Series I: City Walls

Scope and Content

This series documents the activities of City Walls Inc. Materials include administrative documents, financial records, plans, drawings, publications and photographs that provide insight into the planning, execution, and dismantling of the City Walls mural projects. The files are arranged chronologically. Series I is broken down into three subseries.

Subseries I.A: Administrative Files, 1967-1978, inclusive

Extent

1 boxes

Scope and Content

This series includes general correspondence, tax returns, financial records, consulting files, and general publicity efforts during the period from 1968 to 1978. This series also contains some of the background documentation in obtaining wall locations for murals.

Statements and Descriptions, 1968-1977, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bibliographies, 1969-1978, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax Returns/Financial Statements, 1970-1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tours, 1970-1972, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax exempt certificates, 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax forms, 1970-1979, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Silkscreen of Walls- c&d editions, 1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Posters of Walls/City Walls Environmental Art As Supergraphics, 1971-1973, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board of Directors/info/notes/memos/minutes, 1971-1977, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cooper-Hewitt sculpture symposium/community sculpture, 1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

John Canaday article and responses, 1971, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting - Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax returns, 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proposals, 1971-1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting - New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, 1972, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax returns, 1972-1973, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slides - sales & loans, 1972-1973, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Serigraph - Richard Anaszkiewicz, 1973, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Technical information for painting walls, 1973, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographers, 1973-1976, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Possible/Available walls, 1973-1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax returns, 1973-1974, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting/ Greater Urban Walls - Atlanta, 1973-1975, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax returns, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tax forms / United States Corporation company Dover Delaware franchise, 1974-1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Release forms, 1975, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Charitable organization registration/annual reports/ tax returns, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting - Neuberger Museum Purchase (preliminary discussions), 1976, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press releases, 1976-1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City Walls - History Documents, 1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B: Artist Files

Scope and Content

Arranged chronologically this series documents individual projects commissioned and produced by City Walls. Materials include contract information, correspondence with artists and contractors, and promotional materials. Project folders also contain sketches, plans, photographs of sites and installations, contact sheets and slides. Significant chronological gaps exist, with documentation missing on artists who participated in the program from 1967 to around 1970.

Milicevic, Tania, 1968-1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wiegand, Robert, 1970, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Williams, Todd, 1970, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Crum, Jason, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Knox, Martin -Venus, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nassos, Daphnis, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nassos, Daphnis and Tania, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Petarsky, Mel, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Petarsky, Mel, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vander Sluis, George, 1971, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jersey City Walls, 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Petarsky, Mel, 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Times Square billboards, 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Williams, Todd, 1973, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Myers, Forest - 1 of 2, 1974, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Myers, Forest - 2 of 2, 1974, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Times Square Billboards - Midtown Planning, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Little Italy walls / Haas, Richard & Stern, Marina, 1 of 2, 1974-1976, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Little Italy walls / Haas, Richard & Stern, Marina, 2 of 2, 1974-1976, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Correspondence/Rockrose Development corporation/Youngerman, Jack, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City Walls Brochures, 1974-1977, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clerk, Pierre - Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dopwell, Errol - Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Henry, Janet - Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Krushenick, Nicholas - Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rosenblum, Jay - Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Siegel, Florence - Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls - general, 1975, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jamaica "Gateway Series" of walls - unrealized, 1975, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City scenes/National Paint - bicentennial project, 1 of 2, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City scenes/National Paint - bicentennial project, 2 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City scenes/National Paint - bicentennial project, 3 of 3, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City scenes/unrealized - Houston, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City scenes/unrealized - Washington D.C., 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bearden, Romare/City Scenes/Atlanta, Georgia, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flavin, Dan/Two hundred years of American art - Whitney Museum, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Haas, Richard, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hartnett, Elaine, 1976, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Henderson, Jean/City Scenes/Louisville, Kentucky, 1976, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Janney, Christopher, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kepets, Hugh, 1976, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Little Italy Walls - Haas, Richard & Stern, Marina, 1976, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mead, George/City Scenes - Oakland, California, 1976, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Propp, Marilyn/City Scenes - Kansas City, MO, 1976, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fishbone, Bob & Lindquist, Sarah, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Haas, Richard/City Scenes - Boston, Massachusetts, 1 of 2, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Haas, Richard/City Scenes - Boston, Massachusetts, 1 of 2, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Haas, Richard - "City Walls" - Restoration, 1980, inclusive

Box: 114, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Mailman, Cynthia, 1977, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wirsum, Karl, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Durst, Seymour, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Farris, Ron "Kip" & Farley, Richard/City Scenes - Denver, Colorado, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sonfist, Alan, 1978, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Crum, Jason - mural restoration, 1979-1981, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Milicevic, Tania - Repainting, 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.C: Publications

Scope and Content

This series includes brochures, publications, and magazine articles collected and compiled by City Walls.

Street art N.Y.: a photo essay, 1968, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Neighborhood Street Festivals New York City, 1969, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Art Gallery Magazine, 1970, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Using Walls (Outdoors), 1970, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City Walls Publications, 1970-1974, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jersey City Awake, 1973, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Environmental Communications, 1974-1979, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Cultural Council ("To be a creator..." brochure), undated

Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)