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Starr (Sandra Leonard) Papers

2011.M.22

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Oral history interviews Series I. 1986, 1988

Physical Description: 4 boxes

Scope and Contents

This series contains audio recordings and transcripts of Starr's interviews with 12 people in preparation for her exhibition and accompanying catalog, Lost and Found in California (1988). Among the interviewees are artists and other significant figures from the early period of California assemblage art, including artists George Herms, Hassel Smith, Charles Brittin, Cameron, gallerist Joan Jahrmarkt, and Shirley and Tosh Berman (Wallace Berman's widow and son). The interviews provide detailed first-hand accounts of a historic period in California art. Many of the transcripts are annotated. Also included are related notes and some related letters. The bulk of the material in this series is undated, but is probably concurrent with the interviews, which date from 1986 to 1988. The audio recordings are contained on 30 cassette tapes, and are unavailable until reformatted.

Arrangement

Arranged in Starr's original alphabetical order by interviewee.

Alexander, Robert, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 1, folder 1-2

Transcripts and papers, 1986

Language of Material: English.

Audio recordings, 1986

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Nine sound cassettes.

box 7, Cassette C1-C2

1986 June 24

box 7, Cassette C3-C4

1986 July 10

box 7, Cassette C5-C7

1986 July 21

box 7, Cassette C8

1986 September 3

box 7, Cassette C9

1986 October 9

Berman, Tosh and Shirley, 1986

box 1, folder 3-4

Transcripts and papers, 1986

box 7, Cassette C10-C12

Audio recordings, 1986 October 16

Scope and Contents

Three sound cassettes.

Brittin, Charles, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 1, folder 5

Transcripts and papers, 1986

Language of Material: English.

Audio recordings, 1986

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Four sound cassettes.

box 7, Cassette C13-C14

1986 October 2

box 7, Cassette C15-C16

1986 October 13

Brown, Joan, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 1, folder 6

Transcripts and papers, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 7, Cassette C17

Audio recording, 1986 September 10

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

One sound cassette.

Cameron, probably 1986

box 1, folder 7

Transcript, undated

box 7, Cassette C18

Audio recording, [1986?] October 7

Cameron (available on-site only): [1986?] October 7

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Scope and Contents

One sound cassette. Labeled "Cameron 10/7" with no indication of the year. The interview was probably conducted in 1986, when Starr conducted most of her interviews.

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1988

Language of Material: English.

box 1, folder 8

Transcripts and papers, 1988

Language of Material: English.

box 7, Cassette C19

Audio recording, 1988 April 20

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

One sound cassette.

Hedrick, Wally, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 2, folder 1

Transcripts and papers, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 8, Cassette 20

Audio recording, 1986 October 1

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

One sound cassette.

Herms, George, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 2, folder 2

Transcripts and papers, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 8

Audio recordings, 1986

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Five sound cassettes.

box 8, Cassette C21

1986 April 30

box 8, Cassette C22-C25

1986 July 17

Jahrmarkt, Joan, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 2, folder 3

Transcripts and papers 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 8, Cassette 26

Audio recording, 1986 September 3

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

One sound cassette.

Mason, Fred, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 2, folder 4

Transcripts and papers, 1986

Language of Material: English.

box 8, Cassette 27-28

Audio recording, 1986 September 3

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Two sound cassettes.

Smith, Hassel, 1988

Language of Material: English.

box 2, folder 5

Transcripts and papers, 1988

Language of Material: English.

box 8, Cassette 29

Audio recording, 1988 March 11

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

One sound cassette.

box 8, Cassette 30

ARTS/LA ca. 1988

Scope and Contents

KCRW radio program hosted by Lyn Kienholz and Ara Guzelimian discussing the Lost and Found in California exhibition. The program features Starr discussing California assemblage art and artists. One sound cassette.

Lost and Found in California, Series II. 1988

Physical Description: 3 boxes

Scope and Contents

In this series are materials related to the planning and production of Starr's exhibition and catalog titled, Lost and Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art (1988). Included are drafts of Starr's catalog essays, as well as exhibition checklists, didactics, press clippings, notes, and photographs. Of particular note is an annotated mock-up of the second catalog essay, referred to in these documents as the "Chronology." Although the bulk of the material is undated, most of it is probably from the mid-1980s, when Starr worked most actively on the exhibition and publication.

