Ellin (Everett) papers

Series I. Personal papers, 1928-2013

Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Contains vital and legal documents including diplomas and certificates, academic transcripts, curricula vitae, financial records, obituaries, school activities, and personal and family photographs.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

School and military records, 1928-1969

Box 1, Folder 1

Early school and personal records, 1928-1945

Box 1, folder 2-4

University of Michigan, 1946-1949

Box 1, Folder 5

Military duty, 1948-1952

Box 1, Folder 6-7

Harvard Law School, 1949-1952

Diplomas and certificates, 1950-1969

Box 1, folder 8

1950-1951

Box 11, Folder 1

1950-1969

Box 1, Folder 9

Correspondence, approximately 1952-2009

Box 1, Folder 10

Passports, 1953-1974

Photographs, 1957, 2008-2011

Box 1, folder 11

Family, approximately 1957

Box 10

Color slides, 1968

Box 10

Renate Nunn, 2008-2011

Box 2, Folder 1-2

CVs, resumes and profiles, approximately 1971-2006

Box 2, Folder 3

Material relating to New York properties, 1974-1976

Box 2, Folder 4

Personal miscellany, approximately 1968-2003

Scope and Content Note

Includes a fitness report, slides of the moon, and a publication by Ellin's newphew, political scientist Mitchell A. Orenstein.

Box 2, Folder 5

Financial records, 1998-2006

Box 2, Folder 6

Community work in Longview, Texas, approximately 1999-2002

Box 2, Folder 8

Harvard Magazine article, 2002

Box 2, Folder 9

Condolences and memorial, 2011-2012

Box 2, folder 9

Condolence letters to Renate Nunn, 2011-2012

Box 10

Photographs of memorial service, 2012

Box 13, Folder D1

Recording of memorial service, 2012

Scope and Content Note

1 audio disc: digital, mono; 4 3/4 in. On disc: Everett's Memorial with some of William's Sound Rec. 9-29-2012.

Series II. Gallery and museum files, 1957-2008

Physical Description: 3.75 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Contains artists' files, catalogs, publicity, lectures, notebooks and interviews related to Ellin's art career, including his eponymous galleries on Santa Monica and Sunset Boulevards, and work for the Museum Computer Network.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Artists files, 1959-2008

Box 4, Folder 8

Barnett Newman, 1959-2004

Box 4, Folder 9

John Graham, 1966

Scope and Content Note

With text by Ellin.

Jackson Pollock, approximately 2001-2002

Lectures, approximately 2001-2002

Box 13, item CM1

Cleveland Museum of Art, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in.

Born digital material unavailable until reformatted

Box 5, folder 6

Unidentified venues, approximately 2001-2002

Box 12, Item C11

"Jackson Pollock Revisited July 19, 2001; Charlie Wyle/Dr. Everett Ellin," 2001

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette: analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

Box 12, Item C12

"Jackson Pollock Revisited 7.19.01; Wylie/Ellin--Horchow", 2001

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette: analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

Item 12, Item C13-C14

"Jackson Pollock Revisited By Everett Ellin January 25, 2002; Cleveland Musem of Art", 2002

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette: analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

box 14, Item V1

"Pollock Revisited", approximately 2002

Scope and Content Note

1 videocassette (VHS) (120 min.): sound, color; 1/2 in.

box 14, Item V2

"Jackson Pollock Revisited; By Everett Ellin; January 25, 2002," 2002

Scope and Content Note

1 videocassette (VHS) (120 min.): sound, color; 1/2 in.

Box 5, Folder 10

Robert Motherwell, 2004-2008

Everett Ellin Gallery, approximately 1957-2004

Box 3, Folder 1-2

9083 Santa Monica Boulevard, approximately 1957-1966

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs, promotional material, and clippings.

David Smith, 1957-2006

Box 3, Folder 3

Everett Ellin Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1957-1982

Box 3, folder 4

Other exhibition catalogs, 1957-1982

Scope and Content Note

Catalogs from various American exhibitions.

Box 3, Folder 5

Publicity material, 1959-2006

Scope and Content Note

Includes clippings, exhibition checklists, photographs, and contemporary notes and images of Smith's work annotated by Ellin.

