INVENTORY OF THE MARY CAROLINE RICHARDS PAPERS, 1928-1994

Finding aid prepared by Philip Curtis.

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INVENTORY OF THE MARY CAROLINE RICHARDS PAPERS, 1928-1994

Accession no. 960036

Finding aid prepared by Philip Curtis

Getty Research Institute

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The Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Phone: (310) 440-7390
Fax: (310) 440-7780
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Processed by:: Philip Curtis, Kelly Nipper
Date Completed:: Jun 1997; revised Dec 2004
Encoded by:: Philip Curtis

Descriptive Summary

Title: Mary Caroline Richards papers

Date (inclusive): 1928-1994

Collection number: 960036

Creator: Richards, Mary Caroline

Extent: 33 linear feet (77 boxes)

Repository: Getty Research Institute

Research Library

Special Collections and Visual Resources

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100

Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Abstract: Papers document Richards's work as a scholar and teacher of English literature, her work as a poet, potter, and translator, and finally her lectures, workshops, and writings in art education. The papers emphasize the 1940s and 1950s, the period during which Richards taught at Black Mountain College.

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Language: Collection material in English

Administrative Information

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

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Preferred Citation

Mary Caroline Richards papers, 1928-1994, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 960036.

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 1996.

Processing History

Philip Curtis (with assistance from Kelly Nipper) arranged, processed and described the collection from 1996 to June 1997. He completed this finding aid in June 1997.

Separated Material

Separated books were incorporated into the Getty Research Institute Library, general collection.

Duberman, Martin. Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community. E.P. Dutton and Company, New York 1972. Richards, Mary Carolyn. Crossing Point: Selected Talk and Writings. Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut 1966.

Biographical/Historical Note

Mary Caroline ("M.C.") Richards, self-described "teacher, writer, lecturer, potter, poet," was born in 1916, and received her Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Berkeley in 1942. She taught English both at Berkeley and at the University of Chicago before joining the faculty of Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina in 1945, a school that had a formative role in postwar American art. She and her husband Bill Levi became prominent members of the Black Mountain community; she in writing and literature, he in philosophy and as rector from 1947-1948. In 1948, Richards and her students started the Black Mountain Press which they used for literary publications and to print Richards's first volume of poetry. In that same year she met the composer John Cage, who had just joined the summer faculty and who that summer produced Erik Satie's play Le Piége de Méduse, performed by Buckminster Fuller and Merce Cunningham, directed by Arthur Penn, and translated by M.C. Richards. Richards served as chair of the faculty from 1949-1951, participating actively in the many conflicts between various factions in administration and faculty. She was instrumental in bringing the poet Charles Olson to the faculty in 1951. He served as rector from 1953 until the college closed in 1956.

After the summer session of 1951, Richards resigned and left for New York City with pianist and Cage associate David Tudor. She returned to Black Mountain the subsequent summer to participate in an event that came to be known as the first "happening," organized by John Cage and also involving Robert Rauschenberg, Charles Olson, David Tudor, and Merce Cunningham. During her time in New York City she translated, at Tudor's suggestion, Antonin Artaud's Le Théatre et son double, which was published by Grove Press in 1958 to wide acclaim. In 1954 Richards, Tudor, and Cage, among other former Black Mountain faculty, became a part of the Stony Point community in upstate New York, founded by the architect Paul Williams. In 1964, the same year she left Stony Point, her book Centering: in pottery, poetry and the person was published by Wesleyan University Press, followed in 1973 by Crossing point: nine Easter letters on the art of education and in 1980 by Toward wholeness: Rudolf Steiner education in America. These books reveal a very personal view of the development of the individual through art and life and, combined with her extensive teaching and lecturing throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, were widely influential in the arts education and craft communities. Mary Caroline Richards died in 1999 in New York City.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collected papers of Mary Caroline Richards gather together a lifetime of work in several artistic disciplines and touch upon many others. Richards's career saw a progression from scholarship and teaching in English literature, to freelance work as a poet, potter, author, and translator, to work in arts education through lectures and workshops. During this time she established close relationships with a large number of people, as may be seen through her correspondence, which is remarkable for its intimacy and warmth. Her correspondents include representatives from virtually every artistic discipline and many of the major American art movements of the 1950s through the 1980s.

The papers give special emphasis to the period during which Richards served on the faculty of Black Mountain College in the 1940s and 1950s. Here began many of the associations which connect her to the music and art worlds, through friendships with David Tudor, Lou Harrison and John Cage in music, Merce Cunningham and Remy Charlip in dance, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, and Robert Duncan (the so-called "Black Mountain Poets") in literature, and Lyle Bongé and Joe Fiore in the visual arts. Her involvement with theater began at Black Mountain College with her translation of plays by Cocteau and Satie, and continued after her departure when she became the first English translator of Artaud, acting on an interest which began at Black Mountain.

Included in the collection are manuscripts, correspondence, diaries and notebooks, books, photographs, slides, clippings, posters, audio tapes, and artwork (including oil paintings and drawings in pencil, ink, chalk and pastels).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in eight series: Series I: Black Mountain College and its critical reception, 1943-ca. 1982 ; Series II: Correspondence, ca. 1935-ca. 1994 ; Series III: Manuscripts and lectures, ca. 1935-ca. 1981 ; Series IV: Workshop and educational materials, ca. 1966-ca. 1980 ; Series V: Printed matter, ca. 1950-ca. 1980 ; Series VI: Diaries and notes, 1948-1983 ; Series VII: Artwork, undated ; Series VIII: Memorabilia/personal miscellany, ca. 1928-1983 ; Series IX: Oversized items, ca. 1950-ca. 1987 .

Indexing Terms

Subjects

Anthroposophy

Art—Psychology

Arts, American—20th century

Arts—Study and teaching—United States

Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)

Dance—Study and teaching

Education—Philosophy

Self-realization

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology

Olson, Charles

Richards, Mary Caroline

Poetry—Study and teaching

Pottery—Study and teaching

Steiner, Rudolph, 1861-1925—Philosophy

Genres and Forms of Materials

Audiotapes

Diaries

Drawings

Ephemera

Paintings

Photographic prints

Photographs, Original

Sketchbooks

Contributors

Barfield, Owen, 1898-

Berensohn, Paulus

Bilderback, Carolyn

Blum, Fred H.

Bongé, Lyle

Boyd, John M.

Cable, Herb

Cage, John

Charlip, Remy

Conner, Julia

Cunningham, Merce

Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919-

Fairbanks, Jonathan L.

Forczek, Leszek, 1946-

Frances, Molly

Harrison, Lou, 1917-

Geiger, Nicola

Green, Jesse

Herlihy, James Leo

Higgins, Dick, 1938-

Iozia, John

James, Charity

Kazanis, Barbara

Lane, Mervin

Mac Low, Jackson

Olson, Charles

Robertson, Seonaid M. (Seonaid Mairi)

Supree, Burton

Tassencourt, Shirley

Tudor, David, 1926-

Titles

Centering in poetry, pottery and the person Crossing point Toward wholeness

Series I. Black Mountain College and its critical reception, 1943-ca. 1982

Physical Description: 2 boxes, .5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Series I contains papers from Richards's time at Black Mountain College as well as papers by Richards and others about Black Mountain College. The series is arranged in two subseries: Period of Black Mountain College, 1943-1954, and Critical reception of Black Mountain College, after its closing, 1961-ca. 1982.

Series I.A. Period of Black Mountain College, 1943-1954

Physical Description: 1 box .25 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Subseries I.A. includes letters and speeches written by Richards during her time at Black Mountain, poetry written by Richards at Black Mountain and critiqued in ink by Charles Olson, Black Mountain College promotional materials, Black Mountain College-era photographs, and lecture notes, quizzes and student writing from Richards's classes.

Box 1, Folder 1

Portraits of the Levi's and some of their neighbors, undated

Scope and Content Note

Anonymous book of ink drawings, caricaturing various Black Mountain College personalities.

Box 1, Folder 2

Photos and postcards, 44 items

Box 1, Folder 3

Black Mountain College promotional materials, 1951, 6 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a promotional article by Richards, "Experimental College Combines Practical Work with Arts and Academics," 1951.

Box 1, Folder 4

Richards's letter to Ted and Bobbie Dreier, 1948; recommendation for Charles Olson, 1951, 2 items

Scope and Content Note

Regarding Black Mountain College internal problems, and a draft of a letter to the faculty, ca. 1951, recommending that Charles Olson be invited to join the faculty.

Box 1, Folder 5

Richards's speech opening the summer session, 1951, 1 item

Box 1, Folder 6

Letter from Charles Olson to Richards, with poems by Richards annotated by Charles Olson, 20 items

Box 1, Folder 7

Additional Black Mountain College-era Richards poetry, typed and handwritten, ca. 40 items

Box 1, Folder 8

Black Mountain College-era creative prose writing by Richards, 2 items

Box 1, Folder 9

Richards's English translation of Erik Satie's "The Ruse of Medusa," ca. 1966

Scope and Content Note

Translated and performed during her time at Black Mountain College. This copy dates from the mid-sixties, and is accompanied by a letter from Renée Levine from SUNY Buffalo regarding a 1966 performance.

Box 1, Folder 10

Lecture notes and quizzes from Richards's classes, 3 items

Box 1, Folder 11

Student writing from Richards's classes, ca. 30 items

Scope and Content Note

With a program booklet from a 1946 regional arts forum, listing one of Richards's student's composition.

Box 1, Folder 12

Miscellaneous Black Mountain College-era correspondence, 3 items

Scope and Content Note

1 letter, 2 pieces of business correspondence.

[for Black Mountain College class materials, see also Herb Cable material in Series III, box 38 . Mervin Lane's manuscript "Going To Town" in box 41, folder 6 contains many Black Mountain College anecdotes.]

