Series 1. Correspondence, Professional 1951-2013
Art Cataloging by Paula Freedman 1998-1999
Art Gifts 1961-1991
Art Donations 1980-1997
Art Loans 1965-2001
Laverne Originals, Inc. 1951-1954
1951-1952
textile designs (Everett Brown Associates, The Englander) 1952
1953
1954
Peridot Gallery undated (after 1954)
Peridot Gallery 1953-1954
1955
Peridot Gallery 1955
Peridot Gallery 1956
folded paper design 1956
1956
Peridot Gallery 1957
1957
1958
Peridot Gallery 1958-1960
1959
1960
sales, rentals 1960-1961
Peridot Gallery 1961
1962
Peridot Gallery 1963
Ankrum Gallery (Los Angeles) 1962
1962
Shop One (Rochester, New York) 1962-1963
1963
Estelle Dodge Associates, Inc. 1962-1963
1964
1965
Pasadena Art Museum 1964-1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
San Francisco Museum of Art 1972-1973
1973
Van Doren Gallery 1973-1974
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
Santa Cruz 1978-1979
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Open Studio, 1116 Castro 1991-11
1992
1993
1994
J.J. Brookings Gallery 1994-1997
1070 Lombard St. gate
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Fresno Art Museum 1996-2001
Fresno Show 2001 – Oakland additions 2002
Oakland Museum 2001-2002
Brooklyn Museum of Art 2001-2002
2002
2003-2004
2005-2006
2007-2013
2.1 J.L. Hudson Company, Detroit 1964-1965
correspondence, memoranda, notes, etc.
photographs
2.2 Fox Plaza fountain 1964-1966
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
2.3 Bethany Center mosaic 1967-1968
correspondence, notes, printed items, etc. 1967-1968
2.4 Ghirardelli Square, "Andrea Fountain" 1965-2005
correspondence
letters of support
printed items, article clippings 1967-2004
Asawa notes
photographs
slides
original design concept drawing, four mermaids
2.5 Grand Hyatt Hotel, "San Francisco Fountain"
correspondence 1970-1990
foundry and other payments
research material
notebook with correspondence and notes
photographs, printed material
publicity (articles and press releases)
oversize blueprints, drawings, etc.
booklet in braille for Lighthouse for the Blind event 1998
photographs
proposal, sample panel, etc.
1116 Castro backyard and studio, Haru Asawa, etc.
dough panels
foundry
dedication, other images of Ruth and fountain 1973
fountain detail
snapshots of 1993 rededication, etc.
cleaning 1996
Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind event 1998
slides
oversize
Fountain/Ruth. Elliot Davis. Fountain + Ruths [video] 1998-05
2.6 Phoenix Civic Plaza, Arizona 1971-1973
correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed items, etc.
photographs and slides
oversize blueprints 1970-1973
2.7 Japanese Tea Garden, Hagiwara plaque 1970-2005
correspondence, memoranda, notes, etc. 1970-2005
articles, printed items, design sketches, photographs
photographs
California's Gold. Japanese Garden. #1712 [video]
2.8 Nihonmachi Pedestrian Mall, Japantown "Origami Fountains" 1972-2005
1972-1999
1999-2005
photographs
slides
snapshots (refabrication, installation, rededication)
oversize drawings and blueprints
2.9 Mission Viejo Center 1977-1980
correspondence, memoranda, etc.
notes, sketches, blueprints 1977-1980
photographs and slides
oversize drawings 1977-1978
2.10 SF Department of Social Services, Children's Play Area (cancelled) 1980
2.11 Las Vegas cast dough relief sculpture (proposal, cancelled) 1980
2.12 Merritt Hospital, Oakland 1979-1981
2.13 University of California Berkeley Sather Tower bell 1980-1981
2.14 Ramada Renaissance / Parc 55 Hotel, "San Francisco Yesterday and Today" 1982-1987
correspondence, memoranda, notes, etc.
articles, printed items, sketches
research files
photographs, slides, contact sheets
oversize drawings, blueprints, architectural renderings, etc. 1984
2.15 Father Boeddeker Park, "Redding School, Self-Portrait" 1983-1987
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
oversize blueprints
2.16 Public Memorial to Congressman Phillip Burton (proposal) 1984
2.17 Bayside Plaza, "Aurora Fountain" 1984-1986
correspondence, memoranda, notes, etc.
photographs
slides
snapshots
oversize blueprints, patterns, architectural drawings 1986
Tower Architects/Mai Arbegast oversize material 1985-1986
oversize photographs
2.18 Santa Rosa Courthouse Square fountain 1984-1993
1984
1985
1986-1987
articles, printed items, childrens' letters and artwork, etc.
research files
photographs
slides
oversize concept and scale drawings, blue and sepia prints, architectural renderings, etc. 1986-1987
Ruth Asawa and Steve From Santa Rosa Project Feb. 26? ; March 7, 1985. Sandy Nozenzo on "Calvin Brown/Anna Harmon." John Hoode / Sandy Nozenzo, John Hood [audio] 1985
2.19 Beringer Winery, St. Helena "History of Wine" fountain 1987-1988
correspondence, notes, etc.
printed items, photographs, clippings, sketches, work journal, research material
photographs
slides
snapshots
oversize drawings, blue and sepia prints, etc.
