Mary Beth Edelson Papers
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Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021) was an American artist whose work included printmaking, book art, sculpture, collage art, painting, photography, performance art, and writing. Her feminist and conceptual art often challenged patriarchal systems. The Mary Beth Edelson Papers (1950-2016) consist of materials created and collected by Edelson and document her artistic process and output, as well as her role in the American feminist art movement. Materials in this collection include correspondence, grant applications, exhibition ephemera, art books, publications, photographs, slides of works and exhibitions, clippings of reviews and press releases, original notebooks, original sketchbooks, visual source materials, and subject files concerning themes pertinent to Edelson's work. This collection also includes materials documenting Edelson's personal life, her involvement with the feminist artist cooperative A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) and the women's rights organization Women's Action Coalition (WAC). The collection also contains digital photographs of an Edelson collage featured as part of a Louise Bourgeois exhibition at the Tate Modern, as well as digital photographs and documents related to the creation of an A.I.R. Gallery book.
Biographical Note
Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021) was an American artist whose work included printmaking, book art, sculpture, collage art, painting, photography, performance art, and writing. Edelson studied at the Art Institute of Chicago as a teenager and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from DePauw University in 1955. She later earned her Master of Fine Arts from New York University in 1958.
Edelson was a prominent artist within the feminist art movement in the United States, which began in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her feminist and conceptual art often challenged patriarchal systems and included themes such as ancient goddess figures, nude female bodies, notable historical scenes, and popular culture. In 1968, Edelson established the Conference for Women in the Visual Arts (CWVA) and in the late 1970s, she joined the feminist art cooperative, A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence), and the feminist political arts group, Heresies Collective.
Edelson's works have been exhibited domestically and internationally at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City and the Malmo Museum in Sweden. Some of her notable works include Some Living American Women Artists (1972), Memorial to 9,000,000 Women Burned as Witches in the Christian Era (1977), Kali Bobbitt (1994), and Story Gathering Boxes (1972-2021).
Edelson was also an arts educator and taught at a variety of locations including Chicago, Michigan, Minneapolis, and Pennsylvania. She also taught a nine-week women's study course in art at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
In addition to her life as a working artist, Edelson was an advocate for women's rights and a vocal opponent of domestic violence. From 1992-1994, Edelson served as the leader of the Women's Action Coalition's Committee on Diveristy and Inclusion. She also worked closely with Combat Zone: Campaign HQ Against Domestic Violence.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged topically into the following series and sub-series:
Series I: Professional Activities
Sub-Series I.A: Original Works
Sub-Series I.B: Exhibitions and Performances
Sub-Series I.C: Research Materials
Sub-Series I.D: Teaching, Conferences, Workshops, and Affiliations
Sub-Series I.E: Reviews, Writings, and Interviews
Sub-Series I.F: Thematic Interests
Sub-Series I.G: Administrative Files
Series II: Women's Action Coalition (WAC)
Series III: A.I.R. Gallery
Series IV: Personal Materials
Materials have been arranged alphabetically by file title within each series and sub-series.
Scope and Contents
The Mary Beth Edelson Papers (1950-2016) consist of materials created and collected by Edelson and document her life as a working artist, feminist, and activist. The collection contains correspondence, grant applications, exhibition ephemera, art books, publications, photographs, slides of works and exhibitions, clippings of reviews and press releases, visual source materials, as well as subject files. Together, these materials highlight the types of exhibitions Edelson participated in, her various inspirations for art pieces, and the ways in which she was perceived by her colleagues and critics. Edelson's notebooks and sketchbooks document her artistic processes, providing further context about her life as an artist. These materials also reflect Edelson's affiliation and participation with A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence). An overarching theme within Edelson's art is the power of the Goddess and the nude female body. This imagery appears frequently in the artwork found in both Series I: Professional Activities and Series III: A.I.R. Gallery.
Edelson participated in numerous women's rights and anti-domestic violence protests, fundraisers, and charity events. Edelson's activism with the Women's Action Coalition (WAC) and Combat Zone: Campaign HQ Against Domestic Violence are documented through posters for events and organizations, photographs, flyers, slides, feminist essays, correspondence, press releases, and artwork.
In addition to Edelson's life as an artist and activist, the collection contains materials related to Edelson's personal life and interests through correspondence with her family, alumni bulletins published by her alma mater DePauw University, her college-era sketchbooks, anti-war ephemera, and personal travel materials.
The collection also contains digital photographs of an Edelson collage featured as part of a Louise Bourgeois exhibition at the Tate Modern, as well as digital photographs and documents related to the creation of an A.I.R. Gallery book.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection created by Mary Beth Edelson was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Mary Beth Edelson Papers; MSS 549; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the family of Mary Beth Edelson in September and October 2018; the accession numbers associated with this gift are 2018.102 and 2018.111.
Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures
An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were rehoused in archival boxes and described on the collection-level with a box-list.
The Mary Beth Edelson Papers was processed and described by an archivist in the spring of 2023. Materials were placed in new archival folders and boxes. Original folder titles were retained when possible. Materials were arranged into series and sub-series by topic and then organized alphabetically by file title within those series and sub-series. Related materials were grouped together intelllectually and physically, when possible. Photographs, negatives, and slides were removed from their original housing and placed into archival sleeves. Duplicate and commercially published materials, such as road maps, were discarded. Mary Beth Edelson's art books and a selection of rolled posters were stabilized and rehoused by New York University's Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department.
New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content. Nine optical discs were forensically imaged, analyzed, and arranged using Forensic Toolkit.
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Repository
Series I: Professional Activities, 1950-2016 (inclusive), inclusive; 1970-2016 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Series I: Professional Activities focuses on Mary Beth Edelson's career as a working artist, author, member of feminist art organizations, and arts educator. Materials in this series include correspondence, art books, lecture notes, posters, grant applications, administrative paperwork, exhibition ephemera, publications, photographic slides of works and exhibitions, reviews and press releases, original notebooks, original sketchbooks, original artwork, visual source materials, and subject files.
Arrangement
Materials in this series have been arranged into seven sub-series by topic and then alphabetically arranged within those sub-series by file title.
