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Series 1. Projects & designs 2342037

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 10

Sylvania Electric and Light Mobile chronology 2341070

Scope and Contents

Chronology of Kepes's Light Mobile project, correspondence between G. Kepes and Sylvania, and two tearsheets on Sylvania products.
Box 4, folder 11

Eastman Kodak Company correspondence re: Pan Am Building project 2341072

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between G. Kepes and Eastman Kodak re: Kodak materials for Pan Am building commission.
Box 4, folder 14

Correspondence with Cyril Stanley Smith re: metals 2341078

Scope and Contents

Details use of metals with "damascus" texture.
Box 5, folder 3

Sylvania Panelescent Lighting brochure 2341089

Box 17, folder 8

Upper and Lower Falls Project 2341178

Scope and Contents

Some of the material deals with remarks Kepes made about optimum utilization of the Falls in Rochester, New York. Much of the material is actually printed material that has appeared previously.
Box 25, folder 20

Times Square Project 2341220 1969-1973

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material about Kepes' Times Square project.
Box 25, folder 21

Times Square Clippings 2341221 1973

Scope and Contents

New York Times clippings about Times Square Project, with letter to Kepes from Arnold H. Singal.
Box 25, folder 22

Tower of Light 2341222 1964

Scope and Contents

Time, Cost, Coordination Estimates from architectural firm for Tower of Light.
Box 26, folder 2

Mobile Light Mural 2341224

Scope and Contents

Typescript on the possiblity of a mobile light mural.
Box 26, folder 17

Paper scraps 2341238

Scope and Contents

Paper scraps cut in various shapes and sizes - presumably for artistic usage.
Box 27, folder 26

Red Line 2341265

Scope and Contents

Reproductions of several sheets of an abstract design.
Box 28, folder 4

Harvard Square Transit Project 2341276 1981

Scope and Contents

Plans and printed material about Kepes' installation in the Harvard Square MBTA station.
Box 28, folder 5

Invoices and Bills 2341277 1974, 1982

Scope and Contents

Bills related to exhibitions and sales.
Box 28, folder 8

Saint Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco 2341280 1971

Scope and Contents

Two copies of Architectural Record article on Saint Mary's in San Francisco from September 1971.
Box 28, folder 30

Baltimore Road Project 2341302 1974

Scope and Contents

Contains material about a proposed project for Baltimore.
Box 29, folder 4

Some Aspects of Image Generation and Manipulation for the Times Square Billboard Display System 2341313

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of a report - names on it are Michael Polatnick and Kepes. Polatnick wrote it for a class, possibly with Kepes.
Box 29, folder 6

Harvard Square 2341315 1985

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Clipping and plan about Kepes' Harvard Square stained glass wall project.
Box 30, folder 17

KLM Mural 2341349 1960

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other documents related to a "Mobile Light Mural" Kepes did for the KLM building.
Box 30, folder 21

Miscellaneous material 2341353 1970s-1980s

Scope and Contents

Some correspondence and a contract with the Willet Stained Glass Studio from the Harvard Square Project. One photo.
Box 38, folder 1

Proposals for the Russell Street Corridor 2341500

Scope and Contents

Document by Kepes for renewal proposals for the corridor between downtown Baltimore and Friendship (now Baltimore-Washington International) Airport along Russell Street. Airport was renamed in 1973, so this document predates 1973.
Box 38, folder 2

San Francisco Cathedral Design Correspondence 2341501 1966-1973

Scope and Contents

Correspondence around Kepes' design of the glass in the main entrance of the St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. Correspondents include, Kepes, artchitect McSweeney, Ryan & Lee, and the Archbishop of San Francisco Joseph T. McGucken.
Box 38, folder 16

G. Sterling Chapel Window 2341513 1978

Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding a window Kepes did for a chapel at the First and Second Church in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Box 39, folder 1

Charles Center 2341522 1962-1969

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, drawings, photographs, all relating to the Charles Center project in Baltimore.
Box 39, folder 13

Correspondence, New York City Fountain Project 2341534 1969-1971

Box 39, folder 14

Correspondence,Times Square 2341535 1972-1973

Box 39, folder 16

Correspondence, Port Authority Panel 2341537 1972

Box 39, folder 17

Times Square Proposal 2341538 1972

Scope and Contents

Corespondence and proposal.
Box 39, folder 18

Times Square 2341539 1973-1974

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, clippings, printed material.
Box 58, folder 4

Mobile Light Mural 2341891

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of an article.
Box 58, folder 12

Mobile Light Mural 2341904

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 105, folder 17

Kepes published art and design 2393875

Box 105, folder 18

Advisory Board of Printing and Advertising Clinics brochure [damaged] 2393876

Language of Material: English.
Box 105, folder 19

"Illustration" pamphlet for Collins Miller & Hutchings, Inc. [damaged] 2393877

Box 105, folder 20

dust jacket galley for Roland H. Bainton's "Haunted Heretic" 2393878

Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 2

dust jacket galley proofs- Beacon Press etc.

Language of Material: English.
 

Series 2. Photographs

Language of Material: English.
 

2.1. Photographs by or of Kepes work 2342026

Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 10

Photographs by G. Kepes 2341014

Scope and Contents

3 photographs signed Gyorgy Kepes, 2 with labels. Includes 1960 "Direction-Suggestion Linear Display," 1938 "Wall Graffito" of graffiti in Chicago, and 1940 "Motion Record."
Box 10, folder 3

Kepes negatives 2341141

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 3x4 negatives; slides, glass negative, and assorted uncut negatives in various formats.

Scope and Contents

48 negatives in envelopes with label "FROM BOX NEGATIVES PAINTING;" 7 additional negatives, 3 additional slides, 1 additional glass negative. Negatives of works by Kepes, including documentation of paintings and stained glass, exhibition installation shots, and negatives for light studies and photographs. 1 small b/w photograph reproducing a Kepes painting.
Box 27, folder 25

Checklist by Nathan Lerner and Lloyd C. Engelbrecht 2341264

Scope and Contents

Checklist of photographic prints by Kepes - notes that the prints were all made in 1972 and 1973, so those dates are probable.
Box 40

Glass Slides 2341714

Scope and Contents

Total of twenty-three glass lantern slides depicting Kepes' works. Originally together in a padded envelope. Individually wrapped in protective wrappers, placed in slide box.
Box 41, folder 1-6

Dad's paintings 1989, Slides, 1997-1999, Dad's Paintings for Hungary Orig. and Dupes 2341715 1989-1999

Scope and Contents

Standard-size projection slides of Kepes' works. Originally in a plastic box with this label, all together in a padded envelope.
Box 41, folder 8

Gyorgy Kepes Paintings 2341717

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box with this label. Photographic negatives. One polaroid.
Box 41, folder 14

Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 6' x 6', Private Collection negative 2341723

Box 41, folder 15

Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 4' x 4', Private Collection negative 2341724

Box 41, folder 16

Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 5' x 5' Neuberger Collection of American Art, NYC negative 2341726

Box 41, folder 17

Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 4' x 4', National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. negative 2341725

Box 62, folder 7

Gy. K. Paintings Prints 2341923

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box of this title. Contains not only prints, but also negatives and a few printed items.
Box 63, folder 2

Gy. K. Designs 2341925

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box of this title. Photographic prints.
Box 63, folder 5-8

Gy.K. Paintings Photographs 2341927

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box with this title. Also says "The New Landscape, 101-200," but the contents appear to be photos of paintings.
Box 67, folder 1-2

Gyorgy Kepes, Paintings, Negatives 2341939

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box with this label. Also labeled N13. Also contains slips of paper with nearly unintelligible writing that seems to concern details of each shot. They were scattered throughout the box in no apparent order.
Box 86, folder 3

Photographs of G. Kepes Installations and Designs 2342017

Language of Material: English.
Box 86, folder 4

Paintings and photographs G. Kepes 2342018

Language of Material: English.
Box 86, folder 5

Photographs by G. Kepes 2342019

Language of Material: English.
Box 192, folder 1

Kepes photographs, two larger prints

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Two prints removed from Box 86, folders 5&6.
 

2.2. Slides & negatives

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 1-2

Slides c. 1970s

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 3

Slides c. 1960s-1980s

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 4

Slides - Possibly Mexico 1979-04

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 5

Slides - Navarro Baldeweg 1970s

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 6

Slides - Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 7

Slides c. 1970s

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 8

Slides - Paintings at Shows

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 9

Slides c. 1970s

Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 10

Slides c. 1950s-1970s

Language of Material: English.
Box 107, folder 1-9

Slides- Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 108, folder 1-9

Slides- Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 109, folder 1-9

Slides- Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 110, folder 1-5

Slides- Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 110, folder 6-11

Negatives - Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 1-4

Negatives - Misc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 5

Negatives - Student Work

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 6

Cataloged Photographs, Incomplete Sequence

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 7

Negatives - BOS-BW-5

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 8

Slides - Light Installation

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 9

Slides

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 10

Negatives, GK Paintings

Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 11-12

Transparencies & Negatives - Works By Kepes

Language of Material: English.
Box 112

Slides in Carousels

Language of Material: English.
Box 113

Slides in Carousels

Language of Material: English.
Box 114

Slides in Carousels

Language of Material: English.
Box 137

Glass Slides - Student Works

Language of Material: English.
Box 138

Glass Slides - Student Works, Etc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 139

Glass Slides - Misc.

Language of Material: English.
 

2.3. Exhibition panels 2394359

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Large mounted photographs used for exhibition. Many are on masonite boards. At some point they were numbered 1-103 (although some numbered items that were not panels are filed elsewhere).
Box 141

Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes photograms [34 & 35] c. 1940s

Language of Material: English.
Box 142

Light as a Creative Medium light study [30] ; Kepes photogram c. 1930s [31]

Language of Material: English.
Box 143

Light as a Creative Medium?: Kepes photo? [32] ; Kepes photogram c. 1940s [33]

Language of Material: English.
Box 144

Light as a Creative Medium?: Kepes photograph with magnetic filings [38] ; Kepes photo [39]

Language of Material: English.
Box 145

Cover of Light as Creative Medium catalog, Kepes photo [36] ; Kepes Radioshack mural [37]

Language of Material: English.
Box 146

Light as a Creative Medium or retrospective: Kepes photo with lenses [40] ; Kepes photo [41]

Language of Material: English.
Box 147

Light as a Creative Medium or retrospective: Kepes photo [44] ; Kepes photo [45]

Language of Material: English.
Box 148

Light as a Creative Medium or retrospective: Kepes photo [42] ; Kepes photo [43]

Language of Material: English.
Box 149

Language of Vision: Lichtenberg Figures / Von Hippel ; Cross-Section of Twig, 80x

Language of Material: English.
Box 150

Light as a Creative Medium?: lens distorted typography [25] ; Moholy plexi sculpture? [59]

Language of Material: English.
Box 151

Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes light photo? [61 & 62]

Language of Material: English.
Box 152

Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes light photo? [69 & 72]

Language of Material: English.
Box 153

Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes photo liquid forms? [60] ; ICA Boston retrospective? Kepes photo [68]

Language of Material: English.
Box 154

ICA Boston retrospective? Kepes photo [70 & 71]

Language of Material: English.
Box 155

Light as a Creative Medium? possible Kepes photos [58 & 63]

Language of Material: English.
Box 156

Marked ICA/K 34, Kepes photo with magnetic filings [74]

Language of Material: English.
Box 157

Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes photogram c. 1930s [29]

Language of Material: English.
Box 158

Marked ICA/K 32 Kepes photo [64]

Language of Material: English.
Box 159

Marked ICA/K 32 Kepes photo [66]

Language of Material: English.
Box 160

Kepes photo with water drops [48] ; Urban Form Architectural Light exhibition panel. Fred Stone Reprographics [49] ; repeat of exhibition panel from Urban Form and Artificial Light. Fred Stone Reprographics [52] ; Kepes photo light reflections. Fred Stone Reprographics [56]

Language of Material: English.
Box 161

ICA Boston retrospective, possibly GK design for Bauhaus exhibition [26] ; Kepes photo; water and screen. Fred Stone Reprographics [54] ; Otto Piene posters/fliers. Fred Stone Reprographics [57] ; ICA Boston retrospective? installation shot of Kepes design of UNESCO exhibition on housing c. 1948? [67]

Language of Material: English.
Box 162

Kepes photos, Fred Stone Reprographics [50, 51, 55] ; work by Harold Tovish [53]

Language of Material: English.
Box 163

ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes clock for daughter [27] ; Kepes daughter jumping [28] ; CAVS work by Harold Tovish. Fred Stone Reprographics [46] ; Kepes screen photo, from Light as Creative Medium exhibition cover. Fred Stone Reprographics [47]

Language of Material: English.
Box 164

Marked ICA/K 39, Kepes photo [65]

Language of Material: English.
Box 165

ICA Boston retrospective probably Kepes photos. Punched holes, marked ICA [89, 90, 99, 101]

Language of Material: English.
Box 166

Boston aerial view, Fred Stone Reprographics [96] ; Kepes photo? Fred Stone Reprographics [97] ; Kepes photo (many copies of this image on various panels). Fred Stone Reprographics [98]

Language of Material: English.
Box 167

Kepes photo raindrops [75] ; Kepes photo light pattern [76] ; ICA Boston retrospective, Kepes photos, 4 punched holes, marked ICA [80 & 84]

Language of Material: English.
Box 168

ICA Boston retrospective, Kepes high speed photo, Two punched holes, marked ICA [85] ; photo of splashing water. Two punched holes, marked ICA [86] ; dauKepes high speed photo. Two punched holes, marked ICA [87]

Language of Material: English.
Box 169

ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes photo daughters face? [73] ; Kepes high speed photo. Fred Stone Reprographics [77] ; Kepes daughter in house. Punched holes, marked ICA [78] ; Kepes stroboscopic photo, Punched holes, marked ICA [79]

Language of Material: English.
Box 170

ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes photo, 4 punched holes, marked ICA [81] ; Kepes photo, 2 punched holes [82] ; installation shot of Painter and the City, MIT Hayden Gallery 1950, design by Kepes. Punched holes, marked ICA [83] ; CAVS, Harold Tovish reproduction, Fred Stone Reprographics [88]

Language of Material: English.
Box 171

ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes photo, four punched holes, marked ICA [91] ; installation shot of Art of United Nations, at Art Institute Chicago, designed and curated by Kepes, c. 1944. Punched holes, marked ICA [100] ; installation shot of possibile New Bauhaus exhibition at MOMA possibly designed by Kepes. Punched holes, marked ICA [103]

Language of Material: English.
Box 172

New Landscape in Art and Science [11] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 173

New Landscape in Art and Science [14] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 174

New Landscape in Art and Science, tongue of deer [15] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 175

Explorations: Wen-Ying Tsai, Cybernetic Sculpture [2] ; Ted Kraynik, Video Luminar [3] 1970

Language of Material: English.
Box 176

Explorations, Wen-Ying Tsai, Cybernetic Sculpture [6] ; CAVS Mauricio Bueno, Environmental Ecology Tower [7] 1970

Language of Material: English.
Box 177

New Landscape in Art and Science, Lichtenberg 1951 [19] ; CAVS Peine, Environmental Pageantry [20]

Language of Material: English.
Box 178

New Landscape in Art and Science, "eutectic" compounds [23 & 24] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 179

CAVS David Curt Morris, Light Cage [21] ; New Landscape in Art and Science, 1951 [22]

Language of Material: English.
Box 180

New Landscape in Art and Science, Lichtenberg figure [12] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 181

New Landscape in Art and Science [17 & 18] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 182

CAVS?: Hiroo Kurano, student work [4] ; Michio Ihara, Light Tower [5]

Language of Material: English.
Box 183

New Landscape in Art and Science [16] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 184

New Landscape in Art and Science [1] 1951

Language of Material: English.
Box 185

Explorations: installation shot [10] ; Stan Vanderbeek computer graphic [13] 1970

Language of Material: English.
Box 186

CAVS Kepes, Light walls for Boston Harbor [8 & 9]

Language of Material: English.
 

2.4. Miscellaneous photographs, slides, negatives 2342027

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Mostly scientific images and paintings. Some or all are produced by Kepes or used in projects.
Box 1, folder 3

Typography photographs 2341006

Scope and Contents

5 photographs of typography and writing systems.
Box 1, folder 4

Unlabeled negatives 2341007

Scope and Contents

Box of 130 negatives for reproduction in various Kepes publications but also other miscellaneous negatives. Note: images are not necessarily from Kepes's "Language of Vision" despite typed label on original Kodak photo box. Includes for example a negative of a New York Times Book Review article on Kepes's Vision + Value Series by Roger Jellinek. Some negatives include handwritten captions or citations on note, envelope, or negative; most reproduce images from other publications and include original text or caption copy in negative. Masking applied to some negatives in preparation for printing. Images include Balla painting, Futurist topography, Georges Seurat painting, diagrams from art and design textbooks, movement diagrams, Soviet posters, installation shot of design exhibition, and many others. Includes duplicates.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Most 3x4 and 4x5; some smaller. Most contained in individual wax paper or manila envelopes.
Box 1, folder 5

Street signage photographs 2341009

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Approx. 9 x 10 and 9 x 9 black and white silver gelatin prints.

Scope and Contents

3 photographs of American street signage; 2 specifically credited to Standard Oil Company.
Box 1, folder 6

Photographs of works by Frank Stella and Kenneth Noland 2341010

Scope and Contents

4 photographs of artworks, one catalog or journal tearsheet with Frank Stella lithograph marked.
Box 1, folder 7

Scientific photographs 2341011

Scope and Contents

19 photographs of patterns found in science. Image probably relate to or were published in The New Landscape in Art and Science or other Kepes publications. Includes radiograph, "fluid mapper pattern," Lissajous figures, Bell Telephone Laboratory diagram, and similar images.
Box 1, folder 8

KINSYN Laserphoto 2341012 1973

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

4 x 5 black and white glossy silver gelatin prints.

Scope and Contents

July 1973 "MIT Reports on Research" newsletter with article on KINSYN computer system and Laserphoto images, and 10 photographs of Laserphoto output.
Box 1, folder 9

P. Xagozazis Hewlett-Packard plotter photographs 2341013

Scope and Contents

4 photographs showing patterns produced by P. Xagozazis on Hewlett-Packard 9810A and 11215A plotters. Includes 3 unidentified small photographs found in sleeve with other images.
Box 1, folder 11

Ceramics and pottery photographs 2341015

Scope and Contents

2 photographs of pottery from Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Box 1, folder 12

Miscellaneous photographs from 1960s and 1970s 2341016

Scope and Contents

5 photographs identified from 1960s, including student work from M.I.T. Visual Design Course and Light and Color Course, photograph of exhibition poster for show at the Hayden Gallery in 1973 for MIT CAVS fellow Friedrich St. Florian, and still from Stan Vanderbeek film.
Box 1, folder 13

Photographs of architectural diagrams, perspective diagrams, visual illusions, and human anatomy 2341024

Scope and Contents

27 photographs, mostly unlabeled, of architectural diagrams, visual and optical illusions, human anatomy diagrams, images illustrating perspectival systems, and Gestalt psychology diagrams. Includes one additional tearsheet from catalog or journal of 1922 L. Peri linoleum cut.
Box 1, folder 14

Exhibition installation shots 2341025

Scope and Contents

2 photographs showing The Family of Man at the Museum of Modern Art and a December 1946 Mondrian exhibition.
Box 1, folder 15

Design photographs 2341026

Scope and Contents

3 photographs including an Olivetti typewriter, a Paul Rand cover design for "Origins of Modern Sculpture" by W.R. Valentiner, and a dapping die from the Museum of Modern Art.
Box 1, folder 16

Engineering photographs 2341027

Scope and Contents

2 photographs include an American Airlines aircraft and the interior of the National Linear Accelerator.
Box 1, folder 17

photographs of Cubist, futurist, and collage works 2341028

Scope and Contents

7 photographs of works by Pablo Picasso, Balla, Robert Delaunay, Juan Gris, and Schwitters.
Box 1, folder 18

photographs of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works 2341029

Scope and Contents

4 photographs of works by Claude Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Matisse.
Box 1, folder 19

Julius Shulman photographs of Richard Neutra houses 2341030

Scope and Contents

2 photographs by Julius Shulman of homes designed by Richard Neutra.
Box 1, folder 20

photographs of Russian avant-garde works 2341031

Scope and Contents

5 photographs of works by El Lissitzky and others.
Box 1, folder 21

Signed Edmund Teske photograph 2341032

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

4 x 6 black and white silver gelatin print, signed in blue pencil on back.

