Finding aid for the Henry Hopkins papers, 1950-2005 2006.M.1
Sheila Prospero.
Special Collections
2006
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Henry Hopkins papers
Creator: Hopkins, Henry, 1928-2009
Identifier/Call Number: 2006.M.1
Physical Description: 15 Linear Feet(32 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Date (inclusive): 1950-2005
Abstract: The selected papers of curator, teacher, and museum director, Henry Hopkins, document his teaching at the University of California,
Los Angeles, some of the exhibitions he curated, and his directorship at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum, the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art.
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Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content of Collection
Henry Hopkins's papers include manuscripts of writings and lectures; research files; correspondence with artists, including
Clyfford Still; and copies oral histories conducted with Hopkins by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Archives
of American Art. Files document his time as Director of the Fort Worth Art Center Museum (1968-1973) and the controversy that
precipitated his departure, and Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1974-1986). Also included are papers relating
to his teaching at UCLA (1991-2002) and his chairmanship of the Art Department (1991-1994). Some files relate to the negotiations
that resulted in the Armand Hammer Museum of Art being transferred to UCLA (1994), and his directorship of the Hammer, from
1994 to 1998. Some papers document events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The papers contain materials about the exhibition "Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997," and posters and printed ephemera
for other exhibitions, including posters for "War Babies," and "L.A. When it Began." Audio and video recordings contain interviews
with prominent American artists and Los Angeles art collectors.
Also included in the papers are personal files that pertain to Hopkins's study at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his military
service. Publications received with the papers will be transferred to the Getty Research Library's core collection.
This inventory is a preliminary draft.
Arrangement note
Collection is arranged as received.
Biographical/Historical Note
Henry Hopkins, born 1928, studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, but is best known as a curator, teacher, and museum
director. He was director of the Fort Worth Art Center Museum from 1968 to 1973. In 1974 he moved to San Francisco where he
took over the directorship of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1974-1986). In 1991 he was made Chair of the Department
of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was instrumental in the negotiations that gave UCLA management responsibility
over the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and was the museum's director from 1994 until 1998, when he returned to teaching in UCLA's
art department. In 1991 Hopkins began painting again, and had several exhibitions of his work. Hopkins died in 2009.
Processing History
Processed and re-housed by Sheila Prospero. Inventory is preliminary.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Henry Hopkins in 2006.
Preferred Citation
Henry Hopkins papers, 1950-2005, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2006.M.1.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2006m1
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers. Digitized
audio and
video recordings are available to on-site readers and Getty staff only.
Publication Rights
Digitized Audiovisual Recordings
All audiocassettes have been reformatted. Online access to
digitized audio recordings is available to on-site readers and Getty staff.
All videos have been reformatted. Online access to
digitized videos is available online to on-site readers and Getty staff.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art -- Collectors and collecting
Art, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Audiocassettes
Ephemera
Color slides
Posters
Photographic prints
A Life in Art
Videocassettes
Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997
Art museum curators -- Archives
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Huysman Gallery
Hopkins, Henry, 1928-2009
Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Fort Worth Art Center-Museum
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
box 2, box 3
Newspaper and magazine articles about Hopkins
box 6
Archives of American Art oral history of Henry Hopkins,
1937
box 6
Chicago Art Institute,
1937, 1954-1955
box 6
Military Service,
1952-1954
box 7
Looking at Modern Painting class at UCLA Extension,
1957-1963
box 7
First Exhibition organized by Henry Hopkins, UCLA,
1960
box 7
Huysman Gallery,
1959-1960
box 7
Hopkins controversy with Lester Longman, Chairman of UCLA Art Dept.,
1961
box 7
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) publications
box 7
West Coast Now exhibition,
Feb 1968
box 7
Rick Brown resignation from Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
1965
box 7, box 8
Hopkins leaving Los Angeles for Fort Worth
box 8
Texas Governors Conference Keynote,
1968
box 8
Forth Worth Drawing Show controversy
box 8
Hopkins leaving Fort Worth for San Francisco
box 8, box 9
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
1973-1986
box 9
Artist Soap Box Derby, San Francisco,
1975
Scope and Contents note
Slides and color photographs
box 10
Henry Tyler Hopkins exhibition
box 10
Los Angeles Art Research Project,
1988
Scope and Contents note
See audiovisual tapes.
box 10
UCLA Appointment to Art Dept. Chair,
1991
box 11
UCLA and Hammer Museum Agreement
box 11
Exhibition at Vice President's House,
1980
Scope and Contents note
Selected by Hopkins.
