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  • Description of the Collection

  • Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Wanda M. Corn papers
    Identifier/Call Number: SC0822
    Physical Description: 7 Linear Feet
    Date (inclusive): 1970-2006
    Summary: Papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, newsletters, minutes, and other materials pertaining to her teaching and administrative duties in the art department, her involvement with the Stanford Humanities Center, and other aspects of her professional life, 1970-2006; and as acting director of the Stanford Museum, 1987-92. Other items of note include newsletters and other records from the College Art Association of America, 1970-91; and newsletters and other materials from the Women's Caucus for Art, 1972-90.
    Language of Material: Undetermined .

    Information about Access

    Accession 2006-132 is open for research. The following items have been removed for restriction:
    Box 7 1996-97: Search for Early 20th C. Europeanist.
    Box 7 SHC Director Search Committee - 1984
    Box 7 Museum: Hilarie Faberman
    Box 7 Museum: Assistant Curator Search
    Box 7 Museum: Staff
    Box 7 Search Associate Director - SHC
    Box 7 Charles Junkerman
    Accession 2008-107 is restricted.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Wanda M. Corn Papers (SC0822). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Wanda M. Corn, a scholar of late 19th- and early 20th-century painting and photography, joined the faculty of Stanford's Department of Art and Art History in 1980. She is the author of THE GREAT AMERICAN THING: MODERN ART AND NATIONAL IDENTITY, 1915-1935 (1999) and several exhibit catalogs including GRANT WOOD, THE REGIONALIST VISION (1983) and THE ART OF ANDREW WYETH (1973).

    Description of the Collection

    Papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, newsletters, minutes, and other materials pertaining to her teaching and administrative duties in the Department of Art and Art History, her involvement with the Stanford Humanities Center, and other aspects of her professional life, 1970-2006; and as acting director of the Stanford Museum, 1987-1992. Other items of note include newsletters and other records from the College Art Association of America, 1970-91; and newsletters and other materials from the Women's Caucus for Art, 1972-1990.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Art -- History -- Study and teaching.
    Stanford University -- Administration.
    Stanford University -- Faculty.
    Art -- Study and teaching.
    Universities and colleges -- Administration.