Sub-series I.A: Original Works, 1950-2009 (inclusive), inclusive; 1968-2009 (bulk), bulk
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Scope and Contents
Sub-Series I.A focuses on Mary Beth Edelson's original artwork and sketches. The sub-series contains Edelson's numerous artbooks including The Archeology of Trickster Rabbit in Re-Cycled Time (1981), Fish in the Sky (1985), her Unfinished Plans for Utopia series (circa 1980s), and her Winged Rocks series (1978-1979). The sub-series also contains examples of Edelson's photography projects including Goddess Head, Kitty Hawk, Fire Rings, and Women Rising. A recurring motif in Edelson's artwork is the nude female body and this is particularly prevalent in her photographs. Edelson's many sketchbooks can also be found in Sub-Series I.A, which feature ideas for art pieces, exhibitions, and some drawings from her travels. Slides of Edelson's drawings and paintings, as well as copies of her original artwork are also housed within this sub-series. Digital photographs of one of Edelson's collages, which was featured at the Tate Modern as part of a Louise Bourgeois exhibition, are contained within this sub-series.
50s, 60s, 70s Paintings (Slides), undated
60s Art, undated
Alice's Dream, 1973
Andy Warhol, undated
Aprons (Slides), 1991-1996, inclusive
Art Book - Aging in Diana's Grove, undated
Art Book - The Archaeology of Trickster Rabbit in Re-Cycled Time, 1981
Art Book - Barely A Ladder (Series: Lesser Known Goddesses - Bear Ladder), 1980
Art Book - The Birds, 1963
Art Book - Burning Images, 1979
Art Book - Calling Spirit, circa 1978
Art Book - Comforting Mountain, 1978
Art Book - Comforting Mountain Shelter: Pink Interior, 1980
Art Book - Dancing Caves (from the series The Archaeology of Trickster Rabbit in Re-Cycled Time), 1981
Art Book - Europe etc, 1958
Art Book - Fish in the Sky, 1985-1986, inclusive
Art Book - Freeing Rocks: A Good Day's Work, 1979
Art Book - A Healing Ritual: Men and Women, 1986
Art Book - Heavy Rocks/Light Wings -- Light Rocks Heavy Wings III (Winged Rocks Series II), 1979
Art Book - How Did You Get So Free?, undated
Art Book - How to Walk Away: The Sacred Manic Goddess Makes Tracks, 1978
Art Book - Journey Rug, 1975
Art Book - Lines, 1978
Art Book - Memorials to the 9,000,000 Women Burned as Witches in the Christian Era, 1977
Art Book - The Messages to the Goddess, circa 1979-1982, inclusive
Art Book - Mother Is Dying, circa 1985
Art Book - Mushroom Paintings, 1978
Art Book - New Harmony Wood Cut Portfolio & Bronzes & Prints, 1985
Art Book - No Short Strings, 1986
Art Book - NYC '50s, 1958
Art Book - Performance of 'Fire Flights in Deep Space" - The Script and the Photographs, 1978
Art Book - Reading Between the Ashes: Fire and Ice, undated
Art Book - Rough Drafts, 1977-1979, inclusive
Art Book - See For Yourself: Pilgrimage to a Neolithic Cave 1977 - Yugoslavia - Hvar Island near Jelsa village of Humac, 1977
Art Book - Stone Speaks, 1977
Art Book - Summer Workbook - Port Clyde, Maine, 1978
Art Book - The Thunder Perfect Trickster, 1978-1984, inclusive
Art Book - Tides & Sky, 1982
Art Book - (Unfinished) Plans for Utopia: 1978/1987, undated
Art Book - (Unfinished) Plans for Utopia -- Making Room for New Life, undated
Art Book - (Unfinished) Plans for Utopia -- Planning Sessions, circa 1980s
Art Book - (Unfinished) Plans for Utopia -- Underground Earth Movement: Splits Three and Rises, 1980
Art Book - Untitled Book of Hand Photographs, undated
Art Book - Walking Away, 1976-1977, inclusive
Art Book - We Are All Mushrooms, 1973
Art Book - Winged Rocks, 1976-1979, inclusive
Art Books and Exhibitions (Slides), 1970-1980, inclusive
Art Park/Diana's Grove (Photographs), undated
Baby Book , undated
Bad Art by Men , undated
Bamberg Book, undated
Black & White Photographs (Slides), circa 1970s
Body (Photographs), 1985
The Body Pumpkin, Emison Art Center (Slides), 1990
Bodyworks/Firsthand, undated
Book of Bad Habits
The Book of the Nature Balancing, 1979
Boxes (Slides), 1972-1979, inclusive
Bronze Sculptures, 1984-1987, inclusive
Carolee, Live - Photograph Performance (Slides), 1987
Cave Widow Jane (Photographs), 1992
Celebrity Masks, undated
Chico Mountains (Photographs), undated
City Flowers of the World , 1996
Collage (Slides), 1971-1976, inclusive
Comic Book, undated
Dancing Goddess Book, undated
Demeter, Kore, and Persephone (Montauk, NY) (Photographs), undated
Diana's Grove and Blanks (Maine) (Photographs), 1975
Documenting Dreams, 1972
Double Exposure (Photographs), undated
Drawings (Slides), circa 1970s - 1980s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The slides found within these folders contain a variety of drawings related to topics including Baubo, Sheela, movie stars, classical fishheads, goddesses, Lorena Bobbitt, and flying rocks. The slides also contain drawings related to exhibitions including Chiffon, Trickster, and No More Nice Girls.
Early Indiana & Rituals (Photographs), 1970
Early Work, Paintings (Slides), circa 1950s
Earth W.K. Drawings (Slides), circa 1970s
East Villlage (Photographs), 1984
Elise Meyers Leaping Lizzards, Speaking Bitterness, Utopia (Slides), 1980-1981, inclusive
Fire Feet - Studio (Photographs), undated
Fire Rings (Photographs and Slides), 1975
Fish in the Sky (Slides), 1985-1986, inclusive
Furniture (Photographs), undated
Goddess Head (Montauk) (Photographs), 1975
Goddess Series Paintings/Drawings (Slides), 1970-1971, inclusive
Goddess Tribe, Henri - D.C. (Slides), circa 1970s
Hands (Photographs), 1977
High Fall Rapids (Photographs), undated
High Performance - "Speaking Bitterness: A Purification Rite for Deep Water" (Mary Beth Edelson, Cheryl Lynn Bruce), 1981
Iceland (Photographs), 1977-1979, inclusive
Installations - P.P.O.W. Bedsheets (Slides), 1992-2004, inclusive
Just Looking: Mary Beth Interviews for a New Mate (Performance), undated
K Photo Performance (Slides), circa 1970s
Kitty Hawk (Photographs), circa 1970s
Light Feet (Photographs), undated
Lorena Bobbitt, 1993-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders and boxes relate to Mary Beth Edelson's various Lorena Bobbitt inspired art projects including Burn in Hell, Kali Bobbitt, Love Hurts, The Last Temptation of Lorena Bobbitt, and St. Bobbitt.
