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Correspondence, Series I. 1874-2010, undated, bulk 1940-1990 1940-1990

Physical Description: 13.26 Linear Feet (31 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

The series is comprised of two subseries: Series I.A. General correspondence, circa 1920-2010; and Series I.B. Correspondence related, 1974-circa 2000s.
It should be noted that correspondence has been interfiled in other series. For example, correspondence concerning specific exhibitions has been placed in the corresponding file within Series II. Project files.

Scope and Contents

The correspondence series contains correspondence and related material from Sleigh's personal and professional life. Material dates from the later 19th century through to her death in 2010. In general, there is little material from Sleigh to others; the majority is from others to Sleigh.
Material includes letters, address books, and mailings lists.
 

General correspondence, Series I.A. circa 1920-2010

Physical Description: 12.34 Linear Feet (28 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Scope and Contents

General correspondence comprised the majority of the correspondence from the Sleigh papers, both personal and professional. Correspondents include close family and friends such as Sleigh's mother, Katherine Cancedda; father, John Sleigh; mother-in-law, Nora Alloway; former sister-in-law, Margaret Greenwood; English friends, Freda Wadsworth and Muriel Ottaway-Williams; and Sleigh's first husband, Michael Greenwood. See the Lawrence Alloway papers for more correspondence between Sleigh and Alloway, Sleigh's second husband.
Additionally, correspondents include many people who were both colleagues in the art world and friends of Sleigh's: Eleanor Antin, Helene Aylon, June Blum, Suzi Gablik, Ada and Alex Katz, Bibi Lencek, Rosemary Mayer, Sabra Moore, Lucy Sallick, Rhea Sanders, Nancy Spero, May Stevens, and William Stipe. There is much correspondence from the museums and galleries with which she worked such as Deson Gallery, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., Hemingway Galleries, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Smart Museum of Art, and Zaks Gallery; and regarding the publications she was involved with such as Womanart and Visual Dialog.

Arrangement

General correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In general, if there are fewer than five pieces of correspondence with a person or institution it has been filed within the alphabetical letter file. When there exist five or more pieces of correspondence, the correspondent has been given his or her own folder. When appropriate, it has been further arranged chronologically.
 

A, 1949-2008

box 1, folder 1-3

Papers

box 128, folder 1

Color photographs

box 1, folder 4

Adrian, Dennis, 1973-1994

box 1, folder 5-9

Alloway, Lawrence, 1949-1990, undated

Selected Sylvia Sleigh correspondence with Lawrence Alloway: 1949-1982

box 1, folder 9

undated

Scope and Contents

Mainly greeting cards from Alloway to Sleigh.
box 1, folder 5-6

1949

box 1, folder 7

1950

box 1, folder 8

1951-1990

box 139, folder 1

1960 May - June, undated

box 1, folder 10-11

Alloway, Nora, 1954-1979, undated

box 1, folder 12

Antin, Eleanor, 1968-2002

box 1, folder 13

Archives of American Art, 1979-2003

box 1, folder 14

Art in America, 1974-2004

box 2, folder 1

Artemisia Gallery, 1975-1976

box 2, folder 2

Artforum, 1975-2003

box 2, folder 3

Aylon, Helène, circa 1977-1998

 

B, 1949-2007

box 2, folder 4-8

Papers

box 128, folder 2

Color photograph and slide

box 2, folder 9

Bachstadt, Roseanne, 1993-1999, undated

 

Bailey, Victoria, 1976

box 2, folder 10

Papers

box 111*, folder 1

Oversize

box 2, folder 11

Barbican Art Gallery, 1992-1993

box 2, folder 12

Baziotes, Ethel, 1965-1980

box 2, folder 13

Birge, Priscilla, 1975-1985, undated

 

Blum, June, circa 1972-2007

box 2, folder 14

Papers

box 128, folder 3

Color photograph

box 2, folder 15

Blumenfeld, Paula, 1975-1985, undated

box 3, folder 1

Blyn, Stefany, 1978-1983, undated

box 3, folder 2

Bohnen, Blythe, 1984-1985, undated

box 3, folder 3

Booth, Mitchell B., 1987-1994

box 3, folder 4

Burton, Scott, 1973-1978, undated

 

C, 1949-2006

box 3, folder 5-10

Papers

box 128, folder 4

Color photographs

box 3, box 4

Cancedda, Katherine, 1926-1949

Scope and Contents

Sleigh's mother.
box 4, folder 5

Cengage Learning, 2008

box 4, folder 6

Chernow, Ann, 1977-1985, undated

box 4, folder 7

Chisholm, Margaret, 2002-2003

box 4, folder 8

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1972-2000, undated

box 4, folder 9

College Art Association, 1992-2002

box 4, folder 10

Columbia University, 2005-2010

box 4, folder 11

Costa, Robert, 1990-2001

box 4, box 5

Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1970-1983

box 5, folder 2-4

D, 1953-2005

box 5, folder 5

Daniels, Arlene and Richard, 1979-1994, undated

box 5, folder 6-7

David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, 1990-2008

box 5, folder 8

Delaye, Laurent, 2008

box 5, folder 9

Deson Gallery, 1975-1980

box 5, folder 10

E, 1953-2005

box 5, folder 11

Eckstrom, Kevin, 1979-1982, undated

box 5, folder 12-13

F, 1944-2002

box 5, folder 14

Fair Lawn Public Library, 1980-1981

box 5, box 6

G, 1949-1996, undated

box 6, folder 3

Gablik, Suzi, 1966-1974, undated

box 6, folder 4

Goldring, Nancy, 1976-1981, undated

box 6, folder 5

Golub, Philip, 1972-1973, 2004

box 6, folder 6

Greenstein, Ilise, 1974-1980, undated

box 6, folder 7

Greenwood, John, 1949-1969, undated

box 6, folder 8-9

Greenwood, Marjorie, 1950-1979, undated

 

Greenwood, Michael, 1936-1997

box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10

Papers

box 128, folder 5

Color photograph

 

Grossman, Nancy, 1988-2010

box 10, folder 6

Papers

box 128, folder 6

Color photographs

box 10, folder 7

G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., 1979-1991

 

H, 1951-2005

box 10, box 11

Papers

box 128, folder 7

Color photographs

box 11, folder 3

Hanson, Jo, 1975-1990

 

Hemingway Galleries, 1970-1971

box 11, folder 4

Papers

box 111*, folder 1

Oversize

box 11, folder 5

Hemingway, Holly, 1969-1978, undated

 

Hock, Robert, 1962-2010

box 11, folder 6-9

Papers

box 128, folder 8

Color photograph

 

I, 1972-2008

box 12, folder 1-2

Papers

box 128, folder 9

Slide

box 12

Irving, Enid, 1960-1982, undated

 

J, 1948-2005

box 12, folder 4

Papers

box 111*, folder 2

Oversize

 

Janto, Phyllis, 1985-1998

box 12, folder 5

Papers

box 128, folder 10

Color photographs and slides

box 12, folder 6

Jewish Museum, 2006

box 12, folder 7-9

K, 1942-2005

box 12, folder 10

Kaprov, Susan, 1977-1979, undated

box 12, folder 11

Katz, Ada and Alex, 1968-1986

box 12, folder 12

Kisker, George, 1980-1986

box 12, folder 13

Krugman, Irene, 1976-1980, undated

box 12, folder 14

Kury, Gloria, 1978-1980

box 13, folder 1-2

Kurz, Diana, 1977-2008

 

L, circa 1942-2004

box 13, folder 3-5

Papers

box 128, folder 11

Slides

box 13, folder 6

Langer, Sandy, 1978-1984, undated

box 13, folder 7

Laurie, Annie, 1964-1986, undated

box 13, folder 8

Loach, Roberta, 1976-1979, undated

 

Lencek, Bibi, 1976-2005

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 1**
box 13, folder 9-10

Papers

box 128, folder 12

Color photograph

box 13, folder 11

Lerman, Ora, 1981-1991, undated

box 14, folder 1

Lucy, Robert, 1991-1998, undated

 

M, 1941-2009

box 14, folder 2-5

Papers

box 111*, folder 3

Oversize

box 14, folder 6

Mackie, Jill, 1982-1993

box 14, folder 7

Majewski, Antje, 2003

box 14, folder 8

Martin, Shelley, circa 1978-circa 1979

box 14, folder 9

Mayer, Rosemary, 1971-2010

box 14, folder 10

Middlesex Polytechnic, 1978-1980

box 14, folder 11

Milwaukee Art Museum, 1987-1991

box 14, folder 12

Minioudaki, Kaliopi, 2008

 

Moore, Sabra, 1981-2009

box 14, folder 13-14

Papers

box 128, folder 13

Color photograph

box 14, folder 15

Morgan, Greg, 2001-2002

 

Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2008-2010

box 15, folder 1

Papers

box 119, item D1

Nancy Spero, Codex Artaud II CD-R,

Scope and Contents

1 CD-R ; 4 3/4 in. The CD-R is unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 15, folder 2

Museum auf Abruf, 2007-2008

box 15, folder 3-5

N, 1950-2008

box 15, folder 6

National Endowment for the Arts, 1983-2005

box 15, folder 7

National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1983-2005

box 15, folder 8

Northwestern University, 1977-1978

box 15, folder 9

O, 1949-2005

box 15, folder 10

Oberlin College, 1975-1985

box 15, folder 11

Olson, Maxine, 1981-1994

 

Oo, Myint and Teelim, 1963-1990

box 15, folder 12

Papers

box 128, folder 14

Color photograph

box 15, folder 13

Orchard Corporation, 1975-1977

box 15, folder 14

Orchard, Robert, 1974-1981

 

Ottaway-Williams, Muriel, 1932-1998

box 15, box 16

Papers

box 128, folder 15

Color photographs

 

P, 1951-2005

box 16, box 17

Papers

box 111*, folder 4

Oversize

box 128, folder 16

Color photographs

box 17, folder 2

Pearson, Lynn, 1977-1981, undated

box 17, folder 3

Pekarsky, Mel, 1972-1987, undated

 

Phaidon Press Limited, 2001-2008

box 17, folder 4

Papers

box 128, folder 17

Transparency

box 17, folder 5

Philips, Aileen, 1985-1988

box 17, folder 6

Pindell, Howardena, 1979-1991

box 17, folder 7

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1985-1991

box 17, folder 8

Q, 1976-1982

 

