John Hall Papers
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Abstract
The John Hall Papers include a small collection of letters from the artist, David Wojnarowicz to John Hall, a high school friend of Wojnarowicz' with whom Hall remained close to up until Wojnarowicz' death in 1992.
Biographical Note
The John Hall Papers include a small collection of letters from photographer, David Wojnarowicz to John Hall, a high school friend of Wojnarowicz' with whom Hall remained close to up until Wojnarowicz' death in 1992. Hall is often noted in the David Wojnarowicz Papers.
Arrangement
The files are grouped into one box.
Scope and Content Note
The John Hall Papers are a part of the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU libraries, housing over 200,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel.
The collection consists of four letters, one postcard and photos that were sent to Hall from David Wojnarowicz when the latter was in Paris during 1977-1978.
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Access Restrictions
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Use Restrictions
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The John Hall Papers; MSS 098; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections , New York University Libraries.
Provenance
The letters were acquired in April 1999 through purchase from Hall.
Separated Material
There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