Maine House (Slides), 1978-1984, inclusive
Maine, Montauk, and Tassehara Mix (Slides), undated
Making Peace, undated
Mary Beth Edelson Gallery Presentation (Slides), 2005
Mary Beth Edelson at Tate Modern (Louise Bourgeois Installation), 2007
Digital materials
Mary Beth Edelson Various Art Pieces (Slides), undated
Mixed Projects - Kitty Hawk, Fire Ring, Women Rising, undated
Montauk, New York (Photographs), 1975-1978, inclusive
Moon Mouth (Photographs and Slides), 1979
Mounted Sunset Color, Montauk Beach (Photographs), undated
Nothing to Hide, undated
NYC (Photographs), circa 1970s, 1993, 2004, inclusive
Original Art Board, undated
Original Art Board - Half Tone, undated
Original Artwork, undated
Original Artwork - Baubo/Sheela (Xeroxes), undated
Original Artwork - Death to the Patriarchy, undated
Original Artwork - Female Boxer, undated
Original Artwork - Gloria Grahame, undated
Original Artwork - Handmade Signs, undated
Original Artwork - Judy Garland, undated
Original Artwork, Notes, and Photographs, undated
Original Artwork - Portrait Behind the Desk Series, 2005-2006, inclusive
Original Artwork and Sketches, undated
Original Artwork and Sketches, undated
Original Artwork and Sketches -- Wall Paintings, 1989
Original Artwork - Stop Domestic Violence, undated
Original Collage Artwork, undated
Original Collage Artwork and Clippings, undated
Original Drawings, undated, 1977
Original Drawings - Double Headed Axe, 1975
Original/Exhibit Ready Photographs Without Artwork, 1970-1985, inclusive
Paintings (Slides), undated, inclusive
People/Mary Beth Edelson (Slides), undated
Photographs and Slides, 1973-1987, inclusive
Polyester Film Pad, undated
Posters, circa 1970s
Posters - Bringing Home the Evolution (Slides), 1978
Posters - Death of the Patriarchy, Heresies, A.I.R. (Slides), 1976
Posters - Hey Judy, Show Us Your Tits!" , undated
Posters - Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper (Slides), 1972
Prints of Mary Beth Edelson's Photographs, undated
Prints, Photographs, Documentation, Posters, 1974-2007, inclusive
Prints & Woodcuts (Slides), 1985
Private Rituals (Book Mockup), undated
Ritual with Children (Photographs), 1970-1973, inclusive
Rocks (Drawings), undated
Sculpture - Bronzes and Buddhas (Slides), 1970-1986, inclusive
SFA1/JFK (Photographs), undated
Sheela Drawings (Slides), 1973-1996, inclusive
A Short Interpretive History of the Femme Fatale in Hollywood Films, 1995
Sketchbooks, 1968-2009, inclusive
Sketchbooks, 1968-2009, inclusive
Sketches for Artwork on Photos, undated
Sketches - Making Peace & Community, undated
Slides - General Information, 1961-1988, inclusive
Stencil Paintings (Slides), 1987-1991, inclusive
Stolen Paintings - Artworks, 1996, 2003, inclusive
Studio - Two Journeys Wall Painting (Slides), 1988
This is What 64 Looks Like Series (Slides), 1997
Uncolonized Female Subjects 1975, 1975
Upstate, Miscellaneous, None Published (Photographs), 1992
Wall Paintings - Mix (Slides), 1986-1989, inclusive
Washington, D.C. - Symbols, undated
Widow Jane's Cave (High Falls, NY) (Photographs), undated
Widow Jane's - On Table (Photographs), 1992, 2002, inclusive
Winter's Alchemy, Photographic Research Center, Boston (Slides), 1989
Women (Photographs), undated
Women Rising (Photographs), undated
Women Rising: Sky (Photographs), undated
W.R. Sea (Photographs), undated
Xerox Copies of Slides - Mix of Performance Ritual Photos, undated
Sub-Series I.B: Exhibitions and Performances, 1967-2016 (inclusive), inclusive; 1970-2016 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series I.B focuses upon Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions and performances such as 22 Others, Chiffons, Making Eye Contact, Portrait Project, Re-Scripting the Story: Mary Beth Edelson 1970-2000, Sexual Fantasies, Shapeshifters, and Story Gathering Boxes. These projects were displayed in museums and galleries across the United States, including New York, Illinois, California, New Jersey, and Texas, as well as internationally in countries including Sweden, France, Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Materials related to these exhibitions and performances consist of slides and photographs, loan agreements, exhibition ephemera, posters, correspondence with museums and galleries, as well as exhibition drafts.
Edelson was also featured as part of WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution, a traveling exhibition of international women's art that was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and then PS1 Contemporary Art Center between 2007-2008. Mock-ups of the exhibition catalog and copies of Edelson's contribution to the project can be found within this sub-series.
22 Others (Solo Exhibition), 1973, 2013, inclusive
Boston, 1985-1997, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders pertain to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions and performances in Boston and the surrounding area. Locations include the McMullen Museum, the Photo Resources Center, and Danforth.
California, 1975-1979, 1996-1998, 2015-2016, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders relate to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the One Archive Foundation (Los Angeles) and the Rena Bransten Gallery (San Francisco). There are also slides relating to a performance in Chico.
Canada, 1983-2011, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders relate to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the Banff for Centre of Arts (Banff), Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), University of Toronto, Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff), London Gallery (Quebec City), and the Yukon Arts Centre (Whitehorse).