Series I.B. Critical reception of Black Mountain College after its closing, 1961-ca. 1982

Physical Description: 1 box .25 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Subseries I.B. features correspondence regarding projects by Richards and others to write about Black Mountain College and materials from different Black Mountain retrospective shows and reunions. Subseries includes some Black Mountain College history and a transcription of an interview with Richards.

Box 2, Folder 1

Inquiries about Black Mountain College, with one response from Richards, 16 items

Box 2, Folder 2

Richards's letter to the Ford Foundation, 1961, 2 items

Scope and Content Note

Proposing a book about Black Mountain College. With a draft of the same letter.

Box 2, Folder 3

Letters from Richards to John Rice, the Albers, and the Dreiers, 5 items

Scope and Content Note

Explaining her Black Mountain College book project. With replies from Ted Dreier and Anni Albers.

Box 2, Folder 4

2 letters from John Rice, 1963; 3 letters from Ted Dreier, 1964-1978, 5 items

Scope and Content Note

Discussing Black Mountain College and Richards's book project, along with personal news from Dreier.

Box 2, Folder 5

Correspondence between Richards and Richard Jackson, 1963-1966, 8 items

Scope and Content Note

Jackson was a potential collaborator on the proposed Black Mountain College book.

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence between Richards and H.M. Jones, 1964, 3 items

Scope and Content Note

Jones was a North Carolina state archivist; with printed matter from the NC Department of Archives and History.

Box 2, Folder 7

Correspondence between Richards and W. Howard Adams, 1966, 5 items

Scope and Content Note

Including a 12 pp. letter from Richards and 2 drafts of the same, with much discussion of Black Mountain College history.

Box 2, Folder 8

Correspondence between Richards and Michael Weaver about Black Mountain College, 1966-1968, 10 items

Box 2, Folder 9

Richards' notes for her writings on Black Mountain College, ca. 30 items

Scope and Content Note

Including a chapter outline for her Black Mountain College book and notes on conversations with John Rice and Charles Olson.

Box 2, Folder 10

Richards's letters, notes and application to the Guggenheim Foundation, 1963, 5 items

Scope and Content Note

For a 1963 project, "Prophetic impulses in education," which was to have included a study of Black Mountain College.

Box 2, Folder 11

Letters, printed matter, and a transcription of a interview with Richards, from " Visual arts at Black Mountain College 1933-1956, a research project," 1970-1972, 4 items

Box 2, Folder 12

Correspondence regarding Black Mountain College, 9 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a 1982 letter from Richards to Whitney Jones giving current addresses for Black Mountain College colleagues. Also a proposal and script from Mary Foster from the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, for a program about Black Mountain College.

Box 2, Folder 13

Lists of artists associated with Black Mountain College, 2 items

Box 2, Folder 14

Reunion address lists, 1973, 4 items

Box 2, Folder 15

Correspondence regards a 1966 Black Mountain exhibition (Tennessee State University) and a 1978 Black Mountain College retrospective (Warren Wilson College), 1966, 1978, 5 items

Scope and Content Note

One letter includes a 1978 clipping about the Gate Hill community (Stony Point, N.Y.), founded by several ex-Black Mountain College faculty, including Richards.

Box 2, Folder 16

Printed matter from Black Mountain College retrospectives, 10 items

Box 2, Folder 17

Clippings related to Black Mountain College retrospectives, 4 items

Scope and Content Note

2 focusing on Richards.

Box *73, folder 1 contains oversize Black Mountain College Retrospective posters.

Series II. Correspondence, ca. 1935-ca. 1994

Physical Description: 27 boxes 12 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

The largest part of the archive, the correspondence in Series II is arranged in two subseries: Letters from M.C. Richards and Letters to M.C. Richards. Most letters are signed and enclosures are usually kept with the correspondence. Business and personal correspondence are both present, with roughly three quarters being personal. Arts education is a frequent theme throughout the correspondence. In addition, there is a large amount of "fan mail," especially from readers of her popular book, Centering.

Series II.A. Letters from M.C. Richards, 1948-ca. 1994

Physical Description: 1 box .42 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Series II.A is arranged in chronological order. The letters from Richards are duplicate copies kept by her and are very detailed and often intimate.

Box 3, Folder 1

Letters from Richards, 1948-1952, ca. 15 items

Box 3, Folder 2

Letters from Richards, 1957, ca. 30 items

Scope and Content Note

Including her trip to Mexico

Box 3, Folder 3

Correspondence from Richards, 1958, ca. 20 items

Box 3, Folder 4

Letters from Richards, 1959, ca. 20 items

Box 3, Folder 5

Letters from Richards, 1960-1963, ca. 30 items

Box 3, Folder 6

Correspondence regarding a family crisis involving Richie and Kurt Schloth, 1966, ca. 30 items

Box 3, Folder 7

Letters from Richards, 1966-1969, ca. 30 items

Box 3, Folder 8

Letters from Richards, 1971-1975, ca. 20 items

Box 3, Folder 9

Letters from Richards, 1976-1978, ca. 30 items

Box 3, Folder 10

Letters from Richards, 1979-1982, ca. 20 items

Box 3, Folder 11

Letters from Richards, undated ca. 20 items

Box 3, Folder 12

Excerpts from Richards correspondence (retyped by Richards), undated, 8 items

Box 3, Folder 13

Letters of recommendation by Richards, undated, 11 items

Series II.B. Letters to M.C. Richards, ca. 1935-ca. 1987

Physical Description: 11.34 lin. ft. 27 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Series II.B holds letters from friends, family, writers, musicians, artists. Among her correspondents are John Cage, David Tudor, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Lyle Bongé, George Brecht, Sari Dienes, James Leo Herlihy, Arthur Penn, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Creeley. Some of the largest files consist of letters from her closest friends, among them Paulus Berensohn, Carolyn Bilderbeck, Remy Charlip, Molly Frances, Charity James, and Barbara Kazankis.

Box 4, Folder 1

Alden, Daisy [poet, publisher, anthroposophist], ca. 25 items

Box 4, Folder 2

Aa-Anc, ca. 25 items

Box 4, Folder 3

And-Ay, ca. 25 items

Box 4, Folder 4

Betty Bachrach, ca. 20 items

Box 4, Folder 5

Marjory Bankson [potter, retreat leader], ca. 30 items

Box 4, Folder 6

Owen Barfield [author], 6 items

Box 4, Folder 7

Alfred, Anne, and Henry Barnes, ca. 10 items

Box 4, Folder 8

Betty Lumnar Bateson, ca. 10 items

Box 4, Folder 9

Ba, ca. 20 items

Box 4, Folder 10

Christopher Beck [dancer, choreographer], ca. 15 items

Box 4, Folder 11

Thomas and Margot Beers [artist; wife], ca. 10 items

Box 4, Folder 12

Joyce Benson [companion of Charles Olson], 1 item

Box 4, Folder 13

Marilyn Bentov [writer, producer], ca. 30 items

Box 5, Folder 1

Paulus Berensohn, 1963-1973 [author, potter, artist, weaver, teacher], ca. 20 items

Box 5, Folder 2

Paulus Berensohn, 1974-1977, ca. 25 items

Box 5, Folder 3

Paulus Berensohn, 1978-1987, ca. 45 items

Box 5, Folder 4

Paulus Berensohn, undated, ca. 25 items

Box 5, Folder 5

Alice Berry, ca. 10 items

Box 5, Folder 6

Carolyn Bilderback, 1964-1975 [dancer, choreographer, teacher, filmmaker], ca. 30 items

Box 5, Folder 7

Carolyn Bilderback, 1976-1987, ca. 30 items

Box 5, Folder 8

Carolyn Bilderback, undated and miscellany, 25 items

Box 6, Folder 1

Be-Bi, ca. 30 items

Box 6, Folder 2

Jesse Bolden, ca. 20 items

Box 6, Folder 3

Lyle Bongé [photographer, Black Mountain College alumnus], 6 items

Box 6, Folder 4

Bj-Bo, ca. 35 items

Box 6, Folder 5

David Bramhall, 4 items

Box 6, Folder 6

George Brecht [Fluxus artist], 6 items

Box 6, Folder 7

Margarita Brown [mother of Norman O. Brown], 2 items

Box 6, Folder 8

Sister Miriam Brown, ca. 40 items

Box 6, Folder 9

Norman O. Brown [author], ca. 20 items

Box 6, Folder 10

Millie Bunnell, ca. 15 items

Box 6, Folder 11

Business Correspondence (management, other authors), 5 items

Box 7, Folder 1

Br-Bu, ca. 25 items

Box 7, Folder 2

Herb Cable [author, Black Mountain College student], 4 items

Box 7, Folder 3

John Cage

Physical Description: 8 items

Box 7, Folder 4

Camphill Village, various correspondents

Physical Description: ca. 30 items

Box 7, Folder 5

Remy Charlip, 1959-1972

Physical Description: circa 25 items

Box 7, Folder 6

Remy Charlip, 1973-1994

Physical Description: ca. 20 items

Box 7, Folder 7

Judith Citrin

Physical Description: ca. 10 items

Box 7, Folder 8

James Clark

Physical Description: ca. 15 items

Box 7, Folder 9

C-Cl

Physical Description: ca. 25 items

Box 7, Folder 10

Moira Collins

Physical Description: 8 items

Box 8, Folder 1

Julia Connor, 1974-1980

Physical Description: ca. 20 items

Scope and Content Note

Richards's secretary, poet, potter, teacher, California Arts Council.