Quintanilla, Antonio, 1978-1983, undated

box 17, folder 9-10

Papers

box 128, folder 18

Slide

box 17, folder 11-12

R, 1951-2006

box 17, folder 13

Rainnie, Flip, 1975-1979, undated

 

Rauschenbusch, Stephanie, 1989-1998

box 18, folder 1

Papers

box 128, folder 19

Slides

 

Robinson, Allan, 1968-1988, undated

box 18, folder 2

Papers

box 128, folder 20

Color photographs

box 18, folder 3

Robinson, Charlotte, 1976, undated

 

Rosano, Paul, 1971-1997, undated

box 18, folder 4

Papers

box 128, folder 21

Color photographs

box 18, folder 5

Rose, Pat, 1975-1981

box 18, folder 6-7

Rosenmeyer, Kurt, 1945-1951

box 18, folder 8

Rosler, Martha, 1976-1977

box 18, folder 9

Rosenthal, Rachel, 1976-1979

 

S, 1949-2010

box 18, box 19

Papers

box 111*, folder 5

Oversize

 

Sallick, Lucy, 1974-1989, undated

box 19, folder 4-5

Papers

box 128, folder 22

Slides

 

Sanders, Rhea, 1975-1996

box 19, folder 6

Papers

box 128, folder 23

Color photograph

box 19, folder 7

Schapiro, Miriam, 1975-1988, undated

box 19, folder 8

Schwing, Marcia Tyrrell, 1979

 

Sibley, Do, 1952-circa 1975

box 19, folder 9

Papers

box 128, folder 24

Color photographs

box 19, folder 10-11

Sleigh, John, 1929-1954

Scope and Contents

Sleigh's father.
box 19, folder 12

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1966-1989

box 19, folder 13

Spero, Nancy, circa 1974-2004

box 20, folder 1

Stevens, May, 1972-1992

box 20, folder 2

Stimpson, Catharine, 1977-1988, undated

box 20, folder 3-8

Stipe, William, 1977-1984

 

Stuart, Michelle, 1974-1999, undated

box 20, folder 9

Papers

box 128, folder 25

Color photograph

box 20, folder 10

Swartz, Anne, 2006-2009

 

T, 1941-2005

box 20, box 21

Papers

box 128, folder 26

Color photograph and transparency

box 21, folder 2

T. Rogers and Co. (Packers) Ltd., 1967-1969

box 21, folder 3

Tolson, Elsie, 1952-1973

box 21, folder 4

U, 1959-1994

box 21, folder 5

V, 1953-2005

box 21, folder 6

Veal, Rose, 1968-1980

box 21, folder 7

Visual Dialog, circa 1976-1978

 

W, 1946-2010

box 21, folder 8-10

Papers

box 128, folder 27

Color photograph

box 21, folder 11

Wadsworth Atheneum, 1976-1995

 

Wadsworth, Freda, 1953-1999

box 21, box 22

Papers

box 128, folder 28

Color photographs

 

Wadsworth, Marjorie, circa 1945-1999

box 22, folder 6-7

Papers

box 128, folder 29

Color photographs

box 22, folder 8

Wakefield, Ernest, 1977-1990

box 22, folder 9

Washington University, 1980-1990

box 22, folder 10

Watts, Joan, 1983-1994

box 22, folder 11

Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1998-2008

box 23, folder 1

Whiteley, Nigel, 2005-2009

box 23, folder 2

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1976-1991

box 23, folder 3

Womanart, circa 1976-circa 1977

box 23, folder 4

Women Artists Newsletter, circa 1970s

box 23, folder 5

Women's Art Symposium, 1976-1977

box 23, folder 6

Y, 1968-1978

box 23, folder 7

Z, 1977-2002, undated

box 23, folder 8

Zaks Gallery, 1983-1994

 

Unidentified correspondents, circa 1920-2010

box 23, box 24, box 25

Papers

box 128, folder 30

Color photographs

 

Correspondence related, Series I.B. 1874-circa 2000s

Physical Description: 0.92 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Arrangement

Material within the Correspondence related subseries has been grouped by subject and arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Includes material that is either related to correspondence, such as Sleigh's address books, addresses, and mailing lists, or correspondence that is peripherally related to Sleigh, such as her very early and personal correspondence and that of her extended family dating from the late nineteenth century into Sleigh's youth, letters written by Sleigh's father, John Sleigh, to Sleigh's grandmother, Margaret Sleigh, during World War I, and Michael Greenwood's personal correspondence.
box 26, folder 1-5

Address books, circa 1950s-circa 1980s

box 26, folder 1

circa 1950s-circa 1960s

box 26, folder 2

circa 1950s-circa 1970s

box 26, folder 3-5

circa 1970s-circa 1980s

box 26, box 27

Addresses and mailing lists, circa 1960s-circa 2000s

box 140, folder 5-7

Correspondence relating to estate matters, 1926-2004

box 27, folder 4-7

Early and personal correspondence, 1874-1939, undated

box 27, folder 4

1874-1929

box 27, folder 5-6

1930s

box 27, folder 7

undated

box 27, folder 8-9

Letters from John Sleigh to his mother, 1914-1916

Scope and Contents

Letters written while John Sleigh was serving in the military during World War I and his wife, Katherine, was pregnant with Sylvia and living with his mother, Margaret Sleigh.
box 28, folder 1

Michael Greenwood's correspondence, circa 1944-1951

box 28, folder 2

Miscellany, circa 1950s-circa 2000s

 

Project files, Series II. 1936-2010, undated

Physical Description: 11.83 Linear Feet (19 boxes)

Arrangement

The series is comprised of two subseries: Series II.A. Exhibitions, 1950-2009, undated; and Series II.B. Other projects, 1936-2010, undated.

Scope and Contents

Materials in this series relate to projects Sleigh was involved with throughout her career, primarily exhibitions of her work but also exhibitions she organized, book and film projects, and her website. Exhibition files include all solo and group shows documented in the collection, over 150 shows in total from 1950-2009. They relate to the planning, curating, and execution of Sleigh's exhibitions. Major exhibitions include Sylvia Sleigh: An Invitation to a Voyage and Other Works (1990), An Unnerving Romanticism: The Art of Sylvia Sleigh and Lawrence Alloway (2001), and WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007-2008).
Other projects include exhibitions curated by Sleigh including Realist Painting: People and Objects in Women's Lives (1982), Color: Harmonious and Discordant (1983), and Parallel Visions: Portraits of Women Artists and Writers (1999); as well as book, film, theater, and website projects.
Among the files are correspondence, diagrams, ephemera, exhibition catalogs, exhibition lists, fliers, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, schedules, and shipping and transportation records, and video recordings.
 

Exhibitions, Series II.A. 1950-2009, undated

Physical Description: 10.5 Linear Feet (15 boxes)

Arrangement

Files are arranged chronologically by exhibition date. Undated exhibitions are at the end of the subseries. Project files are labeled with the exhibition title, the exhibition date in parentheses, and the dates of the material within the file. If the title of the exhibition was Sleigh's name, then the name of the institution where the exhibition took place is used as the title.
box 28, folder 3

Oils (1950), 1950

box 28, folder 4

Watercolors (1950), 1950

box 28, folder 5

Summer Exhibition (1950), 1950

box 28, folder 6

An Exhibtion of Pictures of Local Landscapes (1950), 1950

box 28, folder 7

Paintings by Local Artists (1951), 1951

box 28, folder 8

Salon of Watercolors, Drawings, and Sculpture (1951), 1951

box 28, folder 9

Kensington Art Gallery (1953), 1952-1953

box 28, folder 10

Artists of Fame and of Promise (1957), 1957

box 28, folder 11

Autumn Exhibition (1957), 1957

box 28, folder 12

228th Exhibition (1957), 1957

box 28, folder 13

Statues in the Crystal Palace Gardens (1962), 1961-1962

box 28, folder 14

Bennington College (1963), 1963

 

American Landscapes (1965), 1965

box 28, folder 15

Papers

box 113*, folder 1

Oversize exhibition poster

 

Byron Gallery (1965), 1965

box 28, folder 16

Papers

box 112*

Oversize exhibition posters

box 28, folder 17

Small Words (1965), 1965

box 28, folder 18

Sachs Gallery (1967), 1967

 

Realism Now (1968), circa 1968

box 28, folder 19

Papers

box 128, folder 31

Color photographs

 

Hemingway Gallery (1968 and 1969), 1968-1971

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 1**
box 28, folder 20-21

Papers

box 128, folder 32

Color photographs and negatives

box 101, folder 1-2

Oversize posters and exhibition catalog

 

The Impure Image (1969), 1969

box 28, folder 22

Papers

box 128, folder 33

Negative

box 28, folder 23

Hang Ten (1970), 1970

 

Investiture of the Prince of Wales (1971), 1969-1971

box 28, box 29

Papers and black-and-white photographs

box 112*, folder 1

Oversize exhibition posters

 

Artists' Benefit for Civil Liberties (1972), 1971-1972

box 29, folder 2

Papers

box 113*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition poster

box 29, folder 3

Sixty-First Annual Exhibition (1972), 1972

box 29, folder 4

Women in the Arts (1972), 1972

box 29, folder 5

Lerner-Misrachi Gallery (1972), 1972

box 29, folder 6

The Realist Revival (1972), 1972

box 29, folder 7

American Woman Artist Show (1972), 1972

box 29, folder 8

Unmanly Art (1972), 1972

box 29, folder 9

Soho 20 (1973), 1973

box 29, folder 10

Voices of Alarm (1973), 1972-1973

box 29, folder 11-14

Women Choose Women (1973), 1972-1973

box 29, box 30

Ten Artists (1973), 1973

box 30, folder 2

AIR Invitational (1973), 1973

box 30, folder 3

The Realist Revival (1973), 1973

box 30, folder 4

Painting and Sculpture Today (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 5

Women Artists Series Year Four (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 6

Watergate (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 7

New Image in Painting (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 8

People and Places (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 9

Chile Emergency Exhibition (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 10

Portraits and Nudes (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 11

Jacobs Ladder Gallery (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 12

The Eye of Woman (1974), 1974

 

Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island (1974), 1974

box 30, folder 13

Papers

box 113*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition posters

box 30, folder 14

Candid Painting (1975), 1975

box 30, folder 15

Three Centuries of the American Nude (1975), 1975

 

Self-Portrait Invitational (1975), 1975

box 30, folder 16

Paper

box 112*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition poster

box 30, folder 17

AIR Gallery Show (1975), circa 1975

box 30, folder 18

Color, Light, and Image (1975), 1975

 