Chiffons, 1990-2000, inclusive
Conneticut - Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 2013-2014, inclusive
Denmark - Copenhagen, 1996-2000, 2012, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibition at the Galleri Nicolai Wallner, as well as materials related to workshops she facilited in Copenhagen.
"Edelson New York City 9/11/01" Poster, 2001
France, 1993, 2014-2016, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the FRAC Lorraine Collection (Metz), Centre Pompidou (Metz), and in Grenoble.
Austria and Switzerland, 1998, 2001-2006, inclusive
Germany, 1997-2015, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions in Berlin, Bremen (Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum), and Hamberg (Diana Krause Gallery).
Illinois - Chicago, 1976-1982, 1990, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the Dobrick Gallery and N.A.M.E. Gallery.
Independent New York Art Fair, 2012
Indiana, 1967-1992, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne), Herron Gallery (Indianapolis), St. Mary's College (Notre Dame), Talbot Gallery (Indianapolis), and Indiana State University (Terre Haute).
Installation - Collective Workshop, Atlanta, GA (Slides), 1979
Installation - Edelson's Art (Washington, D.C., New Orleans, Chicago) (Slides), 1973-2004, inclusive
Installation - Firsthand, Anti-Essentialist Feeding Frenzy (Slides), circa 1990s
Installation - Gandhi Rocks, Flying Rocks (Slides), circa 1970s-1980s, inclusive
Iowa, 1978
JFK-SF Workshop, Wall Painting, Performance (Slides), undated
Lemon Concentrate, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee (Slides), 1989
L'Heure Des Sorcieres (Quimper, France), 2013-2014, inclusive
Making Eye Contact, 2004, 2010, inclusive
Minnesota - Walker Art Center, 1987-1989, inclusive
Netherlands, 1978-1980, 2006, 2012-2013, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders pertain to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions in Amsterdam and Arnhem.
New Jersey - Bernstein Gallery (Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy, Princeton University), 2015
New Orleans, 1979-1980, inclusive
New York City - Galleries, 1971-2016, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders pertain to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the following galleries: Accola Griefen Gallery (Collaborative), BACA Downtown, D.C. Moore Gallery, Elise Meyer Gallery, Fawbush Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Galerie Lelong, Garth Green Gallery, P.P.O.W. Gallery, Keneleba House Gallery, Max Hutchinson Gallery, Nicole Klagsburn Gallery, Lombard/Fried Fine Arts, and Steinbaum Krauss Gallery.
New York City - Group Exhibits, 1975-2008, inclusive
New York City - Museums, 1976-2015, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders pertain to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the following museums: Brooklyn Museum, Chelsea Museum, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New Museum, MoMA PS.1 (Project Studios One), Queens Museum, and Whitney Museum.
New York City - Exhibition at St. Regis Hotel and De Beers Jewellery, 2011
New York State, 1979-2006, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders pertain to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the following museums and galleries: Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies (Annandale-on-Hudson), Guild Hall (East Hampton), Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (Buffalo), Hillwood Art Gallery at C.W. Post Campus (Brookville), Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah), Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase), Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo), and Stony Brook Univeristy (Stony Brook).
Norway, 2003-2005, inclusive
Ohio, 1981-1982, 1990-1993, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contains materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions and performances at the following locations: Wright State University (Dayton), Cincinnati, Cleveland, Athens, and Kenyon College (Gambier).
Pennsylvania - Andy Warhol Museum, 2009
Performances, 1970-2013, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contains materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's art performances, including Creation Begins with a Green Light and Shopping for a New Mate, as well as photographs of performances at Amherst, Massachusetts and Oxbow, Michigan.
Performances, 1970-2013, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contains materials related to Mary Beth Edelson's art performances, including Creation Begins with a Green Light and Shopping for a New Mate, as well as photographs of performances at Amherst, Massachusetts and Oxbow, Michigan.
Photographic Performances (Slides), 1973-1992, inclusive
Portrait Project, 2004-2006, inclusive
Public Performances, undated
Re-Scripting the Story: Mary Beth Edelson, 1970-2000 (Traveling Exhibition), 1985-2001, inclusive
Sexual Fantasies, 1973-1974, inclusive
Shapeshifters (Traveling Exhibition), 1981-1992, inclusive
Spain, 2006-2007, inclusive
Story Gathering Boxes, 1978-2014, inclusive
Sweden -- Malmo Museum, 1998-2006, inclusive
Switzerland -- Verein Shedhalle Art Museum (Zurich), 2003
Texas, 2000-2001, 2009-2010, inclusive
Traveling Exhibitions -- Domestic, 1996, 2000-2002, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders relate to Mary Beth Edelson's traveling exhibitions in the following states: California, Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois.
Trickster, 1981-1988, inclusive
United Kingdom, 1995-2014, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders relate to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the following galleries and museums: The Agency Gallery (London), John Hansard Gallery (University of Southhampton), and the Tate Modern (London).
Utopiana, 2006-2007, inclusive
Vienna - Verbund Collection, 2014-2015, inclusive
WACK! - Art of the Feminist Revolution, 2006-2009, inclusive
Washington, D.C., 1970-2013, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain materials pertaining to Mary Beth Edelson's exhibitions at the following galleries: the Art Barn and Terminal Collaborative Group, American University, Corcoran Gallery of Art, John Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, and the W.R. Henri Gallery.
Washington, D.C. - "The Group" (Washington, D.C. Collaboration), 1970-1974, inclusive
Washington, D.C. - Washington Project for Arts, 1987-1989, inclusive
Your 5,000 Years Are Up, 1987-1989, inclusive
Sub-Series I.C: Research Materials, 1959-2010 (inclusive), inclusive; 1990-2006 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series I.C contains written research materials and visual source materials that informed Mary Beth Edelson's artwork. In the 1990s, Edelson focused on Hollywood's portrayal of women and the femme fatale in film. To this effect, this sub-series contains her handwritten notes about various film noirs, as well as photographs of actresses including Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Grahame, Sharon Stone, and Gena Rowlands. Sub-Series I.C also includes a range of visual source materials including images of flowers, goddesses, guns, people, and patterns – all of which served as sources of inspiration for Edelson's collage art.