Scope and Contents

Photograph of St. Louis Fish Market storefront
Box 1, folder 22

Saul Bass graphic design stills 2341033

Scope and Contents

3 photographs depicting Saul Bass graphic design for film, including the intro sequence to Psycho.
Box 1, folder 23

Unidentified and unlabeled photographs 2341034

Scope and Contents

21 photographs with no labels.
Box 1, folder 24

Miscellaneous photographs 2341035

Scope and Contents

31 photographs of works by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Louise Nevelson, Oskar Kokoschka, Ambrozio Lorenzetti, Whistler, Turner, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Dubuffet, Fritz Glarner, Richard Lohse, Toshihiro Katayama, Francis Haar, Eduardo Chillida, Marcel Duchamp, Viking Eggeling, Herbert Bayer, and others. Includes two postcards from the British Museum.
Box 2, folder 1

Miscellaneous photographs 1 2341037

Scope and Contents

42 photographs of works by Jean Arp, Rodchenko, Marcel Duchamp, Poussin, Malevich, Giacometti, and others. Photographs of an Underwood typewriter, neolithic cave drawings, MIT course photograph; also includes 6 Gestalt diagrams printed directly on card stock. Note: images are not necessarily from a particular publication despite box labels.
Box 2, folder 2

Miscellaneous photographs 2 2341038

Scope and Contents

47 photographs of works by Mondrian, Sesshu, El Lissitizy, Braque, Picasso, Harold Edgerton, Vasarely, Maya Deren film still, Douglas Davis videotape stIlls, etc. Includes unlabeled series of photographs depicting skyscrapers and lights by Fritz Hinkle, copy of report titled "Pattern Recognition Techniques Suggested from Psychological Correlates of a Model of the Human Visual System" by Arthur P. Ginsburg of the USAF, published in NAECON and dated 1973, along with 6 photographs of images included in report. Also includes photographs of works from the MIT Visual Design Course, tearsheet of El Lissitizy reproductions, 3 postcards from the British Museum.
Box 2, folder 3

Miscellaneous photographs 3 2341039

Scope and Contents

30 photographs of works by Saul Bass, Franz Kline, a Mesopotamian clay tablet, Miro, Kirchner, Braque, Kepes, Mohly-Nagy, and others. Includes 4 cutouts of reproduced typographic works.
Box 2, folder 4

Miscellaneous photographs 4 2341040

Scope and Contents

28 photographs of works by Marcel Breuer, Picasso, Michael A. Noll, Juan Gris, Giovanni Di Paolo, Jarusan Boghosian, Kandinsky, Herbert Bayer, Stefan Lorant, Albers, Noguchi, Rembrandt, and others. Also photos of an integrated circuit and projectiles. Includes a postcard invitation to an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston with a computer drawing on front and 4 museum postcards, and 1 Gestalt drawing on paper.
Box 2, folder 5

Miscellaneous photographs 5 2341041

Scope and Contents

62 photographs of works by Piotr Kowalski, Mondrian, Saul Bass film stills, Burgoyne Diller, William Blake, Durer, Le Corbusier, Jean Otth videotape stills, and others. Includes photographs of a Chinese ceremonial blade, typewriters, an aerial view of Earth, a Native American bowl with insect design. Also includes unsigned photograph possibly by Kepes titled "Light Tapestry" and dated 1939-1940 with attached handwritten note, and a second photograph signed by Kepes titled "Light Study of Rhytm [sic]" and dated 1949, with similar untitled and unsigned photograph.
Box 2, folder 6

Miscellaneous photographs 6 2341042

Scope and Contents

38 photographs of works by Nam June Paik, Oskar Kokoschka, Raffael, Harold Walter, Jason Seley, Chardin, Jean Otth, Lissitzky, Sophie Tauber-Arp, and others. Possible original photograph by Aaron Siskind. Photos from Standard Oil Company. Ansel Adams photograph of IBM computer magnetic core storage elements, and 3 postcards of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum.
Box 2, folder 7

Miscellaneous photographs 7 2341043

Scope and Contents

36 photographs of works by Lissitzky, Jean Otth video still, Allan D'Arcangelo, Giocometti, Harold Cohen, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Heinz Gravenort, Jean Arp, Robert Mallary . Pamphlet on Harold Cohen exhibition and his computer drawings. Possible original photographs by Nathan Lerner with related handwritten note on paper, by Fritz Heinkle (?), by G. Kepes (photogram signed and dated 1946), by Hein Gravenhorst, and by Philip Thiel. Exhibition invitation to George Rickey at Staempfli Gallery dated 1967. 2 Gestalt drawings on paper. Photographs from Standard Oil Company.
Box 3, folder 11

Description of x-ray photograph of the solar corona 2341054 1973

Scope and Contents

Description of first x-ray photograph of the solar corona taken from Skylab on May 28, 1973; photograph not included.
Box 7, folder 4-6

Environmental Forms 2341105

Scope and Contents

115 photographs of works by Hans Haacke, Isamu Noguchi, Nam June Paik, Lila Katzen, Geny Dignac, and others.
Box 9, folder 11

Miscellaneous photographs 1/2 2341137

Scope and Contents

54 photographs. Includes images of works by Stan Vanderbeek and Moholy-Nagy; photographs of Parque Guell in Barcelona; many photographs by Nishan Bichajian for the Center for Advanced Visual Study, MIT; and others by Ugo Mulas and by August Fry. 1 scientific image of diamond minerals and two unidentified color photographs.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats; 2 8x10 color photographs.
Box 9, folder 12

Miscellaneous photographs 2/2 2341138

Scope and Contents

61 photographs. Includes images of Virgin and St. John sculpture by Van der Weyden, of a "prototype of prefab electric transformer" dated 1969, of work by Simon Nicholson, of works by Erwin Hauer dated through 1960s to 1968, and of work by Stan Vanderbeek; photographs of Parque Guell in Barcelona; many photographs by Nishan Bichajian for the Center for Advanced Visual Study, MIT; one photograph stamped "Charles Eames."

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats.
Box 10, folder 1

Diagrams 1/2 2341139

Scope and Contents

20 photographs and 2 paper collage constructions. Photographs by James Lee Byars, Carlotta M. Corpron, and Hua Li; of a painting by Victor Vasarely, Most photographs of contrast and visual diagrams and related paper cutout constructions. Possible photograms by G. Kepes.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats; works on paper.
Box 10, folder 2

Diagrams 2/2 2341140

Scope and Contents

26 photographs and 3 acetate collage of moire patterns and 1 line drawing on tracing paper. Photographs from General Electric, by Gordon N Converse, James H. Brown, and Masayuki Nagare, and of works by Michael Gelick (signed by Kepes?) and by Fritz Glarner. 1 electron microscope image and 1 photograph of student work by D. Jesson at MIT. Many photographs of contrast and visual diagrams of paper cutout constructions.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats; acetate collages.
Box 10, folder 4

Negatives 2341142

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 3x4 negatives; slides and assorted uncut negatives in various formats.

Scope and Contents

25 negatives in envelopes; assorted additional negatives including: 11 in envelopes, 2 slides, 2 uncut 33mm strip, 13 additional negatives, many uncut. Negatives of miscellaneous and various works; many unidentified. Also includes 1 small photograph.
Box 11, folder 1-3, Box 10, folder 5-7

Archeological photographs 2341143

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints but also various smaller sizes.

Scope and Contents

50 photographs of pottery and ceramics, archeological and architectural sites, stone carvings, masks, textiles, and other material. Includes works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peabody Museum at Harvard, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and many unlabeled photos. Also includes tearsheet from "Illustrated London News" dated 9/1/1923, postcard addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Gyorgy Kepes."
Box 12, folder 2

Photographic panels 2341145

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8x10 b/w photos on panels; 1 smaller panel.

Scope and Contents

16 photographs on panels showing Boston at different times of day, as well as city lights and a student project from M.I.T. visual design course.
Box 27, folder 32

Photographs 1972 and undated 2341271

Scope and Contents

Photography of Leif Brush's art work Meadow Piano for an exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972 and an undated, unidentified photographic print of an abstract art work. Photograph has been torn.
Box 30, folder 13

Photographs 1965, undated 2341345

Scope and Contents

Three photographs - one is unsigned, but is of a General Electric lamp. The other two are oceanographic photographs by Edwin S. Boatman.
Box 41, folder 7

Photo Album 2341716

Scope and Contents

Originally in a photo album with the words "Photo Album" printed on front. Transferred to acid-free sleeves. Photos are standard-size snapshots, primarily of artworks.
Box 41, folder 9

Kepes Slides & Negatives of painting, design, etc. 2341718

Scope and Contents

Appears to only be negatives.
Box 41, folder 10

Negatives and photos 2341719

Scope and Contents

Originally in an unlabeled folder.
Box 41, folder 11

Elank Budapest 2341720

Scope and Contents

One negative.
Box 41, folder 12

Gyorgy Kepes Negatives 2341721

Box 41, folder 13

Strips of negatives of photos of people 2341722

Box 41, folder 18

Negatives 2341727

Scope and Contents

Originally in an unlabeled box together. Most of the negatives in cardboard mats.
Box 41, folder 19-21

Slides, Negatives, Prints 2341728 1987, 1993

Scope and Contents

Originally in an unlabeled box together. Most of the negatives in cardboard mats. Slides in sleeves together were originally grouped together.
Box 41, folder 22

Photographic prints and negatives 2341729

Scope and Contents

Originally in an envelope together.
Box 41, folder 23

Negatives and slides 2341730

Scope and Contents

Originally in an envelope together.
Box 48, folder 6

Photos 2341821

Scope and Contents

Photographs of people and artworks. Include varying sizes and formats. Small number of negatives. All originally in a smaller box together.
Box 48, folder 7

Scidenberg [Seidenberg?] Exhibition 2341822 1983-10-08

Scope and Contents

Photographs of people and artworks. Originally in an envelope of this title.
Box 48, folder 8

Das Neue Russland photos 2341823

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the covers of a journal entitled Das Neue Russland from 1930-1931.
Box 48, folder 9

Photos, 1965-1966, undated 2341824

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Photos of artworks and installation of artworks. At least some of the photos are from a 1965-6 exhibition at Harvard entitled "Light as a Creative Medium."
Box 48, folder 10

Photos 2341825 1939-1943

Scope and Contents

Photos of artworks. Originally in an envelope labeled "Kepes photo material negs prints etc" together. Only prints.
Box 48, folder 11

Photos 2341826

Scope and Contents

Includes thumbnail photos glued to sheets of paper as well as standalone prints.
Box 48, folder 14

Photos 2341829

Scope and Contents

Originally from an unlabeled photo album. Appears to be photos of a party celebrating a stained glass window of some sort. People and artwork.
Box 48, folder 15

Negatives 2341830

Box 48, folder 16

Negatives 2341835 1937-1960

Scope and Contents

Also contains prints.
Box 48, folder 17

Negatives 2341836 1968

Scope and Contents

The negatives appear to concern the Milan Triennale in 1968, Light Corridor, and Programmed Lights.
Box 48, folder 18

Negatives 2341837

Box 48, folder 19

Negatives and prints 2341838

Box 48, folder 20

Nature details 2341839

Scope and Contents

Originally in an envelope of this title. Negatives. Envelope also reads: "Cracked Wall. Water (strobo), Stones, pebbles."
Box 49, folder 1

Photos 2341847

Scope and Contents

Photos are of art works as well as landmarks around the world. Half the photos are large-format, and have been placed in a flat box.
Box 49, folder 2

Negative, oversize 2341848

Box 59, folder 1

PH2 2341910

Scope and Contents

Photographic prints. Originally in a box of this title. Larger format items.
Box 49, folder 2

Kepes portraits 2341911 1977-1988

Scope and Contents

Contains "Photos + Contacts of Dad by Bela Kalman" and other photos of Kepes, his house, studio and family. Dates are approximate.
Box 61, folder 4-8

Photographs 2341916

Scope and Contents

Photos originally in a box labeled I.1. Miscellaneous photographs.
Box 61, folder 9

Kowelski [?] Half Photos 2341917

Box 61, folder 10-11

Photographs 2341918

Scope and Contents

Originally in an unlabeled box. Photos appear to be of artworks ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s, but the prints themselves are undated.
Box 62, folder 1-3

Photographs 2341919

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled I.1. Miscellaneous photographs.
Box 62, folder 5

Photographs 2341921

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box entitled "Publicitly Documents." Photographic prints.
Box 62, folder 6

Photographs 2341922

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled I.-5. Photographic prints.
Box 63, folder 1

Photographs 2341924 1973

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled I-12. Photographic prints of artworks.
Box 64, folder 1-3

Photographs 2341928

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled both I-11 and Negatives, Paintings, Design, etc. Contains photographs of works of art.
Box 64, folder 4-6

Unsorted Negatives 2341929

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box of this label. Also contains a few photographic prints.
Box 65, folder 1-3

Photos and Negatives 2341930

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled N9. Contains negatives, prints, and contact sheets.
Box 65, folder 4

Negatives 2341931

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled N8.
Box 65, folder 6

Kepes 1 Dev&c 3.50 2341933

Scope and Contents

Contains photographic prints and negatives.
Box 65, folder 7

Orig. Negs. - Valuable 2341934

Scope and Contents

Originally in a folder of this title. Negatives.
Box 65, folder 8

Negatives 2341935

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled N4. Also contains slips of paper with nearly unintelligible writing that seems to concern details of each shot. They were scattered throughout the box in no apparent order.
Box 65, folder 9

G.K. Flash Lights 2341936

Scope and Contents

Also labeled N3. Negatives, slides, photographic prints.
Box 66, folder 1-2

Slides 2341937

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box labeled N2. 8x11 clear plastic slides that seem to have been painted on (paint is flaking off) with black paint. Possibly they were printed with ink, instead.
Box 66, folder 3

Negatives 2341938

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box with this label. Also labeled N1.
Box 67, folder 4-5

Negatives 2341941

Scope and Contents

Originally in an envelope labeled N15. Negatives, also contains three slides.
Box 86, folder 2

Photographs : Aerial Views and Interior Design 2342016

Language of Material: English.
Box 86, folder 6

Miscellaneous photos 2342020

Language of Material: English.
Box 87

Slides 2342021

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous slides stacked in a box completely random with the occasional general description such as, but not limited to: 19th/ 20th century "Light", New Landscape, Color, Light Book, G. Kepes Paintings, etc.
Box 88

Slides 2342022

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous slides stacked in a box completely random with the occasional general description such as, but not limited to: 19th/ 20th century "Light", New Landscape, Color, Light Book, G. Kepes Paintings, etc.
Box 89

Slides 2342023

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous slides stacked in a box completely random with the occasional general description such as, but not limited to: 19th/ 20th century "Light", New Landscape, Color, Light Book, G. Kepes Paintings, etc.
Box 26, folder 9

Photographs 2341230

Scope and Contents

Photographs of skematic diagrams of works of art.
Box 115, folder 1

Photographs of Kepes

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 2-3

Photographs, Kepes Paintings

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 4

Photographs, other artists and art

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 5

Kepes exhibitions

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 6

Kepes installations

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 7

Photograms, etc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 8

Loose prints, science, etc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 9-11

New Landscape 401-454 "Extra copies of illustrations"

Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 12-15

Misc. prints, were rolled

Language of Material: English.
Box 116, folder 1-10

Misc. prints, were rolled

Language of Material: English.
Box 116, folder 11-14

New Landscape - "Discarded photos"

Language of Material: English.
Box 116, folder 15

Misc. Photos

Language of Material: English.
Box 117, folder 1-2

Oversize prints

Language of Material: English.
 

Series 3: Books

Language of Material: English.
 

3.1. Book correspondence, etc. 2342031

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 5

Various permissions invoices and cancelled checks 2341048

Box 3, folder 10

Miscellaneous permissions 2341053

Scope and Contents

Permissions letters from ALCOA, George Kostritsky, Charles L. Kuhn and others and regarding MIT Press edition of Language of Vision, Japanese edition of The New Landscape, and miscellaneous publications.
Box 51, folder 1

Sales Reports Invoices 2341862 1962-1973

Scope and Contents

Reports from the publisher on sales of various of Kepes' books.
Box 51, folder 3

G. Berlin, Language of Vision, The New Landscape 2341864 1957-1967

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to publication issues surrounding Language of Vision and The New Landscape.
Box 51, folder 4

Sales Reports 2341865 1947-1973

Scope and Contents

Mostly sales reports on The Language of Vision and The New Landscape. Also contains a small amount of correspondence about possible legal action by Kepes against Paul Theobauld Co.
Box 51, folder 8

Correspondence related to Language of Vision & The New Landscape 2341869

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Letters among Kepes and lawyers about legal trouble with Paul Theobald & Company.
Box 51, folder 12

Paul Theobald 2341873 1946-1957

Scope and Contents

Contracts and correspondence.
Box 193, folder 1

Paul Theobald correspondence 1946-1982

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Sales reports, payments and correspondence relating to publication issues surrounding Language of Vision and The New Landscape. The correspondence detail legal trouble with Paul Theobald & Company.
 

3.2. Light book 2342029

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 1-6

Light notes 2341096

Physical Description: 6 folder(s)

Scope and Contents

Light notes. In pen on paper; with drawings. Includes outlines for Light Book, various ideas for or about teaching exercises, notes on specific art works or buildings, and miscellaneous notes on light and the Light Book. Notes in original order but folders divide arbitrarily.
Box 83, folder 1-5

Light Book Notes 2342012

Scope and Contents

Also completed chapters.
Box 4, folder 1

Light Book Notes, Symbolic Aspect 2341057

Scope and Contents

Includes undated and untitled typescript and many pages of notes in pencil and in original order; many pages labeled with "intrinsic symbol." Themes include urbanism, cities, and the definition of symbol.
Box 4, folder 2

Light Book Notes 1/6 2341058 1964

Scope and Contents

Typescripts titled "Light and Color" and dated 11/5/64 and 11/17/64, handwritten notes on "modulation" and "light modulation," "figure - ground," "randomness," "visual fundamentals," "light," "education of vision," "light source," "light window," "lighting design," "aesthetic factors," "The new landscape," "light duration," "light + space," "light information," and various other topics related to light. Includes drawings.
Box 4, folder 3

Light Book Notes 2/6 2341059 1967

Scope and Contents

Typed page dated 3/29/67 on "color," handwritten notes on "light space," "light color," "light motion," "light modulation," "modelling," "Education of vision -- light environment," "sender, transmitter, receiver," "light modulation scale," "light terminology," "light science," "light general," "color of light," and various other topics related to light. Includes drawings. Includes typed Charles Bunn quotation on diamonds.
Box 4, folder 4

Light Book Notes 3/6 2341060 1964

Scope and Contents

Typescript titled "Light and Color" dated 12/15/64, handwritten notes on "city," "Eduction of vision standardization conventionalization of forms," "most important epistemological problems," "light + shadow," "challenge for change," "mobile light sources," "scheme," "projected light," "light space," "what color can do," and various other notes relating to light. New York Times newspaper clippings titled "Glare Is Eliminated by New Plastic Lens" and "Scientists Weigh Astronaut Mystery," and article titled "The Leonid meteors" from The Listener. Typed page on student work, M.I.T Visual Design Course. Four untitled typescripts and two miscellaneous typed pages.
Box 4, folder 5

Light Book Notes 4/6 2341061 1967

Scope and Contents

Partial typescript on "light messages. Handwritten notes on "stage lighting," "light optical echo," "information figure-ground," "light motion change," "geometry-fluidity," "architectural use," "figure ground role of contrast," "light + form," "surface modulation," "light information, communication," "light reflection (scale)," "figure-ground formation/information," "Rules of the Game," and other notes on light. Pamphlet on color charts, two pages of typed grant proposal or application. 1 miscellaneous typed sheet. Typed manuscript titled "LIGHT" dated 2/16/67.
Box 4, folder 6

Light Book Notes 5/6 2341062

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes on "color," "history of color use," "education of vision - unity of opposites," "light illlumination direction," "light technology," "light technology stage," "New light technology," "light sources," and various other notes relating to light. Typed agenda for "Vision, Brightness, and Design" seminar, 9/23-24/1953. Miscellaneous typed pages. Single page from Kepes's "The Visual Arts and the Sciences" article printed in Daedalus.
Box 4, folder 7

Light Book Notes 6/6 2341063

Scope and Contents

Typescript on "Light and Color Tools (2)" dated 11/3/64, Handwritten notes on "light-mythology," "light modulation," "light color," "light science," 'light + shadow." Includes miscellaneous typed sheets. Letter from Mrs. Karl T. Compton and Boston Council for International Visitors, letter to Julie Kepes re: print exhibition at Wake Forest College, typed assignment for "ADVANCED VISUAL DESIGN" by J.J. Schiffer, typescript on stained glass by Robert P. Breading.
Box 77, folder 4-5

Light Book Text 2342003

Scope and Contents

G. Kepes miscellaneous notes.
Box 61, folder 1-3

Light Book, Requests For Permission 2341915

Scope and Contents

Photographic prints.
Box 3, folder 6

Light Book permissions 2341049

Scope and Contents

Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label. Dated c. 1962 and c. 1967. Permissions reference a book or project called "Light Book" or "Light as a Creative Medium."
Box 5, folder 7

Light Book permissions 1 2341093

Scope and Contents

Permissions for Light Book (identified also as Light as a Creative Medium). Includes correspondence with Ben F. Laposky, Gottfried Jager, the New York Times, US Department of Commerce, Jasia Reichardt, National Geographic Magazine, U.S. Weather Bureau, Andreas Feininger, Aero Service Corporation, Dan Flavin, Lucia Moholy, numerous museums and galleries, and others.
Box 5, folder 8

Light Book permissions 2 2341094

Scope and Contents

Permissions for Light Book (identified also as Light as a Creative Medium). Includes correspondence with United Press International, USIA, Jasia Reichardt, Alvar Aalto, Dan Flavin, numerous museums and galleries, and others. Also includes attached transcript of lecture given by James R. Johnson at Harvard University.
Box 5, folder 9

Light Book permissions 3 2341095

Scope and Contents

Permissions for Light Book (identified also as Light as a Creative Medium). Also includes 2 photographs of Ludwig Herschfeld-Mack, CV for Pierre Cordier, and American Lighting Corporation brochure titled "The Lighting of a Great Museum" on lighting the Guggenheim Museum.
Box 15, folder 8

Light Book photographs correspondence 2341152

Scope and Contents

2 letters regarding photographs acquired from the Envionmental Science Services Administration and from American Airlines.
Box 74, folder 1-3

Light Book photographs correspondence 2341987

Scope and Contents

Correspondence to Kepes from various professionals.
Box 15, folder 9

Light Book photographs checklist 2341153

 

3.3. Light Book photographs [as labeled] 2341943

Language of Material: English.
Box 70, folder 7

3D Geometric Art 2341964

Scope and Contents

18 photographs: 16 photos of exhibition at MOMA in Amsterdam, 2 photos of Bordeaux Pyramid.
Box 68, folder 6