Associates Gallery, New School for Social Research (1975), 1975

box 30, folder 19

Papers

box 128, folder 34

Negatives

 

Woman as Viewer (1975), circa 1975

box 30, folder 20

Papers

box 113*, folder 4

Oversize

box 30, folder 21

Year of the Woman (1975), 1975

box 112*, folder 2

118 Artists (1975, 1976, 1980), 1975-1980

box 30, folder 22

Sons and Others (1975-1977), 1975-1977

 

Kirkland Art Center (1976), 1975-1976

box 30, folder 23

Papers

box 128, folder 35

Color photographs and slide

box 112*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition posters

box 31, folder 1

Miniatures (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 2

Faculty Exhibition (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 3

Twenty-third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art (1976), 1976

 

American Women Painters (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 4

Papers

box 112*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition posters

box 31, folder 5

Hopkins Hall, State University of Ohio (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 6

AIR Gallery (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 7

Women Artists, Here and Now (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 8

Deson-Zaks Gallery (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 9

Dorothy Gillespie, Alice Neel, Charlotte Robinson and Sylvia Sleigh (1976), 1976-1977 1976-1977

 

Three American Realists: Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh, May Stevens (1976), circa 1976

box 31, folder 10-11

Papers

box 128, folder 36

Color photographs

box 31, folder 12-13

Matrix 23 (1976), 1976

box 31, folder 14

Paper (1976-1977), 1976

box 31, folder 15

Artists' Choice: Figurative Art in New York (1976-1977), 1976-1977

box 31, folder 16

Contemporary Issues: Works on Paper (1976-1977), 1976

 

Exhibition of the Women's Art Symposium (1977), 1977

box 31, box 32

Papers

box 114*, folder 1

Oversize exhibition poster

box 32, folder 2-3

Turman Gallery, Indiana State University (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 4

Nothing but Nudes (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 5

Recent Portraiture (1977), 1977

 

Contemporary Women: Consciousness and Content (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 6

Papers

box 114*, folder 1

Oversize exhibition poster

box 32, folder 7

Strong Work (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 8

Y Women's Division Eighteenth Invitational Art Exhibition (1977), 1977

 

Manscape: 77 (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 9

Papers

box 114*, folder 1

Oversize exhibition poster

box 32, folder 10

Stones and Flowers (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 11

Women in Art: Working Papers (1977), 1977

box 32, folder 12

Artists of Chelsea (before 1978), before 1978

box 32, folder 13

Portraits (1978), 1978

 

About Face (1978), 1978

box 32, folder 14

Papers

box 128, folder 37

Slide

box 32, folder 15

Selected Twentieth Century Nudes (1978), 1978

box 32, folder 16

AIR Gallery Fifth Anniversary (1978), 1978

box 32, folder 17

Third Annual Contemporary Women Artists Art Show (1978), 1978

 

Sister Chapel (1978), 1974-1980

box 32, box 33

Papers

box 128, folder 38

Color photographs

box 112*, folder 3

Oversize exhibition posters

box 33, folder 7

Women Artists '78 (1978), 1977-1978

box 33, folder 8

AIR Gallery (1978), 1978

box 33, folder 9

Artists Look at Art (1978), 1977-1978

box 33, folder 10

Works of AIR Artists (1978), 1978

box 33, folder 11

Post-Card Size Art (1978), 1978

box 34, folder 1

Women Artists from New York (1978), 1978

 

Perspective '78: Works by Women (1978-1979), 1978-1979

box 34, folder 2

Papers

box 112*, folder 3

Oversize exhibition poster

box 34, folder 3

Contemporary Women in the Visual Arts (1979), 1978-1979

 

Six Painters of the Figure (1979), 1978-1979

box 34, folder 4

Papers

box 128, folder 39

Slides

box 34, folder 5

Intimate Statements (1979), 1978-1979

 

Portraits (1979), 1979

box 34, folder 6

Papers

box 128, folder 40

Slides

box 34, folder 7

Group Exhibition (1979), 1979

box 34, folder 8

New School Art Faculty Group Show (1979), 1979

box 34, folder 9-10

Poets and Painters (1979-1980), 1979-1980

 

G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. (1979, 1980, and 1981), circa 1979- circa 1981

box 34, folder 11

Papers

box 102, folder 1

Oversize

box 34, folder 12

Portraits: 1980 (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 13

Twelve (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 14

Selected Twentieth Century American Self Portraits (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 15

Soho 20 Cooperative Gallery (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 16

Renderings of the Modern Woman (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 17

Stones and Flowers: Paintings and Watercolors (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 18

Paintings 1970-1979 (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 19

Contemporary Naturalisim: Works of the 1970's (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 20

Marianne Deson Gallery (1980), 1980

box 34, folder 21

CAPS Benefit Sale (1981), 1981

box 34, folder 22

New School for Social Research Faculty Exhibition (1981), 1981

box 34, folder 23

Women Artist Series at Douglass College (1981), circa 1981

box 34, folder 24

Whitney Counterweight Three (1981), 1981

box 34, folder 25

Woman and Art (1981), 1981

 

Gallery 210 (1981), 1981

box 35, folder 1

Papers

box 102, folder 1

Oversize exhibition poster

box 35, folder 2

First Show of the Season (1981), 1981

box 35, folder 3

Faculty Art Show (1981), 1981

 

Visiting Artist Invitational (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 4

Papers

box 102, folder 1

Oversize exhibition poster

 

Portraits at the New School (1982), circa 1982

box 35, folder 5

Papers

box 102, folder 2

Oversize exhibition posters

 

Views by Women Artists (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 6

Papers

box 112*, folder 4

Oversize exhibition posters

box 35, folder 7

Large Format Drawings (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 8

Women's Art: Miles Apart (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 9

Group Show (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 10

Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 11

Transparency/Translucency (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 12

Man and Woman (1982), 1982

box 35, folder 13

Protective Devices (1983), 1982-1983

box 35, folder 14

Women's Work (1983), 1983

box 35, folder 15

Her Own Space (1983), 1983

box 35, folder 16

National Midyear Exhibition (1983), 1983

box 35, folder 17

Silvermine Collection '83 (1983), 1983

 

Sylvia Sleigh Paints Lawrence Alloway (1983), circa 1983

box 35, folder 18

Papers

box 128, folder 41

Negatives and slides

box 113*, folder 5

Oversize exhibition pamphlet

box 35, folder 19

Artist's Choice (1983), 1983

box 113*, folder 5

Realistic Directions (1983), 1983

 

Diana Kurz/Sylvia Sleigh (1984), 1984

box 35, folder 20

Papers

box 114*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition posters

box 111*, folder 2

Tenth Anniversary Exhibition (1984), 1984

box 35, folder 21

American Art: American Women (1985), 1984-1985

box 35, folder 22-23

Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill (1985), 1984-1985

 

Drawings/Watercolors (1985), 1985

box 35, folder 24

Paper

box 113*, folder 5

Oversize exhibition poster

box 35, folder 25

Nudes and Portraits (1985), 1985

box 35, folder 26

Ten from Soho 20 (1985), 1985

box 35, folder 27

Then and Now (1985), 1985

 

The New Response: Contemporary Painters of the Hudson River (1986), 1986

box 36, folder 1

Papers

box 102, folder 3

Oversize exhibition posters

box 36, folder 2

Costumes, Masks and Disguises (1986), 1986

box 36, folder 3

The Male Nude: Women Regard Men (1986), 1984-1986

box 36, folder 4

Eminent Immigrants (1986), 1986

 

Conexus Connections Project (1987), 1986-1987

box 36, folder 5-6

Papers

box 112*, folder 5

Oversize exhibition posters

box 36, folder 7

American Art Today: The Portrait (1987), 1987

box 36, folder 8

Self Portraits (1987), 1987

box 36, folder 9

Issues that Won't Go Away: Heresies' Tenth Anniversary Exhibition (1987), 1987

box 36, folder 10

Making their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream (1987-1990), 1987

box 36, folder 11

Summer Exhibition (1988), 1988

box 36, folder 12

ArtExpo (1988), 1988

box 36, folder 13

Contemporary Nudes (1988), 1988

box 36, folder 14

New Work (1989), 1989

box 36, folder 15

Lineage (1989), 1989

box 36, folder 16

The Male Nude: The Gaze Returned (1989), 1989

box 36, folder 17

Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women (1989), 1988-1989

 

Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage and Other Works (1990), 1984-1990

box 36, folder 18-22

Papers and black-and-white photographs

box 128, folder 42

Slides

box 37, folder 1

Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition (1990), 1990

box 37, folder 2

Paintings from the 1970s (1992), 1992

box 37, folder 3

Pertinent Dissimilarities (1992), 1992

box 37, folder 4

Drawing on the Figure (1993), 1993

box 37, folder 5

My Friend, My Sister (1993), 1993

box 37, folder 6

New Paintings (1994), 1994

box 37, folder 7

Moving Forward (1996), 1996

box 37, folder 8

Water Show (1996), 1996

box 37, folder 9-10

Twenty-five Years of Feminism, Twenty-five Years of Women's Art (1996-1997), 1995-1996

 

Crossing the Threshold (1997-2001), 1996-1999

box 37, folder 11

Papers

box 121, item V1

Crossing the Threshold, 1997, Traveling exhibit through May 2007, circa 2007

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in. The video is unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 37, folder 12

Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage (1999), 1999

box 37, folder 13

Self Portraits 2000 (2000), 2000

box 37, folder 14

An Unnerving Romanticism (2001), 2001

box 37, folder 15-16

Personal and Political: The Women's Art Movement, 1969-1975 (2002), 2002

box 37, folder 17

Salute to Feminists in the Arts (2003), 2003

 

New Work and Portraits of Critics (2004), 2004

box 37, folder 18

Papers

box 129, folder 1

Color photographs

box 37, folder 19

Wish You Were Here III and IV (2004, 2005, 2008), 2004-2008

box 38, folder 1

Portraits and Group Portraits (2005), 2005

box 38, folder 2

How American Women Artists Invented Postmodernism: 1970-1975 (2005-2007), 2005-2007

box 38, folder 3

The Long Distance Runner (2006), 2006

box 38, folder 4

Men (2006), 2006

box 38, folder 5

Generations Five (2006), 2006

box 38, folder 6-8

Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill, 1979-1999 (2006), 2006

box 38, folder 9

Women's Work: An Homage to Feminist Art (2007), 2006-2007

box 38, folder 10

Guy on Girl (2007), 2007

 

WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007-2008), 2005-2008

box 38, box 39

Papers

box 114*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition poster

 

I-20 (2007), 2007

box 39, folder 3

Papers

box 101, folder 3

Oversize

box 39, folder 4

AIR Gallery Retrospective: 1972-1979 (2008), 2008

box 39, folder 5

Different at Every Turn (2009), 2009

box 39, folder 6

Better Than Ever (2009), 2009

box 39, folder 7

Ingres and the Moderns (2009), 2009

box 39, folder 8

Drawing (undated), circa 1970-circa 2000

box 39, folder 9

Watercolor: A Contemporary View (undated), circa 1970-circa 2000

box 39, folder 10

Gardens (undated), circa 1970-circa 2000

box 39, folder 11

Unidentified exhibition guestbook, undated

 

Unidentified exhibition miscellany, 1973-1991, undated

box 39, folder 12

Papers

box 102, folder 4

Oversize

 

Photographs of unidentified exhibition installations, circa 1960-circa 2010

box 39, folder 13

Black-and-white photographs

box 129, folder 2

Color photographs and slides

 

Other projects, Series II.B. 1936-2010, undated

Physical Description: 1.33 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Includes material related to projects of Sleigh's other than exhibitions of her work. This includes exhibitions curated by Sleigh, book projects, film projects, sound recordings, and her website.

