Title: | Samuel Wagstaff papers |
Dates: | 1796-1987 (bulk 1952-1986) |
Number: | 2005.M.46 |
Creator/Collector: | Wagstaff, Samuel J. |
Extent: | 96 Linear Feet (126 boxes, 5 rolls, 19 flatfiles) |
Abstract: | The papers document Sam Wagstaff's activities as curator and collector, with a focus on his collections and collecting processes. The papers are rich in correspondence and include letters from artists, photographers and cultural institutions. Original photographs and non-photographic original artworks are included, as well as slides, negatives, postcards, film reels, prints and drawings. |
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Language: | Collection material is in English. |
Repository: | The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 reference@getty.edu URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 |
Author: | Laura Schroffel |
Curator and visionary photography collector Samuel Wagstaff Jr. was born 1921, in New York City. The son of a lawyer from an old New York family and fashion designer Olga Piorkowska, Wagstaff graduated from Yale University and served in the Navy during World War II. After the war and a short career in advertising he studied Renaissance art at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts under the mentorship of Richard Offner. In 1959 he received a David E. Finley art history fellowship at the National Gallery of Art. He assumed a curatorial position in contemporary art at the Wadsworth Atheneum from 1961 to 1968 and then at the Detroit Institute of Arts from 1968 to 1971. At both institutions Wagstaff pursued his interest in the avant garde and helped promote the careers of artists such as Michael Heizer, Tony Smith, Gordon Newton and Richard Tuttle.
In addition to his curatorial work, Wagstaff was a noted collector. He originally concentrated on avant-garde paintings. Following his return to New York in the 1970s, he turned his attention to photography, with an initial focus on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French, British and American photography. Influenced by his long-term partner, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Wagstaff's collecting later shifted toward more daring and contemporary photography. At a time when scholarship on the subject was limited, Wagstaff promoted the significance of photography in lectures, on panels, and famously on the Dick Cavett television show. Wagstaff loaned works from his photography collection for national and international exhibitions, often served as a freelance curator, and regularly responded to requests for curatorial advice. In 1977 his own press published A Book of Photographs from the Collection of Sam Wagstaff.
When Wagstaff's photography holdings numbered more than 2,500 masterworks, he sold the collection to the J. Paul Getty Museum and focused on building a collection of 19th-century American silver. The New York Historical Society exhibited more than 100 examples from his silver collection in 1987, the last show curated by Wagstaff. His silver collection was sold at auction following his death. Wagstaff died in 1987.
The Samuel Wagstaff papers document his activities as curator and collector, with a focus on his collections and collecting processes. The papers are rich in correspondence and include letters from artists, photographers and staff from cultural institutions. Also included are original photographs, both contemporary and historic, as well as non-photographic original artworks. Among other materials are slides, negatives, postcards, film reels, prints and drawings.
Series I is a collection of snapshots by Wagstaff, including color photographs (sometimes housed in albums), color negatives, color slides, black-and-white contact prints and black-and-white negatives. The collection highlights cultural institutions, landmarks, urban and industrial landscapes, various exteriors and city inhabitants. New York City is featured heavily. London, Paris, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Detroit are also documented. This series is also rich in portraiture, including nudes, self-portraits, portraits of Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith and others.
Series II traces the development of Wagstaff's various collections through correspondence, receipts and other documentation, and also includes original works of art by Dan Basen, Robert Morris and Gordon Newton. The focus of the series is Wagstaff's collections of photography, silver, postcards, and contemporary art, but items from his less-known collections of prints, flowers, currency and postage are also included. Correspondents represented in this series include artists Agnes Martin, Michael Heizer, Alan Saret, Tony Smith and H.C. Westermann. Letters received, receipts and papers in this series often provide substantial provenance information related to items in Wagstaff's collections. The papers include information on photographs and other materials now owned by the Getty Museum.
Series III contains family photographs, including pictures of Wagstaff at various ages, and members of his immediate and extended family. The series also contains assorted financial and personal documents, such as estate papers, tax records, property ownership documents, medical records, astrological papers and identification.
Series IV contains the letters that were not filed by Wagstaff in another series. The bulk of the correspondence in this series is from the 1970s and 1980s, after Wagstaff had stopped working as a professional curator and moved back to New York to focus on collecting.
Series V contains photographs and documents regarding exhibitions, publications and artist research by Wagstaff. This series includes documents regarding the founding of Wagstaff's publishing company, Gray Press, and its only publication, A Book of Photographs from the Collection of Sam Wagstaff. Also in this series is a collection of cat photographs assembled by Wagstaff in relation to an article he wrote for Artforum (1986).
The ephemera in Series VI consists of posters and exhibition announcements. Clippings include articles profiling Wagstaff and his collections.
Series VII contains a film reel labeled, "Potatoes on a Studio Floor," as well as seven unidentified film reels and four undeveloped reels. Films are unavailable until reformatting is complete.
Arranged in seven series:
Series I.
Snapshots, 1969-1983, undated;
Series II. Collections, 1819-1987;
Series III. Personal papers, 1796-1986;
Series IV. Correspondence, 1909-1986;
Series V. Projects, 1914-1986;
Series VI. Ephemera and
assorted papers, 1941-1986;
Series VII. Film reels, undated.
Open for use by qualified researchers with the following exceptions. Film reels are unavailable until reformatting is complete. Documents pertaining to the J. Paul Getty Museum's acquisition of the Wagstaff photography collection (Box 83) is sealed until 2019.
Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions.
Sam Wagstaff postcard collection, ca. 1880-1980, Accession no. 96.R.13*.
Some books were transferred to the Getty Research Library general collection and may be found by searching the library catalog for the Samuel Wagstaff Source Collection.
Samuel Wagstaff papers, 1796-1987 (bulk 1952-1986), The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2005.M.46
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2005m46
Acquired from the Mapplethorpe Foundation in 2005.
