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Box 1, folder 1

"A visual experiences 63" sketchbook

Green sketchbook: [a visual experiences 63']

Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2

Sketchbook 1984-1988

Black sketchbook: [from Olive Wong, 1984-1988]

Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3

"Bingo 1992" sketchbook

Bingo 1992 sketchbook

Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4

Sketchbook

Black sketchbook: [Bernice Lee Bing trip to China]

Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5

Sketchbook

Green sketchbook: [missing cover, 1967-1998]

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1

Sketchbook

Black notebook: [Charlie goose lamp, notes and sketches]

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 2

Sketchbook

Morilla #20S Clipper sketchbook: [paintings, illustrations]

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3

Artwork

Notecards, photographs, printed text: [Bernice Bing notecards, I Ching Numerology, Chinese name stamp]

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 4

Artwork

Artworks: [note, prints on handmade paper]

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 5

"Esalen 1967" sketchbook cover

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6

"Esalen" notebook 1966-1978

Esalen notebook: [1966-1983]

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 7

On meditation by Edward W. Maupin, Esalen Paper #5

Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 8

"Thoughts" journal 1981-1986

Black and red diary: [1981-1986]

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 1

"Thoughts, dreams, things" journal 1981-1988

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 2

"Thoughts, feelings, dreams, possibilities always" journal 1989-1997

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 3

"Dreams" journal 1995-1996

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 4

Journal of tarot, I-Ching, numerology and other readings 1989-1997

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 5

Miscellaneous: photographs, I-Ching, numerology, loan agreements, and exhibition flyers 1993-1997

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 6

Magic calendar and heart sutra 1992

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 7

Year of the Dog

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 8

Year of the Dog horoscope

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 9

Year of the Pig blank greeting cards

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 1

Meditation information: Tai-Chi, Feng Shui, etc. 1987-1995

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 2

Notes on Buddhism and other topics 1985-1998

Announcement, leaflet, notes: [Buddhism, Kuan Yin, Wellsprings workshop, 1985-1998]

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 3

"Notes on research and ideas - herbs: infor." journal 1981-1996

Black journal: [1981-1996]

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 4

Journal of San Francisco experiences 1967-1980

Red journal: [reflections, travels through southwest, 1967-1998]

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 5

Journal and sketchbook 1970-1980

Black journal: [1970-1980]

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 6

Journal and sketchbook from trip to Wyoming 1978-1979

Black notebook: Bing 78'-79'

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 7

Haungzhou journal 1984-1985

Red embroidered journal: [China, 1984-1985]

Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 8

Haungzhou trip itinerary and note

Calendar diary, paintings and notes: [Asia itinerary, list, seaside landscapes, map]

Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 1

Journal 1986-1989

Blue journal: [National Brand, 1986-1992]

Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 2

Poems 1961-1996

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs.
Box 5, folder 3

Chinese character study book 1984

Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 4

Shadows of Mount Huang: Chinese painting and printing of the Anhui School 1981

Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 5

Painting class notebook

Blue binder notebook: [B. Bing, 1959-1998]

Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 6

Address books

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 1

Mailing list 1990

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 2

Correspondence 1989-1994

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 3

Correspondence 1990-1999

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence of the Bernice Bing Estate executor, Alexa Young.
Box 6, folder 4

Correspondence regarding Joan Brown's paintings 1973-1988

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 5

Susan Degrand correspondence

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 6

Joyce Rezendes correspondence 1989-1995

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 7

Taxes 1987-1994

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 8

Ideal in Art - California State Board of Equalization 1979-1986

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 9

Health information 1974-1983

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 10

Neptune Society 1993

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 11

Art suppliers and vehicle maintenance logbook 1975-1981

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 12

Receipts 1982-1983

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 13

Insurance claim - South of Market Cultural Center 1989-1995

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 14

Current file 1997-1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 15

Assignments 1997-1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 16

Workshops and other information 1993

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 17

Sophia Group certificate 1996

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 18

Diplomas and certificates 1955-1971, 1996

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 19

Brush Dance greeting cards 1992-1993

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 20

Newspaper clippings 1997-1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 21

