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Robert Watts papers, 1883-1989 (bulk 1940-1988)

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Series I. Personal, 1889-1989
Series 1A. Biographical, 1923-1989
Series 1B. Family history, circa 1889-1984
Series 1C. Interviews, 1978, 1981
Series 1D. Legal and financial, 1948-1988
Series II. Academic files, 1949-1988
Series IIA. Academic papers, 1949-1952
Series IIB. Grant applications, 1961-1988
Series IIC. Teaching files, 1957-1987
Series III. Correspondence, 1960-1988
Series IIIA. Professional correspondence, 1960-1988
Series IIIB. Personal correspondence, 1968-1988
Series IV. Work files, 1939-1988
Series V. Photographs and slides, 1937-1988
Series VI. Other artists' files, 1957-1989
Series VII. Printed matter, 1883-1988
Series VIII. Books, 1940-1975
Series IX. Serials, 1961-1979
Series X. Audiovisual, 1952-1987
Series XI. Additions, 1962-1987
Watts (Robert) papers
Series III. Correspondence, 1960-1988 1.5 Linear Feet
Series IIIA. Professional correspondence, 1960-1988 1 Linear Feet
Letters from dealers, curators, collectors, and publishers, with a copy of Watts' replies occasionally included.
box folder
8 1 Price list for Grand Central show, 1960-1961 5 page(s)
[L-6#64]
8 2 Yam festival materials, 1962-1963 38 page(s)
Photocopies of letters, diagrams, programs, supply lists, and various other materials about Yam Lecture, Oakland, California. [L-6#71]
8 3 Bianchini Supermarket Show, 1963
Price list.
8 4 Lawrence Alloway, 1963-1964 4 page(s)
Alloway, then curator of the Guggenheim, inviting Watts and Brecht to create recital-entertainment. [L-6#76]
8 5 Loan agreements, 1963-1970 10 page(s)
Loan forms, moving receipts, price notes. [ L-6#119]
8 6 Phillip Bruno, 1964
8 7 Francesco Conz, 1964-1979 circa 30 pages
Drawings and photocopies of drawings in Series IV. Work files. [L-6#38\
8 8 Sale of stamps, 1964-1986 11 pages, 1 blank booklet
Letters requesting purchase of Watts' stamps. [ L-6#113]
8 9 Ken Friedman, 1967 1 page(s)
[L-6#76]
8 10 New York City Police Department, 1967 1 page(s)
Letter from NYPD, responding to Watts' protest over indecency charges brought against Fluxus performers. [L-6#76]
8 11 Rolfe Ricke, 1970-1973 44 page(s)
Letters from Gallerist Rolfe Ricke and Watts' lawyer, Harry Ostrov, regarding Watts' lawsuit to retrieve payment due him. [M-3#1]
8 12 Loan agreements, 1970-1975 circa 30 pages
[L-6#119]
8 13 archiv sohm, 1970-1984 7 page(s)
L-7#76
8 14 Electric Gallery, 1971-1979 circa 31 items
Correspondence with dealer Sam Markle, receipts, price lists, gallery brochure, other printed matter. [L-6#56]
8 15 National Committee for John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1972 12 page(s)
Letters protesting the deportation of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. [L-7#76]
8 16 David Mayor, 1972-1973 5 page(s)
Letters from the Associate Director of Fluxshoe. [L-7#76]
8 17 Galerie Baecker, 1972-1977 6 page(s)
[M-3#2]
8 18 Werner Gallery, 1974 12 page(s)
Watts' proposal for a flammable book. [L-6#118]
8 19 Werner Gallery, 1974 25 items
One drawing and 24 photographs sent to accompany the book proposal. [L-6#118]
8 20 Werner Gallery, 1974 20 items
Photographs (copy prints) to accompany book proposal. [L-6#118]
8 21 Multhipla, 1974-1987 20 items
Letters, drawings, scores, price lists. [L-6#97]
8 22 MERC studio application, 1975 5 page(s)
[L-6#92]
8 23 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1975 4 page(s)
[L-6#121]
8 24 Electronic Arts Intermix, 1975 1 page(s)
8 25 Language and Structure, 1975 1 page(s)
8 26 Cyril Clemins, 1975 1 page(s)
8 27 Jean Brown, 1975-1986 5 page(s)
Letters about Watts material in the collection. See also Box 61, f. 6 [L-6#121]
8 28 How We Met, 1975 5 page(s)
Letters regarding Watts' submission to the journal. [L-6#121]
8 29 Lia Rumma, 1975-1976 5 page(s)
Regarding Watts exhibition for Studio d'Arte.
8 30 University of California, Berkeley, 1976 2 page(s)
8 31 ZBS Foundation, 1976
[L-6#121]
8 32 Art Metropole, 1976 1 page(s)
8 33 Carl Solway, 1976 2 page(s)
8 34 Germano Celant, 1976
8 35 Franklin Furnace, 1976-1987
8 36 Committee on Film and T.V., 1976
[L-6#121]
8 37 Oakland Museum, 1976 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
8 38 Heiner Friedrich, 1976 1 page(s)
8 39 Rene Block Gallery, 1976 7 page(s)
Press release for New light on Africa. [L-6#100]
8 40 E. S. Marvin, 1976 1 item
box folder
9 1 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976-1977
Letters from Maurice Tuchman regarding Watts' inclusion in an exhibition. [L-6#121]
9 2 Backworks, 1976-1978 6 page(s)
Letters from Barbara Moore regarding early work by Watts. [M-3#5]
9 3 Harry Ruhé, 1976-1980 4 page(s)
Correspondence regarding a Fluxus book. [L-6#121]
9 4 Loan Agreements, 1976-1981 circa 30 pages
[L-6#119]
9 5 Studio Morra, 1976-1983 29 page(s)
Correspondence arranging performances and exhibitions, including scores and drawings. [L-6#94] See also Work Files.