Arrangement

Files are arranged in rough chronological order.
box 39, folder 14

Theater projects, 1936-1952

 

Attica Book (1973), 1973

box 39, folder 15

Papers

box 101, folder 4

Oversize

box 39, folder 16

Flier design for Vyt Bakaitis, Gerrit Henry, 1975

box 39, folder 17

Greeting cards, 1954, undated

box 39, folder 18

Visiting Artists Series: Painters Painting, circa 1976

box 39, folder 19

1980 Exhibiton Schedule, 1980

 

Realist Painting: People and Objects in Women's Lives (1982), 1981-1983

box 39, box 40

Papers

box 102, folder 4

Oversize exhibition poster

box 40, folder 4

Arizona Statewide Women's Competition for the Verde Valley Art Association, 1982-1988

 

Color: Harmonious and Discordant (1983), 1981-1983

box 40, folder 5-9

Papers

box 129, folder 3

Slides

box 101, folder 5

Ravishing (1991), 1991

 

Parallel Visions: Portraits of Women Artists and Writers (1999), 1996-1999

box 40, box 41

Papers

box 129, folder 4

Color photographs and negatives

box 41, folder 4

"Look Here!" A Portrait of Sylvia Sleigh (2001), 2001

box 41, folder 5

Sylviasleigh.com, 2007-2009

box 41, folder 6-7

Sylvia Sleigh Collection at Rowan University, 2007-2010

box 41, folder 8

Bibi Lencek: Paintings (2010), 2010

box 41, folder 9-11

Sleigh's Resumes and Work History, 1973-2004

 

Sound recordings, circa 1964-1982, undated

Scope and Contents

Sound recordings are unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 122, item C1

Sands 1 UPM-12, part 2 of side 2 Sands Hotel Tape, Rm 404, 1969 Dec 15

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 122, item C2-C3

Sleigh, SS, 1977 Feb 7

Scope and Contents

2 sound cassettes : analog.
box 122, item C4

Copy - Tape #1, Goals of the Group, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 122, item C5

Sylvia / S.T.L, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 122, item C6

1. WBAI. Flack Sleigh 162 430, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 122, item C7

Sylvia, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 122, item C8

Syliv Stsephanine, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 120, item R1

Women Only, On the Nude, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound tape reel.
box 122, item C9-C10

Unlabeled, undated

Scope and Contents

2 sound cassettes : analog.
 

Art documentation, Series III. circa 1930-2010, undated

Physical Description: 10.92 Linear Feet (18 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Scope and Contents

Includes records of works of art produced by Sleigh and of the processes by which they were produced. Material consists of inventories, subject and form descriptions, slides, photographs, negatives, and storage and transportation records. Photographs include preparatory studies for works and photographic documentation of her paintings. In particular, Sleigh's works are well documented through profuse black-and-white, 8" x 10" prints. Additionally, there are several slide binders of Sleigh's work and projects whose original groups are maintained. A small amount of material relates to the artistic practice of others.

Arrangement

The series is comprised of two subseries: Series III.A. Sleigh's works of art, circa 1930-2010, undated; and Series III.B. Others' works of art, circa 1950-2010, undated.
 

Sleigh's works of art, Series III.A. circa 1930-2010

Physical Description: 10.25 Linear Feet (16 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

Material is grouped by subject and arranged alphabetically. Photographs of Sleigh's work have been further arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Files contain material that document artwork by Sleigh and the processes by which they were produced. Includes lists, subject and form descriptions, slides, photographs, negatives, shipping and inventory records.
box 143, folder 1

I-20 Gallery exhibition, 2007

box 41, folder 12

I-20 Gallery inventory, 2008

box 143, folder 2

I-20 Gallery inventory and sales documentation, 2008-2010

box 109

Buttons with Sleigh's works, undated

box 107, folder 8

Childhood drawing book, circa 1920s

box 139, folder 7

Facsimiles, undated

box 124

Invitation to a Voyage slide book 1985-1999

box 41, folder 13

List of illustrations in exhibition catalogs, circa 1979

box 41, folder 14

List of paintings with exhibition histories, circa 1981

box 41, box 42

Lists of and notes about paintings, 1957-circa 2010

box 108, folder 2

Looking Towards Fairlight from Miss Peace's Garden, circa 1941

Scope and Contents

Painting measures 9 7/8" by 10 1/4".
box 42, folder 3

Mailing and invitee lists, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

box 42, folder 4

Model schedule, 1968

box 56, folder 1

Notes on paintings, undated

box 139, folder 2-3

Notes on work, undated

Scope and Contents

Four pages of undated notes by Sleigh on her work.
box 42, folder 5

Original sketches and drawings, circa 1930-circa 2010

box 108, folder 1

Paintbrush and pencil, undated

flatfile 2**

Painting study, undated

 

Photographs of Sleigh's work 1940-1999

box 42, folder 6

circa 1940s-circa 1960s

box 129, folder 5-7

circa 1960s-1990s

Scope and Contents

Color photographs
box 42, folder 7-10

1940s

box 42, box 43

1950s

box 43, box 44

1960s

 

1970s

box 44, box 45

Black-and-white photographs

box 129, folder 8

Transparencies and negatives

box 45, folder 4-7

1980s

 

1990s

box 45, folder 8-9

Black-and-white photographs

box 129, folder 9

Transparencies

box 46, folder 1-2

undated

 

Photographs of Sleigh with her work, circa 1950-circa 2010

box 46, folder 3

Black-and-white photographs

box 129, folder 10

Color photographs

 

Photograph studies, circa 1940-circa 2010

box 46, folder 4

Black-and-white photographs

box 129, folder 11-12

Color photographs, negatives, and slides

box 46, folder 5

Postcards and book jackets with Sleigh's work, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

box 46, folder 6

Price lists, circa 1950s-circa 1970s

box 46, folder 7

Printing plates, undated

box 96, box 97

Rubber stamps, undated

box 46, folder 8-10

Scanned photographs and slides of Sleigh's work, circa 1940-circa 2008

box 140, folder 3

Sketchbook, ca. 1970s

box 140, folder 4

Sketchbook, undated

box 141

Sketchbook, undated

box 142

Sketchbook, undated

box 46, folder 11

Sleigh's paintings of Alloway and notes, undated

Scope and Contents

Images are black-and-white photocopies.
box 129, folder 13

Slides of Sleigh's work, 1970-1994

 

Slide books of Sleigh's work, 1941-1999

Scope and Contents

Slides of Sleigh's work
box 125

1941-1974

box 126

1963-1981

Scope and Contents

Spine of Binder label reads: Installation shots; Details of The Turkish Bath, Concert Champêtre; Greek statues; Students' work; Rosenthal Slides
Pages labeled: First Show at Soho 20, 1974 February; Soho 20 Portrait Group installation, March 1974; Studies for AIR Group Portrait; Philadelphia; Fordham
box 127

1975-1999

box 46, folder 12

Slide labels, circa 1994

box 46, folder 13

Slide viewing tools, undated

box 46, folder 14

Storage records, 1968-2000

box 110

Venus Re-Defined, 1994

box 46, box 47

Work orders and receipts, 1952-2004

 

Others' works of art, Series III.B. circa 1950-2010, undated

Physical Description: 0.67 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Arrangement

Material is grouped by subject and arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Files contain material relating to artwork by others. Material includes visual documentation of other artists' works, some of which depict Sleigh, and include photographs, photocopies, and slides. Resumes, sound recordings, sketches, and drawings of others are also included.
 

Paintings of Sleigh by others, 1975, undated

box 47, folder 2

Black-and-white photograph

box 130, folder 1

Color photographs

box 47, folder 3

Photocopies and images of works by others, undated

 

Photographs of works by others, circa 1950-circa 2010

box 47, folder 4

Black-and-white photographs

box 130, folder 2

Color photograph

box 112*, folder 6

Oversize black-and-white photographs

box 130, folder 3

Photographs of paintings by Freda Wadsworth, undated

box 47, folder 5

Study images of 14th-16th century Renaissance art, undated

box 47, folder 6

Résumés, 1970s-2008

box 47, folder 7

Sketches and drawings by others, 1974-1977

box 130, folder 4

Sleigh posing for other artists, circa 1990-2010

box 130, folder 5

Slides of works by others, 1977-1997, undated

 

Sound recordings of others, circa 1973-1983, undated

Scope and Contents

Sound recordings are unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 122, item C11

Grand Canyon by Rachel Rosenthal, 1978

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 123, item C12

Isabel Bishop, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 123, item C13

Alex Katz, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
box 123, item C14

Patricia Tavenner, undated

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog.
 

Writings and lectures, Series IV. 1930s-2010

Physical Description: 4.34 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Arrangement

The series is comprised of five subseries: Series IV.A. Appointment books and calendars, 1952-2010; Series IV.B. Lectures, 1948-2008, undated; Series IV.C. Manuscripts, 1944-2007, undated; Series IV.D. Notebooks, 1952-2002, undated; Series IV.E. Notes, 1930s-circa 2010; Series IV.F. Writings by others, 1950-2010, undated.

