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Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt papers, 1905-1987, bulk 1952-1987

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

Description Container
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, 1966-1973
6 folders
1
6-11
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

2.1: Family, 1959-1987
DescriptionContainer
Holt, Nancy, circa 1960s
1
15
Smithson, Susan and Irving, 1959-1987
3 folders
1
16-18
2.2: General, 1961-1984
DescriptionContainer
A, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
1
19
ACE Gallery, 1966-1970
1
20
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
1
25
C, Miscellaneous, 1967-1972
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
1
30
Dwan Gallery (Dwan, Virginia), 1966-1971
1
31
E-F, Miscellaneous, 1965-1972
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
2 folders
1
39-40
Guggenheim Museum, 1972-1973
1
41
H, Miscellaneous, 1965-1972
1
42
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Hobbs, Robert C.), 1979-1984
5 folders
1
43-47
Hutchinson, Peter, 1965-1969
1
48
I, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
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
2
1
Kepes, Gyorgy, 1968-1972
2
2
Kurtz, Bruce, 1971-1972
2
3
L, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
2
4
Lewitt, Sol, 1966-1970
2
5
Lippard, Lucy, 1965-1968
2
6
Long, Richard, 1968-1973
2
7
M, Miscellaneous, 1966-1972
2
8
McConathy, Dale, 1966-1967
2
9
Moderna Museet, 1984
2
10
Museum of Modern Art, 1961-1972
2
11
Mussman, Toby, 1967-1969
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
2
17
Oldenburg, Claes, 1967-1972
2
18
Oppenheim, Dennis, 1968-1969
2
19
R, Miscellaneous, 1968-1974
2
20
Real Estate Related, 1968-1972
2
21
Rhode Island School of Design, 1972
2
22
Robbin, Anthony, circa 1960s
2
23
S, Miscellaneous, 1968-1972
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
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
2
33
Vollmer, Ruth, 1969-1972
2
34
W, Miscellaneous, 1968-1972
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
DescriptionContainer
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
Real Estate Related, 1968-1972
OV 21
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Series 3: Interview Transcripts , 1966-1973
11 folders
Box 2

Description Container
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

4.1: By Robert Smithson, circa 1959-1973
DescriptionContainer
"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
DescriptionContainer
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], 1963, 1966
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

Description Container
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
Asphalt Rundown, L'attico, Rome, Italy, 1969
4
5
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, Emmen, Holland, 1971-1982
4 folders
4
6-9
Broken Map, circa 1960s-1973
4
10
Central Park (Frederick Law Olmstead), New York City, New York, 1972
3 folders
4
11-13
Circular Ramp (Promontory), circa 1970s
4
14
Coastal Crescents, Salton Sea Project, California, 1972
4
15
Concrete Pour, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
4
16
Earth Map for Mexico (Gondwanaland), 1969
4
17
"Eliminator,", 1964
4
18
First Upside-Down Tree, Alfred, New York, 1969
4
19
Florida Projects, 1969-1971
4
20
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
Force-Findings of the Termites, 1996
4
24
Gyrostasis, 1968-1972
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
Lake Crescents, Forest Park, Illinois, 1970-1973
4
30
Lake Edge Crescents, Ohio, 1972
4
31
Mirror Displacement, Cayuga Salt Mine Project, Ithica, New York, 1968-1969
4 folders
4
32-35
Mirror Displacements, England, 1969
4
36
Mirror Project, Amsterdam, Holland, 1969
4
37
Mirror Project, Rome, Italy, 1969
4
38
"Monument" (Film Project), circa 1967
4
39
Monuments of Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, 1967-1968
4 folders
4
40-43
"Mud Pool Project,", circa 1960s-1973
4
44
New Jersey Projects, 1969
4
45
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
"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 folders
4
52-55
Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site), 1968
4
56
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, Line of Wreckage, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1968-1969
4 folders
5
1-4
Non-Site, Mono Lake, California, 1968
5
5
Non-Site, Palisades, Edgewater, New Jersey, 1968-1969
5
6
Non-Site, Pine Barrens, New Jersey, 1968-1969
2 folders
5
7-8
Non-Site (Mica), Portland, Connecticut, 1968
5
9
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, 1968
5 folders
5
10-14
Non-Site, (Slag), Oberhausen, Germany, 1968
5 folders
5
15-19
Non-Site (Slate), Bangor, Pennsylvania, 1968
5
20
Partially Buried Woodshed, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1969-1975
2 folders
5
21-22
"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 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 folders
5
28-32
"Pulverizations,", 1967
5
33
Quicksand Pool, Alfred, New York, 1969
5
34
"Short Description of Two Mirrored Crystal Structures,", circa 1965
5
35
Six Stops on a Section, New York - New Jersey, 1968-1969
3 folders
5
36-38
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1969-1972
5 folders
5
39-43
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1969-1972
5 folders
5
44-48
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1969-1972
5 folders
5
49-53
Tailing Pond, Creede, Colorado, 1973
5
54
Yucatan Projects, Yucatan, Mexico, 1968-1969
2 folders
5
55-56
Unidentified Project, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1970
5
57
Unidentified Projects, circa 1966-1973
5
58
Unidentified Proposed Project Maps, circa 1960s-1973
5
59
Miscellaneous Research Material, Images, circa 1950s-1970s
5
60
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
5
61
Miscellaneous Research Material, Photographs, circa 1950s-1970s
5
62
Miscellaneous Research Material, Text, circa 1950s-1970s
5
63
Amarillo Ramp; Circular Ramp (Promontory); Coastal Crescents; and Florida Projects, circa 1969-1970s
17
1
Flows and Pours, 1969
17
2
Island of Broken Glass; Lake Crescents (Illinois); Mirror Displacement (Cayuga Salt Mine Project); and Mirror Project (Rome, Italy), 1968-1973
17
3
New Jersey Projects (Urination Map of the Constellation Hydra), 1969
17
4
Non-Site, Essen Soil and Mirrors; Non-Site, Mono Lake; Non-Site, Palisades; and Non-Site, (Slag; Oberhausen, Germany), 1968-1969
and Box 5, F5-F6, and F10
17
5
Partially Buried Woodshed; and Proposal for Earthworks and Landmarks (Dallas-Fort Worth Air Terminal), 1967-1975
17
6
Proposed Mining Reclamation Projects; Quicksand Pool; and Six Stops on a Section, 1968-1973
18
1
Spiral Jetty, 1969-1972
18
2
Yucatan Projects; Unidentified Projects, 1966-1973
18
3
Miscellaneous Research Material, Images, circa 1950s-1970s
18
4
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
OV 20
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill; Earth Map for Mexico (Gondwanaland); Mirror Displacements (England); Non-Site, California-Nevada (Double Non-Site); Non-Site, Line of Wreckage; and Non-Site, Pine Barrens, 1968-1982
and Box 5, F1 and F7
OV 22
Proposal for Earthworks and Landmarks (Dallas-Fort Worth Air Terminal); Six Stops on a Section; Spiral Jetty; and Tailing Pond, 1967-1973
OV 23
Unidentified Projects; and Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
OV 24
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
OV 25-26
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
OV 36
Broken Circle and Spiral Hill, 1971-1982
RD 28
Broken Map; Island of Broken Glass; and Unidentified Projects, circa 1966-1973
and Box 5, F58
RD 29
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
RD 30
Flows and Pours, 1969
RD 32
Non-Site, Line of Wreckage; and Non-Site, Mono Lake, 1968-1969
RD 33
Spiral Jetty, 1969-1972
RD 34
Miscellaneous Research Material, Maps, circa 1950s-1970s
RD 35
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Series 6: Personal Business Records , circa 1967-1970s
4 folders
Box 5