The Samuel Wagstaff papers were initially processed and a preliminary inventory was made by Rheim Alkahdi in 2009. Laura Schroffel completed processing the collection and created a finding aid under the supervision of Andra Darlington in 2011.
Series I. Snapshots, 1969-1983, undated 11.3 Linear Feet (51 boxes) | |||||||||||
This series contains snapshots by Wagstaff, including color photographs (sometimes housed in albums), color negatives, color slides, black-and-white contact prints and black-and-white negatives. The collection highlights cultural institutions, landmarks, urban and industrial landscapes, various exteriors and city inhabitants. New York City is featured extensively. London, Paris, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Detroit are also documented. This series is also rich in portraiture, including nudes, self-portraits, portraits of Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith and others. | |||||||||||
Other photographs taken by Wagstaff can be found in Series II. | |||||||||||
There are some annotations on photo processing envelopes. Wagstaff handwriting is in pen. Most descriptions in pencil are curator's notes. | |||||||||||
Arrangement | |||||||||||
Chronological with undated materials at end. | |||||||||||
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49 | 1969 4 items | ||||||||||
Contains color slides. | |||||||||||
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48 | 1970 7 items | ||||||||||
Contains color slides | |||||||||||
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1, 45, 49 | 1971 458 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs, negatives and slides. | |||||||||||
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1 | 1972 136 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. | |||||||||||
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2-22, 45-47 | 1973 8700 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. | |||||||||||
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2-6, 45 | New York 2167 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of the Metropolitan Museum, Pulitzer Fountain and Central Park. Also includes self-portraits, portraits of David Hayes and others. | |||||||||||
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6-11 | London 2054 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of British Museum, St. James Guard and Albert Memorial in Hyde Park. Portraits of Mapplethorpe and others. | |||||||||||
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11 | Brussels 35 items | ||||||||||
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11-14 | Paris 1326 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of Eiffel Tower, Luxembourg gardens, Parc de Sceaux, Parc de la Terlure and Bastille Day festivities. Also includes portraits of Mapplethorpe and others. | |||||||||||
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14, 45 | Ostend 473 items | ||||||||||
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15-21 | Fire Island 2936 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of the beach and landscapes. Also includes portraits of Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, self-portraits and several unidentified nudes. | |||||||||||
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21 | Detroit 18 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of Detroit Institute of the Arts outdoor sculpture. | |||||||||||
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22, 46-47 | Unidentified locations 833 items | ||||||||||
Includes portraits of a woman with two boys before Warhol painting. | |||||||||||
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22-29, 47 | 1974 3169 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. | |||||||||||
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22-25 | New York 1228 items | ||||||||||
Includes portraits of Patti Smith, Dennis, Jim [Nelson?] and unidentified subjects. | |||||||||||
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25 | London 131 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of London Science Museum. | |||||||||||
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26-29 | Spain 1495 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of Formentera, Soller, Polensa, Las Salinas, San Fernando, Ibiza, Torrent de Parreis, Punta Berberia, Bellver, Illetas, Deya beaches, El Pujols beaches, Salinas beaches. Also includes nude portraits. | |||||||||||
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25, 47 | Unidentified location 354 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of wedding and Edmond I and II performance. | |||||||||||
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30-34 | 1975 1714 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. | |||||||||||
Includes photographs of New York, Paris and London. Also includes portraits of Mapplethorpe, nude portraits, portrait series of a woman and portraits of an unidentified man. | |||||||||||
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34-37 | 1976 1385 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. | |||||||||||
Includes photographs of Los Angeles, Key West, Miami, New York possibly Fire Island and unknown locations. Also includes self-portraits and various portraits. | |||||||||||
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37-39 | 1977 783 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. | |||||||||||
Includes photographs of New York, Paris, London with images of Buckingham Palace and unknown locations. | |||||||||||
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39 | 1978 37 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs and negatives. Includes portraits of Peter Berlin. | |||||||||||
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39-41, 49 | 1979 944 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs, negatives and slides. Includes photographs of Venice. | |||||||||||
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49 | 1983 141 items | ||||||||||
Contains color slides. | |||||||||||
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42-43, 47-51 | Undated 803 items | ||||||||||
Contains color photographs, slides, color negatives, black-and-white contact sheets and negatives. | |||||||||||
Includes photographs of London: D'Offay, Sotheby's auction house, British Guard; New York; Italy; Spain and North Africa. Also includes self-portraits, portraits of Mapplethorpe and various nude portraits and studies. |
Series II. Collections, 1819-1987 65.3 Linear Feet (46 boxes, 5 rolls, 15 flatfiles) | |||||||||||
Series II is comprised of Wagstaff's various collections and papers related to his collections. While Wagstaff is most well known for his collection of historic photographs, he also was a serious collector of silver, postcards, and contemporary art. This series includes a small number of postcards from his postcard collection and documentation, receipts, correspondence and photographs from his silver collection, original art from his contemporary art collections and items from even less well known collections of prints, flowers, currency and postage. Of note in this series are correspondence and administrative documentation regarding works from his collection. These papers include correspondence with artists as well as correspondence between art institutions that relate to the provenance of various works. Conservation papers are also included in this series and reflect Wagstaff's interest in maintaining the quality of items in his collections. | |||||||||||