Box 8, Folder 2

Julia Connor, 1981-1982

Physical Description: ca. 30 items

Box 8, Folder 3

Julia Connor, 1983-1986, undated

Physical Description: ca. 25 items

Box 8, Folder 4

Robert Creeley

Physical Description: 1 item

Box 8, Folder 5

Merce Cunningham [dancer, choreographer, Black Mountain College faculty], 21 items

Box 8, Folder 6

Ann Cummings, ca. 15 items

Box 8, Folder 7

Co-Cu, ca. 25 items

Box 8, Folder 8

Da, ca. 20 items

Box 8, Folder 9

Merlyn Deike [teacher], ca. 10 items

Box 8, Folder 10

Sari Dienes [artist, Stony Point], 9 items

Box 8, Folder 11

Robert Duncan [poet, Black Mountain College alumnus], 4 items

Box 8, Folder 12

De-Du, ca. 20 items

Box 9, Folder 1

Francis Edmunds [educator], ca. 10 items

Box 9, Folder 2

E, ca. 30 items

Box 9, Folder 3

Jonathan Fairbanks and family, ca. 40 items

Box 9, Folder 4

Fan mail (1 of 3), ca. 30 items

Box 9, Folder 5

Fan mail (2 of 3), ca. 30 items

Box 9, Folder 6

Fan mail (3 of 3), ca. 30 items

Box 10, Folder 1

Cynthia Fick, ca. 10 items

Box 10, Folder 2

Mary Fiore [Black Mountain College alumnus, wife of artist Joe Fiore], ca. 30 items

Box 10, Folder 3

Les Forczek, 1970-1972 [artist], ca. 20 items

Box 10, Folder 4

Les Forczek, 1973-1976, ca. 20 items

Box 10, Folder 5

Les Forczek, 1977-1982, undated, ca. 30 items

Box 11, Folder 1

Molly Frances, 1963-1974 [actress, director, author], ca. 30 items

Box 11, Folder 2

Molly Frances, 1975-1977, ca. 35 items

Box 11, Folder 3

Molly Frances, 1978-1984, ca. 35 items

Box 11, Folder 4

Molly Frances, 1985-1986, undated, ca. 30 items

Box 11, Folder 5

Fance Frank [potter, translator], ca. 25 items

Box 11, Folder 6

Kurt von Fritz [scholar, author], ca. 10 items

Box 11, Folder 7

F, ca. 25 items

Box 12, Folder 1

Sister Marita Ganley, ca. 15 items

Box 12, Folder 2

Andrea Geiger (Ma Yoga Astha), ca. 10 items

Box 12, Folder 3

Nicola Geiger, 1965-1974 [political activist, Quaker educator, actress, translator], ca. 40 items

Box 12, Folder 4

Nicola Geiger, 1975-1984, undated, ca. 35 items

Box 12, Folder 5

Vanessa Geiger, ca. 10 items

Box 12, Folder 6

Jesse Green, 1964-1968 [Black Mountain College alumnus, author, prof of English], ca. 15 items

Box 12, Folder 7

Jesse Green, 1969-1985, undated, ca. 20 items

Box 13, Folder 1

Carol Gruber [Richards's godchild, Camphill Village], ca. 50 items

Box 13, Folder 2

G, ca. 45 items

Box 13, Folder 3

Leo Hamalian [Black Mountain College, teacher, author], 3 items

Box 13, Folder 4

David L. Hart [Jungian scholar], ca. 20 items

Box 13, Folder 5

Deborah Haynes (1 of 2) [artist, author, teacher], ca. 25 items

Box 13, Folder 6

Deborah Haynes (2 of 2), ca. 20 items

Box 14, Folder 1

James Leo Herlihy [Black Mountain College alumnus, author], including comments on Richards' book, Centering, 21 items

Box 14, Folder 2

Ina Hicks, ca. 20 items

Box 14, Folder 3

James Hillman [Jungian author, lecturer], 1 item.

Box 14, Folder 4

Donna Horie and family [weaver, conservator, collector], ca. 40 items

Box 14, Folder 5

Lindy Hough [poet], 5 items.

Box 14, Folder 6

Andy Hoy [Camphill Village], ca. 50 items

Scope and Content Note

[Additional Andy Hoy correspondence may be found in oversize box *70 .]

Box 14, Folder 7

Judy Hurley, ca. 60 items

Scope and Content Note

[see box 41, folder 4 (manuscripts) for correspondence from Dick Higgins]

Box 15, Folder 1

H (1 of 5), ca. 40 items

Box 15, Folder 2

H (2 of 5), ca. 35 items

Box 15, Folder 3

H (3 of 5), ca. 40 items

Box 15, Folder 4

H (4 of 5), ca. 40 items

Box 15, Folder 5

H (5 of 5), ca. 20 items

Box 15, Folder 6

Invitations to teach/give lectures (1 of 2), ca. 40 items

Box 16, Folder 1

Invitations to teach/give lectures (2 of 2), ca. 30 items

Box 16, Folder 2

Invitations for article submissions, 3 items

Box 16, Folder 3

Johnnie Iozia [poet, performance artist], ca. 30 items

Box 16, Folder 4

Feliccia Jacopino [documentary filmmaker], ca. 15 items

Box 16, Folder 5

Charity James [author, educator] (1 of 2), ca. 40 items

Box 16, Folder 6

Charity James (2 of 2), ca. 30 items

Box 16, Folder 7

Louisa Jenkins [artist], 10 items

Scope and Content Note

[Additional Louisa Jenkins correspondence may be found in oversize box *70 .]

Box 16, Folder 8

Elizabeth Jennerjahn [Black Mountain College faculty, artist], ca. 15 items

Box 16, Folder 9

Judson Jerome, 7 items

Box 17, Folder 1

Ray Johnson [artist], 2 items

Box 17, Folder 2

Arthur Josephson [artist], ca. 25 items

Box 17, Folder 3

J, ca. 45 items

Scope and Content Note

[Additional J (Allison Jackson) correspondence may be found in oversize box *70 .]

Box 17, Folder 4

Karen Karnes [Black Mountain College faculty, potter], ca. 15 items

Box 17, Folder 5

Barbara Kazanis [artist, author] (1 of 4) ca. 40 items

Box 17, Folder 6

Barbara Kazanis (2 of 4) ca. 40 items

Box 18, Folder 1

Barbara Kazanis (3 of 4) ca. 40 items

Box 18, Folder 2

Barbara Kazanis (4 of 4), ca. 40 items

Scope and Content Note

[Additional Barbara Kazankis correspondence may be found in oversize box *70 .]

Box 18, Folder 3

George Kokis [potter, educator], 10 items

Box 18, Folder 4

Barbara and Irwin Kremen [Black Mountain College alumni, artists] ca. 30 items

Box 18, Folder 5

K (1 of 2) ca. 35 items

Box 18, Folder 6

K (2 of 2) ca. 25 items

Box 19, Folder 1

Mervin Lane [Black Mountain College alumnus, literature professor, author] (1 of 2) ca. 20 items.

Box 19, Folder 2

Mervin Lane (2 of 2) ca. 20 items

Box 19, Folder 3

David Leighton [Camphill Village] ca. 15 items

Box 19, Folder 4

Estelle Levi [daughter of William Levi] 2 items

Box 19, Folder 5

William Levi [Black Mountain College faculty/rector, Richards's 2nd husband] 2 items

Box 19, Folder 6

Jeff Ludwig [poet, author] ca. 40 items

Box 19, Folder 7

L (1 of 2) ca. 40 items

Box 20, Folder 1

L (2 of 2) ca. 40 items

Box 20, Folder 2

Michael McClure [poet] 1 item.

Box 20, Folder 3

M (1 of 4) ca. 45 items

Box 20, Folder 4

M (2 of 4) ca. 45 items

Scope and Content Note

See box 42, folder 2 (manuscripts) for correspondence from Jackson MacLow.

Box 21, Folder 1

M (3 of 4) ca. 45 items

Box 21, Folder 2

M (4 of 4) ca. 40 items

Box 21, Folder 3

Sabina Nordoff [dancer, eurythmist] ca. 20 items

Box 21, Folder 4

N, ca. 40 items

Box 22, Folder 1

Charles Olson [Black Mountain College faculty/rector, poet] 11 items.

Scope and Content Note

See also Series I, box 1, folder 6.

Box 22, Folder 2

O, ca. 20 items

Box 22, Folder 3

Arthur and Peggy Penn [Black Mountain College alumnus, film director; wife] 4 items

Box 22, Folder 4

Carlo Pietzner [Camphill Village] ca. 20 items

Box 22, Folder 5

Publishers, correspondence from (including replies to submissions) 17 items

Box 22, Folder 6

P, ca. 40 items

Box 22, Folder 7

Merlyn Querido [Black Mountain College alumnus] 13 items

Box 22, Folder 8

Reed College [correspondence to Richards from the 1930's while she was a student at Reed College] ca. 30 items

Box 22, Folder 9

Daniel Rhodes [Black Mountain College faculty, potter, author] 11 items

Box 22, Folder 10

Lillyan Rhodes [potter, wife of Daniel Rhodes] 15 items

Box 22, Folder 11

Michelle Rhodes [potter, wife of poet Charles Stein, founder of Open Studio] 9 items