2.20 Murphy Street Public Art Project, Sunnyvale (not completed) 1988-1989
correspondence, notes, etc. 1988-1989
Nancy Thompson drawing proposal 1988-11-02
2.21 Allright Auto Park, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles (proposal) 1988
2.22 San Jose Japanese-American Internment Memorial 1985-1994
working file 1 1985-1991
working file 2 1991-1994
design, project notes, photographs
text, key to panels
internment stories, correspondence
miscellaneous correspondence re: mons
mon A-I correspondence
mon J-N correspondence
mon O-Z correspondence
mon index cards (unfoldered)
work journals
dedication
publicity
research files
photographs
prints
slides
snapshots
two photo albums [unfoldered]
drymounted prints by Terry Schmitt [unfoldered]
oversize
A/V
Ruth Asawa. San Jose Internment. Artworks Foundry, Terry Schmitt 1994
San Jose Internment Memorial Dedication. For Ruth Asawa From Louise Kinoshita 1994-03-05
Museum Trustees Tour of Foundry and San Jose Memorial. The Friends of the Fine Arts Museums and Museum Associates 1995-03-01
1. "The View From Within" Japanese American Art from Internment Camps. 2. Japanese American Internment Memorial. 3. San Jose Japantown Rediscovery. A Gift to Ruth Asawa from Dave and Alice Tatsuno 1995-04
Ruth Asawa at San Jose Internment Memorial Wall 12-16-98 55" ; SJ JACL Dinner Pres 10-10-98 20" 1998
oversize drawings and blueprints
2.23 Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale (proposal) 1989-1990
correspondence, notes, etc.
2.24 M. Gaehwiler Construction, Bush Street sculpture 1991-1992
2.25 Fairfield Civic Art, Price Club Competition (proposal) 1993
2.26 Tifton, Georgia, "Our Town Tifton" 1995-1996
correspondence, memoranda, etc. 1995-1996
photographs
2.27 Cordele, Georgia (consultation) 1996-1997
correspondence, etc. 1996-1997
2.28 National Japanese American Memorial, Washington, D.C. (proposal) 1996-1997
2.29 Ontario Airport, California (proposals) 1997-1999
2.30 San Mateo County Hospital (proposal) 1997-1999
2.32 Japanese Tea Garden, Nakatani plaque
correspondence, etc. 2000
Plaque Dedication For Shinshichi Nakatani. For Ruth Asawa From Kate Kalatani. Two Tapes Combined [video] 2000-09-26
2.33 San Francisco State University, "Garden of Remembrance" 1996-2002
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
3.1 Scientific American paper airplane trophy 1967
trophy correspondence, etc.
trophy
3.4 National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) plaques 1979
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
3.6 Macy's, "Faces of San Francisco" busts 1980-1982
correspondence, notes, printed items
photographs
general studies
Ruth Asawa
Joan Baez
Willie Brown
Herb Caen
Carol Channing
Joe DiMaggio
Dianne Feinstein
S.I. Hayakawa
Cyril Magnin
O.J. Simpson
Sally Stanford
Isaac Stern
process
Alvarado field trip
transport, display, etc.
process slides
completed works slides
oversize
3.8 United Nations 40th anniversary poster (proposal) 1984-1985
3.10 KNBR Bridge To Bridge Run t-shirt design 1987
3.11 Clarendon dragons 1988
correspondence, notes, etc. 1988
3.12 Sadako Project 1987-1995
correspondence, sketches, press releases, articles
sketch, calligraphy, origami
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
3.15 Let's Go Dutch, de Young event photographs 1992
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
oversize drawing 1995
3.18 Senior Center logo 1996
3.20 miscellanous project photographs
Series 4. Art
4.1 original drawings and sketches
"TV sketches," numbered 1966-1994
Asawa drawings #1-19
Asawa drawings #20-39
Asawa drawings #60-76
Asawa drawings #50
numbered notebooks
SB080 "Laurie, Alaska 1975" 1975
SB090 1976-1980
SB127 1980-1981
SB136 "Lilli, Bucky" 1981-1982
SB140 1982
unnumbered [but filed here] 1996-1997
undated
1963-1975
1977-1978
1983-2004
oversize
ballet drawings and copies
unidentified portrait, "TV drawing"
undated
1946-1989
1990-1996
1997-2002
miscellaneous large photocopies
4.3 photographs of art
wire sculpture, general
miscellaneous wire sculpture photographs
screentones of wire sculpture designs for Maremonts 1960
screentones of wire sculpture, used in Guggenheim application 1955
chart of different wire sculpture shapes, from Guggenheim application 1952
wire sculpture, woven
"small intersecting"
"single lobed"
"long lobed"
"longer lobed"
"medium lobed"
"intersecting trumpets"
"trumpets"
"windows"
"bubbles/mixed work/miscellaneous"
slides
oversize
wire sculpture, tied
"stars, 3-7 points"
"bases"
"double-sided"
"stained glass/miscellaneous/unclear"
slides
snapshots
oversize
electroplated and cast works
electroplated wire
electroplated wire slides
cast wire and other sculpture
cast slides
snapshots
oversize
life casting and masks
casting faces and hands
slides
snapshots
oversize
baker's clay
photographs
slides and transparencies
oversize
paper folding
slides
drawing, painting, lithography
photographs
slides
Tamarind Lithography Workshop snapshots and slides 1965
Brian Asawa programs
Asian Business League
Bethany Center
Sally Brunn
California Arts Council
card design (Lanier holiday card?)