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Arranged by collection type. Correspondence, administrative and conservation papers covering all collection types at the end. | |||||||||||
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52-63, 100*-101*, 114-117 | Wagstaff photograph collection, 1819-1986 2602 items | ||||||||||
The bulk of the photographs are from Wagstaff's personal collection; some study photographs are also included. | |||||||||||
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52 | 1 | Carte-de-visite, 1819 1 items | |||||||||
52 | 2-9 | Cabinet cards, 1894-1920 48 items | |||||||||
Two cabinet cards are hand tinted. Includes photographs of Stockade at World's Fair Chicago, American landscape views, portraits, domestic interiors, Venice architectural exteriors, city and rural scenes. | |||||||||||
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53 | 1 | Cyanotypes, undated 3 items | |||||||||
Silverspring. | |||||||||||
53 | 2 | Stereographs, 1870-1893 11 items | |||||||||
Includes contact print sheet. Some stereographs are fragments. | |||||||||||
53 | 3-5 | Albumen prints, undated 15 items | |||||||||
Includes albumen prints adhered to canvas or board. | |||||||||||
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53-57, 54a, 100*-101* | Photographs, original assorted, 1895-1945 192 items | ||||||||||
Includes various photographic processes. | |||||||||||
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53-57, 54a | Photographs | ||||||||||
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100*-101* | Oversize photographs | ||||||||||
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58-60, 101* | Photographs, copies assorted, 1958-1982, undated 867 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs, contact print sheets and papers. Papers include indices and various notes. Some photographs are annotated on verso in pencil with author, title information and collection or negative number. | |||||||||||
Includes copy prints of Von Gloeden photographs. | |||||||||||
Some copy prints were made by Scott Hyde in 1982. | |||||||||||
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58-60 | Photographs | ||||||||||
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60 | 8 | Photocopies | |||||||||
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101* | 6 | Oversize photocopies | |||||||||
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60 | 9 | Catalog listings, 1972-1983 55 items | |||||||||
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60-63, 114-117 | Invoices and receipts, 1973-1986 1707 items | ||||||||||
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60 | 10 | Lightfoot Collection, 1976-1982 43 items | |||||||||
60 | 11 | 1973 95 items | |||||||||
60 | 12 | 1974 12 items | |||||||||
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61 | 1-2 | 1975 194 items | |||||||||
61 | 3-4 | 1976 261 items | |||||||||
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62 | 1-2 | 1977 130 items | |||||||||
62 | 3 | 1978 165 items | |||||||||
62 | 4 | 1979 119 items | |||||||||
62 | 5 | 1980 160 items | |||||||||
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63 | 1 | 1981 128 items | |||||||||
63 | 2 | 1982 72 items | |||||||||
63 | 3 | 1983 171 items | |||||||||
63 | 4-5 | 1984 110 items | |||||||||
63 | 6 | 1985 29 items | |||||||||
63 | 7 | 1986 11 items | |||||||||
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114 | Other photographic formats 7 items | ||||||||||
114 | Negatives, undated 457 items | ||||||||||
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114-117 | Slides and transparencies, 1975-1984, undated 1056 items | ||||||||||
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64-66, 102*, 118-119 | Silver collection, 1981-1987 1335 items | ||||||||||
In the late 1980s Wagstaff started collecting silver with a particular interest in 19th century works. | |||||||||||
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64, 102*, 118 | Photographs, undated 310 items | ||||||||||
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64 | 1 | Black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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118 | 1-3 | Other photographic formats | |||||||||
Contains color slides, color and black-and-white negatives and two albums of color photographs. | |||||||||||
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102* | 1 | Oversize | |||||||||
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64-66, 118-119 | Correspondence and dealer papers, 1981-1986 0 items | ||||||||||
Contains listings, invoices, photographic materials, correspondence and research from various dealers and auction houses. | |||||||||||
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64, 118 | Applegate, Judith, 1986 15 items | ||||||||||
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64 | 2 | Papers 12 items | |||||||||
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118 | 4 | Polaroids 3 items | |||||||||
Includes a letter that relates to color photographs. | |||||||||||
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64, 118 | Argentum, 1985-1986 14 items | ||||||||||
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64 | 3 | Papers 11 items | |||||||||
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118 | 5 | Color photographs 3 items | |||||||||
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64 | 4 | Butterfield's 1984-1986 4 items | |||||||||
64 | 5 | Christie's, 1984-1986 25 items | |||||||||
64 | 6-10 | Duffy, William Core, 1981-1986 358 items | |||||||||
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65, 119 | Fancy That, 1985 7 items | ||||||||||
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65 | 1 | Papers 4 items | |||||||||
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119 | 1 | Color photograph and polaroids 3 items | |||||||||
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65, 119 | Hanks, David A., 1986 8 items | ||||||||||
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65 | 2 | Papers 7 items | |||||||||
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119 | 2 | Color slides 1 items | |||||||||
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65 | 3 | Kurland, Catherine, 1985-1986 9 items | |||||||||
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65, 119 | Marsh-Ackerman, 1985-1986 50 items | ||||||||||
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65 | 4 | Papers 39 items | |||||||||
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119 | 3 | Polaroids 11 items | |||||||||
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65, 119 | Mascolo, Susan D., 1986 77 items | ||||||||||
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65 | 5 | Papers 6 items | |||||||||
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119 | 4 | Polaroids 71 items | |||||||||
Includes letters and annotated notes that relates to photographs. | |||||||||||
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65 | 6 | North Hill Antiques, undated 14 items | |||||||||
65 | 7 | Petzal, Henry, 1985-1986 3 items | |||||||||
65 | 8 | Sotheby's, 1985 15 items | |||||||||
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65, 119 | Tiffany & Co., 1986 8 items | ||||||||||