Box 23, Folder 1

Dave Richards [Richards's brother] ca. 20 items

Box 23, Folder 2

J. L. Richards [Richards's father] 3 items

Box 23, Folder 3

Richards [Richards's mother; first name unknown] 4 items

Box 23, Folder 4

Margaret Rigg [teacher, calligrapher] ca. 15 items

Box 23, Folder 5

Seonaid Robertson [author, lecturer, potter] ca. 25 items

Box 23, Folder 6

Rosaly Roffman, ca. 30 items

Box 23, Folder 7

Rachel Rosenthal [performance artist] 1 item

Box 23, Folder 8

R (1 of 2) ca. 40 items

Box 23, Folder 9

R (2 of 2) ca. 40 items

Box 23, Folder 10

Del Schloth [Richards's brother-in-law] ca. 10 items

Box 23, Folder 11

Kevin Schloth [Richards's niece] ca. 20 items

Box 24, Folder 1

Kurt Schloth [Richards's nephew] ca. 20 items

Box 24, Folder 2

Richie (Gertrude) Schloth [Richards's sister] ca. 20 items

Box 24, Folder 3

David and Sherry Schwartz, ca. 20 items

Box 24, Folder 4

Susan Sollins [curator, wife of composer Earle Brown] 5 items

Box 24, Folder 5

Ann Stannard [potter] ca. 15 items

Box 24, Folder 6

David Stannard [potter] 2 items

Box 24, Folder 7

William Stafford [poet] 4 items

Box 24, Folder 8

Gerd Stern [artist, poet] ca. 10 items

Box 24, Folder 9

Burt Supree [critic, dancer, choreographer, teacher] ca. 20 items

Box 24, Folder 10

S (1 of 3) ca. 40 items

Box 25, Folder 1

S (2 of 3) ca. 30 items

Box 25, Folder 2

S (3 of 3) ca. 30 items

Box 25, Folder 3

Shirley Tassencourt [potter, teacher] (1 of 2) ca. 30 items

Box 25, Folder 4

Shirley Tassencourt (2 of 2) ca. 30 items

Box 25, Folder 5

Jack Troy [potter, teacher, author] ca. 10 items

Box 26, Folder 1

David Tudor (1 of 2) [pianist, composer, Black Mountain College faculty, Richards's companion] ca. 50 items

Box 26, Folder 2

David Tudor (2 of 2) ca. 50 items

Box 26, Folder 3

T, ca. 50 items

Box 26, Folder 4

U, 2 items

Box 26, Folder 5

Ted Veal [black activist], ca. 10 items

Box 26, Folder 6

V, ca. 15 items

Box 26, Folder 7

Wesleyan University Press [Richards's publisher] ca. 20 items

Box 26, Folder 8

Jonathan Williams [poet, publisher, Black Mountain College alumni] 14 items

Box 26, Folder 9

W (1 of 3) ca. 40 items

Box 27, Folder 1

W (2 of 3) ca. 40 items

Box 27, Folder 2

W (3 of 3) ca. 40 items

Box 27, Folder 3

XYZ, ca. 15 items

Box 27, Folder 4

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, A-B, ca. 50 items

Box 27, Folder 5

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, C-D, ca. 50 items

Box 28, Folder 1

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, E-F, ca. 50 items

Box 28, Folder 2

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, G-I, ca. 45 items

Box 28, Folder 3

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, J, ca. 45 items

Box 28, Folder 4

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, K-M, ca. 60 items

Box 29, Folder 1

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, N-P, ca. 50 items

Box 29, Folder 2

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, R-S, ca. 60 items

Box 29, Folder 3

Unidentified correspondence, sorted by first name, T-V, ca. 40 items

Box 29, Folder 4

Unsigned correspondence/illegible signatures, ca. 70 items

Box 29, Folder 5

Empty envelopes, ca. 45 items

Scope and Content Note

Oversize correspondence may be found in box *70 Correspondents are Andy Hoy, Allison Jackson, Louisa Jenkins, and Barbara Kazankis.

Series III. Manuscripts and lectures, ca. 1935-ca. 1981

Physical Description: 5.88 lin. ft. 14 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Series III. contains Richard's writings, including lectures, published and unpublished. Organized in 3 subseries, Articles and lectures of M.C. Richards, Poetry of M.C. Richards, Manuscripts and lectures of others.

Series III.A. Articles and lectures of M.C. Richards, ca. 1947-1981, undated

Physical Description: 2.1 lin. ft. 5 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Subseries III.A. holds many lectures that later were published and subsequently compiled in her book Crossing point. Her dissertation, her lecture on Artaud given at the Living Theater in 1960, typescripts and drafts of her books, and other lectures and talks are also included. Most of these are complete texts, although occasionally there are only notes or drafts.

Box 30, Folder 1

Dissertation: "Irony in Thomas Hardy," ca. 150 pp

Box 30, Folder 2

"Thomas Hardy's ironic vision," 1947, article, with published copy, ca. 45 pp

Box 30, Folder 3

"Antonin Artaud: the theater and its double" lecture, with photographs of Artaud, ca. 1960, ca. 55 pp

Box 30, Folder 4

"Centering as dialogue," 1962, lecture, ca. 35 pp

Box 30, Folder 5

"Community of men," 1963, article, published in Liberation magazine, ca. 30 pp

Box 30, Folder 6

"New impulse in education," 1964, article, 17 pp

Box 30, Folder 7

Centering, 1964, book: typescripts, ca. 180 pp

Box 30, Folder 8

Centering: typescripts, ca. 150 pp

Box 30, Folder 9

Centering: typescripts, ca. 240 pp

Box 30, Folder 10

Centering: typescripts, ca. 120 pp

Box 30, Folder 11

Centering: typescripts, ca. 150 pp

Box 31, Folder 1

Centering: typescripts, ca. 200 pp

Box 31, Folder 2

Centering: typescripts, ca. 60 pp

Box 31, Folder 3

Centering: typescripts, ca. 150 pp

Box 31, Folder 4

Correspondence and contracts regarding Centering, ca. 35 items

Box 31, Folder 5

Centering promotional printed matter and reviews, ca. 30 items

Box 31, Folder 6

Centering book jacket, 1 item

Box 31, Folder 7

World Affairs Camp lecture, 1965, ca. 40 pp

Box 31, Folder 8

"Occupational therapy," lecture, 1965, ca. 20 pp

Box 31, Folder 9

"Writing as a handcraft" article, 1966, ca. 120 pp

Box 31, Folder 10

"From the inside (Or fire in the stone)" lecture, 1966, ca. 20 pp

Box 31, Folder 11

"Nine Easter letters on the art of education" lecture notes and drafts, 1967, ca. 140 pp

Box 32, Folder 1

"Nine Easter letters on the art of education" text of lecture published by Penn State Papers, 1967, 20 pp

Box 32, Folder 2

"Insight 1969" lecture, 1969, 8 pp

Box 32, Folder 3

"Some thoughts about art and wholeness in learning" lecture, 1969, ca. 20 pp

Box 32, Folder 4

"Offering" lecture, 1970, 4 pp

Box 32, Folder 5

"Wholeness in learning, or non-toxic education" lecture, 1970, ca. 100 pp

Box 32, Folder 6

"Connections" lecture, 1971, ca. 100 pp

Box 32, Folder 7

"Community and art" lecture, ca. 1971, ca. 20 pp

Box 32, Folder 8

"Work and source," lecture, 1971, ca. 40 pp

Box 32, Folder 9

"Wrestling with the daimonic," lecture, 1971, 4 pp

Box 32, Folder 10

Lectures at Wesleyan and Pendle Hill, 1972/1973, ca. 30 pp

Box 32, Folder 11

Crossing point, book drafts and items for possible inclusion, ca. 1973, ca. 50 pp

Box 32, Folder 12

Crossing point: articles and headnotes, ca. 50 pp

Box 32, Folder 13

Crossing point: drafts and notes, ca. 300 pp

Box 32, Folder 14

Crossing point: corrected typescripts, ca. 300 pp

Box 32, Folder 15

Crossing point: corrected typescripts, ca. 300 pp

Box 33, Folder 1

Crossing point: corrected typescripts, ca. 300 pp

Box 33, Folder 2

Crossing point: artwork and photos, ca. 50 items

Box 33, Folder 3

Correspondence/contracts regarding Crossing point, ca. 35 items

Box 33, Folder 4

Reviews of Crossing point (including one by John Cage), ca. 10 items

Box 33, Folder 5

Crossing point: printed matter, 2 items

Box 33, Folder 6

"Courage to create" lecture, 1975, ca. 15 pp

Box 33, Folder 7

"Vessel and the fire" article? 1975, ca. 60 pp

Box 33, Folder 8

"Artistic method in education" lecture, 1979, 7 pp

Box 33, Folder 9

"Michaelmas: a festival of the creative self" lecture with related writings, 1979, ca. 20 pp

Box 33, Folder 10

Toward wholeness: Rudolf Steiner education in America , book: notes on Steiner and religion, 1980, ca. 40 pp

Box 33, Folder 11

Toward wholeness: notes on Steiner and education, 15 pp.

Box 33, Folder 12

Toward wholeness: early drafts, ca. 40 pp

Box 33, Folder 13

Toward wholeness: drafts, ca. 60 pp

Box 34, Folder 1

Toward wholeness: proofs, ca. 100 pp

Box 34, Folder 2

Toward wholeness: proofs, ca. 70 pp

Box 34, Folder 3

Toward wholeness: proofs, ca. 240 pp

Box 34, Folder 4

Correspondence regarding Toward wholeness, ca. 35 items

Box 34, Folder 5

Toward wholeness reviews, 2 items

Box 34, Folder 6

"Wholeness in living and learning" article, published in Journal for Waldorf Education, 1981, ca. 50 pp

Box 34, Folder 7

"Thoughts on war and peace and violence" lecture?, undated, ca. 80 pp

Box 34, Folder 8

"Art and learning to live" lecture, undated, 12 pp

Box 34, Folder 9

Swarthmore student guild talk, undated, ca. 25 pp

Box 34, Folder 10

Introduction for Merce Cunningham: before a performance, undated, 2 pp.

Box 34, Folder 11

Unidentified lectures/writings, ca. 250 pp

Series III.B. Poetry of M.C. Richards, ca. 1935-1960, undated

Physical Description: .42 lin. ft. 1 box

Scope and Content Note

Series III.B. holds Richards's poetry manuscripts, published and unpublished, some with annotations and corrections.

Box 35, Folder 1

Lists of Richards' poems, ca. 20 pp

Scope and Content Note

Sorted by date and including some publication information.