churches, Marianists
Imogen Cunningham
education/Alvarado
gardening
hospitals
memorials (Including Albert Lanier)
Oakland Museum, other museums
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Gail Ceramics poster, Ruth Asawa tile mosaic
silkscreening 1952
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990-2005
prototype of proposed Asian American Lifetime [Achievement] award 1993
photocopied leaves, plants etc.
printed patent drawings for plastic paperfold design paneling, figures 1-5 1956-1959
holiday wrapping paper with design similiar to wire sculpture 1950s
4.6 exhibition announcements and catalogs
1950-1954
1955-1958
III Biennial, Sao Paulo catalog 1955
1959
1960-1962
1963-1964
1965-1966
1967-1969
1970-1972
1973-1974
1975-1977
1978-1979
1980-1981
1982
1983-1984
1985-1987
1988-1989
1990-1991
1992-1994
1995
1996-1997
1998-1999
2000-2002
2003-2005
Contours in the Air, de Young 2006-2007
2006-2009
2010-2013
oversize items
original pencil drawing for Shop One exhibition, Rochester, New York 1963
"Images of Bay Area Artists" SF MOMA October 13-November 21, 1976 poster by Mimi Jacobs, with enclosed note 1976
Oakland Museum: 100 Years of California Sculpture [exhibition catalog] 1982
Albert's Design for Laverne Showroom circa 1951
SF Museum of Art floorplan [for "Four Artist-Craftsmen" show] 1954
Peridot Gallery 1954
Peridot Gallery 1958
de Young Museum 1960
Kinokuniya Bookstore exhibit 1960s
"Retrospective View" show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1973
Van Doren Gallery 1973
San Francisco Art Commission Honor Award Exhibition, Art Commission Gallery (slides) 1976
Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto 1986
"In the Advent of Change, 1945-1969" show, Fresno Arts Center 1986
Euphrat Gallery 1989
Strength And Diversity show, Oakland Museum 1990
Open Studio, 1116 Castro
"With New Eyes: Toward an Asian-American Art History in the United States" show, SFSU Art Department Gallery 1995-1996
"Leading The Way" show 2001
Brooklyn Museum of Art "Vital Forms" Introduction [video] 2001
"Completing the Circle" show, Fresno Art Museum 2001
"Completing the Circle" show, Oakland Museum 2002
Tobey C. Moss Gallery 2003
de Young Museum opening photographs by Scott Wall [contact sheets] 2006-11
de Young Museum floorplan, including tower with permanent installation of wire sculptures 2005-2006
"Contours In The Air" retrospective show, de Young 2006
Christies Private Sales Gallery 2013-05
Series 5. Correspondence, Artists and Colleagues 1948-2009
Mark Adams
Josef and Anni Albers
1948-1955
1956-1960
1961-1964
1965-1969
1970-1975
1976-1979
1980-1985
1986-1990
1991-1995
1996-2000
2001-2010
articles and publications
snapshots of Albers show at Guggenheim
Josef Albers. Homage to the Square. Produced by Museum At Large [video]
Mai Arbegast
Lisa Jalowetz Aronson
Maggie Baylis and Doug Baylis
A-B
Imogen Cunningham
1951-1959
1960-1969
1970-1975
1976-1979
1980-1983
1984-1989
2000-2009
Friends of Imogen Cunningham 1976-1983
Partridges 1954-2010
articles and publications
photographs, Asawas and Laniers by Cunningham
photographs, oversize
Friends of Imogen Cunningham Valentines Day Attendance roster
Merry Renk Curtis and Earle Curtis
C
correspondence, clippings etc.
Dancing Up A Storm. The Story of NDI's 1st International Residency: Israel 1997. With Jacques D'Amboise [note from D'Amboise & press release enclosed] 1997
Margaret De Patta, Eugene Bielawski, Martha Bielawski
Eleanor Dickinson
Buckminster and Anne Fuller
chronological files
undated
1949-1960
1961-1965
1966
1967-1968
1969-1971
1972-1973
1974-1975
1976-1977
1978-1981
1982
1983
1984
1985-1990
1991-1995
1996-2005
2006-2013
articles and publications 1946-2008
Snyders
oversize
A/V
Buckminster Fuller Lecture to S.F. City College, Art Department 1974-04-26
Re: Buckminster Fuller. Masters & Masterworks Productions. Discovery's Inventions on "Buckyballs" 5" ; CNN Futurewatch on "Energy Grid" 4" ; Camcorder Footage, Exterior, Traveling Exhibit at Atrium, Art Center College 5" ; Video Loops in Travelling Exhibit 33"
RBF Oral History for Stanford. Ruth Asawa, Bucky Fuller Influence 32" ; Ruth Asawa, Black Mountain College 61" ; Ruth Asawa & Albert Lanier, Black Mountain College. Couples 47" ; Albert Lanier, BMC Bucky Dome 14" ; Ruth Asawa, Bucky Connections 15" 2002-08
photographs
photographs
photographs, "Insights Into the Future" Symposium 1982-09
Jacqueline Hoefer and Peter Hoefer
F-H
Andrea Iuppa Jepson and Werner Jepson
correspondence, etc.