Arrangement

The arrangement reflects Starr's original organization by document type.

box 4, folder 1

Bibliography, undated

Catalog essays, undated

box 4, folder 2

Typescript drafts and notes, undated

box 6*, folder 1

Annotated typescript draft of catalog essay, undated

box 4, folder 3-4

Exhibition check lists, press release, Los Angeles Times review, 1988, undated

box 3

Index cards, undated

Research files, Series III. 1960-1995

Physical Description: 2 boxes

Scope and Contents

The third series contain Starr's research on individual artists, as well as topics more broadly related to California art. While most of the material in the series is undated, the dates that are identified span from 1960 to 1995. Material is largely textual, comprising notes, photocopied articles, newspaper and journal clippings. Research materials include photocopied articles, press clippings, notes and other documents related to specific artists, including the artists whom Starr interviewed, as well as many more. The dates of the material are indicated when present, but most folders also contain undated material. Among the folders with significant content are Ed and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Wally Hedrick, George Herms and Wallace Berman. The topical research files relate to California art more broadly, including files on writers, poets and filmmakers.

Arrangement

The arrangement reflects Starr's original order, with alphabetical artist files followed by topical research files.

Artist files

box 5, folder 1

Alexander, Robert "Baza," 1967, 1986

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to The Temple of Man, founded by Robert Alexander in San Francisco in 1968, and its Archive/Museum of California Modern Art.

box 5, folder 2

Allen, Terry, 1980-1981

box 5, folder 3

Allen, William, 1970

box 5, folder 4

Almarez, Carlos, undated

box 5, folder 5

Bereal, Ed, 1964

box 5, folder 6

Berlant, Tony, circa 1965

box 5, folder 7

Berman, Wallace, 1964-1988

box 5, folder 8

Bernhardt, John, circa 1960

box 5, folder 9

Borofsky, Jonathan, circa 1980

box 5, folder 10

Brittin, Charles, 1988

box 5, folder 11

Brown, Joan, undated

box 5, folder 12

Burden, Chris, circa 1980

box 5, folder 13

Cameron, 1986-1995

box 5, folder 14

Celmins, Vija, 1979-1980

box 5, folder 15

Collins, Jess, circa 1980

Conner, Bruce, circa 1985

box 6*, folder 2

Photocopied checklist from unidentified exhibition, undated

box 5, folder 16

Research material, circa 1985

box 5, folder 17

Chamberlain, John, 1986

box 5, folder 18

De Forest, Roy, 1984, undated

box 5, folder 19

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1988-1989

box 5, folder 20

Frazier, Charles, 1964-1976

box 5, folder 22

Gutkin, Peter, circa 1970

box 5, folder 23

Hanson, Mel, undated

box 5, folder 24

Hedrick, Wally, 1968-1988

box 5, folder 25

Herms, George, circa 1986

box 5, folder 26

Hopper, Dennis, circa 1960

box 5, folder 27

Hudson, Robert, circa 1980

box 5, folder 28

Johnson, Daniel La Rue, circa 1964

box 5, folder 29-30

Kienholz, Ed, 1966-1988

Kienholz Notes

Folder 30 contains a small amount of material relating to Nancy Reddin Kienholz and a letter from Nancy to Sandra dated 1988. Folder 29 includes interview material with Ed Kienholz.

box 5, folder 31

McMillen, Michael, 1980-1988

box 5, folder 32

Mason, Fred, 1968-1988

box 5, folder 33

Miyashiro, Ron, circa 1964

box 5, folder 34

Morris, Robert, circa 1976

box 5, folder 35

Nauman, Bruce, undated

box 5, folder 36

Ruscha, Ed, 1987

box 5, folder 37

Shaw, Levine, 1986

box 5, folder 38

Smith, Alexis, undated

box 5, folder 39

Smith, Hassell, 1988-2011

box 5, folder 40

Talbert, Ben, undated

box 5, folder 41

Wagner, Gordon, undated

box 5, folder 42

Wiley, William, 1970-1986

box 5, folder 43

Wilson, Robert, 1984

box 3

Index cards, circa 1985

Scope and Contents

Index cards contain notes about artists and are organized alphabetically by artist name.

Topical research

box 4, folder 5

East LA Artists, 1988 March 27

box 4, folder 6

Black group LA/SF 1960s, 1960-1969

box 4, folder 7

Writers, filmmakers, undated

box 4, folder 8

Poets, cities essays, undated

box 4, folder 9

Miscellaneous writing by others, 1964-1986

box 4, folder 10

Artist list and miscellaneous notes, 1986-1988, undated

box 4, folder 11

Letters to Starr, 1988

box 5, folder 21

Funk Exhibition (1967), 1967-1986

Collection Contents

Oral history interviews

Lost and Found in California,

Research files,