Box 35, Folder 2

Poetry sketchbook (early), 6 pp

Box 35, Folder 3

Poetry, 1935-1940, 9 pp

Box 35, Folder 4

Poetry, undated, possibly prior to 1947, ca. 30 pp

Box 35, Folder 5

Poetry, 1945-1947, ca. 20 pp

Box 35, Folder 6

Poetry, 1947, ca. 20 pp

Scope and Content Note

Poems that were included in Richards's book of poems self-printed at Black Mountain College in 1947.

Box 35, Folder 7

Poetry, 1947-1957, ca. 250 pp

Box 35, Folder 8

Poetry, 1957-1960, ca. 150 pp

Box 35, Folder 9

Poetry, 1957-1960, with analysis by the author, 4 pp

Box 35, Folder 10

Poem: "Recovery of the Child in Manhood," including notes and corrections, 1959, ca. 30 pp

Box 35, Folder 11

Poetry, after 1960, ca. 40 pp

Box 35, Folder 12

Poetry, undated, ca. 80 pp

Box 35, Folder 13

Sketches for the poem "Just As I Suspected," undated, 16 pp

Box 35, Folder 14

Poetry, handwritten including notes and sketches, undated, ca. 30 pp

Scope and Content Note

For more Richard's poetry, see also Series I, box 1, folders 6 and 7 .

Series III.C. Manuscripts and lectures of others, ca. 1950-1960s, undated

Physical Description: 3.36 lin. ft. 8 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Subseries III.C. includes manuscripts by Owen Barfield, John Cage, Lou Harrison, Dick Higgins, Jackson MacLow, and Charles Olson. Cage's "Indeterminacy" stories 90 to 130 are handwritten with corrections and dedicated to Richards. Occasionally these manuscripts came with letters, which are filed with the manuscripts.

Box 36, Folder 1

Richard Amelar [Black Mountain College alumnus], poetry, ca. 15 pp

Box 36, Folder 2

Owen Barfield [Wesleyan Press author], untitled lecture on the unconscious, ca. 20 pp

Box 36, Folder 3

Paulus Berensohn [author, potter, artist, weaver, teacher], from the book Finding One's Way With Clay, 4 pp

Box 36, Folder 4

Fred Blum [Jungian analyst, Quaker, founder of New Era Center], End of Secular Man, a book of lectures; Lectures 1-5, ca. 250 pp

Box 36, Folder 5

Fred Blum, End of Secular Man, lectures 6-10, ca. 250 pp

Box 36, Folder 6

Fred Blum, End of Secular Man, lecture 10-footnotes, ca. 200 pp

Box 36, Folder 7

Frank Boyd, "A Thumbnail History of New York," 43 pp

Box 36, Folder 8

John M. Boyd, notes and a letter of recommendation, ca. 15 pp

Box 36, Folder 9

John M. Boyd, Carollin, novel, ca. 200 pp

Box 36, Folder 10

John M. Boyd, untitled story, 43 pp

Box 36, Folder 11

John M. Boyd, "Milling on the Race," play, 62 pp

Box 36, Folder 12

John M. Boyd, "The Veiled Prophet," 11 pp

Box 36, Folder 13

John M. Boyd, poetry, ca. 50 pp

Box 37, Folder 1

John M. Boyd, poetry, ca. 200 pp

Box 37, Folder 2

John M. Boyd, poetry, ca. 200 pp.-

Box 37, Folder 3

John M. Boyd, A Mirror is Believed, novel, 252 pp

Box 37, Folder 4

John M. Boyd, White Sheep, White Sheep, novel, 235 pp

Box 37, Folder 5

A-B, ca. 200 pp

Box 38, Folder 1

Herb Cable [Black Mountain College alumnus and Richards's student], notes (possibly from Black Mountain College classes), ca. 15 pp

Box 38, Folder 2

Herb Cable, notes and reports for the class Psychology of Social Issues 1946, ca. 30 pp

Box 38, Folder 3

Herb Cable, notes and class materials for the class Soil and Steel, taught by Ray Trayer, 1948, ca. 40 pp

Box 38, Folder 4

Herb Cable, papers written at Black Mountain College, possibly for Richards, 9 pp

Box 38, Folder 5

Herb Cable, poetry, 14 pp

Box 38, Folder 6

Herb Cable, previously bound manuscript (1 of 2) ca. 250 pp

Box 38, Folder 7

Herb Cable, previously bound manuscript (2 of 2) ca. 300 pp

Box 38, Folder 8

Herb Cable, bound writings, ca. 100 pp

Box 39, Folder 1

Herb Cable, miscellaneous writing (1 of 2) ca. 150 pp

Box 39, Folder 2

Herb Cable, miscellaneous writing (2 of 2) ca. 100 pp

Box 39, Folder 3

Herb Cable, 6 notebooks, ca. 80 pp

Box 39, Folder 4

Herb Cable, notebook with enclosures, ca. 50 pp

Box 39, Folder 5

Herb Cable, "Short, short stuff and experiment," 1946-1947, ca. 30 pp.

Box 39, Folder 6

Herb Cable, "Social Action," 1949, 9 items

Box 39, Folder 7

Herb Cable, "After We Stopped For The Wine," 1949, 15 pp

Box 39, Folder 8

Herb Cable, "How Is It That You Have To Learn To Write And No One Can Teach It," 1950, ca. 20 pp

Box 40, Folder 1

Herb Cable, "Short Stories," 1950, ca. 100 pp

Box 40, Folder 2

Herb Cable, untitled novel, 1950, 307 pp

Box 40, Folder 3

Herb Cable, "Winter Surf," 1951, 53 pp

Box 40, Folder 4

Herb Cable, "One Way Of Looking At What Otto Rank Says...," essay, undated, 10 pp

Box 40, Folder 5

Herb Cable, "Acting," essay, undated, ca. 50 pp

Box 40, Folder 6

Herb Cable, untitled story, undated, 8 pp

Box 40, Folder 7

Herb Cable, "Pasture in the Springtime Silage in the Fall," undated, 8 pp

Box 40, Folder 8

Herb Cable correspondence (not with Richards) ca. 40 items

Box 40, Folder 9

Herb Cable, letters from publishers (replies to submissions addressed to various people) 4 items

Box 40, Folder 10

John Cage [composer], "Indeterminacy" stories 90-115, 116-130, ca. 45 pp

Scope and Content Note

In two notebooks, pencil with corrections, with a signed note.

Box 40, Folder 11

L. Francis Edmunds, "1965: A Special Goethe Year," lecture, 1965, 28 pp

Box 41, Folder 1

C-E, ca. 80 pp

Box 41, Folder 2

Les Forczek [artist], "The Mission of the Poem," poems, ca. 100 pp

Box 41, Folder 3

James Leo Herlihy [author], "Atlantic Crossing," ca. 25 pp

Box 41, Folder 4

Dick Higgins [Fluxus artist], "Battalions," "Comments," "Thirty-six Points," ca. 60 pp.

Scope and Content Note

Many on index cards ("Battalions"). Also a letter from December 1959.

Box 41, Folder 5

F-H, ca. 150 pp

Box 41, Folder 6

Mervin Lane [Black Mountain College alumnus], "Going to Town," poetry, ca. 300 pp

Scope and Content Note

Includes anecdotes from Black Mountain College days.

Box 42, Folder 1

J-L, ca. 100 pp

Box 42, Folder 2

Jackson MacLow [artist, poet], poems and letters sent, 1955, 1959, ca. 35 pp

Scope and Content Note

"Biblical Poems," 1955, "Two Three Four," 1959. Also four letters (two addressed to Richards, one to John Cage, one to David Tudor.

Box 42, Folder 3

Howard McConeghy [Art Education Chairman, Univ of New Mexico], articles and manuscript, ca. 60 pp

Scope and Content Note

"Art Education, Art Therapy, Art," "Image and the Imaginal as a Basis for Education Through Art," "Mythos, Memoria and Imagination" and mss. detailing tour of schools throughout Asia and Europe.

Box 42, Folder 4

Ross L. Mooney [professor, Ohio State University], various articles and a book of poetry, Seed for the Morrow, ca. 150 pp

Box 42, Folder 5

M-R, ca. 150 pp

Box 42, Folder 6

Charles Olson [poet, Black Mountain College rector], "Ode to Nativity," 1951, written at Black Mountain College, 3 pp.

Box 42, Folder 7

Burt Supree [dancer, choreographer], poetry, ca. 100 pp

Box 43, Folder 1

S-V, ca. 100 items

Box 43, Folder 2

Paul and Vera Williams [architect; wife], poetry, 2 pp

Box 43, Folder 3

Unidentified manuscripts, prose, ca. 40 pp

Box 43, Folder 4

Partially identified poetry, ca. 35 pp

Box 43, Folder 5

Unidentified manuscripts, poetry, ca. 30 pp

Scope and Content Note

Additional manuscripts by Seymour Barab and Lou Harrison may be found in oversize box *70 .

Series IV. Workshop and educational materials, ca. 1966-ca. 1980

Physical Description: 2.1 lin. ft. 5 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Series IV. is arranged alphabetically by institution. Most of the institutions are schools where Richards was in residency, where she taught or where she lectured. The materials are varied and include correspondence related to her work, notes for workshops and copies of lectures (duplicates of those in Series III), works or photos of works produced by Richards or students during the workshops, and printed matter related to the institution. In addition there are papers presented by others at various education conferences and symposia.

Box 44, Folder 1

The Analytical Psychology Club of New York, Inc., 1975

Scope and Content Note

Richards's lecture. 4 items.

Box 44, Folder 2

Antioch College, 1968

Scope and Content Note

Danforth Conference. Includes Richards's paper "Current trends in education: a teacher's values," ca. 30 pp.