box 11
Honorary Degrees and honors
box 12
PCC Sculptures Garde Project
box 12
Hammer Codex Issues, publicity
box 13
Frederick Weisman Art Foundation,
1986-1991
box 13
Leaving San Francisco for Los Angeles
box 14
50th Anniversary San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
1985
box 16, box 17
Art and museum related correspondence
box 17
Photographs
Scope and Contents note
Mostly black-and-white.
box 18
Photographs
Scope and Contents note
Mostly black-and-white, with some slides.
box 19
First Amendment Blacklist Project
box 19
Holocaust Memorial, San Francisco,
1985
box 19
California Art Project, Getty Grant
box 21
Correspondence with Clyfford Still
box 23
"Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997," exhibit
box 24
A life in Art, Henry Tyler Hopkins, volumes I and II
Scope and Contents note
Oral history conducted by University of California, Los Angeles, Oral History Project.
box 25
"Sunshine & Noir" slides
Scope and Contents note
Slides re-housed in same order as in original; see repository regarding copyright.
Video recordings,
1985-2000, undated
Henry Hopkins video recordings (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents note
All original videos are VHS cassettes and have been numbered by the repository: V1-V36. All videos have been reformatted.
Interviews with Henry Hopkins,
1985-1998
box 26, item V1
The Joan Quinn Profiles,
April 1994
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V2
Art the Video Monthly,
1990
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V3
Robert Arneson, German Expressionism,
1985
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V4
Art Donors / Frederick Weisman: The World Today CNN-TV,
1990 January 24
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V5
Life and Times,
1998 September 23
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Events, symposia, exhibitions,
1988-2000, undated
box 26, item V6
Weisman Art Awards,
1991 May 23
Scope and Contents note
Held at LACMA, Bing Theatre. 1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V7
Blue Star Art Space Presents: Ferus to the Future,
undated
Scope and Contents note
With Ed and Nancy Kienholz and Henry Hopkins. 1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V8
LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V9
Art in L.A. (German television),
1988 August 18
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (48 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V10
U.S. House of Representatives: Debate of House bill 5311, funding for UDC to house The Dinner Party,
1990 July 26
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V11
Goode, McMillan, Ruscha exhibition,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V12
Friends of John Altoon: A Tribute,
May 2000
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (74 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 26, item V13
Right Turn on Red: Billy Al Bengston,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Conversations at the Geffen (From the Beat Generation to the Millenium - Conversations on Art in L.A.),
1998
box 27, item V19-V20
The Beat Goes On: L.A. from the 1950s to the Mid-1960s,
1998 October 26
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (VHS) (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 2 cassettes]
box 27, item V21-V22
Power to the People: L.A. from the Late 1960s through the 1970s,
1998 November 2
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (VHS) (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 2 cassettes]
box 27, item V23-V24
Global L.A.: The 1980s and 1990s,
1998 November 9
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (VHS) (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 2 cassettes]
Sunshine & Noir Documentation
Scope and Contents
12 videocassettes.
box 28, item V25-V29
1998 November 16
Scope and Contents
5 videocassettes (VHS) (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 5 cassettes]
box 28, item V30-V31
1998 November 30
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 2 cassettes]
box 28, item V32-V33
1998 December 7
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 2 cassettes]
box 28, item V34-V36
1998 December 21
Scope and Contents
3 videocassettes (VHS) (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [recording consists of 3 cassettes]
Collections and artist tapes,
1988-1995, undated
box 27, item V14
The Marcia Simon Weisman Collection,
March 1987
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (68 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 27, item V15
Frank Gehry, PBS Special,
July 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 27, item V16
Puddles: Sculptures by Peter Alexander,
1995 April 5
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) (12 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 27, item V17
Diana Wong: Labyrinth,
1994
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 27, item V18
Debbie Han,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Audio recordings
Henry Hopkins audio recordings (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents note
Audiocassettes hold interviews and oral histories with artists, gallerists, curators, and collectors (C1-C35). Radio programs
that included Hopkins and others talking about art are recorded on C36-C48. Cassettes have been numbered C1-C48 by the repository.
All audiocassettes have been reformatted.
box 29
C1 - Asher, Betty, Los Angeles,
2 March 1989
Scope and Contents note
2 audiocassettes of 2.