Books (List of Research Materials), 1980, 1998, 2002, inclusive
Actresses, undated
Scope and Contents
These folders contain photographs of the following actresses: Sigourney Weaver, Anjelica Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Carmen Miranda, Gena Rowlands, Judy Garland, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Sharon Stone, and Tilda Swinton.
Animals, Dance and Music, New York and Statue of Liberty, 1993-1994, 2000-2004, inclusive
Art, undated
Bad Guys, 1973, 1987, 1994, 2006, inclusive
Birth of Venus (Botticelli), undated
Body Parts, undated
Cave & Rocks, undated
Children, undated
Collage Art, undated
Difference/Race, 2001
Exploitation Films, 1959-1969, inclusive
Film, Actors, and Promotional Shots, undated
Film Lists, 1995-2000, inclusive
Flies and Fly Swatters, undated
Flowers and Plants, 1972-2009, inclusive
Gandhi, undated
Goddesses, undated
Guns, undated
Horror, undated
Landscapes, 1993-2005, inclusive
Men, 1975-2004, inclusive
Movie Stars and Films Stills, undated
Music and Dance, 1993
Nelson Mandela, 1990-1994, inclusive
New York and Statue of Liberty, undated
Nicole Brown Simpson, 1994
Occult, 1994
Patterns and Designs, undated
People, undated
Performance and Rituals - Source Materials, 1977
Politics, 1975-2001, inclusive
Postcards, undated, inclusive
Reference Posters and Other General Subjects, 2007-2009, inclusive
Religion, 2001-2002, inclusive
Research Materials & Notes - General, undated
Reverand Sun Myung Moon (Slides), undated
Scrapbook Items, undated
Shells, undated
Shooters/Women with Guns, undated
Soldiers, Skulls, and Skeletons, undated
Swords, undated
Table of Contents, undated
Things and Objects, undated
Tunnels, undated
Twin Peaks, 1990
Utopia, 2004-2006, inclusive
Violence, 1976-1991, inclusive
Waterfalls & Waves, undated
Women, 1970-2010, inclusive
Wonder Woman, undated
Writings - References, Background Materials, 1992-2001, inclusive
Xeroxes of Photos, 1995, inclusive
Sub-Series I.D: Teaching, Conferences, Workshops, and Affiliations, 1970-2015 (inclusive), inclusive; 1973-2003 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series I.D focuses upon Mary Beth Edelson's role as arts educator and contains her syllabi, notes, lectures, slides, and some administrative papers related to her teaching appointments in Chicago, Michigan, Minneapolis, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.
Edelson was also an active member of the feminist art community, which is reflected in this sub-series. In 1977, Edelson began an art collaboration with Suzanne Lacy (Los Angeles), Nil Yalter (Turkey), Ulrike Rosenbach (Germany), and Miriam Sharon (Israel), and in 2003, she self-published a book titled International Feminist Collaboration, 1977-1979 that contained copies of letters exchanged between the women and art project collaboration ideas. Drafts, Edelson's notes, and mock ups of the book can be found within this sub-series.
In addition to Edelson's international feminist art collaboration, Sub-Series I.D contains papers related to the Heresies Collective, a feminist political arts group Edelson joined in the late 1970s. These materials include notes about the group and a few copies of their publication, Chrysalis. This sub-series also contains photographs, conference materials, and essays related to the Conference for Women in Visual Arts (CWVA), of which Edelson was a founder.
Edelson was an advocate for female artists and the works they produced, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a member of the Title Nine Task Force. The group's mission was to increase the presence of women's art in museums, in accordance with the Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned sex discrimination in federally funded organizations including the Guggenheim or Museum of Modern Art. Materials related to the Title Nine Task Force consist of posters and reports.
This sub-series also contains posters advertising Edelson's speaking engagements, as well as some photographs of workshops and lectures.
Chicago - Teaching, 1999-2014, inclusive
Conference for Women in the Visual Arts (CWVA), 1972-1973, inclusive
Exhibition Poster - Enviromental Variations (Conference), 1983
Goddess Lecture (Slides), 1979
Great Lakes College Association (GLAC)/Assistants, 1986-2002, inclusive
Guerilla Girls - Women's Artists Terrorist Organizations, 1986-2003, inclusive
Habits - International Feminist Collaborations, undated
Heresies, 1976-2008, inclusive
Heresies -- Chrysalis, 1977
Installations and Lecture Notes, 2002
International Feminist Collaboration, 1977-1979, 2003
International Feminst Group, 1977-1979, inclusive
Lectures, Panels, & Teaching Introductions, 1973-1999, inclusive
Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD) - Teaching Course "Women's Art Institute", 1999
Photographs - Workshops, undated
Political Group Actions, undated
Scandinavia - International Artists' Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS), Copenhagen, 2006
Teaching - General, circa 1980s
Title Nine Task Force (TNT), 1987-1999, inclusive
"Visiting New York Artist Mary Beth Edelson" Lecture Poster, circa 1970s
Washington, D.C. - Smithsonian Seminar, 1974, 2015, inclusive
Women, Goddesses, and Friends, 1986
Workshops - Moore College, 1996-1997, 2013, inclusive
Sub-Series I.E: Reviews, Writings, and Interviews, 1950-2016 (inclusive), inclusive; 1970-2016 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series I.E contains publications and articles about Mary Beth Edelson's artwork, her role in the feminist art movement, and career as a whole. This sub-series includes both domestic and international press articles. Authors of these pieces include Merlin Stone, Gayle Kimball, Jan Avgikos, and Jack Burnham. In addition to these articles, Sub-Series I.E contains transcripts, correspondence, and notes related to interviews Edelson conducted over the course of her career.
Books written by Edelson such as Seven Cycles: Public Rituals and Shapeshifters: Seven Mediums, as well as press statements, articles, and poems also written by Edelson can be found in Sub-Series I.E. Similarly, this sub-series contains Edelson's numerous notebooks containing addresses and information for colleagues and exhibition contacts, travel diaries, some research notes, exhibition and artwork ideas, personal notes, and some sketches.
