-1982
11
13
Arts, 1981, 1984
11
14
Arts Canada, 1975
11
15
Interfunktionen, 1970-1971
11
16
Substitute, 1972
11
17
Taide, 1983
11
18
Printed Material, Miscellaneous, circa 1950s-1970s
11
19
Inventory List of Unfilmed Books and Periodicals, circa 1970s
11
20
Inventory List of Unfilmed Phonograph (Music) Records, circa 1970s
11
21
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Series 9: Scrapbook , 1966-1973
0.3 Linear feet
Box 11, Box 16

The scrapbook contains clippings of Smithson's published articles from 1966 to 1973 with annotated shorthand notes on album pages.
The scrapbook retains its original arrangement.
Series has been digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
"Robert Smithson 1938-1973, Essays, Articles, Statements", 1966-1973
16
1
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Series 10: Artwork , circa 1950s-1970s
4 Folders
Box 11

Artwork consists of Christmas cards collaged by Smithson, and sketches by Smithson and Leo Valledor.
The series is arranged by artwork type.
Series has been digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Artwork by Robert Smithson
Christmas Card, "Christmas is for Children", circa 1963
Copyright held by Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Requests for permission to reproduce should be submitted to ARS.
11
22
Christmas Card, "Santa Claus vs. the Creature from the Black Lagoon", circa 1963
Copyright held by Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Requests for permission to reproduce should be submitted to ARS.
11
23
Sketches, circa 1950s-1970s
11
24
Sketches by Leo Valledor, circa 1950s-1970s
11
25
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Series 11: Photographs , circa 1950s-1970s
5 Folders
Box 11, Box 18

Photographic materials include prints and negatives of Smithson with friends, promotional Hollywood movie stills, copyprints of other artists' artwork, and original photographs of artwork by Rosemarie Castoro, Michael Heizer, and N.E. Thing Co.
The series is arranged by subject.
Series, except for duplicates, has been digitized in entirety.
Description Container Select
Robert Smithson with Friends, circa 1950s-1970s
11
26
Robert Smithson with Friends, Oversized, circa 1950s-1970s
18
11
Robert Smithson with Howard Junker, New Jersey, circa 1960s-1970s
11
27
Promotional Movie Stills, circa 1950s-1970s
11
28
Works by Other Artists, Original Prints, circa 1960s-1970s
11
29
Works by Other Artists, Copy Prints, circa 1960s-1970s
11
30
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Series 12: Artifacts , circa 1950s-1970s
0.5 Linear feet
Box 11, Box 14, OV 19

Artifacts consist of a paper bag silkscreened with a Campbell's soup can (Warhol), promotional buttons (N.E. Thing Co.), various organic materials, and two art kits. The Geometric Units for Logic Test kit consists of 17 geometric shape cutouts; the Gravity for Traveling I kit consists of over 15 samples of mixed materials, including foams, glass, fabrics, plastics, and metals.
The series is arranged by artifact type.
Series is partially digitized. Items in Box 14 have not been digitized.
Description Container Select
Bag, Campbell's Soup Can (Andy Warhol screenprint), Oversized, circa 1960s-1970s
Oversized material from Box 11, F32
19
Buttons, N.E. Thing Co., "Artoficial", 1967
11
31
Geometric Units for Logic Test, circa 1950s-1970s
11
32
Gravity for Traveling I, circa 1960s-1970s
14
Organic Material, Framed Moths, circa 1960s-1970s
14
Organic Material, Rattlesnake Head, circa 1960s-1970s
14
Organic Material, Unidentified Amphibious Organism, circa 1960s-1970s
14
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Series 13: Nancy Holt Papers , circa 1960s-1980s
1.9 Linear feet
Box 12-13, 15, OV 27, FC 37-38

The Nancy Holt papers consist of correspondence, a grant application, printed materials, and project files and material related to her motion picture film Pine Barrens (1975) and her seminal environmental work of art Sun Tunnels (1976).
Pine Barrens
original elements include a release print, outtakes, trims, and soundtrack, and paper records include footage logs and a detailed handwritten description of the film. There is a video documentary about the making of
Sun Tunnels
.
The series has been arranged by material type.
Paper-based records in this series have been digitized. Some of the film and video recordings in this series have been copied for research access and are available in the Archives of American Art offices. Much of the original film materials from the
Pine Barrens
and
Sun Tunnels
projects have been transferred to video for research access, including the
Pine Barrens
release print and a portion of outtakes, and the
Sun Tunnels
work print.
Description Container Select
Correspondence, circa 1960s-1980s
13
1
Grant Application, National Endowment for the Arts, 1986
13
2
Clippings, Collection of Exhibition Reviews, 1974-1985
13
3
Event Announcements, 1974
13
4
Event Announcements, Oversized , 1974
27
Project,
Pine Barrens
(1975)
Handwritten Description of Film, circa 1970s
13
5
Film Log, 1975
13
6
Release Print, 1975
1 Film reel
original
16 mm
12
Release Print, Access Copies, 1975
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
duplicate
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
duplicates
15
1
Outtakes, 1975
2 Film reels
original; 8 original rolls compiled into 2 reels for video transfer
16 mm
12
Outtakes, Access Copies, 1975
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
duplicate
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
duplicates
15
2-3
Additional Outtakes, 1975
14 Film reels
housed in 5 film cans
original
16 mm
12
Trims, 1975
1 Film reel
16 mm
FC 37
Soundtrack, 1975
1 Sound tape reel
10.5 inch diameter
16
2
Project,
Sun Tunnels
(1976)
Clipping, 1977
13
12
Work Print, circa 1976
1 Film reel
original
16 mm
FC 38
Work Print, Access Copies, circa 1976
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
duplicate
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
duplicates
15
4
Drawing of Ann Tobin, 1974
13
14
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Series 14: Robert Smithson Personal Library ,
48.4 Linear feet
Boxes 39-87

Series is arranged as four subseries.
  • 14.1: Books, Not Annotated
  • 14.2: Books, Annotated
  • 14.3: Vinyl Records
  • 14.4: Magazines
Series has not been digitized.

14.1: Books, Not Annotated

Description Container
A - Benstock
39
Berrill - Burroughs
40
Butler - Coburn
41
Cochran - Eastlake
42
Eastwood - F
43
G - Hammett
44
Hansen - Kastor
45
Kitses - Levine
46
Lewis - Nabokov (The Eye)
47
Nabokov (Ada) - Plath
48
Poe - Sa
49
Sc - Sp
50
Stein - V
51
W - Z
52
Condition Issues
53

14.2: Books, Annotated

Description Container
A - Burroughs
54
Burton - D
55
E - F
56
G - Ha
57
He - La
58
Le - M
59
N - P
60
R - Sp
61
St - Woolf
62
Worringer - Z + Condition Issues
63
Complete Series (History of England, Popular Educator)
64
Maps and Photographs from Library Books
65

14.3: Vinyl Records

Description Container
Vinyl Records
66
Vinyl Records
67
Vinyl Records
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Vinyl Records
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Vinyl Records
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14.4: Magazines

Description Container
Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Magazines
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Make a Request

  • To request an appointment to view materials, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reading Room" button. Please note, you will receive the full box.
  • To request reproductions, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reproduction" button.