Ruth Asawa and N.C.E.T. [National Center for Experiments in Television] with Warner Jepson and Buchla Box [video] 1974
Ray Johnson
Johnson - Lanier postcard 1948-11-23
Johnson – Asawa postcard 1948-12-03
Johnson – Lanier 1948-12-10
Johnson - Asawa 1948-12-14
Johnson – Asawa 1949
Johnson – Asawa 1949-01
Johnson – Asawa 1949-01-29
Johnson – Asawa 1950-01-30
Johnson – Asawa 1951-04-30
Johnson – Laniers undated 1951
Johnson – Laniers 1952-07-18
Johnson – Asawa 1952-09-22
Johnson – Laniers 1952
Johnson – Asawa 1952-11-10
Johnson – Asawa 1952
empty envelopes 1955, 1956, 1959
Lanier – Johnson 1964-12-15
Johnson – Laniers 1969-03-19
Johnson – Laniers 1987-10-13
1984-1997
1999
2000-2011
unidentified black and white photograph
Correspondance fliers, etc.
Christopher Lane
I-L
Emmy Lou Packard
Blanche Pastorino
correspondence
oversize photographs
A/V
Blanche Pastorino 1991-02
Tommy Roberts
William Roth and Joan Roth
Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale
Sewell "Si" Sillman
Eloise Smith and Page Smith
exhibition cards, obituary and memorial
oversize photographs
S
Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Nancy Howry Thompson
Hodo Tobase photographs 1950s
Peggy Tolk-Watkins
Elaine Schmitt Urbain
Beth Van Hoesen and Mark Adams
correspondence, etc.
Marguerite Wildenhain
correspondence, exhibition announcements, etc.
oversize photographs
artist video
oversize
original artwork
exhibition catalogs, posters, etc.
Trudy King letter with copy of Albert Lanier art 1999
oversize posters and prints
Series 6. Lectures, Workshops, Classes, Events 1966-2007
6.1 chronological files
1966-1970
Los Angeles County Fair 1969
1971-1976
1977-1982
1983-1988
1989-1992
1992-1994
1995-2008
6.2 SFSU "Zen, the Bauhaus and Public Art" class 1996-1997
correspondence, memoranda, notes, etc. 1996-1997
Ruth's Class. SFSU Field Trip to See Ruth's Artwork and Classroom Time. Sneak Preview of Belfast [video] 1996-09
SFSU Decision 1 and 3 [video] 1996-11-26
6.3 origami/paper folding curriculum planning 1997
correspondence, notes, etc.
6.4 mask making videos
KTVU News with artist Ruth Asawa. Masks Made For the Cherry Blossom Parade. Gary Kauf, Reporter ; Willie Kee, Cameraman [notes from both enclosed] 1989-04-01
6.5 other class & workshop A/V
Rooftop Workshop ; Paul's Ceramics at Alvarado ; Teachers & Parents in Ceramic Mosaic ; Aiko's Bookmaking Workshop. Uncatalogued
Puppet. James Dottson. Youth Guidance Center (Schools) 1977-04-27
Series 7. Writing and Transcripts 1959-2007
1959-1971
1972-1974
1975-1981
1982-1989
1990-1993
1994-1995
1996-1999
1999-2000
2000-2004
2005-2007
Series 8. Alvarado Arts Workshop and Alvarado Elementary School 1964-2002
8.1 chronological files
undated
1964-1967
1968
1969
1970
Zellerbach Family Fund 1970-1998
1971
1972
Board of Education 1972-1974
SFUSD Contracts 1972-1975
1973
Five Year Report - Joan Abrahamson and Sally Woodbridge 1973
manual (draft) 1973
1974
Everett Junior High report 1974-1976
Joan Abrahamson notes, evaluation materials, etc. 1973-1975
SF Twin Bicentennial Interagency/Community Gardening Project 1975-1976
1975
1976
1977
Alternatives in Education Evaluation (CAC) 1977-1978
Apprentice Programs in Art 1977-1982
1979
1980
1981
1983-1989
Arts in Education program 1984-1987
1990-1996
1997-1998
Video Documentation Project 1997-1998
1999-2000
Alvarado history interviews by Valerie Soe 2000
2001-2002
8.2 photographs
miscellaneous
people (mothers, Artists in Residence, children, etc.)