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65 | 9 | Papers 3 items | |||||||||
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119 | 5 | Color photographs 5 items | |||||||||
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65, 119 | Wilson, Edward G., 1986 47 items | ||||||||||
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65 | 10 | Papers 30 items | |||||||||
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119 | 6 | Color photographs 17 items | |||||||||
Includes letters that relates to color photographs. Versos of photographs are annotated. | |||||||||||
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65 | 11 | Assorted correspondence, 1984-1986 39 items | |||||||||
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65-66 | Assorted receipts and invoices, 1984-1986 262 items | ||||||||||
Includes receipts for books, rare books and silver collection purchases. | |||||||||||
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66 | 5 | New York Historical Society exhibition papers, 1986-1987 6 items | |||||||||
66 | 6-7 | Silver book papers, 1986 25 items | |||||||||
Contains mostly photocopies of invoices for photography equipment and related items needed for photographing the silver collection. Also includes draft of introduction. Book is possibly related to New York Historical Society exhibition. | |||||||||||
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66, 102* | Clippings and ephemera, 1984-1985 70 items | ||||||||||
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66 | 8-8a | Papers | |||||||||
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102* | 2 | Oversize | |||||||||
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66 | 9 | Assorted papers, 1985 46 items | |||||||||
66 | 10 | Publications, 1983 2 items | |||||||||
Contains catalogs from the Michael Ward Gallery and the Frank S. Schwarz & Son collection. | |||||||||||
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67-68 | Postcard collection, 1962-1977 446 items | ||||||||||
The bulk of the postcards are comprised of travel images or cultural world sites and are adhered to album pages. Other postcards are mostly without correspondence and are novelty or touristically themed. Includes some greeting cards. | |||||||||||
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69-70, 103*-104*, 113*, 119 | Contemporary photograph collection, 1941-1985 230 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs by Wagstaff and various artists that are not identified as part of Wagstaff's collection or as family photographs or as snapshots. Also includes photographs of some artists' works. | |||||||||||
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103* | 1 | Arnold, Bill, 1978-1979 9 items | |||||||||
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69 | 1 | Adam, Hans Christian, 1984 3 items | |||||||||
69 | 2 | Barnhart, Raymond, 1977 1 items | |||||||||
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103* | 2 | Baroni, Stefano, undated 12 items | |||||||||
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69 | 3 | Gaess, Jacquie, undated 4 items | |||||||||
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103* | 3 | Radino, Francesco, 1968 1 item | |||||||||
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113* | 1 | Ross, Charlie, 1970 1 items | |||||||||
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69 | 4 | Shannon, Tom, undated 2 items | |||||||||
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113* | 2 | Story, Petra Davis, undated 8 items | |||||||||
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69 | 5-7 | Wagstaff, Samuel, undated 32 items | |||||||||
Some photographs are presumed to be by Wagstaff, but may actually be by another photographer. Includes photographs of Wagstaff's Fifth Avenue Apartment. See also Series III for papers related to Wagstaff's apartment. | |||||||||||
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69-70, 104* | Assorted photographs, 1941-1985 141 items | ||||||||||
Includes work by Barbara Alper, Rivas Anduro[?], Richard Baron, Bryn Cambell, Charles Fergus Colquhoun, Barbara Crane, Harris Fogel, Carole Gallagher, Stan Gilub[?], David Rasmus, M. Romer, Tony Smith, Elisabeth Sunday, Reinhart Wolf, Gary Woods, Richard [Wright?], Tom Zetterstein/Tom Zetterstrom, MOMA copy prints. | |||||||||||
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113*, 119 | Assorted color photographs, undated 33 items | ||||||||||
Includes work by Valerio Tazzetti, Giancarlo Tovo. | |||||||||||
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71-72, 105*-108*, 119 | Original art collection, 1952-1985, undated | ||||||||||
Also contained in roll 1-5 and flatfiles 1**-8**, 11**-17**. | |||||||||||
Non-photographic works. Some of the works are represented in photographic formats. | |||||||||||
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71, 105*, 119 | Basen, Dan, 1962-1963 11 items | ||||||||||
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71 | 1 | Drawings | |||||||||
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119 | 8 | Color slide | |||||||||
Slide is possibly of an installation or exhibition opening. | |||||||||||
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105* | 1 | Oversize drawings | |||||||||
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71 | 2 | De Menocal, Richard, 1952, undated 33 items | |||||||||
71 | 3 | Ettinger, David, 1985 5 items | |||||||||
71 | 4 | Melcarth, Edward, undated 18 items | |||||||||
Includes clipping from Harper's Magazine. | |||||||||||
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13**-16** | Morris, Robert, 1969 12 items | ||||||||||
Contains three copies of didactic poster and nine "artist proof" lithographs for Morris Earth Projects. | |||||||||||
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71 | 5 | Nevelson, Mike, 1961 1 items | |||||||||
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71, 105* | Newton, Gordon, 1969-1971, undated 97 items | ||||||||||
Also contained in roll 1-5 and flatfiles 2**-4**. | |||||||||||
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71 | 6-7 | Drawings and sketchbooks | |||||||||
71 | 8 | Photographs of drawings | |||||||||
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105* | Oversize drawings | ||||||||||
Also contained in roll 1-5 and flatfiles 2**-4** | |||||||||||
105* | 2 | Drawings notebook | |||||||||
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1-5 | Drawings | ||||||||||
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2**, 3**, 4** | Drawings | ||||||||||
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105* | 3 | Ortman, George, undated 3 items | |||||||||
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72, 119 | Shannon, Tom, 1969 13 items | ||||||||||
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72 | Art | ||||||||||
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119 | 8 | Polaroids of artworks | |||||||||
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105* | 4 | Shirley, Jay, 1970 2 items | |||||||||
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71 | 9 | Skelton, G.B., 1971-1979 9 items | |||||||||
71 | 10 | Suvert, Phil, undated 9 items | |||||||||
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105* | 5 | Tweady, Carol, 1968 1 items | |||||||||
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1** | Wagstaff, Samuel, undated 1 item | ||||||||||