A/C Project Room - Statements, undated
Alaska - Censorship (Seeing Red, White or Blue), 1992
Arlene Raven - "Crossing Over: Feminism and Art on Social Concern", 1988
ArtForum - Articles about Mary Beth Edelson, 1975-1999, inclusive
The Art of Mary Beth Edelson Book, 2002-2003, inclusive
ARTnews - Article about Mary Beth Edelson, 1975-1980, inclusive
Artnet - "Book Report" (Walter Robinson), 2002
Atlanta Art Papers - "Interview: Mary Beth Edelson", 1980
Atlanta - Women's Collective, 1979-1980, inclusive
Book Mock Up (Xerox Copies), undated
Books Mary Beth Edelson Published In, 1987-1997, inclusive
Books, Papers, Publications, circa 1970s
Books and Proposals, 1970-2011, inclusive
"Coming to Power: 25 Years of Sexually X-Plicit Art by Women", 1993, 2016, inclusive
Description of Ritual Performances, undated
Documenting Rituals: What A Modern Day Problem! (Mary Beth Edelson), 1977
Donald Kuspit - "Art Couples II: Mary Beth Edelson and Robert Stackhouse" (Review), 1983
Dreams, 1973-1986, inclusive
Essays, 1995, 2003, 2009, inclusive
Feminist Ritual Round Table - Chain Letter, 1977-1978, inclusive
Feminist Studies, 1978
"Fire - Essay", undated
Firsthand: Photographs by Mary Beth Edelson, 1973-1993 and Shooter Series (Book by Jan Avgikos), 1993
Flash Art, 1975-1982, inclusive
Gayle Kimball, 2005
Handwritten Notes, undated
Indianapolis - Press and Reviews about Mary Beth Edelson, 1950-2004, inclusive
"Inquiry Into Fire" (Press Statement), undated
Insights: Self Portraits by Women, 1978
Interviews, 1977-2015, inclusive
Jack Burnham, 1974-1982, inclusive
Jan Avgikos - "Mary Beth Edelson: Firsthand, No Reverse Gear" (Review), 1993
Japanese Review of Mary Beth Edelson, 1986
Lady Unique: Inclinations of the Night - "Fire Fights Deep Space" (Mary Beth Edelson), 1979
Landscape & Nature Earth Work, 1981
Mail Art, 1980-1983, inclusive
Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream, 1970-85, undated
Mary Beth Edelson - "An Open Letter to Thomas McEvilley", 1989
Mary Beth Edelson Text, undated
Max Kozlof - "Lone Visions, Crowded Frames: Essays on Photography", undated
Merlin Stone - Canadian Broadcasting - "Return of the Goddess", 1986-2008, inclusive
Merlin Stone - "More Literal Than Michelangelo or Masaccio?", undated
Mixed Projects -Body Art, Writings, A.I.R., Performance, undated
Ms. Magazine - Articles about Mary Beth Edelson, 1976-1977, inclusive
New Art Examiner - Articles by Mary Beth Edelson, 1978-1989, inclusive
New Harmony Society Notes, 2006-2007, inclusive
New York Magazine - Review of Mary Beth Edelson, 1998
Notebooks, 1976-2014, inclusive
Notebooks, 1976-2014, inclusive
Others Writing About Mary Beth Edelson, 1974-2006, inclusive
Poems, 1977
The Power of Feminist Art: The American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact , 1996
Presentation, Recent Exhibits, Work, & Press, 2015
Press Paintings - Dolan/Maxwell (Philadelphia & NYC), 1989-1992, inclusive
Press - United States, 1971-2016, inclusive
Press - Vienna, 2003-2004, inclusive
Press - Zurich, 2006-2007, inclusive
Reclaiming Paradise: American Women Photograph the Land, 1987-1988, inclusive
"A Review of Seven Cycles: Public Rituals", 1980-1981, inclusive
Seven Cycles: Public Rituals (Book by Mary Beth Edelson), 1980
Shapeshifters: Seven Mediums (Book by Mary Beth Edelson), 1990
"Speaking for Myself" (Mary Beth Edelson), 1974-1977, 1997, inclusive
Spirituality in Art, undated
Spirituality - Letters, Lists of People, 1971-1989, inclusive
Statements - 1970s & 1980s, 1973-1988, inclusive
Strong Hearts Inspired Minds: 22 Interviews with Artists Who Are Mothers, 1996
Suffragettes to She-Devils: Women's Liberation and Beyond, undated
Tema Celeste: Contemporary Art Review, 1992, 1998, inclusive
Text on Art - Story Boxes, Blood Mysteries, Old/New Myths, undated
Thoughts - Notes - Old, undated, 1973
Time Capsule (Ana Medieta and Nicole Brown Simpson Masks), undated
Washington, D.C. - Press Clippings, 1972-1979, inclusive
Washington, D.C. - Quilt Project, 1976-1980, inclusive
Washington, D.C. - Writings & Speeches, 1971-1976, inclusive
Women Art Magazine - Article about Mary Beth Edelson, 1977-1978, inclusive
Women Art Revolution - a film by Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2005-2012, inclusive
Women Artists in History: From Antiquity to the 20th Century, 1976-1990, inclusive
"Women's Culture: Renaissance of the Seventies" (Gayle Kimball), 1981
Writings, 1973-2014, inclusive
Your 5,000 Years Are Up! (Rituals and Works to Celebrate the New Time), undated
Sub-Series I.F: Thematic Interests, 1972-2013, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
Mary Beth Edelson was interested in numerous topics such as spiritualism, art censorship, ancient religions, goddess figures, environmentalism, and feminist actions in the late 20th century – all of which are reflected in this sub-series in the form of essays, articles, notes, and some visual materials.
Body Art and Essentialism, undated
Censorship (In Art), 1992-2003, inclusive
Eco Feminism, 1987, 1991, inclusive
Ecology, 1983-1990, inclusive
Essentialism & Feminism, 1980-2010, inclusive
Feminism, 1976-1983, 2009, 2011, inclusive
Goddess and Spirituality, 1974-2009, inclusive
Humor, 1995, 1997, inclusive
Kali, undated
Sheela and Baubo, 2013
Women Artists, 1972-2004, inclusive
Sub-Series I.G: Administrative Files, 1960-2016 (inclusive), inclusive; 1968-2016 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series I.G focuses on the logistical and administrative aspects of Mary Beth Edelson's career. This sub-series contains address books, correspondence, art loan negotiation agreements, contracts, collection lists, grant applications, artist residency documents, art installation instructions, Mary Beth Edelson's resumes and biographies, as well as information about her art studio located in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. This sub-series also contains exhibition and event promotional materials including programs, catalogs, invitations, postcards, flyers, and posters.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged alphabetically by file title.