Description Container
American Federation of Arts, 1967
5
64
John Daniels Gallery, circa 1960s
5
65
Receipts, circa 1968-1970s
2 folders
5
66-67
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Series 7: Financial Records , 1962-1972
1 linear foot
Box 6

Description Container
Cancelled Checks, Holt, 1964-1969
7 folders
6
1-7
Cancelled Checks, Smithson, 1962-1969
6 folders
6
8-13
Receipts, 1965
2 folders
6
14-15
Stocks, 1964-1971
8 folders
6
16-23
Tax Documentation and Forms, 1963-1967
7 folders
6
24-30
Tax Documentation and Forms, 1968-1972
6 folders
6
31-36
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Series 8: Printed Material , 1955-1985
5.6 linear feet
Boxes 7-11, Box 18, RD 31

Description Container
Books
Album 9-68 . 2-71, ed. by Instituto Grafico Tiberno, 1971
7
1
Arte Povera, by Germano Celant, 1969
7
2
Breakthrough Fictioneers, ed. by Richard Kostelanetz, 1973
7
3
Essaying Essays: Alternative Forms of Exposition, ed. by Richard Kostelanetz, 1975
7
4
Great Western Salt Works, ed. by Jack Burnham, 1974
7
5
Handbook of the Collections: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1981
7
6
If I had a Mind ??? (Ich Stelle Mir Vor), by Klaus Groh, 1971
7
7
Metro 14, ed. by Alfieri, 1968-1969
7
8
Report on the Art and Technology Program of the Los Angeles Museum of Art 1967-1971, by Maurice Tuchman, 1971
7
9
Robert Smithson: Sculpture, ed. by Robert Hobbs, 1981
7
10
Transference: Roget's Thesaurus, by Vito Acconci, 1969
7
11
Writings of Robert Smithson, ed. by Nancy Holt, 1979
7
12
Booklet, "Pamphlet of Essays Occasioned by an Exhibition of Painting at the Guggenheim Museum,", 1966
7
13
Booklet, "Reclamation Works,", 1980
7
14
Booklet, "Whitney Review,", 1967
7
15
Clippings, circa 1955-1985
8
1
Clippings, 1965-1969
5 folders
8
2-6
Clippings, 1970-1974
5 folders
8
7-11
Clippings, 1975-1979
5 folders
8
12-16
Clippings, 1980-1985
3 folders
8
17-19
Clippings, by Robert Smithson, 1963-1973
8
20
Event Announcements, 1966
8
21
Event Announcements, Hayden Planetarium, "Domain of the Great Bear,", circa 1955- 1966
3 folders
8
22-24
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1959-1966
4 folders
8
25-28
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1967-1968
5 folders
8
29-33
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969
5 folders
8
34-38
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969
5 folders
9
1-5
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1969-1970
2 folders
9
6-7
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1970
3 folders
9
8-10
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1971
5 folders
9
11-15
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1972
9
16
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1972
4 folders
10
1-4
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1973-1979
5 folders
10
5-9
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1980-1985
6 folders
10
10-15
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, Non-Smithson Related, 1965-1980
10
16
Newsletter, Public News + News Network, 1972
10
17
Periodicals, with Articles by Robert Smithson
0 to 9, 1969
10
18
Artforum, 1967, 1982
10
19
Art Now: New York, 1970
10
20
Art Present, 1981
10
21
Arts Yearbook, 1967
10
22
Aspen, 1970
11
1
Avalanche, 1970
11
2
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, 1976-1985
4 folders
11
8-11
Artforum, 1970-1981
2 folders
11
12-13
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
Exhibition Catalog, 1971
18
5
Periodicals, Aspen and Avalanche, 1970
18
6
Exhibition Announcements, 1974-1975
RD 31
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Series 9: Scrapbook , 1966-1973
0.3 linear feet
Box 11, Box 16