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71, 108* | Clock design, undated | ||||||||||
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71 | 11 | Drawings 5 items | |||||||||
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108* | 1 | Oversize drawing 1 items | |||||||||
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119 | Postcard artist, 1970-1971 24 items | ||||||||||
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71 | 12 | Postcards | |||||||||
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119 | 8 | Postcard with color slide | |||||||||
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71, 105*-108*, 11**, 12** | Unknown, undated 56 items | ||||||||||
Includes oversize portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe by unknown artist. | |||||||||||
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73-74, 108*-110* | Assorted collections, 1885-1986 304 items | ||||||||||
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73 | 1-3 | Flowers, 1936-1986 129 items | |||||||||
Includes Reflections From the Third Day. | |||||||||||
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73, 108*-110* | Prints, 1885-1957, undated 162 items | ||||||||||
Includes engravings by Salvator Rosa. | |||||||||||
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73 | 4-13 | Assorted prints | |||||||||
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108*-110* | Large prints | ||||||||||
Includes images of Battle of Buena Vista; General William H. Harrison; Lord Byron; chromolithographs of mechanical trajectories; introduction; Polly's Lamentation; The British Sea; The Irish Sea; reproduction of E. Delacroix sketches; reproduction of Delacroix: "Jane Shore"; reproduction of Delacroix: "Un Naufrage"; map of Guinea, map of New York; Barnard genealogy; Mill's colossal equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson; farm yard, flowers. Also includes prints by Raphael Krichner, Berghem Pinxit and Dancker Danckerts. | |||||||||||
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73 | 14 | Postage, 1940-1975 18 items | |||||||||
73 | 15 | Currency, 1944-1957 3 items | |||||||||
Contains a Canadian penny and two French Franc notes. | |||||||||||
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73-74 | Various, 1972, undated 23 items | ||||||||||
Contains: buttons and buckles, wine cork, picture hanging hardware, antique album cover, various paper items such as labels. | |||||||||||
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76-77, 120, 123 17** | Correspondence and administrative documentation, 1962-1986, undated 46 items | ||||||||||
Comprised of correspondence regarding loan agreements, papers regarding transactions of pieces of art from Wagstaff's personal collections, requests for reproduction rights for works from the collection and correspondence between Wagstaff and various artists. Agnes Martin, Michael Heizer, Alan Saret, Tony Smith and H.C. Westermann make up the bulk of the subject matter. | |||||||||||
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Correspondence was organized by Wagstaff chronologically, alphabetically by artist or institution, and by subject. There is redundancy between the arrangements. | |||||||||||
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75 | 1 | Courbet, Gustave, 1969-1982 19 items | |||||||||
75 | 2 | Detroit Institute of Arts, 1972-1984 20 items | |||||||||
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75, 120, 123, 17** | Heizer, Michael, 1969-1986 338 items | ||||||||||
Michael Heizer film reels: undated
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Contains correspondence with the artist. Includes black-and-white photographs, film reels, and some original art. Also includes two copies of Actual Size. | |||||||||||
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75 | 3-3a | Papers and black-and-white photographs 37 items | |||||||||
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120 | Color photographs and slides 298 items | ||||||||||
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17** | Oversize poster 1 items | ||||||||||
Artist proof inscribed to Sam. | |||||||||||
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123 | F1-F2 | [Tracks across lake bed project], undated 2 items | |||||||||
2 film reels; 16mm | |||||||||||
123 | F3 | Untitled film, undated 1 items | |||||||||
1 film reel; 16mm | |||||||||||
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75 | 4 | Martin, Agnes, 1969-1977 91 items | |||||||||
Includes letters from Martin. | |||||||||||
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75, 120 | Nadar, 1976-1984 42 items | ||||||||||
Includes catalog of Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf exhibition. | |||||||||||
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75 | 4a | Papers and black-and-white photographs 41 items | |||||||||
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120 | Polaroid 1 items | ||||||||||
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75 | 5 | Quigley, Edward, 1976-1983 65 items | |||||||||
Includes letters from Quigley. | |||||||||||
75 | 6 | Saret, Alan, 1971-1978 31 items | |||||||||
Includes Materials & Methods: A New View, Katonah Gallery exhibition catalog. | |||||||||||
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120 | Seeley, George, undated 1 items | ||||||||||
Contains color slide. | |||||||||||
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75 | 6a | Shannon, Tom, 1984 11 items | |||||||||
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75, 120 | Smith, Tony, 1968-1986 18 items | ||||||||||
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75 | 7 | Papers 22 items | |||||||||
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120 | Black-and-white negative 1 items | ||||||||||
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75, 120 | Vuillard, Edouard, 1970-1972 13 items | ||||||||||
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75 | 8 | Papers and black-and-white photographs 9 items | |||||||||
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120 | Color transparencies 4 items | ||||||||||
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75, 120 | Warhol, Andy, 1970-1986 33 items | ||||||||||
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75 | 9 | Papers 28 items | |||||||||
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120 | Color transparencies. undated 4 items | ||||||||||
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75 | 10 | Westermann, H. C., 1969-1981 35 items | |||||||||
Includes an issue of Waves. | |||||||||||
75 | 11 | Wadsworth Atheneum, 1970-1980 | |||||||||
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76, 120 | 1962-1969 39 items | ||||||||||
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76 | 1 | Papers and black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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120 | Papers and color photographs 4 items | ||||||||||
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76 | 2 | 1970-1975 33 items | |||||||||
76 | 3 | 1976-1979 55 items | |||||||||
76 | 4 | 1980-1981 28 items | |||||||||
76 | 5 | 1982 42 items | |||||||||
76 | 6 | 1983 46 items | |||||||||
76 | 7 | 1984 16 items | |||||||||
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76, 120 | 1985 18 items | ||||||||||
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76 | 8 | Papers 16 items | |||||||||