Allan Stone Artwork 2341948

Scope and Contents

Photography of Allan Stone Artwork from the collection of Nelson Rockefeller: 3 pictures.
Box 75, folder 1

Ancient Pieces 2341991

Scope and Contents

15 photographs: Neolithic Flint Dagger, Giacometti, art on tree bark, Satin piece with pattern- Japanese 18th/19th century, Amphora from Cypress, Large Pottery form Peru (Incan), 2 photos egyptian pottery, Babylonian Drawing on clay, 6 photos of ancient art.
Box 68, folder 9

Architecture 2341951

Scope and Contents

10 Photographs of Different types Architectural design: House in Angkor Cambodia, House in Tokyo City, The Five Towers near Mexico City, 2 photos of the Rockefeller Center, Random building with palm tree, Monastery of Longovarda at the Island of Paros, cityscape of San Giminango- Italy, Rural Church near West Burke- Vermont, Church of the Virgin Alenkantra- Mykonos.
Box 69, folder 7

Architecture 2341959

Scope and Contents

8 pictures: " The Stone Garden" and "Arrow Wheel"(x3) and "Cross Beams"- by Masayuki Nagare, Mayan Achitecture- Yucatan Peninsula, 3 undescribed.
Box 70, folder 2-4

Architecture 2341961

Scope and Contents

15 photographs: postcard of Notre Dame Chapel, Island of Paros buildings (x2), Island of Hydros building (x3), Wooden structure at University of Caracas, St. John's Baptistry door "Charitas" and "Aides", Rameswaram Temple (x2), Katzura Wantanabe #25, #20 and #7, Tokonoma of Nijo-Jinya, abandoned mill - Fall River Mass. ; 15 Photographs: Kinetic light curtain - Boston Harbor, Charles Eames- Shadow and Window photos, 2 photos of Interior, Midtown Manhattan (early evening), potential building design, Crown-Zellerbach back office (S.F.), Yale Art Gallery, Nightscape of Boston, Photo by Otto Bayer- Day and Night shots of Gothic Church, Heidelberg- Illuminated Castle, Lower Manhatten as seen from Hotel St. George, Breman City Hall (Germany) ; 25 photographs: View from Americana Hotel, Cityscape - Berlin, Cityscape- Munich, View from Rhine River of Bayer Leverkusen, Berlin Cityscape, Heidelberg View from River, "12 Cones of Bagnolet"-France, Stuggart Cityscape, Dowtown Hamburg, Building in Tokyo, Bridge in Amsterdam, Times Square, 5 shots of Johnson Wax research Tower and buldings, 8 undescribed photos.
Box 71, folder 1

Architecture 2341967

Scope and Contents

11 photographs: Midtown Manhattan early evening, Baton Rouge Refinery late evening, building with numbered doors, a mosque or temple , 2 photos of Amsterdam, Ramaswarma Mosque, "La Cisterne Portugaise", 3 photos of buildings on the Island of Hydras.
Box 71, folder 8

Architecture 2341972

Scope and Contents

22 photographs: University Church entrance (Frank Lloyd Wright design), St. John's Abbey Church, Katsura Palace- taken Yasohiro Ishimoto, photo of "Habitat 67", S.C. Johnson wax factory inside (Frank Wright design), Entrance to building, Nigastu Temple, church window in St. Remy de Baccarat, interior of Ronchamp Chapel, U.S Air Force Academy, buildings in Brussles, 11 undescribed photos.
Box 72, folder 1-2

Architecture 2341974

Scope and Contents

22 photographs: 8 images of "Mobility Patterns", La Vaille Cybernetique booklet by Nicolas Schoffer, Tour Lumiere Cybernatique (Paris), Stockholm at night, P.L. Nervi- Palazzo Esposizione Turin (x2), McGregor Memorial Community Conference Center (Michigan), postcard of Palazzo di Teodorico dall'areo, photo of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Eduard Durell Stone's design of a Musical Water Tower, Water Tank on Neville Island, 2 images of Rameswarma Mosque, View of Rockefellar Plaza with the R.C.A building in the center, a house in Arpajon France ; 21 photographs: 2 photos of Berlin at night, Esso Standard Oil Refinery loading racks, Refinery in Baltimore Maryland, View toward Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, picture of Air Blast Serface breaker by General Electric, French Embassy 1951- photo by Belin, 2 different renderings of Ville Cybernetique, Blue Mosque - Istanbul, Towers of Automex, Blanpain Massonet- Brussels, Drug Store Window Display- South Boston, Interior of Church, 7 pictures of interiors and exteriors of building.
Box 73, folder 2

Architecture 2341980

Scope and Contents

22 photographs: Annunciation Priory- Bismark North Dakota, Washington Monument in the heavy fog, Chemical Product Division in Baton Rouge, photo by Yoshio Wantanabe, interior of Caracas University(x2), Interior of Hagia Sophia, interior of Johnson & Johnson Factory, 10 photos by Masayuki Nagare, 4 undescribed photos.
Box 74, folder 8

Architecture 2341990

Scope and Contents

17 photographs: 2 photos of windows reflecting light, 10 photos of the "Towers of Automex", Rautatalo Helsingissa, Ispahan- interior of mosque, Katzura- photo by Ito, Granada Alhambra- Padiglione del Patio dei Leoni, wall division utilizing light and shadow patterns.
Box 77, folder 2

Architecture 2342001

Scope and Contents

19 Photographs: Torino- Carignano (piazza), Amsterdam warehouse, Milano Palazzo, a tower at Satellite City, Ispahan Mosque, Stainless Steel screen, Marcel Brewer- Sarah Lawrence Academy, 2 photos of Refineries in Texas and Louisiana, Cityscape of New york, photos of inside the Guggenheim, St. Johnson Abbey Church, New York City Buildings, photo of front of building (no description), 5 undescribed photos.
Box 76, folder 3

Architecture- Exterior and Interior 2341996

Scope and Contents

11 photographs: wall, doorway by Phota Ito, A church in Boston, Katzura photos by Watanabe and Ito, Annecy France- The Old Quarter, photo by Mies Van Der Roche, Front entrance of Corning Glass Center, Johnson Wax company (by Frank Lloyd Wright), "Iron House" Office Building, 2 undescribed photos.
Box 72, folder 7

Architecture/ Light Displays 2341978

Scope and Contents

25 photographs: Palazzo della sport- Luigi Nervi, 4 photos of NY buildings at night, Wrigley Building- Chicago, Roman Forum at night, Van Nelle Factory at night, 2 photos of Gossau Plant, Moving Neon Lighting at Milan Fair (1958), Lucio Fontana- Concetto Spaziale, Libbey Owens- Ford Glass Company, Light Sculpture Photos by Nishan Bichajian, 6 undescribed photos of light displays, 5 undescribed photos of architecture.
Box 69, folder 3

Art on Canvas 2341956

Scope and Contents

16 Photographs: Korin- Two Fold Landscape Screen, Georges De La Tour- The Education of the Virgin, Lucio Fontano- Concetto, Robert Motherwell- Granada, Georges Suerat- House and Place De La Concorde (Winter), Turner- North Coast of Whales, Lyonel Feininger- Dunes With Ray of Light , 2 postcards St. Peters Basillica, Firenze Galleria Degli Uffizi "Notti", Giorgione- The Tempest, The Prison (Etching), 4 undescribed.
Box 68, folder 10-12

Art using Mixed Mediums 2341952

Scope and Contents

7 photographs: Bartolomeo Schedoni- La Deposizione, Rembrandt- The Three Crosses "drypoint etching", The Slave Ship- by J.M.W. Turner, Pieta- by Michelangelo, St. Peter in Chains- Michelangelo , Pottery Tray (Japanese), Disc with flange around center hole (China), 2 undescribed photographs ; 30 photographs of sculptures: Mathias Goeritz- "The Overhanging House", The Towers of Automex, Sam Markle- "still life" neon sculpture, Kopf einer Monumental statue at Athens, Jean Arp- Concrete a la coupe verticale, Mace Head from Tel Agrab (mesopotamia), undescribed photo of stone tablets in the ground, Photo of a Bamboo sculpture, 5 photo booklet of "Continuous Tension Surfaces", "Epoxy over plaster core" by Norman Carlberg, 6 page booklet of concrete sculptures and mortar deformed surfaces, Moon Marker s- by lila Kastzen, Untitled 1965 sculpture by david von Schlegell, Jaques Lipchitz - Song of the Vowels, Sophie Taeuber-Arp- "Releif Rond en Trois Lanteurs", Jean Arp - Concrete Sculpture, Vera Simmons- Aerial Sculpture booklet, 5 undescribed sculptures ; 34 photos of Artwork using Artificial Light: Lila Katzen- "Stuffed Lights" and "Moon-Marker", Photo of Dried Palm Leaf, 4 photos of "Fluid Mech", 4 photos of Roger Vilder's " Pulsation" and 2 photos of "Contraction", Colin Greenly - JVD, Gary Rieveschl 4 photo's,Wen-Ying Tsai- " Cybernetic Environment", 11 undescribed .
Box 69, folder 8, Box 70, folder 1

Art using Mixed Mediums 2341960

Scope and Contents

31 photographs: sculptures "Essence" and "Noh play" by Masayuki Nagare, 3 photos "Rythmus im raum" by Max Bill (Zurich), Theodore Brown- "Mobile light Statue", 2 photos Stan Vanderbeeks "Found Forms" film performance, Squares on Wall by Russell, Freeway Reflector Wall, Wire Mobile (M.I.T Design Course), 2 photos of light sculptures, flashlight in dark by D. monell, sculpture by Bronowski, optical texture created by shadows on a surface articulated by dowels, 15 undescribed photos ; 8 photographs: Ceramics by A. Maurgiarottie, Discs illuminated by light, projected light on a surface, pliant plastic models, Shadowed dowels illuminated by light, Advanced Visual Study by Kepes, Bending Metal by John P. Shaw, picture of fractal.
Box 71, folder 2

Art using Mixed Mediums 2341968

Scope and Contents

19 Photographs: North Bennet St. Playground- Boston, 2 undescribed photos of interior design, painting of an interior room- Amsterdamn, Japanese interior art, undescribed photo of a collage of photos on a wall, Alain Jaquet- Cast iron with brail, Classical era pottery, iron crosses imprinted on wall, 3 undesrcibed photos, indigenous pictoral writings, Rembrandt the philisophes, Alfred Stieglitz-Paula, Portriat of Filippo Archinto- Titian, Jean Otth printed article, Poster for Jean Otth exhibit, M.I.T Art Newspaper (4 pages).
Box 68, folder 8

Artificial Light 2341950

Scope and Contents

6 photos of light through tempered glass.
Box 71, folder 4-5

Artifical Light 2341970

Scope and Contents

15 Photographs: Otto Piene manuscript describing 7 slides given to G. Kepes, Rockne Krebs- Ra design drawing, Trickfotographie un grafik with Description , Otto Pienne- Light Ballet, Chalermpol Intha- photographer was Nishan Bichajian, Tension picture "1960/63", Man Ray- Rayograph 1922, Man Ray- Woman (Solarized Negative), Espaces Spheriques, Brise-Lumiere au Salon des Realities Nouvelles (1964), Sculpturos Temperelle en action (1959), photo labled "Palatnik", Gabrielle Devecchi- Superfice in Vibrazione, Martha Boto- Chromocinetique, Vardanega- Lucioles Electroniques, Cubed Light display in Moscow, Russia ; 25 Photographs: 2 photos of electronic abstractions, Michael Gelick- Glow bar (Sketch), Light Fixture designed by Masayuki Nagare, 5 photos of Pulsa Installation at Yale Golf Course (1969), 2 pictures of "Innertube" by John Reilly-Rudi Stern, 2 photos by Filipo Panseca- "Enviorment Fluids Traveling" and "luminous modular element through clear block, Light projection onto surface, 3 pictures "sand lacking"?, Julio Le Parc- "virtual images placement du spectacular" and "continual mobile", 2 photos by Len Lye- Fountain, Rockne Krebs- Stern Line, Bruno Munari- Lampada Tubolare,Alberto Burri- Ferro, Instabilite- Julio Le Parc, undescribed photo of light design.
Box 72, folder 3

Artificial Light Displays 2341975

Scope and Contents

19 photoraphs: Martial Raysse- High Tension painting, Willenbecher- Silver and White, Martial Raysse- Printemps, 4 photos by julio Le Parc, high speed photos of Dynamite Caps (x2), Otto Pienne- Milky Way, 2 photos by Otto Pienne- Onion Flower, projected light reflections - Scene from a Light Ballet, G. Kepes- Light Texture (1940), Electric Discharge Figure- A. von Hippel, George Sugasawara- L.A Lightscape, Gyula Kosice- Traite Poetique, 2 undescribed photos.
Box 73, folder 4

Artificial Light Displays 2341982

Scope and Contents

34 Photographs: Tower of Light- Charles Center, Ugo Lapietra- Audio Visual Enviorments, Hein Gravenhorse- "Rotation", Magnetic field about a ferromagnetic recording wire, Picture of prism, Herb Gessner- motorized plexiglass, Light Structure- Kepes student work, 27 undescribed photos.
Box 72, folder 4

Computer/Light Display 2341976

Scope and Contents

13 photographs: 6 Computer graphics by John Whitney, Light Sculpture- Michio Ihara, E-motion picture- Nr. 2, Micrograph of a platinum crystal magnified- Erwin Muller (x2 different Magnification), Prisme- Studio Yves Hervochoa, 1 photo by Julio Le Parc, Mirrored Room by Lucas Samaras, Photo of Exhibition structure designed by Will Burtin (1960).
Box 15, folder 2-3

Environmental forms 2341149

Scope and Contents

Photographs by Ugo Mulas, Carlotta Carpron, Lotte Jacobi. Photographs of works by John Willenbecher, Gunther Uecker, Lucio Fontana, Dan Flavin, Giacomo Balla, Moholy-Nagy, Seurat, and from Standard Oil Company and MIT student work, Lila Katzen, Wen-Ying Tsai, Matt Glavin and Donald Campbell, many unlabeled.
Box 76, folder 1

Form Modeling 2341994

Scope and Contents

23 Photographs: 2 of "Installation" by Gerold Lang, Wooden Sculpture photo by Masayuki Nagare, Slide- Gerald Lang, Hazardous Encounter- Hubert Faber, programmed walls- G. Kepes, 16 undescribed photos, Plain Carbon Steel Isothermally Transformed.
Box 76, folder 2

Form Modeling/Light Displays 2341995

Scope and Contents

7 photos of Olympic Rainbow in Munich, Light display in Times Square, Small Orrery by Benjamin Martin, photo by Niguchi, Fibrila form, Beef Tendon, Plain Carbon Steel Isothermally Transformed, 3 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 3

Landscapes 2341945

Scope and Contents

9 photographs of natural enviorment: photo of 200 acres of strip cropping, "100-inch" Copernicus moon photo, 2 photos Amianta Collosa Conrad, photo of fractal, Photo of Water, photo of Moon Craters, "Flights over Ancient Cities of Iran" site of Abu Nasr near Shiraz, Wantanabe- Pictor (Katzura).
Box 70, folder 5

Landscapes 2341962

Scope and Contents

10 photographs: Michigan- contour and straight strips, Minnasota - Contour Strip Cropping (x2), Wisconsin- contoured strip cropping, Pennsylvania strip cropping, Iowa Strip Cropping, Aerial view Arizona, 4 undescribed aerial views of towns by a river.
Box 62, folder 4

Light Book 2341920

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box of this title. Photographic prints.
Box 84, Box 85, folder 1

Light Book Slides and Negatives 2342013

Scope and Contents

335 in all.
Box 86, folder 1

Light Book, 76 photographs by G. Kepes 2342015

Box 69, folder 1

Microbiology 2341954

Scope and Contents

10 photographs: Diffraction pattern, Tobacco mosaic virus (shadowed with nickel), Electric discharge pattern, correspondence from A.S. El-Ani to professor Gyorgy Kepes, photograph of electron micrograph, photo of Bryozoan Membranipora on the Alga Macrocystic, 2 photos of crystals of virus, photo of six foot model of the interior of a human cell, Vitamin A- micrograph, electron micrograph of Myogoblin, 3 undescribed photos of a cell.
Box 71, folder 9

Miscellaneous 2341973

Scope and Contents

22 photographs: Sketch of a cityscape, Giorgio de Chirco- The Delights of the Poet, correspondance from G. Kepes to Adolf Buchleiter/Roman Verostko, Pierre Cordier pamphlet, 3 images from the Atlas Rocket- Puerto Rico, Central Sahara, Lake Rudolf, Houdon Sculpture- Voltaire/Moliere/Jean Jaques Rousseau/Diderot, "Model of 8 Surprises", image of New England, 2 images of Morrocco, 7 undescribed photos.
Box 71, folder 6-7

Miscellaneous 2341971

Scope and Contents

18 photographs: 2 photos of Isamu Naguchi, 4 balls lined up horizontally illuminated- photo by Nishan Bichajian, Etienne Hajdu- cock, Diamond shaped chairs- Harry Bertoia, 3 photos by Jack Burnham, Design System (DSM) 4 page pamphlet accompanied with 4 DSM photos, "flying turtle" and "the princess" sculpture by Constatin Branuschi, Felip Panesca- living heated sphere (x2), 1 undescribed photo ; 24 Photographs: 13 images of Circle patterns, Glass lamp of Kartin Al-Din (12 century Syria), undescribed photo -"1955" on back, Beryl Sokoloff sculpture, Paytones- James Gentry, Elephant ear picture taken with sun behind it, patterns made by crabs in the sand, picture of fountain, 2 photos of water reflecting light, Garden from Katzura palace - Watanabe, Church Tower shortly after erecting without bells.
Box 73, folder 1

Miscellaneous 2341979

Scope and Contents

23 photographs: Tete de Christ- Strasbourg, Library at Caracas University, 19 photos of Continuous Membranes by Erwin Hauer, 3 undescribed photos.
Box 73, folder 6

Miscellaneous 2341984

Scope and Contents

19 photographs: photo of Jade axe head and knife, Chicken display case, Piano solo (written), 4 photos by Julio Le Parc, 12 pictures by Kurasawa from Macbeth/Rashomon/Seven Samurai.
Box 73, folder 8

Miscellaneous 2341986

Scope and Contents

26 photographs: Alabaster cylinder vase, 22 undescribed photos, cityscape of Sunnyvale, Boston at Night, le Coursier- Marseille Building.
Box 74, folder 4-6

Miscellaneous 2341988

Scope and Contents

10 photos: correspondence to Kepes from Eric sutherland, Design Quarterly 53 from Walker Art Center, photo of a light display, 6 photos with the words "Nanda Vigo" written on the back, 1 undescribed photo ; 19 Photographs: 5 photos displaying use of shadows, Otto Pienne- the proliferation of the sun(x2), Otto Pienne- 3 white light ghosts, wheel with heads in position, 2 photos of 2d box with windows, windflower- kraushaar gallery, Harold Tovish- the tenant, Mathia Goertz- Pliage, photo by Julio Le Parc, Yves Klein- Fever Wand, Robert whitman- Pond, Jose De Rivera- Construction 72, Contour model study with two light sources, Head of prince from Giza (limestone) ; 14 photographs: 7 "physics photos", Earl Reiback- Luminar, continual lumination area by Le Parc, photo labeled "sprouting", 4 undescribed photos.
Box 75, folder 7

Miscellaneous 2341993

Scope and Contents

8 photographs: 5 photos of different aerial views, photo of front of house by Watanabe, design for Milan Triennale, parking lot.
Box 76, folder 6

Miscellaneous 2341999

Scope and Contents

23 Photos: Courtyard of a Building in Ruins- Canaletto, 20 undescribed photos, correspondence, photos of William Blake sketches.
Box 77, folder 1

Miscellaneous 2342000

Scope and Contents

24 photographs: 5 photos by Masayuke Nagare, Mylar Mirror at the Jewish Museum, Karl Gerstner- Lens #15, 2 undescribed sketches,2 photos of hanging round mirrors, opaque white perforated cube under different lights, Fontana, Concetto Espeziale, Pierre Soulages painting, The Doves- Bologna, L'Annunzata Scuola- Venetzia, Photo of Caracas University, Descombin- Outside Sculpture wiht Modular Units, "Marckab" by victor De Vasarely, photos of sculptures at Caracas University, 2 photos of 3rd Century B.C handmade Bowls, 12 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 13

Movie Photography 2341953

Scope and Contents

8 photos of Charles Chaplin in "City Lights", poster of "Nanda Vigo", 2 photos of "The Long Voyage Home", 1 photo of "Grapes of Wrath", 1 undescribed.
Box 70, folder 9

Outer Space 2341966

Scope and Contents

9 photos: Hurricane Beulah Sattelite shot, Solar System NGC-527Y, Solar Flares from Sacramento Observatory and Palomar, Solar System NGC-284l, Solar System M31 Andromeda, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories- Sygnus, Mount Wilson Observatory -Comet Cunningham, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories- Prominence "whole edge of sun taken with calcium" and Solar Corona photographed at total eclipse.
Box 73, folder 5

Paintings on Canvas 2341983

Scope and Contents

14 photographs: Jan Vermeer- The Concert, Carravagio- La Madonna della Serpe, Johannes Vermeer- Lady with a Lute, Georges Seurat- Three Women, Carvaggio- Voccazione di San Matteo, Georges de La Tour- Le Fumeur, Carvaggio- Madonna the Serpe, rembrante- Verlorchening Van Petrius, 7 undescribed paintings.
Box 74, folder 7