Scope and Contents

This series includes files related to Sleigh's writings as well as writing by other persons. Material includes Sleigh's appointment books and calendars, which she used consistently for years and document her daily activities. The files that document lectures given by Sleigh contain mainly correspondence and ephemera, and include audio and video recordings. Manuscript files contain original writings by Sleigh, often essay-length pieces. Subjects include autobiographical writings and artist statements; art-related topics such as painting the nude and feminist art; pieces concerning other artists and exhibitions; and poetry in English and French. Sleigh's notebooks contain a wide variety of topics including lectures, notes, bibliographies, and writings about art; journal entries and autobiographical writings; notes about paintings; addresses; poetry; personal and professional notes, to-do lists, and schedules; meeting minutes; library inventories; teaching records such as slide lists for lectures and attendance records; correspondence drafts; sketches; expenses; and notes on the French language. Main topics are the quotidian, art in general, and Sleigh's works.
 

Appointment books and calendars, Series IV.A. 1952-2010

Physical Description: 1.67 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Arrangement

Files are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

The appointment books and calenders document Sleigh's daily life consistently from the 1960s through 2010. They provide insight into her friends and associates, appointments, activities, and events.
box 47, folder 8

1952-1953

box 47, folder 9

1954, 1959

box 47, folder 10

1960-1961

box 47, folder 11

1961

box 47, folder 12

1962-1963

box 48, folder 1

1964

box 48, folder 2

1965

box 48, folder 3

1966-1967

box 48, folder 4

1967-1968

box 48, folder 5

1969

box 48, folder 6

1970

box 48, folder 7

1971-1972

box 48, folder 8

1972

box 49, folder 1

1973-1974

box 49, folder 2-3

1975

 

1976

box 49, folder 4

Papers

box 102, folder 5

Oversize

box 49, folder 5

1976-1977

box 49, folder 6

1977-1978

box 49, folder 7

1979

box 49, folder 8

1980-1981

box 50, folder 1

1982-1983

box 50, folder 2

1984-1985

box 50, folder 3

1986-1987

box 50, folder 5

1989

box 50, folder 6

1990-1991

box 50, folder 7

1991

box 51, folder 1

1992-1993

box 51, folder 2

1994

box 51, folder 3

1995-1996

box 51, folder 4

1997-1998

box 51, folder 5

1998, 2000

box 51, folder 6

2001-2002

box 51, folder 7

2003

box 52, folder 1

2004

box 52, folder 2

2005-2006

box 52, folder 3

2007-2008

 

2009-2010

box 52, folder 4

Papers

box 115*, folder 1

Oversize

 

Lectures, Series IV.B. 1948-2008, undated

Physical Description: 0.58 Linear Feet (1 box)

Scope and Contents

Material documents lectures given by Sleigh primarily through correspondence and ephemera. Very little original lecture material exists. Also contains an audio cassette and two video recordings.

Arrangement

Files are arranged chronologically.
box 52, folder 5

1948-1950

 

1975

box 52, folder 6

Papers

box 115*, folder 2

Oversize poster

box 52, folder 7

circa 1975-circa 1980

box 52, folder 8

1976

box 52, folder 9

1977

box 52, folder 10

1978

 

1979

box 52, folder 11

Papers

box 115*, folder 2

Oversize posters

box 52, folder 12

1980

box 52, folder 13

1981

 

1982

box 52, folder 14

Papers

box 115*, folder 2

Oversize posters

box 52, folder 15

1983

box 52, folder 16

1984

box 52, folder 17

1986

box 123

1990

box 123, item C15

Lecture Dupe - Sylvia Sleigh, Linda Nochlin Side 2, 1990 Mar 15

box 115*, folder 2

1991

 

2000-2001

box 52, folder 18

Papers

box 121, item V2-V3

Artists Talk on Art, Sylvia Sleigh and Cynthia Mailman, Slides and Talk, 2000 Jan 28

Scope and Contents

2 videocassettes (VHS) ; 1/2 in. original. Video recordings are unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 52, folder 19

2008

box 52, folder 20

undated

 

Manuscripts, Series IV.C. 1944-2007, undated

Physical Description: 0.58 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangements

Files are arranged alphabetically by title.

Scope and Contents

Contains original writings by Sleigh on a wide variety of primarily art-related topics.
box 53, folder 1

Abstract sculpture, undated

box 53, folder 2

Alternative spaces, undated

box 53, folder 3

"Angelica Kauffman," 1978

box 53, folder 4

Artist statements, 1974-1995, undated

box 53, folder 5

Autobiographical, 1967-1982, undated

box 53, folder 6

"Being Your Own Vasari," undated

box 53, folder 7

"A Comparison of Some Works by Giorgione and Titan," 1947

box 53, folder 8

"E.J. Power," 1994

box 53, folder 9

"Eileen Spikol," undated

box 53, folder 10

"Exegesis," undated

box 53, folder 11

Figurative painting, undated

box 53, folder 12

"Full Fathom Five," undated

box 53, folder 13

Hogarth, 1944

box 53, folder 14

"Introduction to the Recently Published," circa 1945

box 53, folder 15

"Joan Glueckman," 1978

box 53, folder 16

"Laura Knight as War Artist," 1976

box 53, folder 17

"Love and Joy," 2007

box 53, folder 18

Male nude, undated

box 53, folder 19

Mime in Class and Theatre review, circa 1950

box 53, folder 20

"Money Omnia Vincit," 1976

box 53, folder 21

"Nancy Spero at AIR Gallery," undated

box 53, folder 22

"Notes on Methods and Media," 1979

box 53, folder 23

"On Painting Out of Doors," 1951

box 53, folder 24

Painting nudes, 1975-2001

box 53, folder 25

Plays, undated

Scope and Contents

Photocopies
box 53, folder 26

Poems, 1963-1975, undated

box 140, folder 2

"Portraits of Lawrence Alloway," ca. 1980s

box 54, folder 1

"The Problem of Interaction in the Development of the Self," undated

box 54, folder 2

"Realists Choose Realists," 1977

box 54, folder 3

Soho 20's fifth anniversary, 1978

box 54, folder 4

"Some Canadian Women Artists," 1977

box 54, folder 5

"The Song of Lillith," 1975

box 54, folder 6

"Women Artists of the 70s" review, 1980s

box 54, folder 7

Women's movement, 1969-1981, undated

box 54, folder 8

"Venice," 1967

box 54, folder 9

Miscellaneous, 1977, undated

 

Notebooks, Series IV.D. 1930-2011, undated

Physical Description: 0.67 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Notebooks contain a wide variety of information scattered throughout: lectures, notes, bibliographies, and writings about art; journal entries and autobiographical writings; notes about paintings; schedules; addresses; poetry; personal, professional, and home office notes, to-do lists, and schedules; meeting minutes; library inventories; teaching materials such as slides lists for lectures and attendance records; correspondence drafts; sketches and doodles; expenses; and notes about the French language.

Arrangement

Files are arranged chronologically.
box 54, folder 10-11

circa 1930s-1952

box 54, folder 12

1967

box 54, folder 13

circa 1960s-circa 1970s

box 54, folder 14-15

circa 1960s-circa 1980s

box 54, folder 16

circa 1970s

box 55, folder 1

circa 1970s-circa 1980s

box 55, folder 2

1974-1984

box 55, folder 3-4

circa 1975

box 55, folder 5

1975-1990

box 55, folder 6-7

circa 1978

box 55, folder 8

circa 1983

box 55, folder 9

circa 1986

box 55, folder 10

2000-2003

box 55, folder 11

2001-2002

box 140, folder 1

2010-2011

box 55, folder 12

undated

box 139, folder 4-5

undated

 

Notes, Series IV.E. 1930s-circa 2010

Physical Description: 0.13 Linear Feet (1 box)

Scope and Contents

Files include incomplete and short bits of writings.

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 56, folder 2

Alloway, Lawrence, undated

box 56, folder 3

Art, 1940s, undated

box 56, folder 4

Bibliographies, undated

box 56, folder 5

Giorgione, undated

box 56, folder 6

School notes, 1930s-1940s

box 56, folder 7

Slide lists, undated

box 56, folder 8

Slide lists for "Historicizing Pictures," "Beginnings," and "Nude as Portrait," undated

box 56, folder 9

Women's movement, undated

box 56, folder 10-11

Miscellaneous, circa 1940-circa 2010

 

Writings by others, Series IV.F. 1950-2010, undated

Physical Description: 0.71 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Includes primarily draft typescripts of writings by others on Sleigh, exhibitions of her work, and other art-related topics.

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically by author name. If there exist a very small amount of writing by a person then it has been located in a general file for the first letter of their last name.
box 56, folder 12

Adrian, Dennis, 1978

box 56, folder 13-15

Alloway, Lawrence, circa 1950-1990

box 56, folder 16

Bartlett, Jennifer, 1971

box 56, folder 17

Brown, Meredith, 2010

box 56, folder 18

Cavaliere, Barbara, undated

box 56, folder 19

D, 1977

box 56, folder 20

G, undated

box 57, folder 1

Golub, Leon, 1979

box 57, folder 2

Hawkins, Pamela, 1983

box 57, folder 3

J, undated

box 57, folder 4-5

Kury, Gloria, 1980

box 57, folder 6

Kuspit, Donald B., undated

box 57, folder 7

Langer, Sandra L., 1980

box 57, folder 8

Loeb, Hephsie, 2002-2003

box 57, folder 9-10

Mayer, Rosemary, circa 1975-circa 1980

box 57, folder 11

McKee, Maria, 1982

box 57, folder 12

Martin, Amy, 2006-2007

box 57, folder 13

Quintanilla, Antonio, undated

box 57, folder 14

Robinson, Allan, 1968

box 57, folder 15

Russell, John, circa 1972

box 57, folder 16

S, 1979, 1996, undated

box 57, folder 17

Slatkin, Wendy, undated

box 57, folder 18-19

Whiteley, Nigel, 2006

box 57, folder 20

Miscellaneous, 1977, undated

 

Women artist organizations and cooperatives, Series V. 1972-2011

Physical Description: 2.38 Linear Feet (6 boxes , 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically by organization and then chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Series V includes material related to women artist organizations and cooperatives with which Sleigh was involved in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s and includes Artists in Residence (AIR), Soho 20, of which Sleigh was a founding member, and Women's Caucus on Art (WCA). The subjects of feminism, women artists, equality, and contemporary art are documented through correspondence, schedules, minutes, notes, publications, audio recordings, and ephemera.
 