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120 | Polaroids 2 items | ||||||||||
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76 | 9 | 1986 4 items | |||||||||
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77 | 1 | African art, 1964-1982 116 items | |||||||||
77 | 2 | Native American art, 1966-1983 68 items | |||||||||
77 | 3-4 | Reproduction rights, 1978-1986 125 items | |||||||||
77 | 5-6 | Sales receipts and checks, 1962-1986 142 items | |||||||||
77 | 7 | Photographs, undated 35 items | |||||||||
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77, 120 | Assorted documentation, 1974-1982 21 items | ||||||||||
Includes papers probably by Wagstaff for publication or lecture regarding his collection and collecting. | |||||||||||
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77 | 8 | Papers 21 items | |||||||||
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120 | Color transparency 1 items | ||||||||||
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77 | 9-10 | Conservation papers, 1974-1986 46 items | |||||||||
Contains receipts for collection care items as well as various papers, publications and catalogs regarding archival practice. |
Series III. Personal papers, 1796-1986 4.7 Linear Feet (9 boxes) | |||||||||||
This series contains family photographs including pictures of Sam Wagstaff at various ages, Judy Wagstaff (Sam's sister), Olga Piorkowska (Sam's mother), Samuel Wagstaff Sr. (Sam's father) and Donald Newhall (Sam's stepfather). Also included are photographs of other identified and unidentified family members. Series III contains financial documents including estate papers, tax papers and property ownership papers. Wagstaff's personal papers such as medical papers, astrological papers and identification documents are also included. | |||||||||||
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Organized by photographs and papers. Photographs are arranged by individual or family name with unidentified photographs at the end. Papers are arranged between correspondence and document types. | |||||||||||
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78-80, 121 | Family photographs, 1881-1985 181 items | ||||||||||
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78, 111*, 121 | Samuel Wagstaff, circa 1921-1981 70 items | ||||||||||
Includes photographs of Sam Wagstaff possibly at Yale and possibly with naval command. | |||||||||||
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78 | 1-5 | Black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | 1 | Other photographic formats | |||||||||
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111* | 1 | Oversize | |||||||||
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78 | 6 | Judy Wagstaff, 1936, undated 4 items | |||||||||
78 | 7-9 | Piorkowska family, 1933, undated 10 items | |||||||||
Includes photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Emil Piorkowska and Olga Piorkowska. | |||||||||||
78 | 10-18 | Other Wagstaff family, 1881-1916, undated 56 items | |||||||||
Includes photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff, Samuel Wagstaff Sr., Mary Wagstaff and Henry Gribble. | |||||||||||
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79, 121 | Donald Newhall family, 1917-1959 81 items | ||||||||||
Newhall was an artist and Wagstaff's step father. | |||||||||||
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79 | 1-5 | Black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | 2 | Other photographic formats | |||||||||
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79 | 6-7 | Unidentified and assorted photographs 1906-1985, undated 101 items | |||||||||
Includes photographs probably of unidentified family members. | |||||||||||
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79-84 | Family papers, 1796-1986 381 items | ||||||||||
Includes original art and sketchbook by Donald V. Newhall. Also includes family correspondence, genealogical records and estate papers. | |||||||||||
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79 | 8 | Donald Newhall papers 1927-1958 11 items | |||||||||
79 | 9-10 | Original art by Donald Newhall, undated 58 items | |||||||||
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80 | 1 | Olga Newhall correspondence, 1970-1972 11 items | |||||||||
80 | 2-2b | Sam Wagstaff personal documents, 1954-1976 86 items | |||||||||
Includes social security card and copy of Wagstaff birth certificate, medical papers and astrological papers. | |||||||||||
80 | 3-7 | Family financial and estate documents, 1965-1979 337 items | |||||||||
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81 | Wagstaff property documents, 1973-1986 393 items | ||||||||||
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82-83 | Wagstaff financial documents, 1952-1985 675 items | ||||||||||
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82 | Tax documents and other financial papers 1952-1984 232 items | ||||||||||
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83 [SEALED] | Papers related to Getty sale, 1973-1985 443 items | ||||||||||
Documents related to the J. Paul Getty Museum's acquisition of the Wagstaff photography collection are SEALED until 2019. | |||||||||||
Assorted family papers, 1796-1961, undated 54 items | |||||||||||
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84 | 1 | 1796-1834 7 items | |||||||||
84 | 2 | 1842-1897 15 items | |||||||||
84 | 3 | 1909-1961 14 items | |||||||||
84 | 4 | Undated 18 items |
Series IV. Correspondence, 1909-1986 2.9 Linear Feet (9 boxes) | |||||||||||
Correspondence includes all letters that were not identified by Wagstaff as being part of another series. The bulk of series IV correspondence spans the time after Wagstaff stopped working as a professional curator and instead had moved back to New York to focus on collecting photography. Letters received are often from admirers, staff from cultural institutions, friends and artists. | |||||||||||
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Correspondence was organized by Wagstaff chronologically, alphabetically by artist or institution, and by subject. There is redundancy between the arrangements. | |||||||||||
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85-86, 111*, 121 | Chronological, 1961-1986 797 items | ||||||||||
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85 | 1 | 1961-1976 60 items | |||||||||
85 | 2-3 | 1977 82 items | |||||||||
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85, 121 | 1978 80 items | ||||||||||
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85 | 4-5 | Papers and black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | Color photographs | ||||||||||
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85, 121 | 1979 50 items | ||||||||||
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85 | 6 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color photograph | ||||||||||
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85, 121 | 1980 70 items | ||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
85 | 7-8 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color photographs | ||||||||||
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85, 121 | 1981 65 items | ||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
85 | 9 | Papers and black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | Color photograph | ||||||||||