Paintings/Drawings on Canvas 2341989

Scope and Contents

7 photographs: F. M collection from MOMA-NY, Giorgione- La Tempesta, Paolo Veronese- Cena di Gesu in Casa di Levi, El Greco- The Adoration of the Shepards, Ben Nichalson- Green Hand, Adolphe Appia- Rhythmic Space, Rene Magritte- Empire of Light II.
Box 73, folder 7

Pamphlets and Booklets 2341985

Scope and Contents

10 photographs: Correspondence between G. Kepes and G. Soava, Arte Programmata, Kosice- New York exhibition, Medardo Rosso- MOMA New York, Church at Las Condes: Architecture at Rice, Uecker- Howard Wise Gallery, Electronic Light Displays by Ben F. Laposky, 10 undescribed photos of light displays, Virtual volume by revolving wire.
Box 69, folder 6

Photographs 2341958

Scope and Contents

16 photographs: Claire Legeume Art- 8 pictures, Carro- 1958, Caminos- Portfolio Structure, Hologram of a Wire, Electronic Abstraction- Oscillation #12, "Onion Flower"- Lighting Foyer of The New City Opera House (Bonn), Bruno Mumari- Polariscop (1965), General Line U.S.S.R 1929 (Sergei Eisenstein?), U.S rescue submarine.
Box 70, folder 6

Photographs 2341963

Scope and Contents

37 photographs: Cameroon Tribal Boys, Skiiers in Switzerland, desrciption of "projection of a cube", Arrowhead from the Shang period, Mayan design on wall, 2 ladies in a window, 4 verticle shadowed balls, interior of chapel, blanket cave, 6 photos from Toshiyo Yoshida, 2 photos of Walter Vivrett's Motion Study, 3 close-ups of dimpled glass, rotating light reflection, electronic light display in NY, M. Descombin- releif Dynamystique (x2), Modulation sur le Carre- Descombin, Herbert Gasner- plexiglass construction, Moholy-Nagy oil on canvas, "Eggscape", 11 undescribed photos.
Box 70, folder 8

Photographs 2341965

Scope and Contents

23 photographs: 20 M.I.T students sculptures photos, Video tape stills (x3),"Chalermpol Intha" 7 photos.
Box 71, folder 3

Photographs 2341969

Scope and Contents

6 Photographs: Italian Christmas display, electronic light display, Proton producing 26 charged particles, Vortex- generator fountain, 2 undescribed pictures.
Box 69, folder 4-5

Places 2341957

Scope and Contents

20 Photographs: Hugo Garcia Perez- Streets of Jeruselum and Street Scene in Kashmir India, Spring in Boston- 1955, Oakland Bay Bridge by Jeffery Heller 1966, 5 photos of Isfahan Mosque, Palomar Observatory- Comet Cunningham, 2 photos Casa Mila and 1 of Casa Batllo (Barcelona), Bernini Colonade, Niger- Air Agades, "The African Town" Photo, A House Deck by Wantanabe, A Venice Reflection by Kepes ; 24 Photographs: Pittsburg "Gas Works" on Ohio River, New York Central Railroad Yards, stove #20 in cattlemans hut at Boston/Albany freight station, "Action Sugar Beet"and "Action Water Piece-Tree" -Germany (1969), Hagi City Hall- Tokyo Japan, Hamburg Cityscape- Germany, Empire State Building (view from atop RCA), 5 Towers of Automex(Mexico), Rome- St. Peters at night, Sudanese Mosque, Model of glass skysrcaper (MOMA, NY), L.A Cityscape from Palomar Observatory, Port Allen-Southern Louisiana, Patio de l'Alberca- Granda, Aerial View of Vermont highway, 8 undescribed.
Box 15, folder 4-6

Projected Lights 2341150

Scope and Contents

50 photographs by Bernice Abbot (Educational Services), Pierre Cordier, Ezra Stoller, Standard Oil Company, and Michio Ihara, and of works by Kosice, Otto Piene, Julio Le Parc, Max Bill (with possible signature), Pulsa, Carlos Ortuzar, Otto Piene, Ted Kraynik, Nicolas Schoeffer, Gerald Oster, and from MIT VIsual Design course. Also includes journal tearsheet with image, Norman Carlberg exhibition catalog from 1966 show at Pennsylvania State University and exhibition catalog pamphlet of Shoeffer show at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1960.
Box 68, folder 5

Reliefs, Exterior 2341947

Scope and Contents

5 photographs of tapestry.
Box 68, folder 7

Reliefs, Interior 2341949

Scope and Contents

5 photographs of interior design.
Box 75, folder 2-6

Science 2341992

Scope and Contents

30 photographs: 13 pictures of sounds captured using light, 4 photos of oscillagraphs, C. Maxwell- Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, photo of a small explosion, x-ray oscillation, 10 undescribed photos of light oscillations ; 19 photos: Electronic Instrumentation photo, a jet of air discharging at high pressure, x-ray of columbine flower, 16 undescribed and unlabeled photos ; 14 photos: 7 photos from Harry Holtzman Collection, 5 photos of galaxies, Major Storms capture by a Weather Satellite, 1 undescribed photo of a painting ; 39 Photographs: Fluid Mapper by A. D. Moore, Electric Discharge Figure by A. Von Hippel, 3 Electron Micrscope photos of Robber Fly, Domain Pattern on Surface, Silicon Epitaxial Wafer photo by Jack Kath, electric discharge, 3 electron Microscope photos of human hair, Mercury Dimes, tracks of particles from a speck of radium, x-ray of tulips, Electron Microscope of Molybdenum oxide, Asymmetrical contours of single crystal by S. Tolansky, 2 photos of Tobacco Virus by Tolansky, 21 undescribed photos using scientific instruments to capture them ; 20 photographs: Electron Micrograph of Human Hair and Robber Fly, "strain Diagrams", Electron Micrgraph by J.A. Kessel, Skelton of a Sea Urchin, 2 photos of insect wing, spiderweb with water drops, photo of Berylium, 2 photos of electric discharge, 20 undescribed photos.
Box 76, folder 5

Science 2341998

Scope and Contents

26 photographs: Oscilliscope pattern, Oscilligram, Luminouse Mobile by Robert Mallary (x4), reflections of water in movement, Light patterns projected on photosensitive emulsion, Light Shower- student work, Visual Design Project- Koichi Yokota, 2 photos of x-rays of life forms, 14 undescribed photos.
Box 77, folder 3

Science 2342002

Scope and Contents

26 photographs: Spiral Nebula , Gaseous Nebula, 2 aerial sattelite photos, typical hologram, close-up of a robber fly, Carbon Replica of freshly Fractured surface, super strength steel close up, spiral growth on crystal silicone, aerolite, electric discharge, "Hydro-Light"/Horizon of Water/traite of Poetry- Gyula Kosice, Plexiglass figure, 11 undescribed photos.
Box 76, folder 4

Scientific Art 2341997

Scope and Contents

44 photographs: 9th Annual Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibit, Bisthmus Telluride, Hollowed out Plexiglass sculpture, Triangulated infinite periodic structural system by Peter Pearce, Wall sculpture at Caracas University, Model for Christian Pavillion 1970 Expo, 2 photos Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2 photos by Micho Ihara, Plexiglass construction, Nicholas Schoffer model, Light Mould- MOMA NY, Tooled Transparent Material, Naum Gobo- Linear Construction, Moholy Nagy- Twisted Planes, Naum Gabo- Contstruction in Space with Balance on Two Points, Colin Greenly Glass sculpture- 2 photos, Light emanating from within a transparent structure, 3 photos of Transparent Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 3 photos of Charles Ross Sculptures, Cybernetic Sculpture by Tsai, mirrored distortion by Daniel Babitch, 10 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 4

Sculptures 2341946

Scope and Contents

4 photographs of sculptures: Pre-historic Japanese pottery, outside sculpture by Constantino Nifphilor, sculpture on wall at Yale, outside wall sculpture.
Box 69, folder 2

Sculptures 2341955

Scope and Contents

17 photos: 13 pictures of Erwin Hauer Light diffusion Sculptures, Rythem Plastique eu Amourante, Horseshoe stone " The Yoke", 2 undescribed photos.
Box 73, folder 3

Sculptures 2341981

Scope and Contents

30 Photographs: Mural project- complex light reflections, Barcelona table, Statue of Hermes, 9 photos by Masayuki Nagare, Ceiling of Josenji Temple, photo of mechanical statue, interior of Caracas University, Escuela de Petroeo del Zulia, Lampe II- le bio Ljubljana (1954), Max Bill Sculptures- Zurich, Lumina Stands- photo by John D. Schiff, Darwin Wedding Chapel III- Martha Jackson Gallery, Louis Nevelson- Original Wall for Corridor, Otto Pienne- Onion Flower, Doremi- by Garson Kanin, " The Firstborn"- Christopher Fry, "View from the Bridge"- Arthur Miller, "JB"- Archibald Mac Leish, 4 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 1-2

Surface Modeling 2341944

Scope and Contents

7 photographs of exterior relief architectual details: Limestone Inscription, Middle Kingdom; wall relief, Palace of Ashiur-Nasir-Pal II; arachnoidis zelandiae; Sophie Tauber-Arp, Coqullies, 1938; 3 undescribed ; 12 photographs of wall and door exterior reliefs details: 7 photographs of corrugated material, photo St. John's Baptistry "Humilitas", photo Masayuki Nagare outdoor mural, photo manufacturing plant- West Façade, photo of bulding with staircase, Chapel at Ronchamp.
Box 72, folder 5-6

Window Aperatures 2341977

Scope and Contents

23 photographs: 6 photos of Hagia Sophia form Library of Congress, Torin Castello by S. Lorenzo, Gossau Plant, Interior of Church and Dome inside the U.N by Ezra Stellar Associates, Giovanni Piransei- interior of Pantheon(x2), Granada- Alhambra- Mirador de Darraxa(x2), 3 undescribed photos on cardboard, 2 photos of St. Remy de Baccarat, 5 undescribed photos of window aperature ; 21 photographs: Hagi City Hall- Tokyo Japan, St. Sebastians Church, Hagia Sohpia East Corridor, Basilica di S. Apollinare- B. Anderson, Palazzo Ducale- Finestra della Sala,St. Remy de Baccarat- F. Stahly, Multi lens glass door (1929), St. Johns Abbey- Collegeville Minnosota, Assisi- Chiesa Abbaziale di S. Pietro, 3 photos from Toronto School of Architecture- by Annan of Glascow, 2 photos of Ciudad University in Caracas, 7 undescribed photos of interior window aperatures.
 

3.4. Language of Vision 2342025

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

This landmark text by Kepes was first published by Paul Theobald in 1944. Most of the material in the collection concerns negotiations for various reprints of the book.
Box 51, folder 2

Language of Vision Contract 2341863 1945

Scope and Contents

Letter from Kepes' editor and contract. Photocopies.
Box 51, folder 7

Language of Vision Contracts 2341868 1961

Scope and Contents

Copy of publication contract for Language of Vision between Kepes and Paul Theobald & Company.
Box 1, folder 2

Language of Vision Negatives 2341005

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Most are 3x4 and 4x5; some smaller. Most contained in individual wax paper or manila envelopes.

Scope and Contents

Box of 64 negatives presumably for reproduction in "Language of Vision" and possibly later Kepes publications. Some include handwritten captions or citations. Most reproduce images from prior publications and include original text or caption copy. Masking was applied to some negatives in preparation for reproduction. Images include Vincent Van Gogh drawing, promotional image of Charlie Chaplin in City Lights, illustration of a Japanese garden, Picasso drawing, Poussin's "Rape of the Sabine Women," Chinese seals, images of animal structures, topography, and many others. Includes slides of Kepes's own drawings in "Language of Vision."
Box 50, folder 1

Language of Vision Gouaches 2341849

Scope and Contents

Five undated gouaches illustrating The Language of Vision.
Box 3, folder 3

Language of Vision, permissions for Italian edition 2341046 circa 1967

Scope and Contents

Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label.
Box 3, folder 9

Paul Theobald correspondence 2341052

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Paul Theobald Company re: French edition and paperback editions.
Box 29, folder 5

Greek translation correspondence 2341314 1981

Scope and Contents

Two letters between Kepes and Professor Dimitris Mytaras from a Greek school about matters relating to publishing.
Box 51, folder 5

Jean Koefoed Correspondence 2341866 1991

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Jean Koefoed of International Publishing Corporation about the possiblity of re-publishing Language of Vision.
Box 51, folder 6

Copyright Correspondence 2341867 1973-1974

Scope and Contents

Correspondence among Kepes and various lawyers about copyright and publication rights for Language of Vision.
Box 51, folder 9

Reprint correspondence 2341870 1992-1993

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and Publication Agreement for a reprint of Language of Vision.
Box 51, folder 13

Language of Vision correspondence 2341874 1945

Scope and Contents

Correspondence - mostly handwritten.
Box 51, folder 14

Language of Vision Correspondence 2341875 1960-1973

Box 43, folder 17

Language of Vision Hungarian Translation 2341757

Scope and Contents

Typescript in Hungarian.
 

3.5. New Landscape in Art and Science 2342028

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

The New Landscape was first published by Paul Theobald in 1956.
Box 16, folder 8

New Landscape notes 2341162

Scope and Contents

Hand-written notes on The New Landscape.
Box 51, folder 10

Theobald, Fassett, New Landscape correspondence 2341871 1953-1973

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to publication of The New Landscape. Bulk is from 1953-54.
Box 51, folder 11

New Landscape correspondence 2341872 1953-1957

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1954. Folder was originally called "Contract The New Landscape," but contains no contract.
Box 3, folder 4

New Landscape, permissions for first edition 2341047

Scope and Contents

Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label. Circa early 1950s.
Box 3, folder 1

New Landscape, permissions for Hungarian edition 2341044 1973-1974

Scope and Contents

Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label. Letters dated c. 1973 and 1974 from Josef Albers, Harold Edgerton, and from various museums. Document confirming verbal permission from Herb Comess. Some include related invoices.
Box 14, folder 4

Hans M. Wingler German edition correspondence 2341147

Scope and Contents

Two copies of letter explaining shipment of photographic material for the planned German edition of The New Landscape. Lists 456 black and white illustrations used in Hungarian volume and 7 additional illustrations not used in Hungarian volume, all shipped to the Bauhaus-Archive.
Box 14, folder 1-3, Box 13, folder 1-5

New Landscape, photographs for German edition 2341146

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints.

Scope and Contents

40 photographs, some on panels, of works presumably reproduced in the German edition of The New Landscape. Note: some photographs may also have been reproduced in the Vision + Value series, as identified on stamps on reverse.
Box 28, folder 27

The New Landscape [Keppler manuscript] 2341299

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of a text by Herbert Keppler. May not be related to book.
Box 3, folder 2

New Landscape image lists 2341045

Scope and Contents

Note: These lists do not correspond to the original box label. 3 checklists for image captions in "The New Landscape." One list includes alterations to the order of images pasted with rubber cement over the original list.
Box 59, folder 2

New Landscape 11x14 2341912

Box 59, folder 4-5, Box 60, folder 1

New Landscape photographs Ph4 2341913

Scope and Contents

Also labeled Ph4. Photographic prints.

General

60/1 is "Physically located in same box as Series II, Box 19.2 because of large size" according to original processor. Box 19 is "Daily Reminders, 1988-9."
Box 63, folder 3-4

Photographs 2341926

Scope and Contents

Originally in a box with the title "New Landscape Discarded Photos," which has been crossed out. Photographic prints.
Box 8, folder 10-12

New Landscape, extra copies of illustrations [not related to book?] 2341115

Scope and Contents

Note: 53 photographs in original order. Although original box was labeled "The New Landscape," most images are dated from 1960s and are not related to the original edition of The New Landscape. Photographs of works by Constantin Brancusi, Max Bill, Jack Burnham, Guenter Uecker, Mies van der Rohe, Georges Vantongerloo, David Smith, Heinz Mack, Marcel Breuer, and Julio Le Parc. Photographs by Nishan Bichajian. Includes student work produced at MIT in the Light and Color course. Also includes miscellaneous scientific imagery.
Box 3, folder 13

The New Landscape photographs 2341056

Scope and Contents

31 photographs for images reproduced in The New Landscape; mostly scientific imagery but includes a few art historical images. Lissuous figures, micrographs, images of crystals and minerals and x-ray diffraction photographs. Some photographs include stamped or handwritten notations suggesting they are from the Vision + Value series not The New Landscape.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8 x 10 black and white glossy photographs; some smaller formats. 1 matte board with pasted photographs.
Box 3, folder 12

New Landscape negatives 2341055

Scope and Contents

14 large format negatives for images reproduced in The New Landscape; mostly scientific imagery but includes 1 possible Kepes photogram.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Large format negatives.
Box 65, folder 5

New Landscape Negatives 2341932

Box 67, folder 3

New Landscape Negatives N16 2341940

Scope and Contents

Originally in a metal box with this label. Also labeled N16.
Box 67, folder 6

New Landscape negatives N17 2341942

Scope and Contents

Originally in a metal box with this label. Also labeled N17. Some negatives still in box.
 

3.6. Vision & Value series 2342030

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

In 1965-1966, Kepes edited a set of six anthologies, published as the Vision + Value Series by George Braziller. Each volume contained essays by artists, designers, architects and scientists, as well as many photographs and illustrations. The volumes were as follows: The Education of Vision; Structure in Art and Science; The Nature and Art of Motion; Module, Symmetry, Proportion, Rhythm; Sign, Image, Symbol; and The Man-Made Object.
Box 3, folder 7

Vision and Value series correspondence with George Braziler re: Italian edition 2341050

Box 6, folder 12-14

Vision and Value photographs, Environment 2341102

Scope and Contents

Note: 63 photographs in original order. Photographs of works by Maxime Descombin, Wen-Ying Tsai, Max Bill, Simon Nicholson, Geny Dignac, Masayuki Nagare, Dan Flavin, and others. Roger J. Chen scientific photograpy of ice crystal formation. Photographs of power plants, refineries, and heavy industry from the Tennessee Valley Authority and Standard Oil Company. Photographs by William Garnet, Gyorgy Kepes, Martin S. Dworkin, Donald Olson, and others. Reproductions of photocollages by Friedrich St. Florian.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8X10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; includes some smaller sizes.
Box 6, folder 15-17

Vision and Value photographs, Arts of Participation 2341103

Scope and Contents

Note: 115 photographs in original order. photographs of works by David Temiers, Stan Vanderbeek, and Jan Ossenbeck. Photographic documentation of events by Theo Botschuijver and Jeffrey Shaw, from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and various images of dances, rituals, ceremonies, student protests, and parades. Includes images of the Wailing Wall, the Woodstock festival, Les Halles market in Paris, and many others. Also contains photographs by G. Duby, Dan Brody for the Harvard Crimson, Peter Moore, and others. Includes letter from Theo Botschuijver and Jeffrey Shaw re: photographs. Includes three pages of notes from G. Kepes re: captions for various Vision and Value publications. Postcard from the British Museum.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8X10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; includes some smaller sizes.
Box 7, folder 1-3

Vision and Value photographs, Arts of Participation 2341104

Scope and Contents

Note: 114 photographs in original order. Continues previous set of folders but originally organized in separate Kodak box. Photographs by Robert Capa and many miscellaneous images. Photographs of works by Piotr Kowalski, Geny Dignac, and photographs form UPI, NASA, Standard Oil Company. Includes miscellaneous corresondence relating to photographs, checklist, and notes about captions and descriptions.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mostly 8X10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; includes some smaller sizes.
 

3.7. Kepes books, published [mostly foreign press] 2393724

Language of Material: English.
Box 98, Item 1

A látás nyelve (Gondolat 1979) 2393725

Box 98, Item 2

La Estructura en el Arte y en la Cienca (Novaro 1970) 2393726

Box 98, Item 3

A világ új képe a művészetben és a tudományban (Corvina 1979) 2393727

Box 98, Item 4

Graphic forms; the arts as related to the book (Harvard University Press 1949) 2393755

Box 98, Item 5

El Lenguaje de la Vision (Ediciones Infinito 1969) 2393769

Box 98, Item 6

The New Landscape in Art and Science (Photographic Society of Japan) 2393787

Box 98, Item 7

A közösségi művészet felé (Magvető Könyvkiadó 1978) 2393793

 

Series 4. Artwork

Language of Material: English.
 

4.1. Sketchbooks 2342046

Language of Material: English.
Box 20

Sketchbooks 1976, 1977, 1985, undated 2341196

Scope and Contents

Six unfoldered sketchbooks containing some loose material, photographic negative, and a photographic print.
Box 21

Sketchbooks 1966-1967, 1975, 1979, undated 2341197

Scope and Contents

Four unfoldered sketchbooks.
Box 22

Sketchbooks 1980, undated 2341198

Scope and Contents

Four unfoldered sketchbooks. Includes a photographic negative, a painting stencil, and other loose material.
Box 23

Sketchbooks 1976-7, 1979 2341199

Scope and Contents

Three unfoldered sketchbooks. Includes pasted-in printed, drawn and photographic material and pressed tree leaves.
Box 24

Sketchbook 2341200 circa 1994

Scope and Contents

Date derived from newspaper clipping inserted into back cover. Contains sketches directly on pages as well as pasted-in material.
 

4.2. Drawings and artwork 2342051

Language of Material: English.
Box 29, folder 14

Drawings 2341323

Scope and Contents

Various unlabeled and undated drawings. Some photocopies, some originals.
Box 54, folder 1

Printmaking plates [unfoldered] 2341881

Scope and Contents

Four metal plates for an unknown work in an unknown printmaking medium.
Box 55, folder 1

Drawings, 1998 and undated 2341882

Scope and Contents

Drawings by Rockne Krebs and presumably by Kepes.
Box 55, folder 3

Drawings and clippings 2341884

Scope and Contents

Assorted drawings and clippings of works, all by Kepes.
tube 57

Sketches 2341887

Scope and Contents

Four sketches in ink on modern parchment paper. They seem to be mock-ups of larger works. 4 total items.
Box 118, folder 1-5

Paintings

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 188

Paintings, architectural (2012-063)

Language of Material: English.
Box 191

Paintings [approximately 11 unfoldered panels, mostly gouache]

Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 3

Stained glass designs in watercolor

Language of Material: English.
 