See also C2.
box 29
C2 - Bengston, Billy Al; Betty Asher
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
Smithsonian oral histories. 2nd half of side B contains interview with Betty Asher. See also C1.
box 29
C3 - Blum, Irving,
16 May, 1986
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
About Ferus gallery.
box 29
C4 - Burkhardt, Hans, Los Angeles,
26 Apr 1989
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C5 - Coplans, John,
13 July 1987, n.d.
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C6 - Copley, Claire, New York,
27 Aug 2003
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C7 - Cowles, Charles, New York,
25 Aug 2003
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C8 - Dwan, Virginia, New York,
8 Nov 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C9 - Factor, Betty and Monte,
18 Jan 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C10 - Fenichel, Lilly,
15 Mar 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C11 - Fischinger, Elfriede,
30 Mar 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C12 - Gersh, Philip and Beatrice,
25 Feb 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C13 - Grinstein, Elyse and Stanley,
22 Feb 1989
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C14 - Halff, Robert,
28 Jan 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C15 - Hazelette, Joan, Los Angeles,
28 Feb 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C16 - Holloway, Sterling
Scope and Contents note
Sound cassette is missing.
box 29
C17 - Janss, Edwin, in his home,
25 Aug 1988
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C18 - Kantor, Paul,
14 Mar 1989
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C19 - Kauffman, Craig,
15 Jan 1986, 24 Jan 1986
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C20 - Landau, Felix, Los Angeles,
26 Apr 1989
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C21 - Leffingwell, Edward, with Irving Blum,
5 Aug 1988
Scope and Contents note
3 sound cassettes of 3.
With Irving Blum on tapes 2 and 3.
box 29
C22 - Lundeberg, Helen in her studio, Los Angeles,
19 Dec 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C23 - Mason, John, in his studio,
14 Sep 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C24 - Moses, Edward,
14 Jan 1986, 21 Jan 1986
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C25 - Myers, Barton,
7 Oct 1994
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C26 - Nelson, Rolf, Richman Valley, Staten Island, N.Y.,
8 Nov 1988
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C27 - Nosei, Annina, New York,
28 Aug 2003
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C28 - Price, Vincent,
3 Apr 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C29 - Rowan, Robert and Vivian,
22 Nov 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C30 - Ruscha, Edward, by Dave Hicks [?]
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C31 - Tuchman, Maurice, New York,
29 Aug 2003
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C32 - Wayne, June, at her home in Los Angeles (Tamerind),
31 Jul 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 29
C33 - Weber, John, New York City gallery,
12 Nov 1988
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C34 - Weisman, Marcia,
2 Feb 1989
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 29
C35 - Wilder, Nicholas, interviewed by Ruth Bowman,
Sep 1988
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 30
C36 - ArtLA '87 Art Fair, Hosted by Ara Guzelimian and Larry Stein, ARTS/LA, KCRW radio,
14 Dec 1987
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C37 - Mayor Tom Bradley, Henry Hopkins, Frederick R. Weisman, and Nora Halpern Brougher, ARTS/LA, KCRW radio,
30 May 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C38 - Backstage at Royce #8725, Henry Hopkins with Hilton Kramer,
18 Apr 1987
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C39 - Backstage at Royce #8944, Henry Hopkins with Peter Norton and Paul Shimmfi,
26 Dec 1989
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C40 - Backstage California, Henry Hopkins, Eli Broad, Barbara Piper et al,
29 Jan 1996
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C41 - Backstage California, Robert Hughes, KKGO radio,
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C42 - Backstage L.A, Henry Hopkins, KKGO radio,
5 Apr 1998
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C43 - Hopkins, Henry,
16 Aug 1988
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
R (?) and Hopkins talking about grant proposal.
box 30
C44 - Hopkins, Henry, home of R.N.,
8-9 Jul 1994
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 30
C45 - Hopkins, Henry and Elise Haas
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
Voice tracks.
box 30
C46 - Hopkins and Kramer, "Museums' Future," YWHA,
7 Dec 1987
Scope and Contents note
2 sound cassettes of 2.
box 30
C47 - Hopkins, Henry on Manuel Neri, Florida
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 30
C48 - Kienholz, Ed, Nancy Kienholz, and Henry Hopkins, panel discussion at Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, panel 3 of "Ferus
to the Future,"
11 Mar 1994
Scope and Contents note
1 sound cassette.
box 31, box 32
Publications
Scope and Contents note
See detailed list in repository; publications will be transferred to Getty Research Library collection.
oversize 1**
"War Babies," posters
Scope and Contents note
Four different versions, with signatures of artists, one from the James Corcoran Gallery (Santa Monica, Calif.).