Artists in Residence (AIR), 1972-2008, undated

 

1972

box 58, folder 1

Papers

box 116*, folder 1

Oversize

box 58, folder 2

1973

box 58, folder 3

1974

box 58, folder 4

1975

 

1976

box 58, folder 5-7

Papers

box 130, folder 6

Slide

box 123, item C16

Conversation - M. Shapiro and L. Alloway, AIR Gallery, 1976 Dec 13

Scope and Contents

1 sound cassette : analog. The audio tape is unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 58, folder 8

1977

box 58, folder 9

1978

box 58, folder 9

1979

box 58, folder 10

1980

box 58, folder 12

1981

box 58, folder 13

1982

box 58, folder 14

1985

box 58, folder 15

1990s

box 58, folder 16

2003

box 59, folder 17

2006

box 58, folder 18-19

2007

box 58, folder 20

2008

box 58, folder 21

undated

 

Soho 20, 1973-1989, undated

box 58, folder 22

1973

 

1974

box 58, folder 23

Papers

box 114*, folder 3, box 138*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition poster

box 59, folder 1

1975

box 59, folder 2

1976

box 59, folder 3

1977

 

1979

box 58, folder 4

Papers

box 130, folder 7

Negatives

box 59, folder 5

circa 1980s

 

1980

box 59, folder 6-7

Papers

box 102, folder 6

Oversize poster

box 120, item R2

Auth. Copy - "Soho 20" WBAI-STUBBS (18 min.), 1980 Jul 30

Scope and Contents

1 sound tape reel. The sound recording is unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
box 59, folder 8-10

1981

box 59, folder 11-12

1982

box 59, folder 13

1983

box 60, folder 1

1984

box 60, folder 2

1985

box 60, folder 3

1986

box 60, folder 4

1987

box 60, folder 5

1988

box 60, folder 6

1989

box 60, folder 7-8

undated

 

Women's Caucus on Art (WCA), 1975-2011

Scope and Contents

In 2011, Sleigh was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts by the WCA.
box 60, folder 9

1975

box 60, folder 10

1976

box 60, folder 11

1977

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 3**
box 60, folder 12

1978

box 60, folder 13

1979

box 60, folder 14

1980

box 60, folder 15

1981

 

1982

box 60, box 61

Papers

box 114*, folder 3

Oversize posters

box 61, folder 2

1983

box 61, folder 3

1984

 

1985

box 61, folder 4-5

Papers

box 116*, folder 2

Oversize

box 61, folder 6-8

1986

box 61, folder 9

1987

box 61, folder 10

1988

box 61, folder 11

1989

box 61, folder 12

1990

box 61, folder 13

2011

box 62, folder 1

undated

box 62, folder 2-4

Newsletters, 1975-1987

box 62, folder 2

1975-1979

box 62, folder 3-4

1982-1987

 

Women in the Arts (WIA), 1972-1980, undated

box 62, folder 5

1972

box 62, folder 6

1973

box 62, folder 7

1975

box 62, folder 8

1976

box 62, folder 9

1977

box 62, folder 10

1979

box 62, folder 11

1980

box 62, folder 12

undated

box 62, folder 13-14

Newsletters, 1973-1981

 

Women's Interart Center (WIC), circa 1972-1975

box 62, folder 15

circa 1972-1973

box 62, folder 16

1974

box 62, folder 17

1975

 

Other organizations, 1975-1980s

box 63, folder 1

International Women's Year, 1975-1976

box 63, folder 2

Veteran Feminists of American, 2003

box 63, folder 3

The Woman's Salon, 1976-1981, undated

box 63, folder 4

Womansphere 1975-1976

box 63, folder 5-7

Women Artists Newsletter, 1975-1980

Scope and Contents

Also known as Women Artists News.
 

Miscellaneous notes and documents, circa 1970s-circa 1980s

box 63, folder 8

Papers

box 102, folder 2

Oversize

 

Teaching, Series VI. circa 1940s-2002, undated

Physical Description: 0.38 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically by institution.

Scope and Contents

Material relates to Sleigh's various short-term teaching positions at institutions such as the New School for Social Research and Northwestern University. There is little original material by Sleigh; files contain primarily supporting documentation such as correspondence, ephemera, attendance records, and notes.
box 63, folder 9

East Sussex Education Committee, circa 1940s-circa 1950s

box 63, folder 10

Loretto Heights College, 1979-1980

 

New School for Social Research, 1975-1983, undated

box 63, folder 11-13

Papers

box 116*, folder 3

Oversize

box 64, folder 1-2

Northwestern University, 1976-1978

box 64, folder 3

Queens College, 1972

box 64, folder 4-5

State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1972-1978

box 64, folder 6

Summer Studio Art Program, 1980

box 64, folder 7

Toynbee Hall, 1947-1948

box 64, folder 8

Vermont College, 2002

box 64, folder 9

Miscellaneous, undated

box 64, folder 10 SEALED

Privacy concerns, 1972-1983, undated

Scope and Contents

Restricted papers contain information regarding students' grades and social security numbers.
 

Printed matter, Series VII. 1914-2010

Physical Description: 22.5 Linear Feet (26 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

The series is comprised of three subseries: Series VII.A. Clippings, 1917-2010, undated; Series VII.B. Ephemera, 1933-2010; Series VII.C. Publications, 1914-2009.

Scope and Contents

Contains various clippings, ephemera, and publications. Common subjects in clippings and publications include Sleigh, art, British monarchy, and women's issues. There are other publications such as newspapers and magazines about art, culture, and current events. The ephemera primarily concerns art exhibitions and includes posters, postcards, catalogs, fliers, brochures, press releases, and announcements. Many of the artists' represented are those that Sleigh worked with and with whom she maintained close relationships. Additionally, discrete files created and maintained by Sleigh of women artists' announcements have been preserved.
 

Clippings, Series VII.A. 1917-2010, undated

Physical Description: 6.84 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Arrangement

Clippings about art and other miscellaneous topics have been arranged chronologically. Other prominent topics have sorted and are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Files include clippings from a wide range of publications and relate to topics of general interest to Sleigh such as art, culture, theater, and women's issues. In addition to clippings about Sleigh and her work, there is material concerning several subjects that Sleigh used in her art works such as the British monarchy and the Hudson River.
 

General, 1949-2010

 

1949-1954

box 64, folder 11

Papers

box 114*, folder 4-7

Oversize

 

1962-1965

box 64, folder 12

Papers

box 115*, folder 3, box 138*, folder 3

Oversize

 

1966

box 64, folder 13

Papers

box 116*, folder 4

Oversize

box 64, folder 14

1967

box 64, folder 15

1968

box 64, folder 16

1969

box 64, folder 17

1970

box 64, folder 18

1971

box 64, folder 19

1972

 

1973

box 64, folder 20

Papers

box 116*, folder 5

Oversize

box 64, folder 21

1974

box 64, folder 22

1975

 

1976

box 64, folder 23

Papers

box 103, folder 1

Oversize

box 64, folder 24-25

1977

box 65, folder 1

1978

box 65, folder 2-3

1979

box 65, folder 4

1981

box 65, folder 5

1982

box 65, folder 6

1983

box 65, folder 7

1985

box 65, folder 8

1986

box 65, folder 9

1987

box 65, folder 10

1988

box 65, folder 11

1989

box 65, folder 12

1990

box 65, folder 13

1992

box 65, folder 14

1993

box 65, folder 15

1995

box 65, folder 16

1996

box 65, folder 17

1997

box 65, folder 18

1998

box 65, folder 19

1999

box 65, folder 20

2000s

 

undated

box 65, folder 21-23

Papers

box 103, folder 1

Oversize

 

Alloway, Lawrence, 1956-2001, undated

box 65, folder 24-25

Papers

box 107, folder 7

Oversize

box 66, folder 1

Art history book summaries, circa 1980s

box 66, folder 2

Articles and agendas from 1990 Feminist Art History Conference, 1990

box 66, folder 3

Bannerman's castle, 1999

 

British monarchy, 1938-1985

box 66, folder 4-9

Papers

box 102, folder 8

Oversize

box 114*, folder 8-9

Oversize

box 115*, folder 4

Oversize

box 66, folder 10

Cooking, 1963-1993, undated

box 67, folder 1

Health, 1986-1993

box 67, folder 2

Hudson River, 1964, 1999, undated

 

Sleigh, Sylvia, 1950-2010, undated

box 67, folder 3

1950s

box 67, folder 4-5

1960s

box 67, folder 6

1971

box 67, folder 7-8

1972

box 67, folder 9-10

1973

box 67, folder 11-13

1974

box 67, folder 14-15

1975

box 67, box 68

1976

box 68, folder 3-6

1977

box 68, folder 7-8

1978

box 68, folder 9-10

1979

box 68, box 69

1980

box 69, folder 2

1981

box 69, folder 3

1982

box 69, folder 4

1983

box 69, folder 5

1984

box 69, folder 6

1985

box 69, folder 7

1986

box 69, folder 8

1987-1989

box 69, folder 9-10

1990s

 

2000s

box 69, folder 11-12

Papers

box 115*, folder 5

Oversize

box 70, folder 1

undated

 

Theater, 1917-2004

box 70, folder 2

Papers

box 116*, folder 6

Oversize

 

Watergate, 1973-1974

box 70, folder 3

Papers

box 103, folder 2

Oversize

box 70, folder 4-6

Women's issues and organizations, 1971-2000

box 70, folder 7

Writings by Sleigh, 1949-1985

 

Ephemera, Series VII.B. 1933-2010

Physical Description: 8.81 Linear Feet (9 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

The majority is arranged chronologically. Smaller, yet prominent topics have been arranged by subject. Files of women artists' announcements that Sleigh created and maintained are arranged alphabetically by artist name.

Scope and Contents

Files include press releases, postcards, pamphlets, announcements, fliers, and posters. Discrete files of women artists' announcements that Sleigh created and maintained have been preserved.
 