Series 5. Exhibitions & events

Language of Material: English.
 

5.1. Event posters

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 187

posters, large

Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 1

posters, medium

Language of Material: English.
Box 191, folder 1

posters, medium

Language of Material: English.
 

5.2. Kepes exhibitions 2342042

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 8

MIT exhibition photographs 2341125

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8x10 b/w glossy gelatin silver prints.

Scope and Contents

5 photographs from "Light as a Creative Medium" exhibition, and from what appears to be a Kepes retrospective.
Box 9, folder 9

Kepes catalog photographs 2341135

Scope and Contents

11 photographs reproducing pages from exhibition catalog of Boston Harbor Centennial environmental art projects.
Box 12, folder 1

Carpenter Light Exhibition negatives 2341144

Scope and Contents

Negatives presumably used in the exhibition "Light as a Creative Medium" (Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard) or its catalog. 96 negatives in envelopes; some labeled, some with printing instructions. 30 loose negatives; 1 glass negative. Includes some photographs with specific negatives and 3 loose photos.
Box 25, folder 2

Correspondence and Files 2341202 1983-1988

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and files mostly related to business, including Kepes loaning photographs to exhibitions, as well as an installation piece for the Harvard Square T Station.
Box 26, folder 11

Exhibition Brochure 2341232 1967

Scope and Contents

Publicity material for an exhibition of Kepes' paintings at the Lamont Gallery at The Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH on May 2-28, 1967.
Box 27, folder 15

Miscellaneous Publications 1981 and undated 2341254

Scope and Contents

Material concerning exhibitions, auctions, and Kepes' biography.
Box 27, folder 20

Wichita Exhibition Lecture 2341259 1979

Scope and Contents

Shipping invoice for 34 paintings sent to Wichita Art Museum for exhibition of Kepes' work. Includes list of the paintings.
Box 27, folder 21

Exhibition Materials 2341260 1974-1977

Scope and Contents

Includes a review of a Kepes show in Trieste in 1976, possible commitments for Kepes in August 1974, and materials relating to a 1977 exhibition at Dartmouth College.
Box 28, folder 3

Exhibition Materials and miscellaneous 2341275 1960s-1980s

Scope and Contents

Publicity materials for exhibitions of Kepes and others, as well as a clipping of a Kepes publication in the Architectural Record for May, 1965, an article about a Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts project, and a photograph of what appears to be brain scan images.
Box 30, folder 2

Robinson Gallery 2341334 1977

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, consignment forms, and other material relating to business with Robinson Galleries.
Box 30, folder 3

Exhibition Materials 2341335 1973-1981

Scope and Contents

Publicity materials and clippings related to various exhibitions of Kepes' work.
Box 30, folder 6

Exhibition Publicity 1974-1985, undated 2341338

Scope and Contents

Various unrelated exhibition materials. One sheet was originally in a folder called "G.K. Biography."
Box 30, folder 12

Publications 1982, undated 2341344

Scope and Contents

Postcard, publicity material for Institutute for Independent Study at Radcliffe, and publicity material for a group exhibition of which Kepes was a part.
Box 30, folder 24

ICP Exhibition 2341356 1977

Scope and Contents

Two letters about an exhibition.
Box 30, folder 28

Printed material and clippings 2341360 1960s-1970s

Scope and Contents

Includes a large number of press releases, many having to do with exhibitions.
Box 33, folder 23

Printed Material 1973-1978, undated 2341438

Scope and Contents

Mostly exhibition publicity material. Also a printed article by Kepes.
Box 38, folder 5-6

Galleries 2341504 1994-1998

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and publicity material. Involves both Georgy and Juliet Kepes.
Box 38, folder 8

Light Exhibition Quotes 2341506

Scope and Contents

Typed and carbon copy quotes of others' writings.
Box 38, folder 24-25

Correspondence, Saidenberg Gallery 2341521 1977-1986

Box 39, folder 3

Triennale - Blueprints, Photos, Information 2341524 1968

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and drawings related to the 1968 Milan Triennale.
Box 39, folder 4

Correspondence, Paris Museum of Modern Art Review and Exhibition 2341525 1980-1982

Box 50, folder 4

Fliers, cards, etc. Early: School of Design, Kuh, etc. 2341852 1939-1950

Scope and Contents

Some materials are undated, but bulk are from 1940s. Publicity materials for exhibitions.
Box 52, folder 1

Gallery Correspondence 2341876 1964-1975

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with people at various galleries about sales of paintings, etc.
Box 52, folder 2

Gallery Correspondence 2341877 1958-1982

Box 52, folder 3-4

Gallery Moos 2341878 1968-1976

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Kepes, lawyers, and representatives of Gallery Moos.
Box 52, folder 5

Publicity Materials 2341879 1969

Scope and Contents

Publications relating to exhibitions from Alpha Gallery, empty envelopes from Gallery Moos.
Box 58, folder 16

Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Exhibition 2341908 1972-12

Scope and Contents

Photocopies.
Box 105, folder 22

Kepes Collection at Hurst Gallery postcard 2393880

Box 105, folder 24

Saidenberg Gallery painting list 2393882 1983

Box 194, folder 1-3

Printed items, pulled for possible exhibit

Scope and Contents

The New Landscape in Art and Science (Japan)
The New Landcsape, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, MIT 1951
Evening Session, School of Design in Chicago, 1941
International Design Conference [mounted program] 1952
Language of Vision book jacket
-
Light As a Creative Medium, Harvard
Symposium on Science and Art, MIT 1968
The Visual Arts and the Sciences: A Proposal for Collaboration, Architectural Record reprint May 1965
Gyorgy Kepes Works in Review, Museum of Science, Boston 1973
Kinetic Light as a Creative Medium, MIT Technology Review reprint 1967
Technology and Culture in Perspective, Church Society for College Work
-
Lajos Kudlák - Gitar Es Konflislo
 

5.3. Kepes group show exhibitions [chronological] 2393714

Language of Material: English.
Box 95, folder 5

2393715 undated

Box 95, folder 6

2393716 1950-1959

Box 95, folder 7

2393717 1960-1966

Box 95, folder 8

2393718 1967-1970

Box 96, folder 1

2393719 1971-1975

Box 96, folder 2

2393720 1976-1978

Box 96, folder 3

2393721 1979-1980

Box 96, folder 4

2393722 1987-1999

 

5.4. Kepes one man show exhibitions [chronological] 2393698

Language of Material: English.
Box 94, folder 1

2393699 undated

Box 94, folder 2

2393700 1939-1955

Box 94, folder 3

2393701 1958-1959

Box 94, folder 4

2393702 1960-1962

Box 94, folder 5

2393703 1963-1966

Box 94, folder 6

2393704 1967-1968

Box 94, folder 7

2393705 1970-1972

Box 94, folder 8

2393706 1973

Box 94, folder 9

2393707 1974-1975

Box 94, folder 10

2393708 1976

Box 94, folder 11

2393709 1977-1978

Box 95, folder 1

2393710 1979-1980

Box 95, folder 2

2393711 1983-1984

Box 95, folder 3

2393712 1985-1989

Box 95, folder 4

2393713 1991-2008

 

Series 6. Notes and research files

Language of Material: English.
 

6.1. Notes and research: general 2342039

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains a variety of material written or assembled by Kepes for research purposes, including handwritten notes, manuscripts typescripts, published items, and notes not by Kepes. See related "Assorted Material" series of unsorted folders (less of Kepes' writing).
tube 57

Manuscripts 2341886 1968

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Very oversize diagram rolled around tube - found with other oversize items from folder 2 that are located in map case. The diagram is of a "Plan of Ceiling Lights" for a "City at Night" Thomas McNulty, Architects. 1 item. "Manuscripts" was the original title of the box. Continuation of above. Large-format but smaller. Other diagrams about the "City at Night" lights. 8 total items.
Box 4, folder 13

Notes on light technology and light windows 2341077

Box 5, folder 2

Miscellaneous notes on light technology 2341088

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes. References Photoelastic Walk, types of luminescence, and turbulence.
Box 5, folder 4

Miscellaneous typed pages 2341090

Scope and Contents

2 typed pages from larger manuscripts.
Box 6, folder 9

Modulation, master copy 2341099 1965-02-26

Scope and Contents

Includes one miscellaneous page that may not be part of this manuscript.
Box 6, folder 11

Miscellaneous notes, intrinsic symbols 2341101

Scope and Contents

One page of notes in blue pen with pencil drawings on back.
Box 8, folder 1

Light Modulation manuscripts 2341106

Scope and Contents

Typed manuscripts, many with handwritten notations and edits.
Box 9, folder 6

Light Modulation typescripts 2341123 1964-1965

Scope and Contents

Multiple copies of manuscripts titled "Light and Color - Modulation" or "Light Modulation" or similar, with many revision and versions.
Box 9, folder 7

Vision fundamentals notes 2341124

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes on "Environmental art," "Participation" dated 2/18/69, "sound," "homeostasis," "scale," "light," and many other topics. Typed notes on light, typed outline, one page of typed notes dated 11/13/68, b/w glossy silver gelatin photograph of a nuclear reactor control room, typed sheet titled "Summary of the Activities of the Center for Interdisciplinary (I-D) Creativity" dated July 1, 1971-June 30, 1972, miscellaneous typed quotations, and much more. Notes appear out of order.
Box 16, folder 3

Light Modulation Notes and Typescripts 2341157

Scope and Contents

Hand-written notes and typed material - one document is in Italian.
Box 16, folder 5

New Orleans notes 2341159

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a series of hand-written notes.
Box 16, folder 6

Notes and Typescripts on Environment 2341160

Box 16, folder 7

Artificial Light 1947, undated 2341161

Scope and Contents

Typescripts, notes, and publications dealing with artificial light.
Box 16, folder 10

Notes on Light 2341164

Scope and Contents

Hand-written notes and lists on various light-related subjects.
Box 16, folder 12

Light and Color Notes and Typewriters 1965, undated 2341166

Scope and Contents

Many of the typescripts have hand-written notes on them. Includes information about Times Square.
Box 16, folder 13

Copies 1964-5, 1972 2341167

Scope and Contents

Copies of various lectures and other works by Kepes - items in English as well as German and Hungarian - some hand-written notes.
Box 16, folder 14

Light, Pollution, Communism - Miscellaneous Typescripts 1965-8, undated 2341168

Scope and Contents

Copies, with handwritten notes, of various texts on pollution, light, and communism. Authors include Thomas Young, Dziga Viertov, and Mao Zedong.
Box 16, folder 16

Corrected Manuscript on the Modern World 2341170

Scope and Contents

Extensively corrected manuscript about achieving equilibrium in the modern world. Corrections are in Italian.
Box 16, folder 17

Notes - Perception, Emotion 2341171

Scope and Contents

Three pages of hand-written notes on various subjects surrounding perception and emotion.
Box 17, folder 1

Notes on Art and Scale 2341172

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes and corrected typed material mostly relating to topics of scale in art.
Box 17, folder 2

Light and Color Modulation - Notes and Typescripts 2341173

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes and corrected typed materials on light and color.
Box 17, folder 4

Art - Notes and Typed Material 2341175

Scope and Contents

Consists of quotations and other material from other artists and theorists.
Box 17, folder 7

Notes and Printed Material 2341177

Scope and Contents

Corrected material from Kepes's work on light, color, and the city. Much of the printed material is redundant with earlier documents, but the written portions appear to be different.
Box 17, folder 10

Typescript about relation of art to life 2341180

Scope and Contents

19 page manuscript, unsigned, undated.
Box 17, folder 13

Notes and Drawings 2341182

Scope and Contents

Undated notes and drawings on light, color, perception, and sound.
Box 17, folder 14

Printed Material 1947, 1972, 1973, 1985, undated 2341183

Scope and Contents

Heavily corrected typescripts on various subjects, including urbanism, such as The Baltimore Project and projects in and around Boston. Bulk undated.
Box 17, folder 17

Notes and Typescripts 2341186

Scope and Contents

Various notes and typescripts primarily about light and photography.
Box 25, folder 1

Notes and Printed Material 2341201

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes by Kepes and printed material by Albert Camus, Edward T. Hall, and others.
Box 25, folder 6

Notes and Printed Material 1978, undated 2341206

Scope and Contents

Printed material interspersed with hand-written notes. Original folder was labeled "European Friends."
Box 25, folder 10

Notes and Printed Material 1965 and undated 2341210

Scope and Contents

Mostly undated. Hand-written notes and copies of printed material, including quotations from famous authors, including Charles Dickens and Henry David Thoreau.
Box 26, folder 5

Vision 2341227 1978-1987

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other material relating to exhibitions as well as light and perception. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 26, folder 10

Notes and printed material 1969, undated 2341231

Scope and Contents

Subjects include the Light Tower, movement, and science and art.
Box 27, folder 12

Photocopies 2341251

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of several unsigned publications. Topic include "The Inclined Galactic Light Pond Bamiyan, Afghanistan", "The Utopic Vessel", and others. Presumably by Kepes. Poetry.
Box 28, folder 7

Printed Material 2341279 1954, 1965

Scope and Contents

Carbons of typescripts - "Light and Color" from 1965 and "Topics for Seminar Discussion" from 1954. Seminar is on the city and urban life.
Box 28, folder 14

Printed material 2341286

Scope and Contents

Much of this material consists of sheets of paper taken out of context from larger works. Also includes writings by Kepes, quotes from artists such as Van Gogh, and a short essay by Carl Nesjar called Fountains for All Seasons. Some material in German.
Box 28, folder 24

Manuscript on Sight 2341296

Scope and Contents

Unsigned article on sight. On MIT stationery, presumably by Kepes.
Box 28, folder 28

Visual Forms - Structural Forms 2341300 1948

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of a text by Kepes.
Box 29, folder 9

Art and Ecological Consciousness 2341318

Box 29, folder 7

Notes and Printed Material 1982-1985, undated 2341316

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Much of it is random out-of-context pages. Some meeting agendas for various organizations, other materials.
Box 29, folder 12

Printed Material, mostly undated 2341321

Scope and Contents

Mostly out-of-context pages with a few short complete pieces by Kepes and others.
Box 29, folder 17

Essay on Interdependence 2341326

Scope and Contents

Typescript with hand-written contracts of an untitled essay by Kepes about modernity and human interdependence.
Box 29, folder 20

History of human thought 2341329

Scope and Contents

Photostat of a typed essay by Kepes about human history and the hope of transforming the world.
Box 30, folder 11

Printed Material and notes 1971, undated 2341343

Scope and Contents

Printed pages, biographies of Kepes, writings by Kepes, press release, business card - mostly seems unrelated, but all found together originally.
Box 30, folder 18

Light Materials 2341350 1964

Box 32, folder 8

Typescript, untitled 2341391 1969

Scope and Contents

Typescript of a manuscript with hand-written corrections. Seems to be on "individual artistic imagination."
Box 33, folder 24

Printed Material 1965, 1978, undated 2341439

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Miscellaneous printed material by Kepes and others.
Box 34, folder 1

Typescript on Perception 2341445

Scope and Contents

Two copies of a manuscript of a text on perception. Presumably by Kepes.
Box 38, folder 9

Environment Essays, Re-edited and re-typed 2341507 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Hand-corrected typescripts.
Box 39, folder 2

Bibliography 2341523 1959-1965

Scope and Contents

Lists of works and other bibliographic material.
Box 78, folder 1-2

Completed Manuscripts 2342004

Scope and Contents

G. Kepes manuscripts including but not limited to essays, book chapters, and speeches.
Box 80, folder 1-4, Box 79, folder 2-5

Manuscripts 2342007

Scope and Contents

G. Kepes manuscripts including but not limited to essays, book chapters, speeches, professional correspondence and other miscellaneous notes.
Box 81, folder 4-5

Academic Notes 2342009

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous notes and correspondence.
Box 82, folder 2-6

Manuscripts 2342011

Scope and Contents

G. Kepes manuscripts including but not limited to essays, book chapters, speeches, professional correspondence and other miscellaneous notes.
Box 50, folder 2

Light Start 2341850 1937, 1939

Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes for Light Start. Ink on Paper. Also two letters from Moholy-Nagy and others about the intention to start a school of design in Chicago.
Box 50, folder 9

Kepes 2341857 1936-2002

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, clippings, drawings. Originally in folder together.
Box 58, folder 1

Notes 2341888

Scope and Contents

Two pages of handwritten notes. List of photocopies to be made. Appears to be a list of what appears in the rest of the box.
Box 58, folder 6

Kepes 2341893

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 58, folder 7

Aesthetics of Everyday Life 2341894

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 58, folder 8

Contents of an Un-marked File 2341895

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript. Title comes from a sticky note affixed to the first page.
Box 58, folder 11

Shaping of the Exhibition, The 2341903

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 58, folder 13

Contents of File, Light on a New Scale Final Copy 2341905 1974-02-25

Scope and Contents

Photocopies. Title comes from a sticky-note.
Box 105, folder 1, Box 104, folder 5

Misc. reports, papers and reprints 2393826

Scope and Contents

Contains reports, reprints, and science and philosophy magazines. Includes inscribed reprints from Rudolf Arnheim, Roman Jakobson, and others, a booklet printing an S.I. Hayakawa lecture, and material from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Box 105, folder 15

Handwritten notes 2393873

Box 105, folder 16

Miscellaneous typed notes 2393874

Box 105, folder 23

Scientists and Engineers for McCarthy ad reprint 2393881 1967

Box 105, folder 25

unidentified mock-up of geometric figures 2393883

Box 105, folder 26

unidentified diagram 2393884

Box 105, folder 27

unidentified diagram 2393885

Box 105, folder 28

misc. images, clipped and photocopied 2393886

 

6.2. Notes and research: urban studies, architecture, noise pollution, etc. 2342041

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 2

Urban Form: Seminar typescripts 2341119 1954

Scope and Contents

Two typescripts for seminars on urban form; one titled "URBAN FORM: Seminar 12/10/54 Interview with John Cage, composer, James T. Farrell, writer, and Anrdreas Feininger, photographer," second titled "URBAN FORM SEMINAR: 10/29/54," recording discussion between Kepes, Rudolf Arnheim, Kevin Lynch, Jerome Bruner, Tagiuri, Adams, Kelly, Rodwin.
Box 8, folder 7

Paul Earls, Notes: Anechoic Acoustical Events 2341112

Scope and Contents

Typescript by Paul Earls with Mem-O-Gram addressed to Prof. Kepes.
Box 8, folder 6

Listening Incorporated 2341111

Scope and Contents

Promotional material from Listening Incorporated on auditory technology.
Box 8, folder 5

Noise and miscellaneous manuscripts 2341110

Scope and Contents

Typescript on noise with miscellaneous manuscript on "the basic task of the contemporary artist" and one page relating to light.
Box 8, folder 3

Boston noise ordinance 2341108

Box 8, folder 2

Auditory notes 2341107

Scope and Contents

1 page handwritten notes on noise.
Box 8, folder 4

Clippings on noise 2341109

Scope and Contents

Copies and original press articles dealing with noise and noise pollution.
Box 9, folder 3

Form of the city notes 1 2341120 1954-1958

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Kevin Lynch and G. Kepes to Charles B. Fahs, Director, Division of Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, re: "The Perceptual Form of the City." Partial typescript titled "Dr. David H. Hubel." Typed notes tiled "THE FORM OF CITY STUDY." Typescript titled "THE PERCEPTUAL FORM OF THE CITY GENERAL REPORT AND PLAN FOR FUTURE STUDIES -- May 17, 1955." Typescript titled "A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FORM OF CITY STUDY AND SOME TOPICS FOR STUDY." Typescript titled "NOTES ON DISCUSSION BETWEEN L.A. AND J.R.M AND G.K., K.L. AND J.R.MM. ON OR ABOUT MARCH 20, 1958." Typed proposal dated March 4, 1954 and titled "Proposed Study: THE PERCEPTUAL FORM OF THE CITY." Memo from Dave Crane to G. Kepes and associated typed notes for Crane lecture given at Harvard Graduate School of Design 1/6/56. Typed bibliography titled "Recomended References on the Form of the City."
Box 9, folder 4

Form of the city notes 2 2341121

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes titled "intrinsic symbol," "space symbols," "city," and miscellaneous notes with drawings and sketches.
Box 9, folder 5

Urban environment notes 2341122 1968-1971

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes on "homeostasis," "envrionmental art," and other topics; typescripts, mostly untitled, including 4 undated, 2 typescripts dated 2/3/69, 1 typescript dated 1/14/69, 1 typescript dated 11/19/68, 1 typescript dated both 1/20/69 and 4/15/71, typescript with crossed-out title "The Crisis of the City: Symbolic Forms," typescript dated both 11/20/68 and 9/23/70, and some miscellaneous manuscript pages. Typescripts heavily annotated.
Box 16, folder 11

Architecture and Urban Planning Sketches and Notes 1974, undated 2341165

Scope and Contents

Drawings, sketches, notes.
Box 17, folder 3

Architecture and Cities - Notes and Typed Material 2341174 1960s

Box 17, folder 9

Urban Form notes and printed material 1954, 1984, 1966, bulk undated 2341179

Scope and Contents

Notes and printed material, both generally about the urban condition and more specifically about Boston and its Back Bay neighborhood.
Box 26, folder 4

Urbanism Publications 2341226 1970, 1972

Scope and Contents

Published material on Highway Sculpture and Spielstrasse - some in German.
Box 27, folder 9

Urban Projects Correspondence, Photographs and Printed Material 2341248 1954-1978

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of art works, proposals and other correspondence for Boston Harbor and Times Square projects, as well as more general material about urban issues.
Box 28, folder 23

Arnold Berleant. Aesthetic Paradigms For an Urban Ecology 2341295 1974

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of a paper written by Arnold Berleant of Long Island University. Article was published in the journal Diogenes in Fall 1978.
Box 27, folder 23

Eduardo Terrazas and Raimundo Cuervo. The Unbuilding Industry 2341262 1976

Scope and Contents

Pamphlet by Eduardo Terrazas and Raimundo Cuervo for HABITAT FORUM, a UN conference on May 31-June 11, 1976.
Box 30, folder 7

John G. Papaioannou. Sensory Aspects: A Tentative List of Topics and Problems Relating Man to His Settlements 2341339 1968

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of an article by John G. Papaioannou from the Athens Technological Organization's 1968 Athens Ekistics Month.
Box 38, folder 10

Architectural Lettering Yale Symposium 2341508

Scope and Contents

Hand-corrected typescript.
Box 28, folder 33

Public Art and Architecture 1974, undated 2341305

Scope and Contents

Various materials for architecture and public art projects, including for La Defense in Paris, the Charles River, and public space.
 

