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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Blair Paltridge collection
creator:
Paltridge, Blair
Identifier/Call Number: M1257
Physical Description:
4.75 Linear Feet
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1960-1995
Abstract: The papers of photographer and art historian Blair Paltridge contain negatives, study slides, audio interviews, and exhibit
catalogs pertaining to his research on Mexican and Latin American art.
This collection's focus is on Paltridge's extensive research on modern Mexican art and artists, and contains material on Edmundo
Aquino, Armando Colina, Nicholas Dunphy, Felipe Ehrenberg, Alicia Esesarte, Byron Gálvez, Julia Lopez, Luis Nishazawa, Gerard
Portillo Ortiz, Mario Pani, Antonio Rodríguez, Vicente Rojo, Antonio Serra, Raquel Tibol, and Rufino Tomayo. There are approximately
3,000 negatives of Paltridge's own work documenting Latin American art and artists, 2,000 study slides of European and pre-Columbian
art, 19 audio cassettes of interviews with Latin American artists, two artist's books (Felipe Ehrenberg and Garcia Ponce),
a framed engraving by Nicholas Dunphy, and exhibit catalogs and exhibit announcements.
Stanford Special Collections also holds Paltridge's Mexican art photographic negatives, 1972-1987 (MSS PHOTO 204):
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4471137
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials
are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by Stanford University, Special Collections in 2001.
[identification of item], Blair Paltridge collection (M1257). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Blair Allen Paltridge (1947-1999) was a photographer and art historian. While attending San Francisco State University in
1967, Paltridge published an erotic poem by Jefferson Poland in a magazine called Open Process. Both were subsequently suspended
from SFSU, and the ACLU successfully defended them. Paltridge also documented queer theater group The Cockettes as well as
many West Coast artists of the 1970s, and was also an editor for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Later he became deeply involved
with contemporary Latin American art, including writing, documenting and curating exhibitions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art, Latin American.
Art, Mexican.
Paltridge, Blair