Articles with art references 1996

Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 22

Alexa Young - correspondence, exhibitions and photographs 1992-2019

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 1

Bing memorial, correspondence and other materials 1998-2019

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 2

Correspondence, list of artwork and exhibition flyers 1985-2020

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 3

Exhibition announcements and clippings 1963-1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 4

Exhibition flyers 1991-1993

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 5

Exhibition flyers and catalogs 1999-2019

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 6

San Francisco Arts Commission: Neighborhood Arts Program 1975-1979

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 7

San Francisco Arts Commission: Bicentennial Landscape Exhibition 1976

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 8

Noriega Street Gallery press releases 1982-1983

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 9

Asian Heritage Council exhibition 1989-1990

Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 10

Asian Heritage Art Award 1990

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 1

Women on the Silk Road and other exhibitions 1989-1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 2

Women on the Silk Road exhibition 1997-1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 3

Completing the Circle exhibition, Triton Museum of Art 1992-1993

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 4

Completing the Circle exhibition photo album

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 5

Triton art show - photos and negatives

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 6

With New Eyes exhibition, San Francisco State University and other exhibitions 1994-1995

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 7

With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American art history in the West exhibition 1995

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 8

Women's Caucus for Art 1994-1996

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 9

Exhibitions - AAWA 1994

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 10

Bernice Bing memorial and correspondence 1998-2012

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 11

Bernice Bing memorial photographs 1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 12

They hold up half the sky exhibition 1998-1999

Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 13

"The insallers, 1999" binder of photocopied photographs for a Bernice Bing exhibition

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 1

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art exhibition 2019

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 2

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and artwork

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 3

"Friends" photo album

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 4

"Birthdays, gatherings, friends, 1990s" photo album

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 5

Photo album 1991

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 6

Hawaii photos

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 7

Artist friends from NYC: Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Jay Defoe, Joyce Rezendes

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 8

Mexico photographs

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 9

Yosemite and women's music festival photos

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 10

Lolita Bing and Joyce Rezendes photographs 1994-1996

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 11

Three photographs and one biography sheet of Bernice Bing

Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 12

"AJ's party, Stripp family, friends, miscellaneous photos"

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 1

Vancouver Island and the Southwest photos

Photographs and postcards: [Vancouver Island and the Southwest]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 2

Photographs 1997

Photographs, cards and slide: [Bernice Bing, announcement, greeting card, color slide, 1997]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 3

Photographs

Photographs: [Bernice Bing in China, at exhibition, with friends, portrait]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 4

Photographs

Announcements, negatives, contact sheets, photographs: [Bernice Bing, friends, plants, painting]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 5

Art and spirituality - photographs and negatives

Negatives and photographs: [art, music with friends, spirituality]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 6

Photographs and negatives

Negatives and photographs: [Bernice Bing with friends, Brooklyn, embellished twigs, crow costume]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 7

Photographs and negatives

Negatives and photographs: [friends, Agave, Buddha statues, altar shrine, cemetary, exhibition display]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 8

Photographs and negatives

Negatives, photographs, and notes: [friends, cat and children, abstract artworks, Bernice Bing, exhibitions, greetings]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 9

Photographs and negatives

Negatives and photographs: [Bernice Bing outdoor portraits, with friends, in costume]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 10

Photographs and negatives

Negatives and photographs: [Quantum No. II, Cosmic Gap]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 11

Photographs and negatives

Photographs, notes and negatives: [Bernice Bing, friends at exhibition, family, knee, Marc Chagall clipping]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 12

Photographs and negatives

Negatives and photographs: [Bernice Bing and friends, tennis players, beach landscapes and walks]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 13

Trip to San Francisco negatives

Negatives: [trip to San Francisco]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 14

Somar. solo negatives 1985-1991

Negatives: [1985-1991, Somar solo, Quantum]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 15

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing at exhibition, friends, tipi, swimming and seaside]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 16

Negatives

Negatives: [Among the Last Works Bernice Bing exhibition, sleeping cats, groups of friends, persimmons]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 17

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing, aquarium and seals, paintings, friends and tipi]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 18

Negatives

Negatives: [abstract paintings, outdoors painting group, snowy landscapes, Bing with friends, Cosmic Gap]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 19