Address Lists, 1996-2010, inclusive
Alejandro Guzman (Former Assistant), 2010-2011, inclusive
The Amazing Decade: Women and Performance Art in America 1970-1980 (Memorandum), 1983, inclusive
Americas - South, Central, Cuba (Memorandum), 1985
Archives, undated
Art Loan Forms, 1974-1977, inclusive
Art Supplies and Services, 2000-2006, inclusive
Artwork Damanged by Paladium, 1986
Artist Contracts & Legal Related Releases, etc…, 1985-2010, inclusive
Artists - List of Names, circa 1982-1984, inclusive
Artists Meeting for Social Change, circa 1970s
Australia (Memorandum), 2000-2001, inclusive
Avon Collection, 1996-1997, inclusive
Bed (Installation Instructions), undated
Benefits, 1994-2001, 2010, inclusive
Bill Bartman (Art Resources, Inc.), 1996-1998, inclusive
Bronze Casting (List of Foundries), 2002-2009, inclusive
Budget Grant, 2000, 2010-2011, inclusive
Checklists, 1960-2001, inclusive
Collections, 1961-2003, inclusive
Contracts - Artists, 2006-2007, inclusive
Copyright, 1966-2000, inclusive
Correspondence - Academic (Requests, Panels, Lectures, etc…), 1980-1987, inclusive
Correspondence - Adelyn D. Breeskin (Curator, National Collection of Fine Arts), 1972
Correspondence - Artist Letters, 1975-1987, inclusive
Correspondence -- Belgium (Shoes), 1994
Correspondence - Benefits, 1985-1987, inclusive
Correspondence - Europe and Elsewhere, 1976-1990, inclusive
Correspondence and Exhibition Promotional Material, 1979-1987, 2002-2003, 2007, inclusive
Correspondence - Fan Letters (Students, Thank Yous), 1982-1991, inclusive
Correspondence - General, 1975-2016, inclusive
Correspondence - John Bullard (National Gallery of Art), undated
Correspondence - Kay Turner, 1978
Correspondence - Nora Hoglinger ("Essay on Artwork from 1970s"), undated
Correspondence - Photographers and Videographers, 1977-1987, inclusive
Correspondence - Washington, D.C., 1970-1975, inclusive
Drawings Lists, circa 1970s-2004, inclusive
East Villlage & Limbo Lounge, 1984
Editing Video(s), 2010
Europe - Gallery and Travel Lists, 1978-1992, 2002, inclusive
Exhibition -- Administrative Documents, 1980-2014, inclusive
Exhibition and Events Promotional Materials, 1968-2016, inclusive
Exhibition and Events Promotional Materials, 1968-2016, inclusive
For Transfer Printing - Female Movie Stars & Mary Beth Edelson Name in Reverse, undated
Galleries in Soho (Manhattan), 1995
General Workshop, Promo, Notes, Proposals, and Schedules - Practical Information, 1982
Grants, 1973-2010, inclusive
Group Material at Printer & Matter, 1989
Indianapolis Artists, 1960-1971, inclusive
Installations Instructions - Wall Paintings, Chiffons, Irons, 1996
International Artist's Contract, 2006
Istanbul, Turkey -- Galerist -- Proposal for Group Collaboration, 2014
Jewelry/Lielin - Memorandum about Replication of "The Altar", 1983-1985, inclusive
Kansas City Art Institute - "Women Wage War Against Kansas City's Art Institutions", 1986
Kentucky -- KMAC Museum (Louisville) -- Negotiation for Exhibition, 2016
Lists of Performances, Projects, Slides, and Studio Installations, 1983, 2007-2008, 2014, inclusive
Loft Co-Op in New York City, undated
Mailing Lists, 2002, 2006, inclusive
Mary Beth Edelson Biographies, 1989-2011, inclusive
Mary Beth Edelson Resumes, 1979-2010, inclusive
Mary Beth Interviews for a New Mate - Performance & Exhibition, Video Information, 1998, inclusive
Notes, Addresses, Business Cards, and Essays, undated
Old Exhibition Documents, 1983-2012, inclusive
Other Artists, 1974-1996, 2007-2008, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These folders contain notes about other artists and colleagues including Amy Lipton, George Maciunas, Ben Forgey, Cynthia Bickley, Italo Scanga, Roy Slade, and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Paintings List, 2013
Permission and Loan Forms, 1996-2010, inclusive
Photograph Lists, 1987-2009, inclusive
Postcards, circa 1970s-1980s, inclusive
Printer for The Art of Mary Beth Edelson Book (Sweden), 2002
Price Lists for Mary Beth Edelson's Art, 2011
Professional Contacts, 1968-2002, inclusive
Proposal to the Beaubourg for Interaction Performative
Proposal for Feminist Exhibition, 2002-2003, inclusive
Proposals, 1997-2001, 2004-2005, inclusive
Publishers Seeking and Requesting Photographs, 1978-2010, inclusive
Quotes, 1972, 1975, 1987, inclusive
Random Studio Documents, 2015-2016, inclusive
Reading Lists, 1981, 1993-1999, inclusive
Residencies, 1982-2005, inclusive
Sweden - Venues, 2003
The Suzanne Geiss Company, 2013
Unfinished Plans for Utopia, undated
Various People/Notes/Memos, undated
Wall Paintings List, 1986-1989, 1993, 2006, inclusive
Series II: Women's Action Coalition (WAC), 1988-2003 (inclusive), inclusive; 1992-1996 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series focuses on Edelson's participation and activism with the Women's Action Coalition (WAC) and Combat Zone: Campaign HQ Against Domestic Violence. WAC was a feminist open-alliance organization founded in New York City in 1992. The organization's mission was to address women's rights issues through direct action. Combat Zone, an affiliate of WAC, was a multifaceted project designed to fight domestic violence. The project provided self defense classes, counseling, workshops about domestic violence, and more. The Combat Zone headquarters also served as an art space and featured some of Mary Beth Edelson's work, including Kali Bobbitt. Materials in this series consist of posters for events and organizations, photographs, flyers, slides, feminist essays, correspondence, press releases, and artwork.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged alphabetically by file title.