Box 44, Folder 3

The Barker School, 1964

Scope and Content Note

Pottery classes, Stony Point school, ca. 15 pp.

Box 44, Folder 4

Bennington College, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Conference, "Insight '69," ca. 15 pp.

Box 44, Folder 5

Brookfield Crafts Center, 1978

Scope and Content Note

Workshops taught with Paulus Berensohn, ca. 35 pp.

Box 44, Folder 6

Camphill Villages - Kimberton, PA, Copake, N.Y.

Scope and Content Note

Orion Guild Workshop and various talks and conferences, ca. 50 pp.

Box 44, Folder 7

City College of New York

Scope and Content Note

Richards's English course materials, ca. 30 pp.

Box 44, Folder 8

Conference on the Role of the Arts in Education (Niagara Falls, NY), 1966

Scope and Content Note

ca. 100 pp.

Box 44, Folder 9

Drew University/Columbia University Teacher's College, 1982

Scope and Content Note

A conversation with David Bohm and Owen Barfield, sponsored by the Kettering Foundation, ca. 25 pp.

Box 44, Folder 10

Eastern Washington State College, 1969

Scope and Content Note

"Some thoughts about art and wholeness in learning," ca. 80 pp.

Box 44, Folder 11

Eastern Washington State College, 1970

Scope and Content Note

Cross-over workshop, ca. 100 pp.

Box 44, Folder 12

Eckard College, 1979

Scope and Content Note

"Feminine Dimensions of Divinity," 3 pp

Box 44, Folder 13

Emerson College (Sussex, England), 1966

Scope and Content Note

"From the Inside, Or Fire in the Stone," and other materials, ca. 50 pp.

Box 44, Folder 14

Festival of Kiln Building and Pottery Making (Uniondale, PA), 1968

Scope and Content Note

ca. 15 pp.

Box 45, Folder 1

Finegold Ranch School

Scope and Content Note

ca. 40 pp.

Box 45, Folder 2

Fort Wright College, 1974

Scope and Content Note

Holy Names Medal awarded to Richards, ca. 40 pp.

Box 45, Folder 3

Goddard College, 1976

Scope and Content Note

Clay workshop, ca. 40 pp.

Box 45, Folder 4

The Hambidge Center

Scope and Content Note

ca. 40 pp.

Box 45, Folder 5

Haverford College, 1971, 1973

Scope and Content Note

Friends' Conference on Religion and Psychology, "Wrestling with the daimonic," ca. 60 pp.

Box 45, Folder 6

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Scope and Content Note

Richards on faculty, board of trustees, ca. 100 pp.

Box 45, Folder 7

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Scope and Content Note

ca. 150 pp.

Box 46, Folder 1

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1965

Scope and Content Note

"Writing as a Handcraft," ca. 100 pp., including some photographs.

Box 46, Folder 2

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, ca. 25 pp.

Box 46, Folder 3

The New Era Centre, 1967

Scope and Content Note

various seminars, including "Centering" by Richards, ca. 50 pp.

Box 46, Folder 4

The New Era Centre

Scope and Content Note

Assorted, including correspondence from Fred Blum, ca. 40 pp.

Box 46, Folder 5

Pendle Hill

Scope and Content Note

Various workshops and materials, ca. 80 pp.

Box 46, Folder 6

Penland School of Crafts, 1966

Scope and Content Note

"Cross-over," ca. 60 pp.

Box 46, Folder 7

Penland School of Crafts

Scope and Content Note

"Cross-over" correspondence, ca. 50 pp.

Box 46, Folder 8

Penland School of Crafts

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous, ca. 15 pp.

Box 46, Folder 9

Perkins School, 1976

Scope and Content Note

"Seminar '76," ca. 50 pp., including original artwork.

Box 46, Folder 10

Project Create [Connecticut elementary arts program], 1968, 5 pp

Box 47, Folder 1

Reed and Boone Colleges, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Proposal for "Cross-over" programs, ca. 35 pp.

Box 47, Folder 2

Regina Laudis Monastery, 1969

Scope and Content Note

"Seminar Pentecost 1969," 25 pp.

Box 47, Folder 3

Reynolds House, 1980

Scope and Content Note

Symposium with Richards, ca. 50 pp.

Box 47, Folder 4

Rudolf Steiner Institute workshops, 1974

Scope and Content Note

"Creativity in Clay and Words" and "Creative Writing and the Zodiac," ca. 100 pp.

Box 47, Folder 5

Taos, 1976

Scope and Content Note

"Active Imagination" workshop, ca. 20 pp.

Box 47, Folder 6

Teachers' workshop, 1973 (location unknown), ca. 25 pp

Box 47, Folder 7

University of Letheridge, 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

Artist-in-residence, ca. 60 pp.

Box 47, Folder 8

University of London/Goldsmith's College Curriculum Laboratory, 2 pp.

Box 47, Folder 9

University of New Mexico, 1974, 1976

Scope and Content Note

"Workshop in art, therapy, myth, symbol" (1974), "Connecting with the image: image and the imaginal in art education" (1976), ca. 50 pp.

Box 47, Folder 10

University of Oregon, 1972

Scope and Content Note

Personality-in-residence, ca. 50 pp.

Box 47, Folder 11

University of Oregon, 1972

Scope and Content Note

Photographs from clay workshop, 21 photographs.

Box 47, Folder 12

World Affairs Camp, American Friends Service Committee, 1965, ca. 25 pp.

Box 47, Folder 13

Writer's Committee meeting at Columbia University, 1966, ca. 20 pp.

Box 48, Folder 1

Lecture notes for various lectures/workshops given by Richards, ca. 30 pp.

Box 48, Folder 2

Materials for various classes/workshops, ca. 40 pp.

Box 48, Folder 3

Analysis of conference/workshop results, by Richards and others, ca. 30 pp.

Box 48, Folder 4

Academic/conference papers and talks, not by Richards, ca. 120 pp.

Box 48, Folder 5

Materials from various educators and classes, ca. 15 pp.

Series V. Printed matter, ca. 1950-ca. 1980

Physical Description: 3 lin. ft. 7 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Series V. includes printed and promotional material for schools, religious organizations, and other groups based upon the teachings of Jung and Rudolph Steiner, and Richards herself. There are printed art exhibition and concert materials, clippings, and commercial catalogs as well.

Box 49, Folder 1

Richards's promotional material, ca. 25 pp

Box 49, Folder 2

Announcements and reviews of talks given by Richards, ca. 25 pp

Box 49, Folder 3

Clippings regarding Richards, ca. 40 pp

Box 49, Folder 4

Printed matter featuring writing by Richards, ca. 40 pp

Box 49, Folder 5

Small Press poetry periodicals, ca. 25 pp

Box 49, Folder 6

Printed matter

Scope and Content Note

Emerson College, ca. 40 pp.

Box 49, Folder 7

Printed matter

Scope and Content Note

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ca. 50 pp.

Box 49, Folder 8

Printed matter

Scope and Content Note

Pendle Hill, ca. 30 pp.

Box 49, Folder 9

Printed matter

Scope and Content Note

University of London, Goldsmith's College (1 of 2), ca. 200 pp.

Box 49, Folder 10

Printed matter

Scope and Content Note

University of London, Goldsmith's College (2 of 2), ca. 200 pp.

Box 50, Folder 1

Printed matter

Scope and Content Note

Warren Wilson College, ca. 250 pp.

Box 50, Folder 2

Printed matter from various colleges, ca. 80 pp

Box 50, Folder 3

Printed matter from grade schools, ca. 40 pp

Box 50, Folder 4

Symposium/conference printed matter, ca. 25 pp

Box 50, Folder 5

Arts/crafts schools and workshops (1 of 2), ca. 60 pp

Box 50, Folder 6

Arts/crafts schools and workshops (2 of 2), ca. 100 pp

Box 50, Folder 7

Performing arts schools, ca. 40 pp

Box 50, Folder 8

Experimental/non-mainstream schools and workshops (1 of 2), ca. 80 pp

Box 51, Folder 1

Experimental/non-mainstream schools and workshops (2 of 2), ca. 100 pp

Box 51, Folder 2

Religious communes/experimental communities, ca. 50 pp

Box 51, Folder 3

Fountain Center psychiatric half-way houses, ca. 25 pp

Box 51, Folder 4

Education for the handicapped/elderly, ca. 80 pp

Box 51, Folder 5

Camphill Special Schools (1 of 2), ca. 120 pp

Box 51, Folder 6

Camphill Special Schools (2 of 2), ca. 100 pp

Box 51, Folder 7

Waldorf Schools, ca. 160 pp

Box 52, Folder 1

Anthroposophy/Rudolf Steiner-related adult education, ca. 50 pp

Box 52, Folder 2

Rudolf Steiner Farm School, ca. 120 pp

Box 52, Folder 3

Steiner Conferences/Festivals / Seminars, ca. 60 pp

Box 52, Folder 4

Anthroposophical newsletters, ca. 300 pp

Box 52, Folder 5

Steiner/anthroposophical promotional material, ca. 40 pp

Box 52, Folder 6

Anthroposophic press, ca. 40 pp

Box 52, Folder 7

C.G. Jung Foundation, ca. 50 pp

Box 52, Folder 8

Newsletters from religious organizations, ca. 40 pp

Box 53, Folder 1

Religious publications/articles/printed matter, ca. 120 pp

Box 53, Folder 2

Quaker articles/printed matter, ca. 130 pp

Box 53, Folder 3

Arts/crafts fairs, ca. 50 pp

Box 53, Folder 4

Arts/crafts newsletters, ca. 120 pp

Box 53, Folder 5

Arts and crafts invitations and printed matter from exhibits, ca. 200 pp

Box 53, Folder 6

Museum printed matter, ca. 20 pp

Box 53, Folder 7

Individual artists' promotional material, ca. 25 pp

Box 53, Folder 8

Experiments in Arts and Technology (E.A.T.), ca. 20 pp

Box 53, Folder 9

Printed matter relating to arts and crafts, ca. 100 pp

Box 53, Folder 10

Printed matter relating to theater, ca. 40 pp

Box 54, Folder 1

Clippings, ca. 150 pp

Box 53, Folder 2

Political articles/publications, ca. 90 pp

Box 53, Folder 3

Feminist articles/publications, ca. 60 pp

Box 53, Folder 4

Education articles, ca. 160 pp

Box 53, Folder 5

Publications with short stories by James Leo Herlihy, ca. 400 pp

Box 53, Folder 6

Clippings regarding David Tudor and/or modern music, ca. 60 pp

Box 53, Folder 7

Programs (including programs for David Tudor), ca. 80 pp

Box 53, Folder 8

Printed matter from publishing companies, ca. 100 pp

Box 55, Folder 1

Printed catalogs/advertisements, ca. 180 pp

Box 55, Folder 2

Printed charity solicitations, ca. 60 pp

Box 55, Folder 3

Various printed matter, ca. 60 pp

Note

Additional printed matter may be found in oversize boxes *70 and *73 .