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing with friends, house with gardens]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 20

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing with friends in garden, landscape paintings, friends and activities]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 21

Negatives

Negatives: [Quantum exhibition]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 22

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing, Hawaii 2]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 23

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing, Hawaii 1]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 24

Negatives

Negatives: [Bernice Bing and friends at seaside, house in country]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 25

Negatives

Negatives: [Chinese zodiac prints, Mendocino paintings, embellished branches]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 26

Negatives

Negatives: [outdoor landscapes of countryside, snow, seaside, and travel companions]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 27

Negatives

Negatives: [Inter-Island Helicopters, Hawaii]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 28

Negatives

Negatives: [visit to Vancouver Island and the Southwest]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 29

Negatives

Negatives: [backyard campfire, Southwest paintings 1993, embellished twigs]

Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 30

Negatives

Negatives: [abstract paintings, Quantum, Bernice Bing in rocking chair, together with friends]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 1

"American abstract paintings '40-'50" slides

Slides: [American abstract paintings '40-'50s]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 2

Abstract expressionism: Klee - Kandinsky slides

Slides: [abstract expressionism]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 3

Masters (Las Meninas) slides 1957-1960

Slides: [masters, Las Meninas, Bernice Bing self-portrait paintings, 1956-1960]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 4

"Masters: 60s-66: Blue Mountain slides"

Slides: [masters 60s-66, Blue Mountain, list]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 5

Mexico slides 1962

Slides: [Mexico 1962]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 6

Blue Moment #4 slides 1965-1966

Slides: [Blue Mountain #4, 1966 painting]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 7

Master slides 1967-1993

Slides: [masters 1968-1993]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 8

San Francisco murals slides 1976-1983

Slides: [San Francisco murals 1976-1983]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 9

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival slides 1982

Slides: [San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, 1982]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 10

Master slides 1985-1988

Slides: [masters 1985-1989]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 11

"Duplicates" slides 1986-1987

Slides: [duplicates 1985-1988]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 12

90s slides

Slides: [abstract paintings 1990s, Quantum No. II]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 13

"ACC '93 dups" slides

Slides: [Quantum, ACC 1993 dups]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 14

NAP slides

Slides: [Neighborhood Arts Program]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 15

Quantum duplicates serie #1-A slides

Slides: [Quantum duplicates serie #1-A]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 16

Yellow Mountain, Huangshan, China slides

Slides: [Bernice Bing at Huangshan, China]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 17

Slides: rubbings, China, Kuan Qin, calligraphy

Slides: [table altar, Kuan Yin, calligraphy rubbing, Taoist fire and cloud, 1986]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 18

Slide lecture on abstraction calligraphy

Slides: [for lecture on abstraction calligraphy]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 19

Slides

Slides: [artworks 1986-1997, Bernice Bing with Quantum No. II]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 20

Slides

Slides: [Bernice Bing in gallery, artworks on display, M. Mount, 1980-1990]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 21

Slides

Slides: [J. Brown, Manuel Neri, Conner]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 22

Slides

Slides and envelope label: [Sabro Hasagawa, Lotus Sutra II, drawings]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 23

Slides

Slides: [paintings and prints]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 24

Photographs

Photographs and newsclipping: [Bernice Bing portraits, S.C.R.A.P]

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes a photo of Bernice Bing at 1 1/2.
Box 11, folder 25

2x2" Slides Mayacamas series

Slides, negatives and photographs: [Mayacamas series, abstract artworks and Bernice Bing]

Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 26

Negatives

Positives: [abstract artworks]

Language of Material: English.
Box 12

Mounted slides

Slides: [abstract paintings, 1959]
Slides: [Bernice Bing self-portrait, abstract paintings, 1960]
Slides: [abstract paintings, 1961]
Slides: [abstract paintings, 1962]
Slides: [abstract paintings, 1963]
Slides: [abstract paintings, 1964-1965]
Slides: [abstract paintings, 1965]
Slides: [abstract landscapes, Bing self-portrait]

Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 1

Oil paintings

Artworks: [mountain; figure and creature]

Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 2

3 clayboard art tiles

Clayboard art tiles: [double-sided triptych]