tile mural/mosaic project 1969-1970
Paul Lanier tile mural/mosaic project 1998-2000
Nancy Thompson butterfly mural
miscellaneous murals/mosaics
slides, visual art (clay/masks/milk carton art)
slides, visual art (painting/paper/stained glass)
slides, visual art (baker's clay)
slides, performing arts (dance, music, puppetry, drama)
Mission High School murals (Polytechnic site)
slides, miscellaneous projects
School Works Unlimited
photos for Alvarado report 1998
miscellaneous snapshots
Clay Chair project
Pinata of Dreams project
Christmas in April
clay projects, Paul Lanier
Carnival
Bill Horgas wood carving demo
Wendy Nelder
Alvarado Revisited photo album
field trips- 1116 Castro (Alvarado)
origami workshops
8.3 oversize
Mosaic General Plan 1970
Alvarado Elementary School New Art Room blueprints 1994-04-10
Alvarado Workshop Statement of Purpose by Ruth Asawa
Alvarado t-shirt
8.4 A/V
Edison Alvarado Art P. 1972
Alvarado #1 Carlos ; Alvarado #2 Carlos NG [no good?] ; Alvarado #3 1978
Series 9. San Francisco School of the Arts 1973-2012
9.1 chronological files
undated
1973-1975
other alternative/arts/magnet schools 1975-1998
1976
1977
1978-1982
Concept Paper, Articles of Incorporation
1983-1985
1986-1988
SOTA Task Force 1987-1988
1989
Noh Mask project for Cherry Blossom Festival 1989 1989
SOTA Art Store 1989-1990
McAteer ESL
1990
SFUSD/Cortines correspondence 1990-1991
1991
Long Term Site Committee 1991-1993
SOTA Task Force Letters of Support 1990-1992
clippings 1992
1992
1993
site planning 1994
1994
NEH proposal for "Imagine: Arts and Humanities" lecture series 1994-1995
Proposition A Bond
1995
1996
Bill Rojas 1996-2000
1997-1999
SOTA Task Force 1999
2000
SOTA Task Force 2000-2001
2001-2012
9.2 yearbooks 1993, 1997
9.3 student publications: Freestyle Expression, Epiphany, etc.
9.5 student events and performances (non-benefit) 1984-2013
9.6 gardening
9.7 Governance/Power Struggles
9.8 Artists vs. Teachers
9.9 Asawa light correspondence
9.10 administrative files
classes 1982-1989
classes 1990-1994
classes 1995-2004
fundraising – direct mail
fundraising – events, benefits 1982-1998
Event of the Year/National Dance Institute (NDI)/Circus Wagon project 1986
funding requests 1982-1989
funding requests 1990-1992
funding requests 1993-1997
donors
SOTA foundation donors
donors: materials, products
financial reports and budgets
501c3 master
letterhead, other master copies
applications, student recruitment
artist recruitment
artists-in-residence (including Asawa and non-resident guest artists)
staff, including PTSA, Foundation
alumni
9.11 photographs
Font site (before move) 1992
Font site renovation/Workdays 1992-1994
garden/greenhouse
135 Van Ness walkthrough
math/paperfolding
paperfolding for dance performance "Breathing"
Chinese New Year
Japanese mask project/Cherry Blossom Festival
golf project
poinsetta project 1985
Chantal Decleve drawing class
Luis Valdez
Jacques D'Amboise
field trips (Sacramento, 1116 Castro, Embarcadero, San Jose, Foundry)
Creative Arts Summer School, McAteer (Middle School students)
miscellaneous
Service Learning 1996-1997
SFSU Class and project 1996-1997
slides - dance, music, visual arts, garden
slides – events, field trips, meetings, service learning, summer school, McAteer/Font sites
9.12 Albert Lanier SOTA/135 Van Ness files
1992-1996
1997-1998
SFUSD/Board of Education meetings 1999-2000
2000-2002
9.13 oversize
circus wagon drawings for Event of the Year 1986
9.14 A/V
Jacque Brel. "Jamie's Tape"
Breathing: Ruth Asawa and Randee Pauvre "Projections in Performance" Theatre Artaud. Wide Shot and Closeup 1989-12
SOTA. Luis Valdez 1992-11-13
SFCCH [SF Community Convalescent Hospital]] Mural. SOTA Field Trip 1997-03
SOTA Mural Dedication [SF Community Convalescent Hospital] 1997-04-11
Series 10. Ruth Asawa Fund 1995-2002
announcement, thank you notes
office conversation notes
Vashti Becktell (administrative assistant)
board 1998-2000
Daniel Roth
Susan Stauter
artists-in-residence resumes
calendars
budget, fundraising 1995-1997
Brian Asawa recital fundraiser 1997
fundraising appeal 2000
Bothin Foundation
Fleishhacker Foundation
Haas Fund
McKesson Foundation
Miranda Lux Foundation
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation 1991-2001
Louise and Claude Rosenberg, Jr. Family Foundation 1992-2001
San Francisco Foundation
Shinnyo-en Foundation
Wallace Alexander Gerbose Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation, Libby Dietrich, consultant
PVF Report 1995
report material 1996-1997
PVF Report 1995-1996
Documentation Project Proposal 1997-05
PVF Report 1997
Wells Fargo Report/Background Information
report material 1998-2000
report photographs 1998
report 1999
thank you letters
Service Learning
SOTA 1997-2001
Alvarado School
Deck The Hall event, Davies Symphony Hall (origami decorations) 1996
Magic Theatre 1997-1998
Neighborhood Beautification Fund Project / Eureka Valley Trails and Art Network 1998-2002
correspondence 1996
correspondence 1997
correspondence 1998
correspondence 1999
correspondence 2000-2002
Series 11. Education and Schools, General
11.1 educational correspondence
11.3 photographs, other school/youth art projects
origami/paper folding
baker's clay projects
field trips - 1116 Castro, Jamin Zegart and class
James Lick projects
Clarendon dragon project
Oroville, California projects
"Ceasefire" peace murals, Golden Gate Park
Youth Guidance Center
McKinley tile mural, etc.