General, 1940-2010

box 70, folder 8

1940s-1950s

box 102, folder 9

1964

Scope and Contents

Oversize exhibition poster
box 70, folder 9

1965

box 70, folder 10

1966

box 70, folder 11

1967

box 70, folder 12

1968

box 70, folder 13

1969

 

1971

box 70, folder 14

Papers

box 117*, folder 1

Oversize poster

 

1972

box 70, folder 15

Papers

box 117*, folder 1

Oversize

box 70, folder 16

1973

box 70, box 71

1974

 

1975

box 71, folder 2

Papers

box 115*, folder 6

Oversize exhibition posters

 

1976

box 71, folder 3

Papers

box 102, folder 9

Oversize

box 71, folder 4

1977

 

1978

box 71, folder 5

Papers

box 115*, folder 6

Oversize

box 71, folder 6

1979

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 3**
box 71, folder 7-8

1980

 

1981

box 71, folder 9

Paper

box 115*, folder 7

Oversize exhibition poster

 

1982

box 71, folder 10

Papers

box 115*, folder 7

Oversize exhibition poster

 

1983

box 71, folder 11

Papers

box 115*, folder 7

Oversize exhibition posters

box 71, folder 12

1984

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 6**
 

1985

box 71, box 72

Papers

box 115*, folder 7

Oversize exhibition poster

box 72, folder 2

1986

box 72, folder 3

1987

box 72, folder 4-5

1988

 

1989

box 72, folder 6

Papers

box 115*, folder 7

Oversize exhibition poster

box 72, folder 7-8

1990

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 6**
box 72, folder 9

1991

box 72, folder 10

1992

box 72, folder 11

1993

box 72, folder 12

1994

 

1995

box 73, folder 1

Papers

box 130, folder 8

Color photographs

box 73, folder 2

1996

box 73, folder 3

1997

box 73, folder 4

1998

box 73, folder 5

1999

box 73, folder 6

2000s

 

undated

box 73, box 74

Papers

box 117*, folder 2

Oversize exhibition poster

box 74, folder 4

Alloway, Lawrence, 1974-1978, undated

box 74, folder 5-6

Blank postcards from Turkey and Greece, circa 1970s

box 74, folder 7

Blank postcards from War Museum, 1976

box 74, box 75

Theater, 1933-1999, undated

 

Women artists' announcements, 1968-1984

Arrangement

Sleigh's arrangement is maintained. Material is organized alphabetically by the artists' last names.

Scope and Contents

Sleigh maintained these files of women artists' ephemera. They have been kept as is here, and not integrated with other ephemera in the collection. Therefore, artists represented here will frequently have material in the general ephemera file as well. It is unclear exactly when and for long Sleigh maintained these files or what her criteria were for inclusion. The bulk of the ephemera dates to the later 1970s and early 1980s.
 

A

box 75, folder 2-4

Papers

box 130, folder 9

Color photographs

box 117*, folder 3, box 138*, folder 1

Oversize exhibition posters

 

B

box 75, folder 5-7

Papers

box 117*, folder 3

Oversize exhibition posters

 

C

box 75, folder 8-9

Papers

box 117*, folder 3

Oversize exhibition posters

 

D

box 75, folder 10

Papers

box 117*, folder 3

Oversize exhibition posters

box 75, folder 11

E

 

F

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 4**
box 76, folder 1

Papers

box 115*, folder 8

Oversize

 

G

box 76, folder 2-3

Papers

box 115*, folder 8

Oversize exhibition posters,

 

H

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 4**
box 76, folder 4

Papers

box 115*, folder 8

Oversize

box 76, folder 5

I

box 76, folder 6

J

box 76, folder 7

K

box 76, folder 8-9

L

box 76, box 77

M

 

N

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 4**
box 77, folder 2

Papers

box 117*, folder 4

Oversize

box 77, folder 3

O

box 77, folder 4

P-Q

box 77, folder 5-6

R

 

S

box 77, folder 7-10

Papers

box 117*, folder 4

Oversize exhibition posters

 

T

box 77, folder 11

Papers

box 117*, folder 4

Oversize exhibition posters

box 77, folder 12

U-V

 

W-Y

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 6**
box 78, folder 1-2

Papers

box 117*, folder 4

Oversize

box 78, folder 3

Z

 

Publications, Series VII.C. 1914-2009

Physical Description: 6.85 Linear Feet (8 boxes)

Scope and Contents

Material relates to topics of interest to Sleigh, such as art, the British monarchy, and women's issues. Miscellaneous contains primarily cultural and current events publications. Over 200 publications were transferred to the general collection of the Getty Research Institute. They can be found by searching the library catalog  for the terms "Sylvia Sleigh Collection" as the source collection.

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphbetically by subject.
 

Art, 1919-2008

box 78, box 79

Papers

box 104, folder 1-3

Oversize

 

British monarchy, 1960-1987

box 79, folder 3-6

Papers

box 104, folder 4-6

Oversize

box 79, folder 7-9

College Art Association (CAA) material, 1982-1987

box 80, folder 1

Comic books, 1972-1975

box 80, folder 2-3

Greece, circa 1970s

box 80, folder 4

Hock, Robert, 1962, 1965

box 80, folder 5

Northwestern University, 1976-1978

box 80, folder 6

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1989-1999

box 80, folder 7

Scholarly material, 1973, 1980

box 80, box 81

Women's issues, 1971-1999

 

Miscellaneous, 1914-2009

Scope and Contents

Includes general information newspapers and magazines as well as publications on topics on other topics that are not represented in large amounts.
box 81, box 82

Papers

box 82, item D2

LP record of Unrequited Hardon, The Throbbers, 1981

box 103, folder 3-5

Oversize

box 104, folder 7

Oversize

box 105, box 106

Oversize

box 116*, folder 7

Oversize

box 117*, folder 5-6

Oversize

box 118*, folder 1-3

Oversize

 

Personal, Series VIII. 1803-2010

Physical Description: 11.59 Linear Feet (20 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

The series is comprised of six subseries: Series VIII.A. Alloway research files, circa 1940s-2006; Series VIII.B. Art collection, 1978-2002; Series VIII.C. Financial, 1939-2010, undated; Series VIII.D. Legal, 1835-2010; Series VIII.E. Other, 1803-2010; Series V.F. Photographs, circa 1930-2010, undated.

Scope and Contents

Files include research files Sleigh compiled concerning Alloway; records of her personal art collection; financial records; legal records; papers relating to Alloway's death, early family records, education, home office, possessions, and travel; and photographs documenting Sleigh's friends, family, vacations and daily life. The research files Sleigh compiled concerning Alloway contain photocopies of writings and papers, and correspondence concerning posthumous projects involving his writings. Records of her personal art collection are comprised of works by many important contemporary women artists. Financial records include correspondence, expenses, records of gifts given to museums, and tax records. Legal records concern correspondence with solicitors, a home burglary, Sleigh's marriages and divorce, the estates of extended family, immigration documents, insurance, the wills of Sleigh and Alloway, and their home at 330 West Twentieth Street in New York City. Other material concerns Alloway's death, early Sleigh family records, education, home office, possessions, and travel. Photographs document many aspects of Sleigh's life. Subjects in the photographs include Sleigh, Alloway, their home, friends, photographic studies, art works, events, and travel. Material includes passports, birth certificates, contracts, correspondence, diplomas, inventories, bills, receipts, expense reports, clippings, wills, photographs, slides, and negatives.
 

Alloway research files, Series VIII.A. circa 1940s-2006

Physical Description: 1.16 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Arrangement

Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Contents

Material relates to Sleigh's documentation of Alloway's career and posthumous projects involving his work. Includes correspondence with those pursuing Alloway projects, subject files of his work, and Sleigh's efforts to document his career.
All material by Alloway in this subseries was collected by Sleigh from other sources. It is comprised of photocopies. The only original material is that created by Sleigh, such as lists of Alloway's writings and correspondence with respositories that hold material relevant to Alloway.
The majority of file titles have been taken from Sleigh's original filing.
box 82, folder 5-6

Abstract expressionism, circa 1940s-circa 1980s

box 82, folder 7

Appraisal of Alloway's papers, 2002

box 82, folder 8

Art criticism, circa 1970s

box 82, folder 9

Assorted clippings, 1956-1981

box 82, folder 10

Bibliography, 1997-1998

box 82, box 83

Biography, 2001-2003

box 83, folder 2

Bois, Yve-Alain, 2002-2003

box 83, folder 3-4

Catalog essays, 1953-1962

box 83, folder 5

Correspondence with Jean Dubuffet, 1966-1967, 1997

box 83, folder 6

Correspondence with potential repositories, 1995-2003

box 83, folder 7

Detroit Institute of Arts, 1984-1986

box 83, folder 8

Feminist/Sylvia, 1978-1989, undated

box 83, folder 9

Fluxus/Duchamp, circa 1960s-circa 1970s

box 83, folder 10

Guggenheim Archive material, 1962-1963, 2003

box 83, folder 11

Harrison, Martin, 2000-2002

box 83, folder 12

Images of Alloway, 1961-1964

Scope and Contents

Photocopies.
box 83, folder 13

Independent Group, 1957-1961, undated

box 83, folder 14

Inventories of Alloway's file cabinet, circa 2003

box 83, folder 15

Kalina/Routledge, 2002-2006

box 84, folder 1

McCarthy anthology, circa 2001-2002

box 84, folder 2

McCarthy, David, 1996-2002

box 84, folder 3

Menil Collection material, 1958-1973, 2003

box 84, folder 4

The Nation, circa 2002

box 84, folder 5-6

Barnett Newman Foundation material, 1958-1966, 2003

box 84, folder 7

Phaidon Press, 1994-2006

box 84, folder 8

Pop, circa 1947-circa 1980

box 84, folder 9-14

Publication projects, 1990-2004, undated

box 84, folder 9

1990-1991, undated

box 84, folder 10

1994

box 84, folder 11

1996

box 84, folder 12

2001-2002

box 84, folder 13

2003

box 84, folder 14

2004

box 84, folder 15

Realism, 1957-1977, undated

box 84, folder 16

Résumés, circa 1980s

box 85, folder 1

Whiteley, Nigel, 2001-2003

 

Art collection, Series VIII.B. 1978-2002

Physical Description: 0.33 Linear Feet

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Scope and Contents

Material relates to Sleigh and Alloway's personal art collection which included a large number of works by contemporary women artists, as well as work gifted by close friends. Files contain primarily correspondence, writings, photographs, transparencies, and slides.
 

Research and documentation of collection, 1996-1999

box 85, folder 2-6

Papers

box 130, folder 10

Color photographs, transparencies, and slides

box 85, folder 7-8

Christie's auction of collection, 1990-1995

box 85, folder 9

Study for Site Line of Wreckage (1960), Robert Smithson, 2002

box 85, folder 10

Miscellaneous documents, 1978-circa 2000

 

Financial, Series VIII.C. 1939-2010, undated

Physical Description: 0.59 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangement

General financial documents are arranged chronologically, followed by material arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Contents

Financial files contain material related to both Sleigh and Alloway's finances in general, bills and receipts, papers concerning home office employees, gifts made to various organizations, ledgers and expenses, stocks and bonds, and taxes. Material is primarily correspondence, bills, receipts, and ledgers.
 