Series VI. Diaries and notes, 1948-1983

Physical Description: 3 lin. ft. 7 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Series VI. contains Richards's diaries and notebooks as well as loose notes. Professional as well as personal notes are present.

Box 56, Folder 1

Diary (European trip) 1948-1949

Scope and Content Note

1 volume with inserts. ca. 140 pp.

Box 56, Folder 2

Diaries (Mexican trip), 1957

Scope and Content Note

1 volume, 1 small notebook, and inserts, ca. 180 pp

Box 56, Folder 3

Notebook/diary, 1958, 1960

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 250 pp

Box 56, Folder 4

Notebook/diary, 1958-1959

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 180 pp

Box 56, Folder 5

Notebook/diary, 1959, 1962

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 150 pp

Box 56, Folder 6

Notebook/diary, summers of 1965, 1966

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 100 pp

Box 56, Folder 7

Notebook/diaries, 1966

Scope and Content Note

2 volumes and inserts, ca. 400 pp.

Box 57, Folder 1

Notebooks, 1966

Scope and Content Note

2 small notebooks, ca. 60 pp.

Box 57, Folder 2

Notebook/diary, Jan-Feb 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 200 pp.

Box 57, Folder 3

Notebook/diary, Feb-Jun 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, including 2 photographs, a. 130 pp.

Box 57, Folder 4

Notebook/diary, Jun-Oct 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 120 pp.

Box 57, Folder 5

Notebook/diary, 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 200 pp.

Box 57, Folder 6

Notebooks, Jan-May 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 volumes and inserts, ca. 200 pp.

Box 57, Folder 7

Notebook and diary, Mar-Jul 1968

Scope and Content Note

2 volumes, ca. 120 pp.

Box 58, Folder 1

Notebook/diary, 1969

Scope and Content Note

1 volume, ca. 200 pp.

Box 58, Folder 2

Notebook/diary, (University of Letheridge, Canada) Winter 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 200 pp.

Box 58, Folder 3

Notebook/diary, Jun 1970-Apr 1971

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 350 pp.

Box 58, Folder 4

Notebook/diary, Apr-Oct 1971

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 300 pp.

Box 58, Folder 5

Notebook/diary, Oct-Dec 1971

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 120 pp.

Box 59, Folder 1

Notebooks, ca. 1971-1972

Scope and Content Note

1 volume, 1 notepad and insert, ca. 100 pp.

Box 59, Folder 2

Notebook/diary, Jan-Apr 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and insert, ca. 250 pp.

Box 59, Folder 3

Notebook/diary, Apr-Oct 1972

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 250 pp.

Box 59, Folder 4

Notebook/diary, Oct 1972-Jan 1974

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 300 pp.

Box 59, Folder 5

Diary, Mar-Oct 1974

Scope and Content Note

1 volume, ca. 100 pp.

Box 60, Folder 1

Notebook, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and insert, ca. 40 pp.

Box 60, Folder 2

Notebook/diary, Nov 1974-Apr 1976

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and insert, ca. 200 pp.

Box 60, Folder 3

Notebook/diary, summer 1976

Scope and Content Note

1 notepad and insert, ca. 100 pp.

Box 60, Folder 4

Notebook, May-Oct 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 volume, ca. 180 pp.

Box 60, Folder 5

Notebook/diary, Jun 1976-Jun 1977

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 180 pp.

Box 60, Folder 6

Notebook, Dec 1977-Mar 1978

Scope and Content Note

1 notepad, ca. 125 pp.

Box 60, Folder 7

Notebook, Mar-Aug 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 110 pp.

Box 61, Folder 1

Notebook, Jan-Aug 1980

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 80 pp.

Box 61, Folder 2

Notebook, 1981

Scope and Content Note

1 volume and inserts, ca. 100 pp.

Box 61, Folder 3

Notebook, 1983

Scope and Content Note

1 volume, ca. 40 pp.

Box 61, Folder 4

Journal pages, 1957-1966

Scope and Content Note

Loose pages, ca. 100 pp.

Box 61, Folder 5

Dream notes

Scope and Content Note

ca. 300 pp

Box 61, Folder 6

Undated notebooks

Scope and Content Note

4 small volumes, ca. 120 pp.

Box 61, Folder 7

Notepads, undated

Scope and Content Note

7 notepads and inserts, ca. 150 pp.

Box 61, Folder 8

Journal pages, Sep 1965

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 pp.

Box 61, Folder 9

Class materials/notes

Scope and Content Note

7 pp.

Box 62, Folder 1

Anthroposophy notebooks, undated

Scope and Content Note

2 notepads and inserts, ca. 60 pp.

Box 62, Folder 2

Notes about Anthroposophy/Rudolf Steiner/related subjects

Scope and Content Note

ca. 150 pp

Box 62, Folder 3

Notes relating to Jung

Scope and Content Note

ca. 25 pp.

Box 62, Folder 4

Notes relating to Marshall McLuhan

Scope and Content Note

4 pp. and a newspaper article.

Box 62, Folder 5

Miscellaneous notes

Scope and Content Note

Possibly Black Mountain College-era, 12 pp.

Box 62, Folder 6

Notes copied from reading

Scope and Content Note

ca. 120 pp.

Box 62, Folder 7

Notes on German language

Scope and Content Note

6 pp.

Box 62, Folder 8

Notes on "Writing as a Handcraft"

Scope and Content Note

7 pp.

Box 62, Folder 9

Miscellaneous notes

Scope and Content Note

ca. 250 pp.

Series VII. Artwork, undated

Physical Description: 1.25 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Series VII. contains artwork, much of it oversized. There is some artwork by established artists Lyle Bongé, Sari Dienes, Joe Fiore, Les Forczek, and Louisa Jenkins, although the majority is by Richards and her students from various workshops.

Box 63, Folder 1

Artwork by Richards

Scope and Content Note

ca. 40 items. See also last item in this box.

Box 63, Folder 2

Richards's sketchbooks

Scope and Content Note

3 books and inserts, ca. 50 pp.

Box 63, Folder 3

Lists of Richards's artwork and prices, 7 pp

Box 63, Folder 4

Richards's book mock-ups, 11 items

Box 63, Folder 5

Artwork by Lyle Bongé, 1 item

Box 63, Folder 6

Artwork by Sari Dienes, 1 item

Box 63, Folder 7

Artwork by Les Forczek (ink drawing), 1 item

Box 63, Folder 8

Artwork by Louisa Jenkins

Scope and Content Note

Also an exhibition catalog, 2 items.

Box 63, Folder 9

Artwork by various artists, sorted alphabetically, 11 items

Box 63, Folder 10

Children's artwork, 7 items

Box 63, Folder 11

Anonymous/illegibly signed artwork, ca. 40 items

Roll 12

Artwork by Richards

Scope and Content Note

Rolled drawing, "Moving poems," drawings in crayon with words on paper ca. 6 ft. long.

Oversize artwork may be found in boxes *71, *72, *73, *74, *75 , and in **Flatfile 1.

Series VIII. Memorabilia, personal miscellany, ca. 1928-ca. 1983

Physical Description: 4.25 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Series VIII. contains Richards's résumés, grant applications, awards, birth certificate, passport, yearbooks, personal photos, negatives, audio tapes, addresses, financial documents and other personal papers. Among the photographs are images of Stony Point and of Richards's pottery.

Box 64, Folder 1

Richards's curriculum vita/résumés/bios, ca. 30 pp

Box 64, Folder 2

Richards's grant applications, ca. 20 pp

Box 64, Folder 3

Richards's awards/diplomas/school registration, appointments, and related materials, ca. 20 pp

Box 64, Folder 4

Richards's passport and birth certificate, 5 items

Box 64, Folder 5

Richards's palm print analysis and solar chart, 12 pp

Box 64, Folder 6

Richards's high school and junior college yearbooks

Scope and Content Note

3 books and inserts, ca. 250 pp.

Box 64, Folder 7

Photographs of classmates, 10 items

Box 64, Folder 8

Framed photographs of children, 2 items

Box 65-67

Photographs

Scope and Content Note

Circa 900 photographs in 3 boxes.

Box 68, Folder 1

Addresses, phone numbers, directions

Scope and Content Note

Includes 2 small address/phone books, ca. 70 pp.

Box 68, Folder 2

Pottery notes: clay and glaze formulas, supply invoices, etc.

Scope and Content Note

ca. 50 pp.

Box 68, Folder 3

Calligraphy notes and exercises

Scope and Content Note

c. 70 pp.

Box 68, Folder 4

Catalog of Richards's library (begun by Carol Gruber), on index cards

Scope and Content Note

ca. 100 items.