face casting, Malcolm X 1989
painting, Rooftop 1995
slides, miscellaneous school/youth projects
oversize
11.4 oversize
Map of The City and County of San Francisco Unified School District 1971
Jim Schermerhorn sketches of Rooftop Elementary school kids on playground [brochure for children's organization]
11.5 A/V
Series 12. Student Art and Correspondence
12.2 calendars 1972-2002
12.3 printmaking
12.4 SFUSD Creative Arts Summer School project report 1991
12.5 Everett Junior High School Alvarado Arts Workshop project 1974-1976
12.6 student publications and project documentation
"…and the sun is still shining" (Mission High School PACE project) 1972
Teaching Poetry to Kids (Dudley Stone, Daniel Webster) 1976
AAW Chinese Puppet Theatre Report 1977-1978
In Small Dreams (Opportunity II HS Creative Writing) 1978
The Giant And the Clever Children (Alvarado After School Art Class, Nancy Thompson) 1989
Ewald Foundation 1994-1995
MYEEP MegaZine Vol.3 No.1 1998-1999
miscellaneous publications (non-Bay Area)
12.7 letters and artwork from students
undated
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
12.8 poster from Mission High School Graphics Department "Thank You Both - Ruth Asawa, Charlie Fowlie" 1973-06-06
12.9 MADDS (Music Art Drama Dance Science) / Youth Arts Festival 1969-2006
1969-1988
1989-2006
slides - MADDS festival 1973-1975, Youth Arts Festival 1978, Event of the Year 1986
photographs - Youth Arts Festival, MADDS 1975, Hooray For Kids Festival 1977
Youth Arts Festival, SOTA event posters
Series 13. Black Mountain College
13.1 correspondence with alumni and faculty
1949-1953
translation of Haru Asawa letter by Mieko Mazza
1954-1958
1959-1960
1961-1964
1965-1967
1968-1971
1972-1974
1975-1976
1977-1980
1981-1982
1983-1985
1986-1987
re: Bard College 1987
1988-1989
1990-1992
re: de Young reunion and symposium 1990-1992
1993
1994-1995
1996
1997-1998
1999
2000-2001
2002-2004
2005-2013
13.2 Mary Emma Harris
correspondence
13.3 Asawa-Lanier art loans, etc.
13.4 BMC Museum and Arts Center
correspondence 1992-2013
13.5 Asheville Art Museum
13.7 1987 Bard College exhibition/symposium 1987
13.8 Tampa Museum of Art exhibition 1991
13.9 1992 de Young reunion
planning 1990-1991
fundraising and budget
SFSU course credit
documentation (videographer, etc.)
logistics
Merce Cunningham Foundation
list of slides for presentation
research notes
lists, addresses
speaker correspondence and biographies
flier, program, drafts
flier distribution
media
attendee addresses for distribution
group photo identification
transcript and video distribution, with release forms
questionaires A-Z
regrets
statements
statements and transcripts (as distributed)
de Young Reunion guest book, March 6-8, 1992 (oversize) 1992-03
13.10 1992 de Young reunion A/V
"Return to Black Mountain" by Aiko Cuneo and Sally Young 1992-03
BM Reunion at the De Young and the Legion of Honor. Tape 1/ Tape 2 1992-03
BMC. Camerini Inc. Manvel Schauffler Interview at Ruth Asawa's House #1 ; Schauffler & Bonge. Ruth Asawa's House #2 ; Bonge Interview to 5 min. 20 sec. Party Shots. Ruth Asawa's House #3 ; Oberlander & Various Outtakes. Party Shots, Group Picture. Ruth Asawa's House. CH1 transmitted; CH2 on wire #4 ; Ruth Asawa's House. Group Picture, Conversation Bites #5 ; Mervin Lane, Ruth Asawa's House #6 ; Mervin Lane interview Cont'd. Ruth Asawa interview. Ruth Asawa's House #7 ; Ruth Asawa interview cont'd. Ruth Asawa Home #8 1992-03-08
BMC Reunion 3/6-8/1992. Master I-V 1992-03
Elaine, Rupert, Schmitt Family 3/92 ; Elizabeth Jennerjohn, Larry Fox 1992-03
BMC Reunion. Lou Harrison, Legion of Honor 1992-03-07
13.11 1993 reunion honoring Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight 1993
13.12 1995 reunion
Lanier and Asawa, "Summer of 48" draft of book chapter with edits undated
Lanier and Asawa interview for Duberman book 1968-06-28
Lanier, Asawa, Outtens interviews by Mary Emma Harris 1971
Ted Drier interview 1972
Asawa College of Arts and Crafts lecture 1973
Asawa statement 1978-07
Asawa public television 1989
Asawa interview by Mary Emma Harris 1998-02-17
Asawa interview by Aiko Cuneo re: BMC art 2003-12-05
Harris and Cuneo working notes for BMC portion of "Contours" book/exhibition
13.14 miscellaneous publications (exhibitions, symposia, etc.)