Series 7: Notes, articles, correspondence, etc. 2342045

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Original processing for this collection retained original order, even when folders contained an assortment of apparently unrelated clippings, notes, correspondence, and published items. This series contains most of these folders (mostly named Assorted Material, Miscellaneous Material, or Printed Material), some of which contain items relevant to other series. See also Kepes research files.
Box 17, folder 5-6, Box 17, folder 12

Miscellaneous printed material 2341176

Scope and Contents

Several sheets of printed material. Some of it is quotes from Leon Trotsky. Undated material appears to be excerpts from Kepes' various writings on art, color, and urbanism. Dated item is a press release for the 1986 MIT SKY ART Conference.
Box 25, folder 15

Printed Material 1940 and undated 2341215

Scope and Contents

Contains three documents: a program for a dance concert, a list of participants in an unnamed conference, and a brief biography of Kepes.
Box 25, folder 18

Miscellaneous Material 1973, undated 2341218

Scope and Contents

Business card for Lengyel Lajos, Poem by Virginia Baylor, and printed magazine-style images of various churches.
Box 26, folder 3

Printed Material 1972, undated 2341225

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous printed material, some hand-corrected, on various subjects. Also includes letter from Ken Halpern to Kepes on March 1, 1972.
Box 26, folder 14

Printed Material and photographs 1949, 1962, undated 2341235

Scope and Contents

Printed material, including exhibition publicity, and photographs of works by Masuyaki Nagare and an unknown artist.
Box 27, folder 3

Printed Material in German 2341242

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of pages 2 to 38 of an unidentified document written in German.
Box 27, folder 22

Arts Organizations 2341261 1976

Scope and Contents

Nomination materials and correspondence related to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Society for Aesthetics.
Box 27, folder 33

Miscellaneous Material 2002, undated 2341272

Scope and Contents

Item from 2002 is a printed street map of a portion of London. Also contains two maps of Welfleet, MA, a postcard from the Mexican National Anthropological Museum, and a card from the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin with Kepes' name written on it. Material all found adjacent in original grouping. Also contains two out-of-context printed pages.
Box 28, folder 12

Miscellaneous 2341284 1984, 1994

Scope and Contents

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Election letter, and program for the 1984 memorial service for Kevin Lynch. Memorial service program has handwritten notes by Kepes on the back.
Box 28, folder 15

Printed material and notes 2341287

Scope and Contents

Primarily out-of-context printed material. Also includes a few hand-written notes. All of this material was originally in an untitled folder together.
Box 28, folder 17

Printed material and notes 1971, undated 2341289

Scope and Contents

Bulk of the material is out-of-context printed matter. One sheet of handwritten notes.
Box 28, folder 22

Printed material and clippings 2341294

Scope and Contents

Mostly out-of-context, difficult-to-decipher material. Some in German and Hungarian.
Box 28, folder 25

Miscellaneous Printed Material 2341297

Box 28, folder 29

Event Programs 2341301 1985

Scope and Contents

Programs for awards by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the George Washington Awards.
Box 28, folder 36

Miscellaneous Printed Material 2341308

Scope and Contents

Includes short writings, probably by Kepes, as well as quotes from others. No apparent order.
Box 29, folder 2

Printed Material and notes 1985, undated 2341311

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Includes event programs, clippings, miscellaneous printed material, and other unrelated material.
Box 29, folder 10

Printed Material and Correspondence 1980s, undated 2341319

Scope and Contents

Mostly out-of-context partial printed documents. Includes a small amount of correspondence between Kepes and Faith Atlass. Also includes miscellaneous other materials.
Box 29, folder 15

Printed material and notes, undated 2341324

Box 30, folder 5

Printed Material, Correspondence, and Clippings 2341337 1975-1985

Box 30, folder 15

Printed Material, 1960s-1970s, undated 2341347

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Mostly out-of-context material. Some material concerns the Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Press releases.
Box 30, folder 26

Printed material 2341358 1970s

Scope and Contents

Printed material, clippings, two photographs, and correspondence. All unrelated, much of it is random printed pages. One of the photographs is of the Harvard Square stained glass piece.
Box 30, folder 29

Printed Material 2341361

Box 31, folder 2

Assorted material 2341364

Scope and Contents

A few items are dated. Unrelated material, including press releases, handwritten notes, random printed material, and publicity material.
Box 31, folder 5

Assorted material 2341367 1970s

Scope and Contents

Much of it is undated. Much of the material is random out-of-context printed material. Also includes unlabeled photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 31, folder 6

Cambridge Art Association (CAA) - Kerlan Library Collection, Other Information 2341368 1980-1981

Box 31, folder 10

Assorted Material 1985, undated 2341372

Scope and Contents

Mostly printed material and correspondence. Bulk undated. Some material involves the Upper and Lower Falls Project.
Box 31, folder 11

Assorted Material 1973, undated 2341373

Scope and Contents

Includes stamps, a newspaper clipping, and two interviews. One has various avant garde figures including John Cage.
Box 31, folder 12

Printed Material and clippings 1980s, undated 2341374

Box 31, folder 13

Printed material and notes 2341375

Box 31, folder 14

Assorted Material 2341376 1980-1982

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, loan agreements, a contract with the MBTA and clippings.
Box 31, folder 15

Printed material 2341377

Scope and Contents

Contains a manuscript of an article by "Jackson" entitled "The City and the Garden."
Box 31, folder 17

Assorted Material 2341379 1972-1982

Scope and Contents

Mostly assorted printed material. Some correspondence and clippings. One photo.
Box 31, folder 18

Assorted material 1972, undated 2341380

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, printed material, one photo of the moon.
Box 31, folder 21

Printed Material and clippings 1973, undated 2341383

Box 32, folder 6

Assorted Material 2341389

Box 32, folder 9

Printed Material 2341392 1966-1969

Box 33, folder 25

Assorted Material 1965-1978, undated 2341444

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Out-of-context printed material, clippings, publicity materials, and a small amount of correspondence.
Box 34, folder 2-3

Assorted Materials 1973-1987, undated 2341446

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Out-of-context printed material, clippings, publicity materials, and a small amount of correspondence.
Box 34, folder 4

Printed material 2341447

Box 34, folder 5

Assorted Materials, 1977-1989, undated 2341448

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Mostly clippings and exhibition publicity materials. Small amount of correspondence and out-of-context printed material.
Box 34, folder 9

Press Materials 2341452 1973-1994

Scope and Contents

Press releases and publicity materials. Contains a photographic print of various representations of the letter E.
Box 34, folder 11

Assorted Material 2341454 1970-1996

Scope and Contents

Bulk printed material. Large amount of corresondence, and a few clippings. Items were interspersed in such a way as to preclude further breakdown into categories.
Box 34, folder 13

Assorted Material 1987, undated 2341456

Scope and Contents

One letter and one page of out-of-context printed material. The letter is from James Melchert at the American Academy in Rome.
Box 34, folder 14

Assorted Material 1977-1987, undated 2341457

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Much out-of-context printed material. Correspondence, clippings, a few drawings, one photograph.
Box 34, folder 17

Assorted Material 2341460 1966-1982

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, clippings, and printed material.
Box 35, folder 11

Printed Material 1982-1994, undated 2341477

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Clippings, publicity materials, legal materials.
Box 35, folder 14

Printed Material 1977, undated 2341480

Scope and Contents

Two news clippings and a legal document.
Box 35, folder 16

Assorted Material 1994, undated 2341482

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Includes correspondence, drawing, and out-of-context printed material.
Box 36, folder 2

Assorted Material 1986, 1987, undated 2341489

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Bulk drawings. Some correspondence and printed material.
Box 36, folder 9

Assorted Material 2341496 1978-1979

Scope and Contents

Contains photographs and correspondence.
Box 38, folder 4

Publications 2341503 1947-1965

Box 38, folder 13

Printed Material 2341511

Scope and Contents

Carbons of random printed material.
Box 39, folder 8

Sao Paulo Biennale 2341529 1969

Scope and Contents

Printed material about the United States contribution to the 1969 Sao Paulo Biennale.
Box 48, folder 2

Interdependence 2341817 1959, 1968

Scope and Contents

Publications and a press release.
Box 48, folder 3

GK: Math 2341818 1964-1969

Scope and Contents

Clippings and publications.
Box 48, folder 4

Assorted Material 2341819 1947-1978

Scope and Contents

Mostly clippings, as well as a press release and some publicity materials. Originally in unlabeled folder together.
Box 58, folder 17-18

Miscellaneous Loose Items 2341909 1964-1972

Scope and Contents

Photocopies.
 

Series 8. Articles & clippings 2342038

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 15

Articles and clippings on light technology 2341079

Scope and Contents

Articles and clippings from Science, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Internaiontal Science and Technology, New York Times, and elsewhere; includes promotional material from Ferrofluidics Corporation.
Box 4, folder 16

Articles and clippings on art and light technology 2341080

Scope and Contents

From Arts Magazine, Art News, Studio International, Art International, and elsewhere.
Box 5, folder 1

Articles and clippings on light technology 2341087

Scope and Contents

Mostly technical and scientific but includes some articles on art.
Box 8, folder 9

Clippings on Kepes paintings 2341114

Scope and Contents

Undated clippings from Italian art publication with reproductions of Kepes's paintings.
Box 27, folder 19

Clippings 1976-1977, 1982, undated 2341258

Scope and Contents

Four clippings - one is in Hungarian. One in English is from the New York Times Book Review, and is undated. It is a review of several of Kepes' books by Roger Jellinek. Two are exhibition reviews.
Box 28, folder 1

Clippings 1983, 1992, undated 2341273

Scope and Contents

In Hungarian and English.
Box 28, folder 10

Clippings 2341282 1971-1974

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings from the Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor about Kepes.
Box 28, folder 18

Clippings 1964 and undated 2341290

Scope and Contents

Two clippings - one on Kepes' Harvard Square stained glass wall and one on his Times Square project.
Box 28, folder 26

Clippings 2341298

Scope and Contents

One clipping is on Yves Klein by Larry Rivers.
Box 28, folder 31

Clippings 2341303 1970, 1984, 1999

Scope and Contents

Clippings about art matters, including Rockne Krebs, Bill Parker, and Peter Scott.
Box 28, folder 34

Clippings 2341306 1971-1976

Scope and Contents

Various clippings from the 1970s from newspapers and magazines.
Box 28, folder 37

Clippings 1984 and undated 2341309

Box 29, folder 8

Clippings 2341317 1947-1985

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1980s. Clippings on various art-related subjects.
Box 30, folder 4

Clippings and Printed Materials 2341336 1974

Scope and Contents

Clippings in German and English, plus Abt Associates annual report and an unknown photo.
Box 30, folder 8

Graphical Clippings 2341340

Scope and Contents

Clippings of printed reproductions of art works.
Box 30, folder 14

Clippings 1960-1962, undated 2341346

Scope and Contents

Some in German.
Box 30, folder 19

Clippings 2341351 1947-1974

Box 31, folder 20

Clippings and printed material 1974, undated 2341382

Box 42, folder 1

Clippings 2341731 1943-1971

Box 42, folder 2

Clippings 2341732 1952-1973

Box 42, folder 3

Clippings 2341733 1954-1985

Box 42, folder 4

Clipping From article entitled "Pictures that Reveal Nature --Or Do They? By Gene Throton." 2341734

Scope and Contents

Possibly from New York Times.
Box 42, folder 5

Clippings 2341735 1965-1972

Box 42, folder 6

Clippings 2341736 1961-1973

Box 42, folder 7

Clippings 2341737 1966-1971

Box 42, folder 8

Clippings 2341738 1966-1989

Box 42, folder 9

Clippings 2341739 1965-1990

Box 42, folder 10

Clippings 2341740 1965-1985

Box 42, folder 11

Clipping from Chicago Magazine 2341741 1972-11-12

Box 48, folder 5

Clippings, 1962-1977, undated 2341820

Box 81, folder 1-3

Newspaper Clippings and Articles 2342008

Scope and Contents

Articles and clippings from Science Journal, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, International Science and Technology, New York Times, and others. Some correspondence and notes.
Box 82, folder 1

Newspaper Clippings and Articles 2342010

Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles and art pamphlets.
Box 55, folder 2

Clippings 2341883

Scope and Contents

Assorted clippings referencing work by Kepes.
 

Series 9. Kepes in magazines [chronological] 2394238

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Published references to Kepes and his work, especially reviews of his books and exhibitions, but also brief mentions. Many also reproduce his photographs and artwork. Includes clippings and full issues from magazines and journals as well as auction catalogs and other printed material. More can be found throughout the collection. See also "Kepes writing, published" for articles with text by Kepes.
Box 130, folder 1

undated

Box 130, folder 2-4

1945-1958

Box 131, folder 1-4

1959-1966

Box 132, folder 1-3

1967-1972

Box 133, folder 1-6

1973-2005

Box 190, folder 4

articles mounted on cardboard

Language of Material: English.
 

Series 10. Published writing [chronological] 2394231

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Articles, essays, and other writing by Kepes, as printed in magazines such as Arts & Architecture, Art in America, Daedalus, and Leonardo. Other examples may be found throughout the collection.
Box 124, folder 1

undated

Box 124, folder 2-4

1947-1959

Box 125, folder 1

1960-1961

Box 126, folder 1

1965

Box 127, folder 1-3

1966-1971

Box 128, folder 1-2

1972-1977

Box 129, folder 1

1980-1986

 

Series 11. New Bauhaus/Institute of Design 2394217

Language of Material: English.
Box 105, folder 5

Maholy-Nagy, School of Design proposal (photocopy) 2393858 1939-01-17

Box 105, folder 6

page from magazine with Kepes image and Maholy-Nagy text re: Kepes 2393863 1940

Box 105, folder 7

Institute of Design press release for Kepes exhibition 2393865 1943

Box 189, folder 7

New Bauhaus promotional booklet

Language of Material: English.
 

Series 12. MIT/Center for Advanced Visual Studies

Language of Material: English.
 

12.1. MIT/CAVS publications etc.

Language of Material: English.
Box 134, folder 1

undated

Box 134, folder 2-5

1950-1971

Box 135, folder 1-3

1972-1981

Box 136, folder 1-3

1982-2002

 

12.2. MIT/ CAVS files 2342048

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, journals, course catalogs, exhibition material, brochures, and other material related to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 39, folder 6

Center Material 2341527 1963-1981

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Kepes and others, including Otto Piene and other artists.
Box 17, folder 15

Memorandum to Fellows from Kepes 2341184 1971-08-10

Scope and Contents

Memo to Fellows of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies about various financial and historical issues.
Box 17, folder 16

Center For Advanced Visual Studies 2341185 1979

Scope and Contents

Paper by Kepes on the purpose and goals of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 17, folder 19

1972-73 Report to the President 2341188 1973-07-20

Scope and Contents

Kepes report to the President of MIT on the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 25, folder 17

MIT Environmental Design Study 2341217

Box 26, folder 6

Correspondence 2341228 1978-1984

Scope and Contents

Correspondence mostly related to MIT business. Includes a letter of recommendation. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 27, folder 7

Correspondence 2341246 1976

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mostly concerning the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, as well as correspondence between Kepes and Otto Piene of the Center for Advanced Research Studies.
Box 27, folder 31

Center for Advanced Visual Studies 2341270 1967-1974

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material relating to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies and its activities in Boston.
Box 28, folder 9

Center for Advanced Studies Research Fellows 2341281

Scope and Contents

Printed descriptions of installation works done by artists Maryanne Amacher, Luis Frangella, Lowry Burgess, Joe Moss, and Paul Earls.
Box 28, folder 35

Graduate Study in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2341307

Scope and Contents

Publicity material for a Master's of Architecture at MIT.
Box 29, folder 18

Council for the Arts at MIT - Annual Reports 2341327 1983-1984

Box 29, folder 19

Don Snyder 2341328 1976

Scope and Contents

Two syllabi and a resume for MIT instructor Don Snyder.
Box 29, folder 16

Lightgraphics and Photographics 2341325

Scope and Contents

Syllabus for a course taught by Don Snyder.
Box 31, folder 4

CAS Correspondence 2341366 1992

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from various people to Charles M. Vest, President of MIT, appealing to keep the Center for Advanced Studies autonomous.
Box 105, folder 8

CAVS Centerbeam report 2393866

Box 105, folder 9

MIT press release on CAVS funding 2393867 1971-12-13

Box 105, folder 10

MIT Compton Gallery guestbook 2393868 1986

Box 105, folder 11

MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology materials 2393869 2010

Box 105, folder 11

MIT miscellaneous 2393870

 

Series 13. Transcripts

Language of Material: English.
 

13.1. Lectures, interview transcripts & notes 2342044

Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 1

Light Lecture Notes 2341155

Scope and Contents

Hand-written notes and typed material.
Box 16, folder 2

Lectures by Kepes and Others 1969, undated 2341156

Scope and Contents

Contains typescripts of various lectures, some with Kepes's hand-written notes. Other names include: John Ruskin, Galileo Galilei, Vincent Van Gogh, and James Rosser Johnson.
Box 16, folder 4

Notes and Lecture on Modern Art 2341158

Scope and Contents

Original folder labeled "Charles Center" - undated lecture does not appear to be related.
Box 16, folder 15

Notes for a Lecture in Los Angeles 2341169

Scope and Contents

Material appears to be rough notes for a lecture - topics include politics, academia, and light.
Box 25, folder 11

Lecture Celebrations 2341211

Scope and Contents

Hand-corrected typescripts on art, including Hungarian folk art, in English and Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 16

Berlin Lecture 2341216 1973

Scope and Contents

Folder is labeled that these files relate to a lecture Kepes gave in Berlin in October 1973. Contains fragments of various printed materials, but no complete lecture.
Box 26, folder 13

Interview transcript 2341234 1987

Scope and Contents

Interview between Kepes and Rudolph deHarak in Boston, March 31, 1987.
Box 29, folder 1

Images of Cities and The Environment in the Visual Arts 2341310 1984

Scope and Contents

Syllabus to a course Kepes co-taught with Lloyd Rodwin in Spring 1984.
Box 30, folder 22

Interview 2341354 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Pages from a transcript of an interview between "K" (Kepes?) and "T." (Takis?) Various pages, some with hand-written notes.
Box 30, folder 30

Color/Light/Architecture 2341362

Scope and Contents

Poster for a lecture series of which Kepes was a part.
Box 31, folder 9

Interview 2341371 1969

Scope and Contents

Several partial copies of an interview between "K" (Kepes?) and "T" (Takis?).
Box 38, folder 7

Private and Civic Art 2341505

Scope and Contents

Typescript of a paper given at Brighton College. Presumably by Kepes.
Box 38, folder 12

Lecture, Photography 2341510 1978

Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes.
Box 39, folder 7

Dewey Society Lecture 2341528 1969

Scope and Contents

Typescript of a lecture.
Box 58, folder 3

Speech 2341890

Scope and Contents

Photocopy, with handwritten notes, of a speech Kepes gave.
Box 58, folder 5

pre-1 2341892

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a heavily hand-corrected typsecript, apparently of a lecture.
Box 58, folder 15

Berlin Lecture, Art in Civic Scale 2341907

Scope and Contents

Photocopies.
Box 58, folder 14

Lecture notes 2341906

Scope and Contents

Outline-format lecture notes.
Box 105, folder 13

printed material: lectures, speeches, appearances 2393871

 

13.2. Kepes/Takis transcripts 2341780

Language of Material: English.
Box 44, folder 1

Re-edited and Re-typed 2341760 1970-06

Scope and Contents

Corrected typescript of an interview between Kepes and Takis. Typescript is actually dated 2/27/1969. Original folder title.
Box 44, folder 2

Edited June 70, typed 6/70 2341761 1970

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of Kepes/Takis interview.
Box 44, folder 3

Early Dialogue Tapes Copy to Be Edited 2341762

Scope and Contents

Two copies of a typescript.
Box 44, folder 4

Dialogues 2341763

Scope and Contents

Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 5

Edited Dialogues 2341764 1969-10

Scope and Contents

Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 6

Carbon of Tape Text, Oct. 29-Nov. 4 2341765

Scope and Contents

Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 7

Original Dialogue 2341766 1969-10

Scope and Contents

Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 8

Index Strips 2341767

Physical Description: 0 dictation belt(s)

Scope and Contents

Gray Magnetic Belt inserts. Originally in an envelope labeled "Takis/Kepes Dialogues. Completed Tapes (typed)."
Box 44, folder 9

Original Dialogues 2341768 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 10

Dialogue Transcribed 2341769 1970-09-01

Scope and Contents

Two copies of a typescript.
Box 44, folder 11

Dialogue 2341770 1969-03

Scope and Contents

Typescript.
Box 44, folder 12

Original of Tape Text, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4 2341771

Scope and Contents

Hand-corrected typescript.
Box 44, folder 13

Edited Dialogue 2341772 1969-03

Scope and Contents

Typescript.
Box 44, folder 14

Dialogue 2341773 1969-02

Scope and Contents

Typescript.
Box 44, folder 15

Dialogue 2341774

Scope and Contents

Typescript.
Box 44, folder 16

Oct. 29-Nov. 4 Edited (not final) 2341775

Scope and Contents

Hand-corrected typescripts.
Box 44, folder 17

Typescripts 2341776

Scope and Contents

Hand-corrected typescripts.
Box 44, folder 18

Dialogue, Edited 2341777 1969-02

Scope and Contents

Typescripts.
 