Description Container
"Robert Smithson 1938-1973, Essays, Articles, Statements,", 1966-1973
16
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Series 10: Artwork , circa 1950s-1970s
4 folders
Box 11

Description Container
Artwork by Robert Smithson
Christmas Card, "Christmas is for Children,", circa 1963
11
23
Christmas Card, "Santa Claus vs. the Creature from the Black Lagoon,", circa 1963
11
24
Sketches, circa 1950s-1970s
11
25
Sketches by Leo Valledor, circa 1950s-1970s
11
26
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Series 11: Photographs , circa 1950s-1970s
5 folders
Box 11, Box 18

Description Container
Robert Smithson with Friends, circa 1950s-1970s
11
27
Robert Smithson with Howard Junker, New Jersey, circa 1960s-1970s
11
28
Promotional Movie Stills, circa 1950s-1970s
11
29
Works by Other Artists, Original Prints, circa 1960s-1970s
11
30
Works by Other Artists, Copy Prints, circa 1960s-1970s
11
31
Robert Smithson with Friends, circa 1950s-1970s
18
7
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Series 12: Artifacts , circa 1950s-1970s
0.5 linear feet
Box 11, Box 14, OV 19

Description Container
Bag, Campbell's Soup Can (Andy Warhol screenprint), circa 1960s-1970s
11
32
Buttons, N.E. Thing Co., "Artoficial,", 1967
11
33
Geometric Units for Logic Test, circa 1950s-1970s
11
34
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
Bag, Campbell's Soup Can (Andy Warhol screenprint), circa 1960s-1970s
OV 19
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Series 13: Nancy Holt Papers , circa 1960s-1980s
1.7 linear feet
Box 12-13, Box 15, OV 27

Description Container
Correspondence, circa 1960s-1980s
13
1
Grant Application, National Endowment for the Arts, 1986
13
2
Clippings, Exhibition Reviews, 1984-1985
13
3
Event Announcements, 1974
13
4
Project,
Pine Barrens
(1975)
Handwritten Description of Film, circa 1970s
13
5
Film Log, 1975
13
6
Release Print, 1975
2 videocassettes (vhs)
duplicates
1 videocassette (digital betacam)
duplicate
1 film reel
original
16 mm
13
7
Outtakes, 1975
2 videocassettes (vhs)
duplicates
2 film reels
original; 8 original rolls compiled into 2 reels for video transfer
16 mm
1 videocassette (digital betacam)
duplicate
13
8
Additional Outtakes, 1975
14 film reels
housed in 5 film cans
original
16 mm
13
9
Trims, 1975
1 film reel
16 mm
13
10
Soundtrack, 1975
1 sound tape reel
10.5 inch diameter
13
11
Project,
Sun Tunnels
(1976)
Clipping, 1977
13
12
Work Print, circa 1976
2 videocassettes (vhs)
duplicates
1 videocassette (digital betacam)
duplicate
1 film reel
original
16 mm
13
13
Drawing of Ann Tobin, 1974
13
14
Original Film and Sound Tape Reel from
Pine Barrens
, Including Release Print, Outtakes, Workprint, Soundtrack (From Box 13, folders 7-9, 11)
12
Original Film from
Pine Barrens
Trims (From Box 13, Folder 10) and
Sun Tunnels
Work Print (From Box 13, Folder 13)
18
8
Video Copies of
Pine Barrens
Release Print (From Box 13, Folder 7)
15
1
Video Copies of
Pine Barrens
Outtakes (From Box 13, Folder 8)
15
2-3
Video Copies of
Sun Tunnels
Work Print (From Box 13, folder 13)
15
4
Oversized Event Announcements from Box 13, Folder 4, 1974
OV 27

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