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86 | 1 | 1982 67 items | |||||||||
86 | 2 | 1983 94 items | |||||||||
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86, 121 | 1984 75 items | ||||||||||
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86 | 3 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color transparency | ||||||||||
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86 | 4 | 1985 64 items | |||||||||
86 | 5 | 1986 38 items | |||||||||
86 | 6-7 | undated 52 items | |||||||||
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87 | 1-5 | Photography, 1971-1975 260 items | |||||||||
87 | 6 | Lectures, 1974-1980 35 items | |||||||||
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87, 121 | Native American Art, 1969-1983 84 items | ||||||||||
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87 | 7 | Papers and black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | Color photographs | ||||||||||
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88 | 1-3 | Europe, 1974-1984 201 items | |||||||||
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88, 121 | Correspondence with assorted individuals, 1975-1985 92 items | ||||||||||
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88 | 4 | Goldschmidt, Lucien, 1976-1984 4 items | |||||||||
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88, 121 | Hutchinson, 1964-1968 7 items | ||||||||||
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88 | 5 | Papers and black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | Color slide | ||||||||||
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88 | 6 | Incandela, Gerald, 1976-1977 21 items | |||||||||
88 | 7 | Jammes, André, 1975-1985 60 items | |||||||||
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88-89, 121 | Correspondence with photographers, 1975-1984 360 items | ||||||||||
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88 | 8 | Arnold, Bill, 1978-1980 9 items | |||||||||
88 | 9 | Asbury, Dana, 1979 2 items | |||||||||
88 | 10 | Avedon, Richard, 1978 1 items | |||||||||
88 | 11 | Bankhead, Judy, 1979 3 items | |||||||||
88 | 12 | Barron, Susan, 1979 2 items | |||||||||
88 | 13 | Block, Helen, 1979-1980 2 items | |||||||||
88 | 14 | Brooks, Ellen, 1976-1979 17 items | |||||||||
88 | 15 | Buck, Ken, 1980 2 items | |||||||||
88 | 16 | Buckland, David, 1979 4 items | |||||||||
88 | 17 | Condron, Brian, 1979 1 items | |||||||||
88 | 18 | Cooper, Ron, 1978 2 items | |||||||||
88 | 19 | Cubillas, Raul, 1978 2 items | |||||||||
88 | 20 | Dayton, Susan, 1979 13 items | |||||||||
88 | 21 | Dingus, Rick, 1979-1982 19 items | |||||||||
88 | 22 | Dotter, Earl, 1979 2 items | |||||||||
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89 | 1 | Edgerton, Harold, 1977 2 items | |||||||||
89 | 2 | Enos, Chris, undated 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 3 | Feiler, Jo Alison, 1979 6 items | |||||||||
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89, 121 | Frazer, Jim, 1979-1981 6 items | ||||||||||
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89 | 4 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color slide | ||||||||||
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89 | 5 | Friedlander, Ira, 1976 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 6 | Fulton, Hamish, 1979 2 items | |||||||||
89 | 7 | Gates, Jeff, 1979-1980 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 8 | Gomes, Alair, 1979-1980 60 items | |||||||||
89 | 9 | Grooteclaes, Hubert, 1982 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 10 | Gruen, John, 1983 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 11 | Gurner, Fred, 1979 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 12 | Josephson, Ken, 1978-1979 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 13 | Lartigue, Jac, 1977-1978 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 14 | Liebling, Jerome, 1979-1981 3 items | |||||||||
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89, 121 | McBride, Will, 1981-1984 40 items | ||||||||||
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89 | 15 | Correspondence | |||||||||
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121 | Color photograph | ||||||||||
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89 | 16 | Miller, John R., 1982 2 items | |||||||||
89 | 17 | Moser, Lida, 1978 12 items | |||||||||
89 | 18 | Munroe, Robert, 1980 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 19 | Riboud, Marc, 1980 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 20 | Schoenfeld, Diana, 1980 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 21 | Seidner, David M., 1980 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 22 | Shiraoka, Jun, 1977-1980 3 items | |||||||||
89 | 23 | Sinsabaugh, Art, 1977-1979 35 items | |||||||||
89 | 24 | Svendesn, Karina, 1980 6 items | |||||||||
89 | 25 | Thompson, Bill, 1980 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 26 | Vogt, Christian, 1978-1979 2 items | |||||||||
89 | 27 | Yoder, Janica, 1977-1978 7 items | |||||||||
89 | 28 | Young, Barbara, 1976-1977 5 items | |||||||||
89 | 29 | Zetterstrom, Tom, 1978-1981 22 items | |||||||||
89 | 30 | Zimmerman, Tom, 1981 1 items | |||||||||
89 | 31 | Assorted, 1975-1980 40 items | |||||||||
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90-91, 111*, 121 | Institution files, 1962-1986 210 items | ||||||||||
Contains correspondence, papers and ephemera from institutions where Wagstaff worked, served on a board or provided curatorial services. Also includes papers from institutions that Wagstaff culled out in the original organization of his documents. Often correspondence with these institutions can also be found in the chronological and subject based correspondence files. | |||||||||||
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90 | 1 | Amon Carter Museum, 1981-1982 42 items | |||||||||
90 | 2-3 | Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965-1981 10 items | |||||||||
Includes two copies of An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts From the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries in Honor of Richard Offner. | |||||||||||
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90, 121 | Detroit Focus Gallery, 1985-1986 60 items | ||||||||||
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90 | 4 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color slides | ||||||||||
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90 | 5 | G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, 1976-1978 14 items | |||||||||
90 | 6 | Galerie Texbraun, 1978-1985 3 items | |||||||||
90 | 7 | International Center for Photography, 1979-1986 18 items | |||||||||
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91 | 1 | Lunn Gallery, 1981 3 items | |||||||||
91 | 2 | National Portrait Gallery, 1976-1983 4 items | |||||||||
91 | 3 | New York University, Grey art Gallery, 1981-1986 20 items | |||||||||
91 | 4 | University of New Mexico, Coke Collection, 1973-1977 4 items | |||||||||
Includes two copies of Photographs from the Coke Collection. | |||||||||||
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91, 111* | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1962-1983 20 items | ||||||||||
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91 | 5 | Papers | |||||||||
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111* | 2 | Oversize photograph | |||||||||