13.15 BMC articles
13.16 new Black Mountain College 1989-1991
13.17 Jonathan Williams, Jargon Society 1991-1992
13.18 photocopies
Mary Parks Washington – Albers class notes 1946
Elaine Schmitt correspondence home 1945-1946
photographs from Clemens Kalischer ; song lyrics
13.19 photographs
copy of 1995 letter from Renee Siegel Collins with new print of Eisenrath photo and 3 slides
copy of 2009 Ted Dreier Jr. letter with photocopy of Ruth and Albert photograph (now in NC State Archive)
BMC Reunion Bard College 1987
BMC Reunion at Black Mountain 1995
landscape photos 2000, 2011
14.1 California Arts Council 1973-2003
1973-1975
Artists-In-Communities grant applications for review 1975
1976
CAC report 1976
Artists-in-the-Schools 1976
Alternatives in Education grant program
1977
1978
legislation 1978
budget proposal FY 1978-1979
1979-1981
1982-2003
logo design 1976
14.2 CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) 1970-1982
1970-1975
1976-1982
14.3 Commission for the Reform of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RISE Report) 1975
14.4 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
1991-1995
1996-1997
de Young articles 1997-1998
1998
Children's Campaign for the New de Young Museum (Tower Piggybanks) 1999-2000
2000-2004
2005
2006
2007-2011
photographs
14.5 National Crafts Planning Project 1980-1984
1980
1981-01
1981-02
March-July 1981, 1983-1984
National Crafts Planning Board 1982-1984
14.6 NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) 1972-1995
1972-1974
1975
1976
Alternatives in Education (AIE) Task Force 1976
1977
Puppet Grant 1977
1978
Task Force on Education, Training and Development of Professional Artists and Art Educators of the National Council of the Arts, Subcommittee on Art Education 1977-1978
AIS Panel Policy Meeting 1978
1979-1995
14.7 The New Older Woman, Esalen Institute 1991
correspondence, notes, etc.
photographs
original sketches 1991
correspondence 1977
correspondence 1978
Asawa writing
report
articles, white papers, other reference sources
14.9 San Francisco Art Commission 1960-2013
undated
1960-1967
January-May 1968
June-December 1968
Neighborhood Arts Program 1968
Vaillancourt fountain articles
1969
1970
Neighborhood Arts Program 1970
1971-1972
neighborhood proposals
miscellaneous unfiled
1973
1974
BART Art Council 1973-1974
1975-1982
1985-1986
Presidio Arts Concept Plan 1994-1995
1994-2013
Neighborhoods Arts Program printed fliers for Galeria De La Raza and SF Black Writers Workshop
14.10 San Francisco Symphony Association Community Advisory Board, Symphony-in-Schools Program 1970
14.11 SCRAP 1976-2010
undated
1976-1979
1980-1989
1990-1993
1994
1995
1996
1997-1999
2000-2010
Board rosters
DM, Treasurer's Reports
bookkeeping
IRS, legal documents
Children's Book Project, Vicki Pollack
miscellaneous reference publications
photographs, SCRAP workshops (Alvarado)
photographs, SCRAP workshops
14.12 committee and event documentation
photographs
Series 15. Activism and Advocacy 1957-2012
15.1 chronological files
1957, 1964
1967
1968
1969-1970
1971-1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978-1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
Diego Rivera "Pan American Unity" mural at City College 1989-1993
1990
Goddess of Democracy 1989-1993
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Committee to Retain the Piazzoni Murals 1997-1999
1997
1998
1999
2000-2002
2003-2008
15.2 Artists Equity Association, Incorporated, Northern California Chapter 1974-1992
15.4 Exploratorium 1975-1995
15.5 Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center
15.6 SLUG (SF League of Urban Gardeners)/Gardening/CETA Bicentennial 1974-2004
15.8 oversize
political posters [mostly election campaigns]
First Annual Artists' Soapbox Derby poster [Asawa designed a trophy] 1974
15.8 A/V
Honoring The Past, Celebrating The Future. Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program. Aureus Media 2003
Series 16. Fellowships and Grants
Guggenheim application 1952
Guggenheim application 1955
Guggenheim application (no portfolio) 1956
correspondence re: Guggenheim, Graham Foundation 1957-1958
Guggenheim application 1959
Guggenheim application 1971-1972
National Endowment for the Arts
Guggenheim application 1987
Guggenheim application 1994
Civil Liberties Public Education Fund 1996
grant correspondence 1998-2001
Series 17. Awards and Honors 1960-2013
1960-1974
1975-1983
Ruth Asawa Day 1982
Ruth Asawa Day photographs 1982
1984-1989
1990-1992
1993
1994-1996
1997
1998
1999-2000
2001-2013
trophies, plaques, medals, etc.