Series 14. Correspondence 2342040

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence concerning galleries, loans, permissions, personal matters, etc. Some printed material is also present.
Box 8, folder 8

Miscellaneous correspondence 2341113

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from G. Kepes re: crediting MIT students in publicity, from Ted Kraynick re: Light Tower proposal, and cover sheet titled "Proposal for an Acoustic Oasis" by James R. Taggart.
Box 17, folder 11

Letter from Nathan Lerner to "Charlie" 2341181 1981-09-24

Scope and Contents

One-page letter from photographer Lerner to "Charlie" (?) about Kepes and his importance to modern and and design, as well as art education.
Box 17, folder 18

Correspondence from Ockenga 2341187 1982

Scope and Contents

Two letters to Kepes from Starr Ockenga, about Kepes's contribution to a journal called POSITIVE.
Box 25, folder 3

Correspondence and Files 1987, undated 2341203

Scope and Contents

Correspondence consists of letters of recommendation by Kepes. Other files are copies of published materials, and do not seem to relate to the correspondence.
Box 25, folder 4

Correspondence 2341204 1976-1989

Scope and Contents

Correspondence pertaining to business, especially exhibitions, image permissions, and professional courtesies - some material in Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 5

Correspondence 2341205 1965-1987

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mostly about exhibitions and lectures. Some personal correspondence. One item in Hungarian, one in German.
Box 25, folder 7

Correspondence 2341207 1958-1988

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, primarily business in nature. Also interspersed are a newspaper clipping and other printed material. Includes items in Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 8

Correspondence, Printed Material, Notes 1986-1987, undated 2341208

Scope and Contents

Correspondence is mostly with galleries. Notes and printed material are similar to previous instances. Significant amount of material is in Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 9

Correspondence 2341209 1958-1989

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1980s. Mostly correspondence with galleries and curators about sales and exhibitions.
Box 25, folder 13

Correspondence and Printed Material 1965, 1972, 1986-1987, undated 2341213

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mostly about exhibitions and other professional activities, interspersed with printed material that is similar to much of the other printed material spread throughout this series.
Box 26, folder 7

Correspondence 2341229 1985-1987

Scope and Contents

Includes a letter of recommendation. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 27, folder 2

Printed Material and Correspondence 2341241 1970-1997

Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence has to do with the Poetry mailer. Other topics include computers, art and Kepes' travel.
Box 27, folder 6

Arts Organizations 2341245 1976

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other materials related to various arts organizations, including International Directory of Arts, The Club of Rome, World Institute of Arts and Letters, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Box 27, folder 13

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Files 1973-1974, undated 2341252

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence pertaining to the publication "Contemporary Artists."
Box 27, folder 18

Correspondence, incoming 2341257 1975

Scope and Contents

Incoming letters to Kepes - subjects include a printing company invoice, exhibitions, The National Institute of Arts and Letters, a conference called Art Transition, and the dissertation work of several students as the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, as well as a handwritten note from Jonathan Burks about subletting a studio space.
Box 27, folder 27

Correspondence, photographs, etc. 1987, undated 2341266

Scope and Contents

Photographic prints, correspondence with Massachusetts College of Art and Clarence Kennedy Gallery, and other material.
Box 27, folder 30

Correspondence and Art 1979, 1982, 2005 2341269

Scope and Contents

Contains envelope and cancelled stamps, correspondence from artist Michio Ihara as well as a local television producer. Also contains a small (3x5) watercolor signed by "Haj" on November 11, 1979. "Haj" may refer to MIT linguist John Robert Ross (Haj was apparently his nickname). Materials do not seem to be all that related, but appeared near one another.
Box 28, folder 19

Thank-you card 2341291 1980

Scope and Contents

Hand-drawn card to Kepes from the University of Cincinnati's 1980 Graphic Design class.
Box 28, folder 21

Television Studies Proposal 2341293

Scope and Contents

Proposal by Colin McCurdie, a graduate student in Harvard's Department of Education, to teach an undergraduate course in television studies.
Box 28, folder 32

Correspondence 2341304 1975, 1999

Scope and Contents

Two postcards and a long letter about goats, author unknown.
Box 29, folder 23

Correspondence 2341332 1983-1987

Scope and Contents

Includes an exhibition brochure for Otto Piene.
Box 30, folder 1

Correspondence 2341333 1974-1975

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and clipping regarding the McDermott award and possible collaboration between Kepes and Dr. Jaroslav Cervenka, a dentistry professor at the University of Minnesota.
Box 30, folder 16

Correspondence, 1968, 1972, undated 2341348

Box 30, folder 20

Correspondence and printed material 2341352 1971-1986

Box 30, folder 23

Correspondence and Printed Material 2341355 1980s

Box 31, folder 3

Correspondence 2341365 1960-1989

Scope and Contents

Assorted correspondence, related to MIT affairs as well as various professional organizations.
Box 32, folder 1

Correspondence 2341384 1966-1979

Box 32, folder 2

Correspondence, Evá Körner 2341385 1978

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Kepes and Korner. Some in Hungarian.
Box 32, folder 3

Correspondence 2341386 1954-1979

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s.
Box 32, folder 4

Correspondence 2341387 1971-1975

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s.
Box 32, folder 12

Correspondence 2341395 1972-1983

Scope and Contents

Some material in Italian and Hungarian.
Box 32, folder 13

Correspondence, Leonard Currie 2341396 1995-1996

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Kepes and Currie.
Box 32, folder 14

Correspondence 2341397 1974-1986

Box 32, folder 15

Correspondence 2341398 1986

Scope and Contents

Three letters.
Box 32, folder 16

Correspondence 2341399 1952-1996

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Large amount of correspondence, some of which is in Hungarian, German, and Chinese.
Box 32, folder 17

Correspondence 2341400 1975-1998

Box 32, folder 18

Correspondence (Letters to Answer) 2341401 1989

Box 32, folder 19

Correspondence 2341406 1976-1990

Box 32, folder 20

Correspondence 2341407 1986

Box 32, folder 21

Correspondence 2341408 1965-1986

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Some material is in German, Italian, Hungarian.
Box 33, folder 1

Correspondence 2341409 1986

Scope and Contents

One letter is in French.
Box 33, folder 2

Correspondence 2341410 1964-1979

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s. Significant amount of material in Hungarian.
Box 33, folder 3

Correspondence 2341411 1985-1988

Box 33, folder 4

Correspondence 2341412 1962-1982

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s.
Box 33, folder 5

Correspondence 2341413 1983, 1989

Box 33, folder 6

Correspondence 2341414 1974-1979

Box 33, folder 7

Correspondence 2341415 1970-1975

Scope and Contents

A few items in French, Hungarian, and German.
Box 33, folder 8

Correspondence: Possible Commitments 2341416 1973-1974

Box 33, folder 9

Correspondence 2341417 1964-1988

Box 33, folder 10

Correspondence 2341418 1963-1978

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s.
Box 33, folder 11

Correspondence 2341419 1958-1978

Scope and Contents

Originally in a foldered labeled "Bury." Bulk 1970s, large amount 1977.
Box 33, folder 12

Correspondence, Bill FitzGibbons 2341420 1981

Scope and Contents

Letter and two photographs from artist Bill FitzGibbons.
Box 33, folder 13

Correspondence 2341421 1976-1979

Box 33, folder 14

Tungsram 2341422 1978-1979

Box 33, folder 15

Correspondence 2341423 1976-1979

Box 33, folder 16

Correspondence 2341424 1974-1979

Box 33, folder 17

Correspondence 2341425 1976

Box 33, folder 18

School of Fine Arts 2341426 1978

Box 33, folder 19

Correspondence 2341427 1978-1980

Box 33, folder 20

Correspondence, European Friends 2341428 1979-1981

Box 33, folder 21

Correspondence and Printed Material 2341429 1948-1976

Scope and Contents

Mostly correspondence. Bulk 1950s and 1960s.
Box 33, folder 22

Correspondence 2341437 1952-1977

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1950s
Box 34, folder 6

Correspondence and printed material 2341449 1985-1989

Box 34, folder 7

Correspondence and Clippings 2341450 1977

Scope and Contents

Some material in German.
Box 34, folder 10

Correspondence 2341453 1983-1993

Box 34, folder 12

Correspondence and printed material 1974, 1985, undated 2341455

Box 34, folder 15

Wail 2341458 1993

Scope and Contents

One letter, originally in a folder of this title, to Kepes from someone named Muntadas (probably Antoni Muntadas).
Box 34, folder 16

Correspondence and printed material 2341459 1977-1981

Box 34, folder 18

Correspondence 2341461 1982-1986

Box 34, folder 19

Correspondence and printed material 2341462 1954-1994

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Vast bulk correspondence. A small amount of printed material and clippings.
Box 34, folder 20

Correspondence and clippings 2341463 1982-1986

Scope and Contents

All in an unlabeled folder originally. Bulk correspondence, also includes clippings.
Box 34, folder 21

Correspondence 2341464 1982-1983

Box 35, folder 1

Correspondence and printed material 2341465 1979-1981

Scope and Contents

Bulk correspondence. Publicity materials for artist Athena Tacha.
Box 35, folder 2

Correspondence 2341467 1941-1995

Box 35, folder 3

Polaroids 2341468 1990

Scope and Contents

Letter and set of 10 Polaroid prints pasted to sheets of paper. Originally in manila envelope with this title. Polaroids are of various unlabeled artworks. They appear to have been included in an exhibition.
Box 35, folder 3

Correspondence 2341469 1955-1992

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s. Also includes a few clippings.
Box 35, folder 4

Correspondence 2341470 1974-1986

Box 35, folder 5

Correspondence and Printed Material 2341471 1967-1987

Scope and Contents

Includes press release, annual reports.
Box 35, folder 6

Correspondence and printed material 2341472 1951-1995

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Bulk correspondence. Also contains printed material, clippings, and a small number of photographs
Box 35, folder 7

Correspondence 2341473 1976

Scope and Contents

One letter from Francois de Vallombreuse to Kepes.
Box 35, folder 8

Correspondence 2341474 1974-1977

Box 35, folder 9

Correspondence 2341475 1994-1997

Box 35, folder 10

Correspondence 2341476 1975-1988

Box 35, folder 12

Correspondence 2341478 1991-1994

Box 35, folder 13

Correspondence 2341479 1975-1984

Box 35, folder 15

Correspondence 2341481 1974-1993

Box 35, folder 17

Correspondence 2341483 1992-1993

Scope and Contents

Bulk undated. Includes correspondence, drawing, and out-of-context printed material.
Box 35, folder 18

Correspondence 2341484 1979-1982

Scope and Contents

Some material in Hungarian.
Box 35, folder 19

Correspondence and printed material 2341485 1978-1982

Scope and Contents

Bulk correspondence. Small amount of out-of-context printed material and one clipping. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 36, folder 1

Correspondence and printed material 2341488 1971-1980

Scope and Contents

Bulk correspondence. Small amounts of clippings, publicity material, and printed material.
Box 36, folder 3

Correspondence and assorted material 2341490 1971-1987

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1986-1987. Bulk correspondence.
Box 36, folder 4

Correspondence 2341491 1986-1987

Scope and Contents

Some material in German.
Box 36, folder 5

Correspondence 2341492 1983-1989

Box 36, folder 6

Correspondence 2341493 1988-1989

Scope and Contents

Some material in Hungarian.
Box 36, folder 7

Correspondence 2341494 1976-1981

Box 36, folder 8

Correspondence 2341495 1969-1980

Scope and Contents

All but one item dated 1979-1980. Also contains a packet of photocopied drawings.
Box 36, folder 10

Correspondence and printed material 2341497 1950-1995

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s and 1980s correspondence. Also contains a small amount of printed material, slides, and clippings.
Box 37, folder 1

Correspondence and printed material 2341498

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1970s and 1980s correspondence. Also contains a small amount of printed material, slides, and clippings.
Box 37, folder 2

Correspondence 2341499 1969-1977

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1976-1977. One letter from 1969 and one from 1975.
Box 38, folder 11

Prestini 2341509 1983

Scope and Contents

Two letters from James Prestini about the Creators Equity Foundation.
Box 38, folder 14-15

Budapest 2341512 1978

Scope and Contents

Some material in Hungarian. Correspondence and clippings.
Box 38, folder 17

Correspondence re: Palermo B. Russo, Projected Publications 2341514 1975-1976

Box 38, folder 18

Dartmouth College 2341515 1977

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material (a speech?).
Box 38, folder 19

Correspondence, National Academy of Design 2341516 1976

Box 38, folder 20

Takis - Paris 2341517 1979-1981

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material between Kepes and Takis Vassilakis.
Box 38, folder 22

Correspondence, Academy of Independent Scholars 2341519 1979

Box 38, folder 23

Correspondence, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2341520 1977-1979

Box 39, folder 5

Recommendations 2341526 1978-1981

Box 39, folder 9

Kunstlerhaus Mays 2341530 1975-1976

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, some in German.
Box 39, folder 10

ICUS 2341531 1975-1976

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and clippings related to the International Conference on the Unity of Sciences.
Box 39, folder 11

Correspondence 2341532 1973-1981

Box 39, folder 12

Correspondence, Bauhaus-Archiv 2341533 1973-1975

Box 39, folder 15

Rochester Institute of Technology 2341536 1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and photos.
Box 78, folder 3-4

Paintings in Collection 2342005

Scope and Contents

Receipts and correspondence about G. Kepes Art Collection.
Box 78, folder 5

Art Objects 2342006

Scope and Contents

Receipts and correspondence about G. Kepes Art Collection.
Box 50, folder 6

Correspondence 2341854 1943-1963

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include "Don," William LeBrun, and Connie Breuer.
Box 50, folder 7

Otto Piene, Misc. Correspondence 2341855 1967-1994

Box 50, folder 8

Robert Smithson Correspondence 2341856 1969

Box 50, folder 10

Selected Correspondence 1 2341858 1957-1980

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical by correspondent. Albers through Johnson on list of correspondents.
Box 50, folder 11

Selected Correspondence 2 2341859 1943-1981

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical by correspondent. Kokoschka through Pei on list of correspondents.
Box 50, folder 12

Selected Correspondence 3 2341860 1951-1988

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical by correspondent. Rebay to Wilson. Otto Piene in separate file (Folder 7).
Box 50, folder 13

Telegrams to Kepes from Daniel Catton Rich and Garrett Eckbo 2341861 1944, 1947

Box 58, folder 10

Correspondence 2341902 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of correspondence, mostly from Maurice Kilbridge, the Dean of the Graduate School of Design.
Box 105, folder 2

Notable correspondence 2393844 1945-2003

Scope and Contents

These letters may have been removed from other files and assembled here; however, not all of the correspondence may be considered especially noteworthy. Included here are letters from the following: Josef Albers 4/15/58 ; Buckminster Fuller 1/21/81 (photocopy) ; Walter Gropius 3/16/61 ; Philip Johnson 11/1/47 ; Lazlo Maholy-Nagy 9/20/45 (encouraging Kepes to contribute photos to his forthcoming "Vision in Motion" book) ; I.A. Richards 5/6/70 ; Erik Erikson, undated ; Josep Luis Sert 7/10/69 ; Aaron Siskind 5/3/55 ; Edwards Steichen 4/6/61 ; Kenzo Tange 12/10/64 ; Robert Jay Wolff 8/7/74 (missing a page). There are also letters from San Francisco gallery owner Stephen Wirtz, Robert Brown of the Archives of American Art, and researcher Reinhold Martin to Kepes' daughter in 2003. Two outgoing drafts by Kepes are also present.
Box 105, folder 3

Trip to China 2393846

Box 105, folder 4

R. Buckminster Fuller open letter (unsigned) 2393849 1963-06-7

 

Series 15. Hungarian correspondence, publications, etc. 2341779

Language of Material: Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 1

Hungarian Material 2341742 1973-1987

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 2

Hungarian Correspondence, Corume Budapest N.L. 2341743 1973-1974

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, clippings and printed material. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 4

Bauhaus 2341744 1977-1979

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, clippings and printed material. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 5

Hungarian Material 2341745 1979-1997

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, printed material, and clippings. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 6

Other Hungarian 2341746 1937-1996

Scope and Contents

Originally in a folder of this title. All in Hungarian. Correspondence and clippings. Bulk correspondence. Bulk 1976-1989.
Box 43, folder 7

Hungarian Consulate Letter 2341747 2001

Scope and Contents

Letter from the Hungarian Consulate in New York to Kepes. In Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 8

Hungary 2341748 1969-1975

Scope and Contents

All in Hungarian. Correspondence, clippings, and drawings. Bulk correspondence.
Box 43, folder 9

Bodri Ferenc, 1975-1977, undated 2341749

Scope and Contents

Correspondence. Bulk undated.
Box 43, folder 10

Hungarian work requests 2341750

Scope and Contents

Correspondence. English and Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 11

Hungarian Museums 2341751 1976-1978

Scope and Contents

Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 12

Hungarian Friends and Relatives 2341752 1970-1979

Scope and Contents

Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 13

Hungarian Friends 2341753 1978-1979

Scope and Contents

Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 14

Assorted material 2341754 1987-1989

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, drawings, and clippings. Majority in Hungarian, some in English.
Box 43, folder 15

Corvina 2341755 1977-1979

Scope and Contents

Originally in a folder of this title. Correspondence, relating to Corvina Kiado, which seems to be a Budapest gallery. Mostly in Hungarian, some in English.
Box 43, folder 16

Hungarian Letters 2341756 1977-1987

Scope and Contents

Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 18

G.K. Hungarian Text 2341758

Scope and Contents

Typed material
Box 43, folder 19

Correspondence 2341759 1961-1980

Scope and Contents

Bulk 1975-1980. In Hungarian. Contains two strips of photographic negatives.
Box 27, folder 1

Printed Material 2341240

Scope and Contents

Printed material in Hungarian. Much of it has been hand-corrected.
Box 27, folder 14

Racz Pista 2341253

Scope and Contents

Material in Hungarian.
Box 104, folder 3-4

Miscellaneous publications 2393825

Scope and Contents

Most are about the arts. Includes two copies of the influential constructivist magazine Ma, one of which is original, and one reprint.
Box 105, folder 29

Hungarian newspaper clippings etc. 2393887

Box 105, folder 30

Hungaroton EP-23745 [7" record] 2393888

Physical Description: 1 audio disc(s)
 

Series 16. Publications: other artists, writers, designers, etc.

Language of Material: English.
 