General, 1940s-2000s, undated

box 85, folder 11

1940s

box 85, folder 12

1950s

box 86, folder 1-2

1960s

box 86, folder 3

1970s-1980s

box 86, folder 4

1990s-2000s

box 86, folder 5

undated

box 86, folder 6-7

Bills and receipts, circa 1940s-circa 2000s

box 86, folder 8

Employees, 1994-2008, undated

box 86, folder 9

Gift to the Archives of American Art, 1982

box 86, folder 10

Gifts to the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, 1991-1994

box 86, folder 11

Gift to the Stony Brook Foundation, 1993-1994

 

Ledgers, 1939-1994

box 86, folder 12

1939-1940

box 86, folder 13

1949-1950

box 86, folder 14

1963

box 86, folder 15

1965-1966

box 87, folder 1

1994

box 87, folder 2

Lists of expenses, 1967-2005, undated

box 87, folder 3

Stocks and bonds, 1962-1965

box 87, folder 4-7

Taxes, 1960s-2000s, undated

box 87, folder 4

1960s

box 87, folder 5

1990s

box 87, folder 6

2000s

box 87, folder 7

undated

 

Legal, Series VIII.D. 1835-2010

Physical Description: 2.41 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

Arrangement

General legal documents are arranged chronologically, followed by material arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Contents

Files relate to various aspects of Sleigh and Alloway's legal matters, and include general legal correspondence, a home burglary, Sleigh's marriages and divorce, the estates of Sleigh's extended family, legal correspondence concerning Sleigh's extended family, insurance, passports and immigration, Sleigh's and Alloway's wills, and their home at 330 West Twentieth Street in New York City. Material is primarily correspondence; legal documents such as contracts, wills, birth certificates, marriage certificates, and passports; and architectural drawings.
box 87, folder 8-17

General, 1930s-2000s

box 87, folder 8

1930s

box 87, folder 9-11

1940s

box 87, folder 12

1950s

box 87, folder 13

1960s

box 87, folder 14

1970s

box 87, folder 15

1980s

box 87, folder 16

1990s

box 87, folder 17

2000s

box 87, folder 18

Attorney general, 2009-2010

box 88, folder 1

Burglary, 2000

 

Divorce and marriage, 1954-1962

box 88, folder 2

Papers

box 107, folder 1

Oversize

 

Estate of Jeanette Miller, 1937

box 88, folder 3

Papers

box 107, folder 2

Oversize

 

Estate of John Miller, 1929-1948

box 88, folder 4-5

Papers

box 107, folder 3

Oversize

box 88, folder 6

Estate of John Sleigh, 1958-1960

box 88, folder 7

Estate of Mary Elsie Tolson, 1975

box 88, folder 8

Estate of Annie Laurie Witzel, 1989-1994

box 88, folder 9-10

Family, 1939-2004

Scope and Contents

Legal documents regarding Sleigh's extended family.
box 88, folder 11

Immigration, 1962-2004

box 88, folder 12-13

Insurance, 1949-1995

 

Passports, 1930-2000

box 88, folder 14

1930-1967

box 89, folder 1

1977-2000

box 89, folder 2-3

Sleigh's and Alloway's wills, 1956-1996

 

330 West Twentieth Street, 1964-2002

Scope and Contents

Also in Flatfile 5**
box 89, folder 4-8

Papers

box 107, folder 4

Oversize

box 89, folder 9-10

330 West Twentieth Street, Purchase of, 1835, 1857, 1961-1967

 

Other, Series.VIII.E. 1803-2010

Physical Description: 2.84 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Arrangment

Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Contents

Material concerns a variety of aspects of Sleigh's personal life including Alloway's death, an appraisal of Sleigh's papers, an appraisal of her home at 330 West Twentieth Street, condolences received after the deaths of Alloway and her father, domestic miscellanea, early papers and photographs of Sleigh's extended family, education, healthcare, Sleigh's home office, inventories of documents and possessions, souvenirs from Sleigh's childhood and her travels, memberships and certifications, and travel. Notebooks by Alloway to Sleigh are small-sized notepads that often contain a clipping from a comic book that Alloway used to form 'alphabets,' wherein each picture corresponds to a letter. Some notebooks contain poetry.
Material is primarily correspondence, legal documents, inventories, souvenirs, and bills and receipts.
box 90, folder 1-3

Alloway's death, 1990-1991

box 90, folder 4

Appraisal of Sleigh's papers, 2003

 

Appraisal of 330 West Twentieth Street, 1997

box 90, folder 5

Papers

box 130, folder 11

Color photographs

 

Condolences on Alloway's death, 1990

box 90, box 91

Papers

box 130, folder 12

Color photograph

box 91, folder 5

Condolences on John Sleigh's death, 1958

box 91, folder 6

Domestic miscellanea, circa 1940s-circa 2000s

 

Early family papers, 1803-1982

box 91, box 107, box 108

1803-1894

box 91, box 107

1908-1982

box 91, folder 9

Early family photographs, 1908-1933, undated

Scope and Contents

Also in flatfile 6**
 

Education, 1926-1952

box 92, folder 1-2

Papers

box 116*, folder 8

Oversize

box 92, folder 3

Healthcare, 1935-2010

box 92, folder 4

Home office, 2002-2006, undated

box 92, folder 5

Inventory of computer documents, 1999-circa 2002

box 92, folder 6

Inventory of possessions, circa 1960s-circa 1970s

box 92, folder 7

Inventories of Sleigh's papers, 2002-2003

box 92, folder 8

Inventory of Sleigh's and Alloway's library, circa 1987-1988, undated

 

Memberships and certifications, 1935-1997

box 92, folder 9

Papers

box 118*, folder 4

Oversize

box 139, folder 6

Miscellany 2008-2013

Scope and Contents

Comprises various notes; unsent greeting cards; Sleigh's living wills and death certificate; PowerPoint presentation pertaining to 2012-2013 touing exhibition.
box 92, box 93

Notebooks by Alloway to Sleigh, 1964-1974, undated

Scope and Contents

Materials are small-sized notepads that Alloway created for Sleigh as gifts. There are often only a few words or small picture on each page. Some include clippings of pictures from comic books arranged into various 'alphabets,' in which each picture represents a different letter of the alphabet.
box 93, folder 4

Sleigh's memorial cards, 2010

box 93, box 98, box 99, box 100

Souvenirs, 1925-1967, undated

box 94, folder 1-4

Travel, 1950-2003

box 94, folder 1

1950-2003

box 94, folder 2-3

1991

box 94, folder 4

1992

 

Photographs, Series VIII.F. circa 1930-2010, undated

Physical Description: 4.26 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Arrangement

Loose photographs and negatives in the collection have generally been arranged topically. Photographic materials that were grouped together, either in developer envelopes, albums, loose album pages, or binders have been kept together and are arranged chronologically when possible.

Scope and Contents

Photographs that directly relate to other series and subseries and were identifiable have been filed in those locations. The photograph subseries contains prints and negatives arranged chronologically, and other loose photographs by subject.
Content of photographs ranges widely, often within groupings of photographs, and documents all aspects of Sleigh's life. Subjects include: Sleigh and Alloway, friends, vacations, studies for paintings, documentation of art works, and everyday life.
box 130, folder 13-15

Miscellaneous loose album pages, circa 1960s-circa 1970s

Arrangement

Discrete album pages are separated with by interleaving paper.
box 94, folder 5

1959

 

1961

box 94, folder 6

Black-and-white photographs

box 130, folder 16

Negatives

 

1962

box 94, folder 7

Black-and-white photographs

box 130, folder 17

Color photographs and negatives

box 130, folder 18

1963

 

1964

box 94, folder 8

Black-and-white photographs

box 130, box 131

Color photographs and negatives

box 131, folder 2-3

1965

box 131, folder 4

Photograph album, 1965-1967

box 131, folder 5-6

1966

box 131, folder 7

1967

 

1968

box 94, folder 9

Black-and-white photographs

box 131, box 132

Color photographs and negatives

box 132, folder 2-3

1969

box 132, folder 4

Photograph album, 1969-1970

 

circa 1970s

box 94, folder 10

Black-and-white photographs

box 132, folder 5

Color photographs and negatives

 

1970

box 94, folder 11

Black-and-white photographs

box 132, box 133, box 137

Color photographs and negatives

box 133, folder 2

1971

box 133, folder 3

1972

box 133, folder 4

1973

 

1974

box 94, folder 11

Black-and-white photograph

box 133, folder 5

Color photographs and negatives

box 133, folder 6-7

1975

box 133, folder 8

1976

box 133, folder 9

1977

box 133, folder 10

1978

box 134, folder 1

1979

box 134, folder 2

1989

box 134, folder 3-5

circa 1990s-circa 2000s

box 134, folder 6

1990

box 134, folder 7

1991

box 134, folder 8

1992

box 134, folder 9-10

1993

box 134, folder 11

1994

box 135, folder 1

1996

box 135, folder 2

1998

box 135, folder 3

2000

box 135, folder 4

2003

box 135, folder 5

2006

box 135, folder 6

2007

box 135, folder 7

Photograph album, 2008

box 135, folder 8

2010

 

undated

box 94, folder 12

Black-and-white photographs

box 135, folder 9-12

Color photographs and negatives

 

Alloway, Lawrence, 1964-circa 1990

box 94, folder 13

Black-and-white photographs

box 135, folder 13

Color photographs and negative

 

Sleigh, Sylvia, circa 1930-circa 2010

box 94, box 106

Black-and-white photographs

box 135, box 137

Color photographs

box 119, item D3

Sylvia Garden CD-R

Scope and Contents

1 CD-R ; 4 3/4 in. The CD-R is unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.
 

Sleigh and Alloway, circa 1960s-circa 1970s

box 94, folder 16

Black-and-white photographs

box 136, folder 1

Color photographs and negatives

 

Sleigh, Alloway, and others, 1960s-1970s, undated

box 95, box 106

Black-and-white photographs

box 136, folder 2

Color photographs

 

Others, 1940s-1970s

box 95, folder 2

Black-and-white photographs

box 136, folder 3

Color photographs

 

Travel, undated

box 95, folder 3

Black-and-white photographs

box 136, folder 4

Color photographs and slides

box 95, folder 4

Miscellaneous photograph envelopes, 1966-1992