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William Christenberry papers, circa 1917-2018

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Series 1: Personal Papers, circa 1917, 1953-2016
.3 Linear feet
Box 1

Found here are addresses, museum membership cards, an award and certificate, personal correspondence with friends and family, interview transcripts, a notebook of quotations on art and life, and writings about the artist. Also found in this series are papers concerning an accident Christenberry had as a youth, resulting in a significant loss of vision in one eye. The papers include correspondence, legal documents, and medical records.
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Addresses, undated
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Award, The Alabama Prize, 1989
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Certificate, 2003
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Correspondence, 1989-2016
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Correspondence, Family, undated
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Interview with Caldecot Chubb, Transcript, 1978 August 7
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Interview with David Levinthal moderated by Merry Foresta, Transcript, 1995
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Interview with Ben R. Sloat, Transcript, 2008
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Membership Cards, 1990s-2000s
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Notebook, Quotes on Memory, Art, Etc., 1990s-2000s
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Papers Concerning Christenberry's Eye Injury, 1953-1954
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Papers Concerning "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men", 1971-2005
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Remodeling of Christenberry Residence, 1984
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War Savings Stamps, circa 1917
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Writings, "Sign, Structure, and Cultural Critique: William Christenberry and the South," by M.K. Johnson, 1991
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Writings, "The Place of William Christenberry's Early Photographic Work in Contemporary Art," by Alice Brooker, 1992
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Writings, "A Homespun American Proust," by Douglas Messerli, 2006
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Writings, "Journey to Alabama with Lee Friedlander," Draft, circa 2008
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