Guide to the James Leong Papers M2387
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series 1: Artwork: Original objects created by James Leong
Leong exhibit poster, 1976
Artwork created by Leong for John Huston film “Freud”
Two sketchbooks, circa 1960s
John Eaton, “Three arias from Heracles”
Cerberus, process for litho
“5 negatives”
“Confucius”
“Green Sun”
“The Dream”
“The Girl”
“The Boy and the Bird”
“Eget Trykk,” Norway, progression of work
Ten collographs, 1966
“Maria og Barn,” progression of work
8 small original paintings, gouache (?) on cardstock, circa 1950s
Last Emperor portfolio
“A Memory,” Norway
Unidentified work
“Progression of work,” Norway
“The Bird,” Norway
“Portrait of a young woman,” pastel on paper, Norway
“Nude man,” Norway
“Nude man;” Cerberus posters
"The Girls," 19 x 30" work on paper
"Yin and Yang," two 8 x 10" paintings on masonite
"Blue Composition," progression of work. Seven lithographs.
Series 2: Correspondence
Correspondence re Army breakdown and discharge, 1953
To Sister Helen Leong, Sept. 1953
Fulbright grant, 1957
John Hay Whitney Foundation, 1958
Howard Chandler, publisher, 1950s
USIS, 1957-1962
Cy Twombly, Palazzo Pio lease agreement, 1961; telegram from Leong, 1964 “DESPERATELY NEED RENT JIM”
John Eaton, 1964, correspondence and ephemera re visit to Palazzo Pio
Jerome Eisenberg (Royal Athena Gallery, NY), 1960s
Paul Cummings, 1990s
Walter and Emily Mead, 1980s-90s
Russell Leong (brother), 1990s
Newsletters to family and friends, 1980s and 90s; Misc.
Dean Yee Leong, 1977-78
Dean Yee/James Leong, 1973-78
Stanley Marcus/James Leong, 1960s-80s
Condolence letters to Dean Yee Leong, 2011
Series 3: Leong, James: photographs of the artist; personal documents; public projects and protests; publications illustrated by the artist and unpublished writing
Photographs of the artist, circa 1930s-1990s
Marriage of Dean Yee and James Leong
Misc. personal documents
San Francisco and El Cerrito murals, 1951-52: newspaper photoengraving on metal; two small original mural panel paintings on card stock; essay by Leong on the mural controversy
Documentation of United States Information Service (USIS) exhibition in Turkey, 1975-76
“Computer geometric,” 1971 as evidence for action against Swatch claiming the company copied his work for one of their watch designs
% for Art “Art vs. Racism” design proposal, 1991
Exhibit binder: “Xi Hua Yuan: A Chinese garden for Seattle,” 1995
ObaChine Restaurant protest, Seattle, 1998-99
Organization of Chinese Americans, Seattle, dragon boat t-shirt design controversy 1999
Chinese Historical Society of America mural, San Francisco, 2001
Exhibit photos: “Leading the Way: Visionary Asian American Artists of the Older Generation,” Seattle, 2001
Exhibition catalogs of others; publications illustrated by Leong; four comb-bound versions of Leong’s autobiographical novel, Cicatrix and other tricks; typescript of Heracles: An opera in three acts, by Michael Fried and John Eaton
“Bits of Fantasy,” illustrated, self-published poetry, 1954; early work 1950-54
Art school materials on paint, color, design etc.; 3 sketchbooks, circa 1958
Series 4: Promotional materials: artist binders; clippings; exhibition catalogs; short films
Artist information binders (slides; vitae; clippings, etc.) circa 1990s
Printed Leong exhibit pamphlets
CVs and biographical writing
3 VHS tapes: two copies of “An American artist in Rome: Interview with James Leong”; and “James Leong Mural Restoration;” clippings
Exhibition catalogs and promotional materials, 1955-1960s
Exhibition catalogs and promotional materials, 1970s-1990s
Series 5: Work records and documentation
Card catalog of works, 1960s-1990
Work diaries, 1965-1990
“Master lists” of work, 1960s-1980
Works, 1954-1957 [binder]
Price lists; sales receipts and painting records, Rome
Price & sales records with related gallery correspondence, 1955-61 [binder]
Price & sales records, 1959-63 [binder]
Galleria dell’Ariete, sales records and related correspondence, 1960s; Sales records & price lists, 1957-62 [binder]; spiral bound negatives and contact sheets, circa 1960s
Slides and photos, Oslo, 1958
Mounted black & white photos, 1958-59
Photos of work, circa 1960s
Contact sheets and negatives
4x5” slides: 1970; Neireid; “Homage a Strawinsky, 1971; photocopies of paintings, ca. 1990s
Mounted slides, 1962-66; Mounted slides, 1967-68
Black & white photos of work commissioned for John Huston’s “Freud,” circa 1961
“Proofs and positives of Barone Cat.,” circa 1960s
Slides, 1970s-90s
Swatch slides; China trip 1994
Slides and negatives, including “Ripple Tank”
Slides, “Anatomy of Landscape, 1962” [images made 1995]; misc.
4x5” slides, 1960s
Slides, 1964-70
Slidex paintings, 1967-85
“SFSU copy slides (Irene Poon Andersen,” 1997; “Clear file: Campo, Pioneer Sq. etc.”
Slides, small paintings, 1979-87
Slides, 1988-1999: “Master set to May 99/extra sets”
Slides, misc.
Glass slides in original boxes, circa 1960s
Misc. slides
“X-Paintings” 1959-60; 1959-61; 1961 (black and white 18x24 cm images in original Agfa boxes)
“X-Paintings” 1962-63; 1964; 1965-66 (black and white 18x24 cm images in original Agfa boxes)
“Portraits, me;” “Freud;” “Norway, Abruzzi, C.A., E.B., Ostia,” (black and white 18x24 images in original boxes)
“1961—Without Borders;” “Freud—1962;” “Sculpture 1962” (black and white 18x24 cm images in original boxes)
“1962—Without Borders;” Paintings—Miscellaneous negatives; Paintings 1962-66
Slides, 1950s-80s
Slides, 1960s-80s
Slides, 1980s