Box 10

Color slides, 1960-1961

Scope and Content Note

Twelve slides in sleeve.

Joan Jacobs, approximately 1959-1962

Box 3, Folder 6

Papers

Scope and Content Note

Various papers relating to Joan Jacobs, her work, and her exhibition at Everett Ellin Gallery, including news clippings, posters, exhibition checklists, marriage certificate, and wedding invitation.

Box 9

Color slides and negatives of paintings undated

86540 Sunset Boulevard, approximately 1960-1963

Box 3, folder 7

Promotional materials,

Scope and Content Note

Includes posters and photographs.

Box 11, Folder 3

Oversize material,

Slides and negatives of paintings, approximately 1961-1965

Box 3, Folder 8

Black and white negatives of paintings

Box 9

Color slides and negatives of paintings;

Scope and Content Note

Five identified as Clayton Pinkerton, one more with duplicate possibly by him (1961 Pinkerton show at Ellin Gallery); two strips of unidentified gallery paintings; one sleeve of color negatives of two Clyfford Still paintings, one Willem de Kooning (Stenographer) and two John Graham paintings; separate sleeve of color negatives of Adolph Gottlieb, de Kooning (Stenographer) and two unidentified paintings.

Box 4, Folder 1

Arshile Gorky exhibition catalog, 1962

Box 4, Folder 2

Jasper Johns exhibition catalog, 1962

Box 4, Folder 3

Jean Tinguely exhibition ephemera, 1962

Box 4, Folder 4

Notebook, approximately 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

Detailed notes on contemporary artists, including price lists, and and material concerning deals with other dealers including Leo Castelli and Virginia Dwan.

Jean Arp, approximately 1963

Box 4, Folder 5

Exhibition catalog

Box 10

Color slides

Scope and Content Note

Six slides

Box 4, Folder 6

Bruce Beasley artist file, 1963-2005

Box 4, Folder 7

Research file, 2003-2004

Scope and Content Note

Contains research on the Everett Ellin Gallery collected by Ellin. Material has largely been collected from the internet.

French & Company, 1959-1960

Box 4, folder 10

David Smith artist file, 1959-1960

Scope and Content Note

Includes catalogs from two exhibitions, notes, and an offprint discussing Smith's work.

Box 4, Folder 11

Hiring announcement, 1960

Adolph Gottlieb, 1960

Box 4, Folder 12

Catalog

Box 10

Color slides

Scope and Content Note

Twelve slides.

Box 4, Folder 13

Morris Louis artist file, 1960

Scope and Content Note

Includes price list.

Box 4, Folder 14

Guggenheim, 1964-2001

Scope and Content Note

Clippings and information about the Guggenheim, as well as a 1968 photograph of Ellin with Kirk Douglas at the museum.

Museum Computer Network, approximately 1966-2004

Box 4, Folder 15

Publications, 1966-1969

Scope and Content Note

Belmont Report includes writing by Ellin (marked by lines and tabs).

Box 5, Folder 1

Conference activities, approximately 2000-2004

Box 13, Item D4

Conference Talk "MCN--Everett Speaking in Toronto, Canada; October 2002", 2002

Scope and Content Note

1 audio disc: digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Box 5, Folder 2

Notes, correspondence, slides, consulting work, approximately 1990-2008

Scope and Content Note

Three unidentified black-and-white slides of art work.

Box 10

Color art history study slides, approximately 1990

Box 5, Folder 3-4

Writings and lectures, approximately 1965-2008

Box 5, Folder 5

Notebook, approximately 1998-2001

Scope and Content Note

Notebook incompletely filled out with some art-related notes interspersed with notes on inventions and ideas for new projects.

Box 5, Folder 7

Clement Greenberg research, 2002-2005

Box 5, Folder 8

Museums in the USA, 2004

Box 5, Folder 9

Getty Research Institute: Modern Art in LA, 2004

Box 6, Folder 1

Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art Oral History Interview, 2004-2007

Box 6, Folder 2

"Study Guide to Art History," 2005

Box 13, Item D3

"All Art Talk," approximately 2006

Scope and Content Note

1 audio disc: digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Everett Ellin interview about David Smith with Galleries Guggenheim, approximately 2006

Box 12, Item C7

Cassette

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (90 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

Box 13, Item D2

Compact disc

Scope and Content Note

1 audio disc: digital, mono; 4 3/4 in. On disc: David Smith-a.o.-Everett Ellis [sic]-Galleries-Guggenheim Tape 4 Side 1.