9 6 Rudi Stern, 1977 1 page(s)
9 7 Improbable Furniture, 1977 3 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 8 Artists' Stamps, 1977 3 page(s)
Letters from Al Souza. [L-6#121]
9 9 Reinhard Pods, 1977 3 page(s)
Letters regarding Pod's possible visiting faculty appointment at Rutgers. [L-6#121]
9 10 Running dog press, 1977 2 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 11 Hermann Braun, 1977 3 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 12 Unidentified, 1977 1 page(s)
9 13 Fellus gallery, 1977-1978 22 page(s)
Letters, drawings, silver paper, gallery ephemera. [M-3#4]
9 14 Walker Art Center, 1978 1 page(s)
9 15 Out-Off, 1978 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 16 Carlo Bertocci, 1978 1 page(s)
[L-6#1210]
9 17 Pari-Dispari, 1978-1981 25 page(s)
Letters, writings, postcards. [L-6#104]
9 18 Den danske Radeerforening, 1979 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 19 Galerie La Gravure, 1979 2 page(s)
Letters regarding group show. [L-6#121]
9 20 Collectors, 1979-1980 4 page(s)
[L-6 #121]
9 21 Lightworks, 1979 3 page(s)
Regarding fluxus issue of the serial. [L-6#121]
9 22 LAICA, 1979 2 page(s)
Regarding Watt's clothing pieces.
9 23 John Armleder, 1979-1980 4 page(s)
9 24 Academie der Kunst, 1979-1980 3 page(s)
[M-3#3]
9 25 Musée d'Art Moderne, 1980 1 page(s)
9 26 University of California, Santa Cruz, 1980 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 27 Richard Kostelanetz, 1980 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 28 Interart, 1980 3 page(s)
Arrangements for Fluxus Buffet des Chefs
9 29 TLF, 1980 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 30 Unidentified, 1980 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 31 Harborfront, 1980-1981 20 page(s)
L-6#121
9 32 RoseLee Goldberg's CV, circa 1980 2 page(s)
[L-6#14]
9 33 Factotum-Art, 1980-1981 6 page(s)
[L-6#112]
9 34 Archive Small Press and Communication, 1981 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 35 Chair Foundation, 1981 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 36 Boston Performance Artists, 1981
[L-6#121]
9 37 Soundings, 1981 1 page(s)
9 38 Muhlenberg College, 1981 2 page(s)
9 39 Betsy Magnuson Lee, 1981 2 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 40 Michael Oren, 1982 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 41 Holtzman & Silverman, 1982 32 page(s)
Price lists and correspondence regarding purchase of Watts pieces. [L-6#66]
9 42 Art-Hats, 1982-1983 11 page(s)
Correspondence regarding Watts' submission to the exhibition, a hat cake.
9 43 Francesco Conz, 1982-1987 5 page(s)
Notes, sketches and pieces. [L-6 #41]
9 44 Francesco Conz, 1982-1988 20 page(s)
Correspondence about editions of Watts' work that Conz is producing. [L-6#36]
9 45 Holtzman & Silverman, 1983 12 pages, 1 photo
Price lists and correspondence regarding purchase of Watts pieces.
9 46 Holtzman & Silverman, 1984 2 page(s)
[L-6#66]
9 47 National Endowment for the Arts, 1984 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 48 Lloyd Landa, 1984 1 page(s)
9 49 Whitney Museum, 1984-1985 9 page(s)
Letters regarding the Blam! exhibition. [L-6#121]
9 50 René Block, 1984 1 page(s)
[L-6#25]
9 51 Francesco Conz, 1984-1987 15 page(s)
Letters, drawings, price lists. See also Work files. [L6#40]; [L-6#35 ]
9 52 Sid Sachs, 1984-1988 2 page(s)
9 53 Marianne Beck, 1985 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 54 Frankfurter Kunsthalle, 1985 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 55 Jon Hendricks, 1985 3 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 56 Artstamps, 1986 3 page(s)
[L-6#19]
9 57 Iowa Arts Council, 1986 circa 30 pages
Correspondence, loan agreement, receipts. [L-6#83]
9 58 ICA Boston, 1986 10 page(s)
Letter and loan agreements.
9 59 Hermann Braun, 1986 5 page(s)
9 60 Francesco Conz, 1986 5 page(s)
[L-6#39]
9 61 Danae, 1986-1987 3 pages and 1 catalog
9 62 Museum Ludwig, 1987 2 page(s)
L-6#121
9 63 New York Art Review, 1987 2 items
[L-6#121]
9 64 Allan Kaprow, 1987 2 page(s)
[L-6#19]
9 65 Tone Deaf Music, 1987 1 page(s)
9 66 Artpool, 1987 1 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 67 Museum Weddell, 1987 5 page(s)
[L-6#121]
9 68 White Walls, 1987 1 page(s)
9 69 Michael Conz, 1987 3 page(s)
Letters regarding Watts book. [L-6#37]
9 70 Rutgers Exhibition request, 1988 3 page(s)
[L-6#18]
9 71 Custom Frame Design, 1988 3 page(s)
[L-6#19]
9 72 Harlekin Art, 1988
[M-3#8]
9 73 Emily Harvey Gallery, 1988 1 item
[L-6#121]
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