Combat Zone: Campaign HQ Against Domestic Violence, 1994
Combat Zone Domestic Violence Poster, 1994
Combat Zone Exhibition Promotional Materials, 1992-1994, 2003, inclusive
Combat Zone Installations, 1994
Combat Zone - Photographs of Women's Hands from Shelters, undated
Domestic Violence, undated
Just the Facts: Statistics on Domestic Violence (edited by Mary Beth Edelson), 1996
Negatives - Archives WAC at Combat Zone, undated
Photographs - Combat Zone Self Defense Workshops, undated
Photographs - Kali Bobbitt and Space Women from Shelters (Combat Zone), undated
Photographs - Out of the Kitchen, undated
Photographs - Photos from Mary Beth Edelson, WAC Actions, etc…, undated
Photographs - "We Have What It Takes to Hang In Pace Gallery" Protest, 1992
Photographs and Negatives - Combat Zone: Shoe Town Window, 1995
Photographs and Negatives - Heresies, undated
Photographs and Negatives - Protests and Activist Groups (includes Yoko Ono), undated
Photographs and Negatives - "Save Our Cities, Save Our Children" Protest, 1992
Photographs and Negatives - "Stop Rape - Yugoslavia" (March to the United Nations), 1992-1993, inclusive
Photographs and Negatives - WAC Democratic Convention (Museum Mile), 1992
Photographs and Negatives - WAC "March in March", 1994
Press, 1992-1997, inclusive
Protests - Martin Luther King Jr. Banner and WAC Chinatown, 1988, 2002, inclusive
Slides - WAC Political Protests, 1991-2000, inclusive
WAC Actions - How to Plan an Action, undated
WAC Media Committee - Media Package, Press Release, Media Info, undated
WAC - Members Orientation Packet, undated
WAC Old Addresses (Names), circa 1993
WAC Stats: The Facts About Women, 1993
Women's Action Alliance Pins, undated
Women's Action Coalition (Photographs), undated
Women's Action Coalition - Scream Out!
Series III: A.I.R. Gallery, 1956-2008 (inclusive), inclusive; 1972-1986 (bulk), bulk
Extent
Scope and Contents
Mary Beth Edeslson joined the feminist artist cooperative A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) in the late 1970s and held exhibitions there including The Memorial to the 9,000,000 Women Burned as Witches in the Christian Era. This series documents Edelson's relationship and participation with the A.I.R. Gallery and contains artwork, slides, correspondence, photographs, press releases, as well as essays written either about A.I.R. Gallery or by members of the organization. This series also contains digital photographs and documents related to the creation of an A.I.R. Gallery book.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged alphabetically by file title.
A.I.R. - 9,000,000, Grapceva,Yugoslavia (Slides), 1977
A.I.R. Affiliate Members, undated
A.I.R Dupes (Slides)
A.I.R. Gallery, 1976-1978, 1983-1984, 2007-2008, inclusive
A.I.R. Gallery Book, 2006-2008, inclusive
Digital materials
A.I.R. Gallery Monday Nights - Panels, Presentations, Performances, 1979-1983, inclusive
A.I.R. Gallery Move - 63 Crosby Street, undated
A.I.R. Gallery and Other Artists (Slides)
A.I.R. General Information, 1975-1996, inclusive
A.I.R. - Press, 1973-1984, inclusive
Anne Healy Artwork (Slides), 1974-1981, inclusive
Clover Vail Artwork (Slides), 1980-1983, inclusive
Correspondence, 1981-1983, inclusive
Donna Byars Artwork (Slides), 1976-1981, inclusive
Dotty Attie Artwork (Slides), undated
Elaine Reicher Artwork (Slides), 1981-1984, inclusive
Exhibition & Events Promotional Materials
Giving Myself a 5 Year Retrospective (Slides), circa 1972-1975, inclusive
Harmony Hammond Artwork (Slides), 1971-1981, inclusive
Larson Slide Sets
Lenore Goldberg Artwork (Slides), 1981-1983, inclusive
Loretta Dunkelman Artwork (Slides), 1973-1982, inclusive
Louise Kramer Artwork (Slides), 1976, 1979, 1983, inclusive
Lucy Lippard, 1976, 1983, inclusive
Lunds - Konsthall & A.I.R. Gallery, 1981
Mary Beth Edelson Artwork (Slides), 1972-1987, inclusive
Mary Grigoriadis Artwork (Slides), 1973-1982, inclusive
Members, Art, & People, undated
Memorial to 9,000,000 Women Burned as Witches in the Christian Era, 1976-1977, 1986, inclusive
Nancy Spero Artwork (Slides), circa 1956-1982, inclusive
The Nature of Balancing (A.I.R.), 1979
Notebook - A.I.R. Panel, 1997
One-on-One Program: Daria and Mary Beth, 1984
Sandra Eisenstein Artwork (Slides)
Sarah Draney Artwork(Slides)
Sari Dienes Art, 1983
Trickster - A.I.R., Edelson, 1981
Series IV: Personal Materials, 1947-2012, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series focuses on aspects of Edelson's personal life and contains correspondence with her family the Johnsons, as well as materials related to Edelson's alma mater DePauw University, including alumni bulletins featuring articles about her and her college-era sketchbooks. Some materials related to Edelson's personal travels and her anti-war activism can also be found in this series.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged alphabetically by file title.
Address Books, undated, 2002
Alumni Art Exhibition Certificate, 1962
The Anvil - Publication for East Chicago Washington High School Alumni Association, 2001-2002, inclusive
Correspondence, undated
Correspondence - Family, 1957-1990, inclusive
Correspondence - Old Letters, Indianapolis, 1959-1969, inclusive
DePauw University, 1954-1955, 2002-2004, inclusive
Domestic Travels, 1976-2010, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders relate to Mary Beth's personal travels throughout the United States to Indiana, Florida, Long Island, Maine, Manhattan, the New Jersey Shore, New Orleans, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, and upstate New York.
International Travels, 1977-1979, 1987, 2002-2003, 2011, 2014, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials in these folders relate to Mary Beth Edelson's personal travels to Brazil, Puerto Rico, Canada, Egypt, and Iceland.