Box 68, Folder 5

Stony Point/Rockland County community: newsletters, spring picnic invitation, etc.

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 pp.

Box 68, Folder 6

Vero Beach, Florida hand-made newsletter: "The Chicken Goo News"

Scope and Content Note

Circa 25 pp.

Box 68, Folder 7

Thanksgiving skit written for the Kremens

Scope and Content Note

4 pp.

Box 68, Folder 8

Staff meeting notes: Life Center/Arts in the Image of Man, 1983

Scope and Content Note

8 pp.

Box 68, Folder 9

Medical documents, prescriptions, notes

Scope and Content Note

Circa 30 pp.

Box 68, Folder 10

Solicitations from Who's Who, Encyclopedia of the American Woman, Richards Heritage book

Scope and Content Note

4 pp.

Box 68, Folder 11

Ephemera

Scope and Content Note

ca. 150 pp.

Box 69, Folder 1-2

Financial documents, 1968-1969 ca. 50 items

Scope and Content Note

Circa 200 items.

Box 69, Folder 3-4

Financial documents: stocks/securities/Walston and Company

Scope and Content Note

Richards's broker. Circa 200 items

Box 69, Folder 5

Bank statements, check stubs, etc.

Scope and Content Note

ca. 100 items.

Box 69, Folder 6

Tax returns/tax paperwork

Scope and Content Note

ca. 20 items.

Box 69, Folder 7

Bills/receipts

Scope and Content Note

ca. 30 items. Additional Memorabilia/Personal Miscellany may be found in cold storage boxes*77 and *78 .

Box 69, Folder 8

Documents found with original reel-to-reel audio tapes, R1, R2, R7, R8, R9, R10

Box 69, Folder 8

Technical and content notes from Nancy Romer on Haystack tape #2 (R1)

Box 69, Folder 8

Technical notes from Nancy Romer on Haystack tape #3 (R2)

Box 69, Folder 8

Letter to M.C. Richards from "Mike." (R7)

Box 69, Folder 8

Capitol Records master control files (R8-R10)

Scope and Content Note

With lists of contents and timings, 3 pp, 1 sheet per audio tape. Earle Brown's name, not signature, appears on one sheet.

Box 77, Folder 1

Negatives and slides, some dating from Black Mountain College-era, ca. 100 items

Box 77, Folder 2

Richards' medical x-rays, from the 1980s, 10 items

Box 78

2 rolls of negatives

Box 78-83

Audiotapes

Scope and Content Note

10 sound tape reels, numbered by the repository R1-R10, in boxes 78-79. All have been reformatted by the repository in archival masters, copy masters, and use copies. Contact the repository for use. The originals are described below.

Box 78

R1-R2: Poetry Readings at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1963

Scope and Content Note

R1: Haystack tape #2, 1963 Sep 8.

R2: Haystack tape #3, 1963 Sep 8.

2 sound tape reels of 2 (1 hr., 52 min. 55 sec.): analog, 3 3/4 ips, 5 in. See description sheets in box 69, f. 8.

Box 78

R3-R4: Interviews with John Iozia, 1970 Aug 26

Scope and Content Note

R3: Label on original box reads, "Any Wednesday Interview - John Iozia,"

R4: Label on original box reads, "Raleigh radio interview, John, 26 Aug 70."

2 sound tape reels of 2 (16 min., 57 sec.) : analog, stereo; 3-5 in. Regarding the production of Any Wednesday, a play by Muriel Resnik, produced in 1970 at the Village Dinner Theater in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Box 78

R5: Mary Caroline Richards, Some thoughts about art and wholeness in learning, 1969 Nov

Scope and Content Note

R5: Side 1, M.C. Richards's lecture entitled Some thoughts about art and wholeness in learning. See lecture text in box 32, f.3. Side 2, Allan Kaprow lecture on his teaching experience in Berkeley, especially related to Project otherways.Label on original box: "Mary Caroline Richards. Allan Kaprow was put on side two instead of side one [actual order is the reverse]. Howard McConeghey, Cheney Washington, [tape no.] 1 at Showalter H., Oct. 17 69."

1 sound tape reel of 1 (2 hrs., 41 min., 42 sec.) : analog, mono., 3 3/4 ips; 7 in.

Box 78

R6: Mary Carolyn Richards, Crossing point: 9 Easter letters, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Recording of a lecture, including a question and answer session, given by Richards as part of a graduate seminar. This lecture is probably the basis for Nine Easter letters on the art of education, published in Penn State papers in art education, no. 3 (1967). Text for this publication is in box 32, f.1. Original box labelled, "Dr. Mary Caroline Richards, Sp. 1967 Art Grad Seminar."

1 sound tape reel of 1 (1 hr., 45 min., 10 sec.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, mono; 7 in.

Box 78

R7: Mary Caroline Richards, Centering in poetry, pottery and the person, undated

Scope and Content Note

Side 1, lecture and poetry reading by M. C. Richards (undated, location unknown); Side 2, lecture on "centering" in pottery and poetry that she gave at the Haystack Mountain School (undated) This lecture is related to Richards's book Centering in pottery, poetry, and the person. A letter to "Mike" originally with this tape is now in box 69, f.8.

1 sound tape reel of 1 (3 hr., 14 min., 54 sec.) : analog; 7 in.

Box 79

R8-R10: M. C. Richards reads her poetry, 1960 Jun 4

Scope and Content Note

Richards reads her own poetry, possibly recorded by the composer Earle Brown for production on the Capitol Records label. Contents lists for the tapes are in box 69, f.8.

3 sound tape reels of 3 (1 hr., 6 min., 20 sec.) : analog, 15 ips, mono; 10 in., 1/4 in. tape.

Box 80

Audiotapes, R1-R6 - archival masters

Box 81

Audiotapes, R7-R10 - archival masters

Box 82

Audiotapes, R1-R10 - use copies

Box 83

Audiotapes, R1-R10 - copy masters

Series IX. Oversized items, ca. 1950-ca. 1987

Physical Description: ca. 225 items

Scope and Content Note

Oversize items pulled from previous series.

Box *70, Folder 1

Oversized correspondence from Andy Hoy, 1 item (art object, formerly enclosed with letter in box 14, folder 6)

Box *70, Folder 2

Oversized correspondence from Allison Jackson, Louisa Jenkins, 3 items, including 1 drawing by Louisa Jenkins

Box *70, Folder 3

Oversized correspondence from Barbara Kazankis. 1 item

Box *70, Folder 4

Oversized manuscripts: score by Seymour Barab, "Chanticleer," an opera in one act with libretto by M.C. Richards. 1 item

Box *70, Folder 5

Manuscripts by Lou Harrison. Oversize poetry (11 pp.) and a small composition dedicated to M.C. Richards, "A Happy Birthday to M.C.R." (1 p)

Box *70, Folder 6

Oversized printed matter: Ian Hamilton Finlay calendar, 1968-1969, published by Jargon Press, 1 item

Box *70, Folder 7

Oversized printed matter: Small Press Publications

Scope and Content Note

"The Water Mirror XXII," a poem by Ron Bayes, signed, published by Curveship Press, 1975, and "Fire," a journal printed by the Poet's and Painters Press.

Box 71*, Folder 1

Oversized artwork by Richards (1 of 2), ca. 25 items

Box 71*, Folder 2

Oversized artwork by Richards (2 of 2), ca. 20 items

Box 71*, Folder 3

Early Richards watercolors, ca. 20 items

Box 71*, Folder 4

Handmade paper and books, Haystack 1981, by Richards (and students?), 12 items

Box 71*, Folder 5

Oversized artwork by various artists, A-C, 5 items

Box 72*, Folder 1

Oversized artwork by various artists, D-G, 4 items

Box 72*, Folder 2

Oversized artwork by various artists, H-J, 3 items.

Box 72*, Folder 3

Oversized artwork by various artists, R-S, 5 items.

Box 72*, Folder 4

Illegible signatures/unidentified artwork (1 of 2), 3 items

Box 72*, Folder 5

Illegible signatures/unidentified artwork (2 of 2), ca. 20 items

Box 72*, Folder 6

Photos of Richards and Paulus Berensohn, 2 items

Scope and Content Note

Richards's photo dates from Black Mountain College era.

Box 72*, Folder 7

Photos of Richards and her dog at Juniata College, 1975, 3 items

Scope and Content Note

Signed, A. McBride, photographer.

Box 72*, Folder 8

Photos of Richards and her work at Juniata College, 1975, 3 items

Scope and Content Note

Signed, A. McBride, photographer.

Box 72*, Folder 9

Calligraphy examples from Reed College, 1962, 2 items

Box 73*, Folder 1

Black Mountain College Retrospective posters, Asheville Art Museum, 1978, 3 items

Box 73*, Folder 2

Richards's promotional posters, 10 items

Box 73*, Folder 3

Oversize clippings, Haystack promotional matter, ca. 40 items

Box 73*, Folder 4

Artwork by Richards from Haystack, 1981, 4 items

Box 73*, Folder 5

Richards's calligraphy and artwork, 9 items

Box 73*, Folder 6

Artwork by Joe Fiore (Black Mountain College Alumnus), 1 item

Box 73*, Folder 7

Artwork, sorted by alphabet, 6 items

Box 73*, Folder 8

Unidentified artwork, 7 items

Box 74*, Folder 1

Oil painting, signed "Cadon '64," 1 item

Box 75*, Folder 1

Oil painting, unsigned, 1 item

Box 76*, Folder 1

Artwork by Richards (Haystack) 1981, 1 item.

Flat file folder 1**

Artwork, 1960, 1980

Scope and Content Note

Jasper Johns print, signed and dated (1960). A poster for an exhibition in Paris, sent by mail and addressed to John Cage. Also a signed painting by John Wood from Haystack (1980). 2 items.

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