Box 6, Folder 3

"Art world contacts" and "Diary", undated

Scope and Content Note

Diary includes word processed list of meetings with dealers, collectors and artists Ellin met with over the course of 1962-1963, including Ellin's notes for each meeting. Also included are documents downloaded from websites. Though content dates from the 1960s, the documents were created at a later date.

Series III. Other professional files, 1952-2008

Physical Description: 1.66 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Series III. contains materials pertaining to Ellin's other professional endeavors, including his work as an inventor, engineer, medical imaging technology developer, and consultant.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Box 6, Folder 4

Legal career, approximately 1952-1999

Box 6, Folder 5

Letterhead and business cards, approximately 1971-2000

SONY, 1972-1974

Box 6, Folder 6

Papers, 1972-1974

Scope and Content Note

Includes advertisements, product leaflet and brochures, black-and-white photographs of company visit to Japan.

Box 10

Color photographs of trip to Japan, approximately 1972-1974

Inventions, technology initiatives and entrepeneurship, approximately 1973-1996

Box 6, Folder 7

Invention drawings, approximately 1973-1996

Box 12, Item C1

Word Processing Institute, 1973

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (90 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape. On cassette: Word Processing Institute 12/4/73.

Box 12, Item C2

Everett speaking; demonstration tape recording on Audioopticon, 1973

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (60 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2.

Box 12, Item C3

Answers of E. Ellin; designing business answering phone, approximately 1973

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (30 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

Box 12, Item C4

Entrepeneurship class, 1976

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (60 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape. On cassette: 1/16/76.

Box 6, Folder 8

University of Maine Product Creation Conference proceedings, 1977

Box 6, Folder 9

Energy management, approximately 1979

Box 7

A Region's Struggling Savior: Small Business in New England , 1979

Scope and Content Note

Includes essay by Ellin: 208-239

Box 7, Folder 1

Writings and notes, 1979-2003

Box 12, Item C4

"PBS Trains + a minute of Everett classroom talk", approximately 1970s

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (90 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

Box 7, Folder 2

Enerflux, approximately 1980-1982

Scope and Content Note

Encompasses Ellin's work as a technology consultant on energy analysis and management.

Santa Fe Historic Design Board, approximately 1984-1991

Box 7, Folder 3

Design board clipplings, approximately 1984-1991

Box 8, Folder 1

Correspondence, statements, minutes, research, approximately 1986-1990

Box 12, Item C10

"Automobile talk w. Everett and House in New Mexico talk--Everett questions", approximately 1984

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (60 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape.

Scantech, approximately 1984-1993

Box 8, Folder 3

Correspondence and clippings, approximately 1984-1993

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence includes letter from Senator Jeff Bingaman commending Ellin's achievement as technology developer for Scantech

box 14, Item V3

"Going for it; Everett Ellin; Scantech," approximately 1990

Scope and Content Note

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.): sound, color; 1/2 in.

Imrex, 1996

Box 8, Folder 3

Corporate information, 1996

Scope and Content Note

Contains correspondence, business plan, certificate of incorporation, and project proposal for an airport bag-matching system.

Box 10

Passport photograph, 1996

Medical Imaging, 1996-2008

Box 12, Item C8

"Radiography of new machines /Varian--Everett Talking", 1994

Scope and Content Note

1 audiocassette (90 min.): analog, 1 7/8 lps; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in tape

Box 8, Folder 4

Correspondence, briefs, agreements and invoices, 1996-2008

Box 10

Color photographs, approximately 1996

Scope and Content Note

Six photographs of Ellin viewing and using medical imaging equipment.

Box 8, Folder 5-6

Articles by Ellin, 1997

General publicity, 1999-2008

Box 8, Folder 7

News stories about Ellin in local and national press, approximately 1999-2008

Box 10

Color photograph of Ellin sitting in plane, 1999

Scope and Content Note

Image used in Longview News Journal article published 24 October, 1999.

Box 8, Folder 8

Pacific Photonics and Team daVinci, approximately 2000-2004

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