Information about Access
Ownership & Copyright
Cite As
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.