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

The tiles are a triptych with art on both sides. One side is a still life of a cucumber and the other side is abstract.
Box 13, folder 3

2 clayboard art tiles

Clayboard art tiles: [untitled abstract 1; untitled abstract 2]

Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 4

Asian Week 1999

Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 5

SGV Community Center Stone Soup 2013

Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 6

Sketchpad

Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 7

San Francisco Art Institute Distinguished Alumni Award 1983

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 1

The Heart Sutra calligraphy

Calligraphy: [practice sheet for the Heart Sutra]

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 2

"For Ginny, the source" watercolor painting

Painting: For Ginny, 'The Source' 77

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 3

Drawings for Visible Magazine and Year of the Dog

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 4

Artwork from Lolita Bing

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 5

Drafts: designs

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 6

Watercolor paintings, pencil sketch, and drawing

Artworks: [seaside, figures and nudes]

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 7

Paintings

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 8

Photographs of Bernice Bing

Photographs: [Bernice Bing in studio; close-up under tree]

Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 9

Photocopy of a Bernice Bing photograph

Photograph: [Bernice Bing on outdoor deck]

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 1

Quantum series watercolor and ink paintings

Artworks: [calligraphy, Mexico, landscapes and nudes]

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 2

Untitled, '93 ink painting

Painting: '93 [untitled]

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 3

Oil painting on illustration board

Painting: [image is made]

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 4

Eros and goddess bull artwork

Print: Eros and Goddess Bull

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 5

Untitled, '62 painting

Painting: 62' [untitled, A]

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 6

Ink drawings

Artworks: [Charlie goose; Rise, Shine, Flow with the sea]

Language of Material: English.
Box 15, folder 7

Exhibition posters 1979-2013

Exhibition posters: [1979-2013]

Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 1

Chinese calligraphy

Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 2

Chinese calligraphy

Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 3

painting on illustration board

Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 4

Ink painting

Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 1

Album of watercolor painting cards

Language of Material: English.
Box 17, folder 2

"Bingo's family album" photographs

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes family tree.
Box 17, folder 3

City and County of San Francisco Arts Commission award

Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 1

S/p 1. 1st edition Figurescape '79

Prints: [untitled; Figurescape; Eros and the Bull Goddess]

Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 2

"Mendocino '81" watercolor painting

Painting: Mendocino '81

Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 3

"Mendocino coast" watercolor painting

Painting: Mendocino coast

Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 4

Prints of pencil sketches and 1 watercolor painting

Artworks: [figures, nudes, Eros and the Bull Goddess, and Tower Falls]

Language of Material: English.
Box 18, folder 5

Prints of pencil sketches and photos

Artworks: [figures and calligraphy]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 1

"Big Sur '67" painting

Painting: Big Sur 67' [B]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 2

"Big Sur '67" painting

Painting: Big Sur 67' [C]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 3

"Big Sur '67" painting

Painting: Big Sur 67' [A]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 4

untitled, '62 painting

Painting: 62' [untitled, B]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 5

Untitled, '61 painting

Painting: 61' [untitled]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 6

Untitled, '59 painting

Painting: 59' [untitled]

Language of Material: English.
Box 19, folder 7

Asana calligraphy

Artworks and mock-ups: [samples, asana calligraphy, and trees]

Language of Material: English.
Box 20

Untitled, 1998 painting

Painting: Untitled, 1998

Language of Material: English.
Box 20

Calligraphy

Calligraphy: The Heart Sutra

Language of Material: English.
Box 21

Acrylic painting

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 22

"Raven Ridge" and untitled paintings

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 23

Calligraphy artwork

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 23

Bob Rasmussen exhibition poster

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 23

Bernice Bing photograph

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 24

Untitled landscape ink painting

Language of Material: English.
map-folder 24

Painting

Language of Material: English.
Box 25

Art supplies

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Supplies include charcoal, calligraphy pens, paintbrushes, stamp, and a pencil and compass.
Box 26

Collage from Lolita Bing for Bernice Bing's birthday 1989

Language of Material: English.
Box 26

Artwork

Language of Material: English.
Box 27

Bingo retrospective June, 1999

Language of Material: English.