Photograph contains text overlay for John Cage and Merce Cunningham performance promotional materials. | |||||||||||
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91 | 6 | Witkin Gallery, 1977-1983 16 items | |||||||||
91 | 7 | Address cards, undated 26 items | |||||||||
Contains index cards with contact information possibly comprising a rolodex. Referred to by Wagstaff as "show addresses." | |||||||||||
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91, 121 | Assorted correspondence, 1909-1979 63 items | ||||||||||
Includes items from folder titled by Wagstaff as "dead letters" as well as correspondence not addressed to Wagstaff. | |||||||||||
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91 | 8-9 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color photographs |
Series V. Projects, 1914-1986 2.5 Linear Feet (8 boxes) | |||||||||||
Contains photographs and documents regarding specific exhibitions Wagstaff participated in, publications that Wagstaff produced, and artist research. This series includes documentation regarding the founding of Wagstaff's publishing Company, Gray Press, and its only published product, A Book of Photographs. | |||||||||||
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The series is arranged by exhibitions, publications and artist research. Artist research is organized alphabetically by artist name. | |||||||||||
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92-94, 121 | Exhibitions, 1914-1986 699 items | ||||||||||
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92 | 1-2 | Venezia '79-La Fotografia, 1978-1980 97 items | |||||||||
Wagstaff's contribution to the exhibition was organized by the International Center of Photography. Includes one copy of Photo. | |||||||||||
92 | 3-4 | Colleció Sam Wagstaff, 1980-1983 53 items | |||||||||
Wagstaff exhibited his collections at the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid and Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. | |||||||||||
92 | 5-6 | Trésors de la collection Sam Wagstaff, 1982-1983 59 items | |||||||||
Exhibition was held at the Petit Palais as part of the Mois de la Photo organizing initiative. | |||||||||||
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93 | 1-5 | Photographic Reproduction Processes, 1914-1983 106 items | |||||||||
Includes letters from 1914 describing photomechanical processes. Also includes copy of The Beginnings of Halftone. Exhibition was held at Grolier Club. | |||||||||||
93 | 6 | That's Sculpture? Photographs from the Collection of Samuel Wagstaff, Jr., 1981-1984 137 items | |||||||||
Exhibition was held at Brown University. | |||||||||||
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121 | Hanging Out, 1984 8 items | ||||||||||
Contains color slides. Exhibition was held at Bell Gallery. | |||||||||||
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94 | 1-2 | Wagstaff II exhibition, 1980-1986 181 items | |||||||||
A traveling exhibition of Wagstaff collection photographs that was to be shown at International Center for Photography, Corcoran and other institutions. | |||||||||||
94 | 3 | Erotica exhibition, 1981-1984 35 items | |||||||||
Exhibition was to be held at NYU Grey Gallery and Texas Gallery, Houston. Also referred to by Wagstaff as "sex show." Includes Mancini Gallery exhibition catalog. | |||||||||||
94 | 4-5 | Indian exhibition, 1967-1980 23 items | |||||||||
Exhibition was probably never realized. | |||||||||||
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95-96, 111*, 121 | Publications, 1977-1986 690 items | ||||||||||
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95 | A Book of Photographs, 1977-1982 406 items | ||||||||||
Contains release forms for publication. Also includes contracts, financial accounting papers and documents related to book production and ordering. | |||||||||||
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96, 111*, 121 | Cat collection, 1978-1986 288 items | ||||||||||
Research for and responses to 1986 Artforum article. | |||||||||||
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96 | 1-9 | Papers and black-and-white photographs | |||||||||
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121 | Other photographic formats | ||||||||||
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111* | 3 | Oversize photographs | |||||||||
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97, 121 | Artist Research, 1982-1985, undated | ||||||||||
97, 121 | Ettinger, David, 1985 27 items | ||||||||||
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97 | 1 | Papers | |||||||||
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121 | Color slides | ||||||||||
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97 | 2-3 | Gallé, Emile, 1982-1983 90 items | |||||||||
Includes two copies of Sotheby auction catalog. | |||||||||||
97 | 4 | Gauguin, Paul, undated 94 items |
Series VI. Ephemera and assorted papers, 1941-1986 7.4 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 4 flatfiles) | |||||||||||
Series VI contains clippings, ephemera and assorted documents. Ephemera consists of posters and exhibition announcements. Clippings include articles on Wagstaff. | |||||||||||
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Arranged by clippings, ephemera, papers, photographs and publications. | |||||||||||
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98, 112* | Clippings, 1946-1983, undated 67 items | ||||||||||
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98 | 1-6 | Papers | |||||||||
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112* | 1 | Oversize | |||||||||
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98, 112*, 9** | Ephemera, 1967-1986 46 items | ||||||||||
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98 | 7 | Papers | |||||||||
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112* | 2-4 | Oversize ephemera | |||||||||
Includes Yvonne Rainer poster and several copies of Robert Morris announcement. | |||||||||||
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9** | Oversize posters | ||||||||||
Contains Robert Morris, Nadar and Donald Judd exhibition posters. Also includes poster for Derek Jarman's film Sebastian, signed by Guy Ford. | |||||||||||
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98 | 8-11 | Assorted papers, 1975, undated 100 items | |||||||||
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98, 122 | Assorted photographic materials, 1968-1984, undated 71 items | ||||||||||
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99 | Assorted publications, 1941-1986 90 items |
Series VII. Film reels, undated 1.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes) | |||||||||||
Series VII contains developed and undeveloped films. See also Series I for three film reels included in Michael Heizer correspondence. Audio visual materials are unavailable until reformatting is complete. | |||||||||||
Arrangement | |||||||||||
Developed films are followed by undeveloped films. | |||||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
124 | F4 | [Potatoes on a Studio Floor], undated 1 items | |||||||||
1 film reel; 16 mm. | |||||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
124-125 | F5-F11 | Unidentified films, undated 7 items | |||||||||
7 film reels; 16 mm. | |||||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
125 | F12-F15 | Undeveloped film, undated 4 items | |||||||||
4 film reels; 16 mm. |