16.1. Other artists A-Z & misc. 2342036

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains exhibition catalogs, articles, essays, pamphlets, and transcripts, as well as some photographs and correspondence. Includes material from MIT CAVS Fellows Michio Ihara, Piotr Kowalski, Rockne Krebs, Antonio Muntadas, Alejandro Otero, Otto Piene, Athena Tacha, Vassilakis Takis, and Wen-Ying Tsai. Other significant items include exhibition notices from the Lazlo Maholy-Nagy memorial exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1947, Piet Mondrian at Sidney Janis in 1951, and Jackson Pollock at Betty Parsons also in 1951. Some items are inscribed to Kepes.
Box 99, folder 2

A-B 2393803

Box 15, folder 7

Richard Adler Xerox images 2341151

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8.5 x 11 Xerox paper.
Box 99, folder 1

Ars Electronica 2393802

Box 99, folder 3-4

Bauhaus 2393804

Scope and Contents

Mostly retrospective catalogs, but also contains Kepes' copies of Bauhausbücher series 9, 11, and 13.
Box 6, folder 8

Bob Beck. Light Shows 2341098

Scope and Contents

Copy of promotional material on light shows written by Bob Beck for Color Control Co.
Box 4, folder 19

Jose Bermudez and NITINOL sculpture 2341083

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between G. Kepes and Jose Bermudez re: NITINOL alloy. Includes 3 photographs of Bermudez's sculpture, 2 drawings, and 1 NITINOL wire in form of Kepes's name.
Box 99, folder 5

Max Bill 2393805

Scope and Contents

Includes one catalog inscribed to Kepes.
Box 27, folder 10

Lowry Burgess. Memory and Utopia 2341249

Scope and Contents

Photocopied manuscript for "Memory and Utopia" by Lowry Burgess.
Box 100, folder 1

C-D 2393806

Box 4, folder 9

Michael Cain. Projected Exhibition of Light and Color 2341065

Scope and Contents

Typescript proposal for an exhibition complete with drawings and collage diagrams.
Box 5, folder 6

Cunningham Dance Company Residency Proposal 2341092

Box 29, folder 22

Walter Dackiw. Images of Cities and the Environment 2341331 1984

Scope and Contents

Paper entitled Art, the Image and Constructed Knowledge by Walter Dackiw in May 1984 written for Kepes and Professor Lloyd Rodwin.
Box 100, folder 3

G-H 2393808

Box 100, folder 2

Walter Gropius 2393807

Box 27, folder 24

Dorothy Hood exhibition brochure 2341263 1976

Scope and Contents

Exhibition brochure at the Marianne Friedman Gallery, Toronto. Opened October 9, 1976.
Box 100, folder 4

I-J 2393809

Box 25, folder 12

Michio Ihara 1980-1997 and undated 2341212

Scope and Contents

Published material and photographs relating to sculptor Michio Ihara, including the terminal for the Colorado Springs Airport.
Box 28, folder 2

Michio Ihara. Cyclelight. 2341274 1992

Scope and Contents

Descriptive material and photographs about an interactive sculpture by Japanese artist Michio Ihara that was installed in Boston's City Hall Plaza, New Years, 1992.
Box 100, folder 5

K-L 2393810

Box 27, folder 8

Kandinsky Yellow-Sound Project 2341247 1980

Scope and Contents

Materials concerning a proposed Kandinsky exhibit.
Box 29, folder 21

Lajos Kassak. Rediscovery of Lajos Kassak 2341330 1984

Scope and Contents

Copy of an ARTNews article by Donna Stein about Kassak.
Box 26, folder 1

R.W. Keyes Patent Information 2341223 1969

Scope and Contents

Patent information for a Memory Controlled Shift Register Display Device. Registered to R.W. Keyes.
Box 100, folder 6

Piotr Kowalski 2393811

Box 5, folder 5

Piotr Kowalski exhibition catalog 2341091 1970

Scope and Contents

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 11 April - 24 May 1970.
Box 27, folder 28

Rockne Krebs 2341267 1969-1973

Scope and Contents

Materials were originally paper clipped together and marked "Krebs." - referring to Rockne Krebs - printed material and six photos. Two photos are of works by Krebs, others are from an exhibition Kepes worked on - works by Otto Piene and Wen-Ying Tsai.
Box 4, folder 8

Rockne Krebs 2341064

Scope and Contents

Materials pertaining to light artist Rockne Krebs including correspondence, C.V., press coverage, typescript essay titled "Rockne Krebs' Three Works" by Nina Felshin, and one exhibition catalog.
Box 16, folder 9

Nathan Lerner - Talk for Institute of Design Reunion 2341163 1947-05-11

Scope and Contents

Typescript with hand-written notes/corrections.
Box 100, folder 7

M 2393812

Box 27, folder 5

Miroslav Malik 2341244 1976

Box 31, folder 8

Colin McCurdie. Connections: A Proposed Television Programme for Children 2341370 1979

Box 100, folder 8

N-O 2393813

Box 31, folder 16

F.S.C. Northrop. Relation Between Naturalistic Scientific Knowledge and Humanistic Intrinsic Values in Western Culture 2341378 1970

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a book chapter
Box 101, folder 1

P 2393814

Box 101, folder 2

Otto Piene 2393815

Box 4, folder 17

Otto Piene. Tomorrow and the Rainbow: About Light, Art and Light Art. 2341081 1966

Scope and Contents

Typescript of extended version of lecture given at Harvard University's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts January 20, 1966.
Box 6, folder 7

Otto Piene. Proliferation of the Sun, Arts Magazine 2341097 1967

Scope and Contents

Copy of "The Proliferation of the Sun" by Otto Peine, Arts Magazine, Summer 1967. Includes 3 pages from different art press article.
Box 4, folder 18

PULSA 2341082 1968

Scope and Contents

Includes typed PULSA Boston Demonstration Report dated October 8-27, 1968, copy of art press article, copy of PULSA Boston Public Garden project catalog, and list of PULSA's research, exhibition, and teaching.
Box 101, folder 3

R-S 2393816

Box 32, folder 7

Bruce Rich. "Electric" Interior Space 2341390

Scope and Contents

Typescript of a piece written by Bruce Rich.
Box 28, folder 11

John Robert Ross. Poems as Holograms 2341283

Scope and Contents

Mimeograph of a typescript of an article entitled Poems as Holograms by John Robert Ross.
Box 4, folder 20

Nicolas Schoffer and Cybernetic Light Tower 2341084

Scope and Contents

Typed description of Schoffer's Cybernetic Light Tower for the Rond-Point de la Defense.
Box 27, folder 17

Sesson 2341256

Scope and Contents

Copies of handwritten and printed material related to Japanese Zen monk and painter Sesson Shukei.
Box 29, folder 3

Simmons, Gloria/Draft 2341312

Scope and Contents

Draft of a research report, with hand-written corrections.
Box 50, folder 5

Smithson Drawing 2341853 1969

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a letter from Smithson to Kepes as well as a drawing on vellum of a "Mirror Ladder with Sticks + Vines."
Box 29, folder 13

Paolo Soleri. Minds for History 2341322 1986

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of a publication by Paolo Soleri.
Box 48, folder 12

Hugo de Soto and Geny Dignac. Homage to G. Kepes 2341827 1975

Scope and Contents

Printed material related to an art performance by artists Hugo de Soto and Geny Dignac.
Box 101, folder 4

T 2393817

Box 101, folder 5

Vassilakis Takis [see also film, transcripts] 2393818

Box 58, folder 9

Prodigal Genius, The Life of Nikola Tesla 2341901 1944

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of an article by John J. O'Neil.
Box 28, folder 6

Wen-ying Tsai. Cybernetic Light Tower, Boston 2341278

Scope and Contents

Description and Drawing of a Cybernetic Light Sculpture for Boston by Wen-ying Tsai.
Box 101, folder 6

V 2393819

Box 6, folder 10

Victor Vasarely translated texts 2341100

Scope and Contents

Typescripts with word counts; one has handwritten notation "translation" on top. Two duplicates titled "From-Color Integrated in the City by the Technology of Mural Surfaces," one titled "En Hommage a Alexandre Davillier" with title crossed out.
Box 34, folder 8

Victor F. Weisskopf. Science, Technology, and Society 2341451 1982

Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript of a piece of writing by Victor F. Weisskopf.
Box 27, folder 29

Christopher Willard. Periodicity and Paradigm Formation 2341268 1994

Scope and Contents

Letter and attached manuscript of an article sent from Christopher Willard to Kepes. Willard wanted the paper published in the journal Leonardo.
Box 28, folder 16

Jekabs Zvilna. Rotation and Form 2341288 1976

Scope and Contents

Published essay entitled "Rotation and Form" by Jekabs Zvilna, a professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.
Box 4, folder 12

Exhibition catalogs relating to light technology 2341073

Scope and Contents

Kinesethetics at Howard Wise Gallery 6 December 1969-10 January 1970; Frank Gilette: Video: Process and Meta-Process at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1973; Vision & Television at Rose Art Museum 21 January-22 February 1970.
Box 4, folder 21

Typescript describing apparatus for multiple film projections 2341085 1966-06-01

Box 4, folder 22

Typed notes for The Electric Environment at Ontario College of Art 2341086 1973-04

Scope and Contents

Typed packet of notes, images, and diagrams for Exploration of Multi-Media Concepts workshop, part of The Electric Environment held at Ontario College of Art.
Box 15, folder 10

Light/Sound Workshop poster 2341154

Scope and Contents

Poster for 'Light/Sound Workshop" at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford.
Box 27, folder 11

Government and the Future Welfare of the World 2341250 1973

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a speech given by an unnamed Secretary General of an unnamed organization at the Royal Palace, Amsterdam, April 28, 1973.
Box 28, folder 13

Other artists 1972, undated 2341285

Scope and Contents

Photographs and writings that are by other artists. Most are unnamed, but some materials are by Leif Brush and Keiko Smith.
Box 29, folder 11

Creative Collaborations Artist Architects 2341320 1988

Scope and Contents

Information about an exhibition co-sponsored by various Boston-based visual arts organizations.
Box 30, folder 10

Lists of artworks by various artists 2341342

Box 48, folder 13

Schreckhorn 2341828 1969

Scope and Contents

Drawing entitled "Schreckhorn" Possibly by an artist named Jungfan.
Box 102, folder 2-4, Box 101, folder 7

Misc. art magazines, group show publicity, etc. 2393820

Box 102, folder 4

Photography magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393821

Box 103, folder 1-4, Box 102, folder 5

Architecture/urban studies magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393822

Scope and Contents

Contains magazines, reports, and scientific reprints. Includes Beiträge zum Bauen (possibly reprints), Ekistics, International Lighting Review, and others.
Box 103, folder 5-6

Design/advertising magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393823

Box 104, folder 1-2, Box 103, folder 7

Art/science/technology magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393824

 

16.2. Books, other artists 2394805

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Selected books from the Kepes collection. some can also be found in the library catalog. Many mention Kepes in the text, ando ne book jacket was probably designed by him.
Box 119

Synthesis, other artist books 2394807

Language of Material: English.
Box 119

selected formative texts: Wyl / Symmetry 1952 ; Thompson / Growth & Form 1942 ; Marey / Movement (1895) 2394806

Language of Material: English.
Box 140

See All The People

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

10 signed lithographs by Richard Sturm, 12 poems by Daniel Zimmerman. Printed in 1976 in edition of 30 with elaborate molded PVC housing. Kepes is mentioned in acknowledgements.
Box 120

Books inscribed by author A-C

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains editions inscribed by James Ackerman, Merle Armitage, Pieter Brattinga, Marcel Bruer (as Lajko), etc.
Box 121

Books inscribed by author C-J

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains editions inscribed by Charles & Ray Eames, Maya Deren (with enclosed note), Buckminster Fuller, Roman Jakobson, etc.
Box 122

Books inscribed by author K-M

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains editions inscribed by Kevin Lynch, Sibyl Maholoy-Nagy, Lewis Mumford, etc.
Box 123

Books inscribed by author P-T

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains editions inscribed by Octavio Paz, Otto Piene (see oversize for one additional), Athena Tacha, etc.
 

16.3. Other artists: oversize

Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 1

Otto Piene book (inscribed to GK)

Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 2

MIT Art Collection

Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 3

Artts & Architecure magazine cover with Asawa wire sculpture 1952-06

Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 4

Concepts of Educational Mobility

Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 5

Herman + Leews Assoc. - Design & Communications

Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 6

Art & Technology, Brooklyn Museum 1968-1969

Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 5

typescript proofs- exhibition catalog

Language of Material: English.
 

16.4. Juliet Kepes 2393676

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Gyorgy Kepes' wife was Juliet Kepes, an artist and illustrator.
Box 31, folder 7

A Celebration 2341369

Scope and Contents

Two copies of a press release about an exhibition at Radcliffe in which Juliet Kepes participated.
Box 31, folder 19

Juliet Kepes book correspondence and clippings 1980s, undated 2341381

Scope and Contents

Includes letter and clippings re: children's book written by Juliet Kepes, and a few other items.
Box 30, folder 9

Juliet Kepes Exhibition Material, 1978, 1981, undated 2341341

Scope and Contents

Publicity materials and list of works for exhibitions involving Juliet Kepes and Marianne Fisker Pierce.
Box 25, folder 19

Children's Books 1977-1979, undated 2341219

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence and printed material related to Juliet Kepes' work as an illustrator.
Box 96, folder 5-6

exhibition promotion, articles, etc. 2393723

 

Series 17. Biographies/CV/Press/Awards 2342043

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 10

Kepes press coverage photographs 2341136

Scope and Contents

25 photographs reproducing press on Kepes from Life magazine and Boston Globe, possibly other sources.
Box 25, folder 14

Who is Who Biographical 1975, 1977-1978, undated 2341214

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and other files related to Kepes's inclusion in various Who's Who lists.
Box 26, folder 12

Publicity material 2341233 1972

Scope and Contents

For gallery shows and other events.
Box 27, folder 16

Kepes Biography 2341255

Scope and Contents

Photostat of a six-page typed biography of Kepes with hand-written corrections. Biography reads as if it might have been intended for an exhibition catalog or similar publication.
Box 28, folder 20

Gyorgy Kepes: Paintings Informed by Earth-Light 2341292 1981-1982

Scope and Contents

Manuscript and correspondence referring to manuscript of an Afterimage article by Robert Morgan on Kepes.
Box 30, folder 25

Biographical 2341357

Scope and Contents

Material from Who's Who in the World and other biographical material about Kepes.
Box 30, folder 27

Awards 2341359 1972, 1974

Scope and Contents

Clippings and press releases about Kepes winning awards. In a folder labeled "Wellfleet" originally.
Box 31, folder 1

Who's Who 2341363 1984

Scope and Contents

Letter from Public Affairs Manager of Who's Who in America and photocopy of a picture of a dining room.
Box 32, folder 5

Press Materials 2341388 1966-1972

Scope and Contents

Clippings and press releases/publicity materials, mostly related to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 32, folder 10

Press Materials 2341393 1972-1995

Scope and Contents

Clippings, press releases, and promotional materials relating to Kepes.
Box 32, folder 11

City of Cambridge Resolution 2341394 2002

Scope and Contents

City Council of Cambridge resolution acknowledging Kepes' many contributions to the City after his death.
Box 38, folder 3

G.K. Biographical Notes 2341502

Scope and Contents

Kepes Biographical/Curriculum Vitae Information.
Box 38, folder 21

Gy. K. Introduction 2341518 1970-1979

Scope and Contents

Printed material.
Box 48, folder 1

Kepes List pubs and exhibitions. Other vitae, undated and 1975 2341816

Scope and Contents

Various typed material related to Kepes' CV. Original folder title. Bulk undated.
Box 58, folder 2

For Gyorgy Kepes I 2341889

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript about Kepes.
Box 105, folder 14

Bio/C.V. notes 2393872

Box 190, folder 6

Certificates & awards

Language of Material: English.
 

Series 18. Miscellaneous

Language of Material: English.
 

18.1. Address book/planners [unfoldered] 2342047

Language of Material: English.
Box 18

Daily Reminders 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987 2341194

Language of Material: English.
Box 19

Daily Reminders 2341195 1988, 1989

Language of Material: English.
 

18.2. Personal material 2342050

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 8

Invoice for home roof repair 1958 2341051

Box 26, folder 16

Bills 2341237 1966-70

Box 26, folder 18

Stamps 2341239

Scope and Contents

Small collection of various stamps from foreign countries.
Box 27, folder 4

Medical Notes 1988-1989, undated 2341243

Scope and Contents

Some material relating to Kepes' medical care, but much of it is generic published material.
Box 50, folder 3

Wellfleet Guestbook 2341851 1950-1995

Scope and Contents

Guestbook from the Kepes' house in Wellfleet, MA.
Box 105, folder 21

passport and SS card 2393879

Box 97

Guestbook for Gyorgy Kepes memorial service 1500449 2002

Physical Description: 1 volume(s)
 

18.3. Crate labels 2342024

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

These labels were affixed to the original crates packed by Kepes.
Box 1, folder 1

Crate labels 2341004

Scope and Contents

File folder with labels for crate A in pen, possibly in Kepes' handwriting. "LANGUAGE OF VISION (ILLUSTRATION) LIGHT BOOK - (NOTES) VISION+VALUE -PHOTOS ETC NEW LANDSCAPE (COPIES OLD PHOTOS) ENVIRONMENT LIGHT MODULATION" in green pen. "LOT: NOTES/MANUSCRIPTS - BOX 4" in black pen.
Box 9, folder 1

Crate labels 2341116

Scope and Contents

File folder with labels for crate B in pen, possibly in Kepes's handwriting. "MISC. PHOTOS NEW LANDSCAPE PHOTOS + NOTES LIGHT MODULATION CARPENTER LIGHT EXHIBIT PHOTOS OF PAINTINGS-COLOR PHOTOS FORM OF THE CITY NOTES ARCHEOLOGICAL PHOTOS" in green pen. "LOT - SLIDES/PHOTOS BOX 1" in black pen.
Box 15, folder 1

Crate labels 2341148

Scope and Contents

File folder with labels for crate C, possibly in Kepes's handwriting. "LIGHT BOOK PHOTOGRAPHS" in green pen; "LOT SLIDES/PHOTOS BOX 11" in black pen.
 

Series 19. Media

Language of Material: English.
 

19.1. Video 2341781

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Some likely duplicates. Others may not include or refer to Kepes.
Box 45, folder 1

Stone 2341782

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 3

Exegesis 2341784

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 6

Pacific Ocean Deep Space Site Transmission 2341787

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 8

Gyorgy Kepes 2341789

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Contains a NYC Studio Interview, an Interview with Howard Wise, and "unknown clips". Runtime: 59:42
Box 46, folder 1

Gyorgy Kepes 2341792 1977-05-03

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Part of the John Walley Commemoration. Runtime 50:38.
Box 46, folder 2

Fragments of "Explorations" for Gyorgy from Charles Forberg 2341793

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 46, folder 4

1st Day. G. K. Working on Window. Michio Ihara 2341795

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 9

Gyorgy Kepes 2341790

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Studio Interview NYC. Runtime 58:30
Box 45, folder 7

Staempfli Gallery 2341788 1982

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

28 minutes.
Box 45, folder 10

Gyorgy Kepes Interview 2341791 1982-04-07

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Runtime 58:27.
Box 46, folder 3

Is Walter Gropius Alive and Well in the Late 20th Century? 2341794 1989-10-05

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Appears to be from a San Diego NEA Symposium. Runtime is 1:48:00.
Box 46, folder 5

Art Meets Architecture 2341796 1989

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

"An Interview with Michio Ihara, Sculptor and Catherine Hunter, curator." September 22-November 12, 1989.
Box 45, folder 4

Chrysler LHS 2341785 1994

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Appears to be a VHS cassette. "Experience and Eloquent Expression of Form Following Function."
Box 45, folder 5

Inside the Visible 2341786 1996

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Published by Boston Institute of Contemporary Art. 30 min.
Box 45, folder 2

Drawing: The Thinking Hand 2341783 1996

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)

Scope and Contents

Written & Directed by Judith Wechsler. Louvre Museum / Les Films d'Ici. 53 Minutes.
Box 90, Item 1

Gyorgy Kepes - Studio Interview, New York City. One Hour Interview 2393512

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 2

An Interview With Gyorgy Kepes 4/7/82 "copy" 2393513 1982-04-07

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 3

Gyorgy Kepes - Studio Interview, New York City. 1/2 Hour Interview 2393514

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 4

Staempfli Gallery. Sculptures Sonores Baschet 3/1/82. Devlin Productions, Inc. 2393515 1982-03-01

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 5

Gyorgy Kepes May 3, 1977. Duplicate!!! 1. Part of the John E. Walley Communication 2393516 1977-05-03

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 6

Gyorgy Kepes. Interview With Howard Wise, August 1976. Color/30 Minutes 2393517 1976-08

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 91, Item 1

Kepes Center 11/91 Eger Hungary 2393518 1991-11

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 2

Eger Museum 12/91 2393519 1991-12

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 3

Naimark 2393520 1986

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 4

Gyorgy Kepes Memorial Service at MIT. Kresge Auditorium. 1 Hour, 15 min. © Kepes Family & MIT 2393521 2002-06-09

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 5

Profile on Gyorgy Kepes 2393522

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 6

Mate Gyula. Alkotasaibol [more information on label] 2393523

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
 

19.2. Film 2393639

Language of Material: English.
Box 92, Item 1

1a-c. Kepes - Takis MIT Sessions CBS News 21st Century (Art) (Can #4) (AB-0, AB-4) 2393650

Physical Description: 3 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 92, Item 2

2. Takis Interview. CBS News 21st Century (Art) (Can #5) (AC-0, AC-4) 2393652

Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (16mm)

Scope and Contents

NOTE: Mold on film. Reel is isolated in plastic case and bag.
Box 93, Item 1

3. Kepes Flame Orchard (Hoffman) 4/72 - sound. Optical Soundtrack for Optical prints (no picture) "Archive -> MIT" 2393677

m1796_s19_ss2_b93_02

Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 93, Item 2

4a-b. Kepes Flame Orchard (Hoffman, 4/72). A: Picture with Mag Stripe soundtrack B: Mag Sound Track. Original Film [bag says 7/17/07 "H06274"] 2393678

m1796_s19_ss2_b93_02

Physical Description: 2 film reel(s) (35mm)
Box 93, Item 3

5. [damaged, oxidized or other chemical reaction, no visible image?] 2393679

Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm)
Box 93, Item 4

6. [blue leader, Back Bay Film Labs, Boston. Box stamped "work print" with "work" crossed out] 2393680

Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm)
 

19.3. Audio 2341798

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Some may not include or refer to Kepes.
Box 46, folder 7

Kepes 2341801

Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 9

Kepes 2341803

Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 11

I.M. Pei Selected Works 2341805

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Scope and Contents

MIT Museum Compton Gallery.
Box 46, folder 12-20

unlabeled cassettes 2341806

Physical Description: 9 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 10

Magnetophone, Letter to Mr. Kepes 2341804

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Language of Material: English.
Box 46, folder 21

Kepes at Museum. High Speed 2341807

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 6

Kepes Interview for Pamphlet 2341800 1967-12-20

Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 8

Compton Lecture 2341802 1975-12-11

Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 22

Seattle with Bill Ritchie 2341808 1978-05-24

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 23

Petaluma California 2341809 1985-11-10

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 24

MIT Morning Edition, "The Arts Remain a Large Part of the Curriculum at MIT" 2341810 1996-01-16

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 47, folder 1

Michael Graves: The Sense of Boundary in Architecture 2341813

Scope and Contents

Commercially issued lecture on audiocassette with slides.
Box 47, folder 2

Richard Meier: Interplay of Space and Place 2341814

Scope and Contents

Commercially issued lecture on audiocassette with slides.
Box 47, folder 3

Peter Eisenman: An Act of Dissimulation 2341815

Scope and Contents

Commercially issued lecture on audiocassette with slides.