photographs
Series 18. Correspondence, Personal
1950-1960
1961-1964
1965-1966
1967
1968-1969
1970-1972
1973-1974
1975-1976
1977-1980
1981-1983
1984-1985
1986
1987-1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994-1995
1996-1997
1998-2000
2001-2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
correspondence with enclosed photographs
Series 19. Calendars, Planners, Notebooks, etc. 1956-2002
address books
1956, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1969
undated early 70s, 1971, 1973
1974
1975
1976
1976-1977
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1986-1987
1987-1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993-1994
1995
1996
1997
1998-2002
oversize wall calendars [unfoldered]
Series 20. Clipping Files, Bibliography
undated, 1948-1964
1965-1972
1973-1974
1975-1981
1982-1986
1987-1993
1994-1996
1997-2002
2003-2007
2008-2014
oversize
biographies, CV/resumes, etc.
portfolio binder circa 1986
portfolio circa 1986
portrait for biographies by Allen Nomura 1986
bound photocopies of articles circa 1990
22.1 Norwalk
Norwalk history books (2)
Norwalk School 1939
Excelsior High School 1939-1996
Excelsior school newspapers 1939-1941
Excelsior Reunion [audio] 1993-09-19
yearbooks 1945
bank book
etching from 4th year class 1945
22.3 University of Mexico, Mexico City
application for Spring 1946 [photocopy] 1945-10-02
application for 1946 Summer Art Institute [photocopy] 1946
application for Fall 1946 [photocopy] 1946-07
scholarships [originals and copies]
grades/evaluations [photocopies] 1946-1949
correspondence - Asawa and college administration [photocopy] 1944-1948
transcript [originals and copies] 1951
22.5 Black Mountain College class notes
Albers (etc.) class notes undated
Albers class notes July-August 1946
Jean Varda design class notes July-August 1946
M.C. Richards class notes September-October 1946
Albers class notes Spring 1947
Schlesinger music class notes Spring 1947
Schlesinger music class notes Spring 1948
Albers class notes 1948-1949
Black Mountain College note pages used in the 2006 Asawa Retrospective at de Young Museum
"Sonata Sketch" (from music class) [1946]
"White Words" [1946]
"Meaning of Form, Mirror Drawing" (Albers design class, Summer Institute 1946) 1946-07-03
"F and Meander" [design class, Summer Institute 1946) 1946-07-16
"Greeks - Romans" (design class, Summer Institute 1946) 1946-07-16
"Proportional 1-2-3-4" (design class, Summer Institute 1946) 1946-07-31
"Art is Order" (Albers design class, Summer Institute 1946) 1946-08-07
"E's Loops" [1948]
"Figure Background" (Albers design class, Spring 1948) 1948-05-05
22.6 SF State
Series 23. Japanese American Internment
Subjects and Indexing Terms
23.1 Santa Anita Assembly Center
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol.1 No.3 April 28, 1942 1942
miscellaneous photocopied photographs
23.2 Rohwer Relocation Center
miscellaneous photocopied photographs
Selected Photos, Evacuation and Internment of Japanese/Americans from West Coast : Stockton Assembly Center and Santa Anita Assembly Center to Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas, 1942-1945. [On cover: War Relocation Authority, Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas 1942-1945] [Los Angeles]: TecCom Productions, 1989
George Akimoto, "Lil' Dan'l: One Year in a Relocation Center" 1989
Leisure Time Program Groups, Summer 1943
Delta Round-Up yearbook Spring 1943
First Rohwer Reunion 1990
Rohwer Reunion III 2001-10
23.4 conferences, exhibitions, other events 1976-2010
23.5 Day of Remembrance Curriculum Committee 1990-1991
23.6 correspondence
undated, 1975-1990
1991-1994
1995-2013
23.7 A/V
Ruth Asawa Interview on Japanese American Internment Camps During World War II. Granby High School [Norfolk, Virginia] 9th Grade World History, History Day Project [audio] 1998-03-16
23.9 reference material, publications
Nikkei Heritage (NJAHS) 1991-1996
National Council for Japanese American Redress newsletter 1987-1989
Japanese American National Museum Quarterly 1989-1996
articles 1969-1988
articles 1989-1991
articles 1992
articles 1993-1997
articles 1998-2012
unpublished writing
Albert Lanier
lupus get well soon cards
25.1 interviews, news profiles, etc.
Ruth Asawa and Clark Mitze Interviews w/Christian Lauritzen courtesy KORV Radio 1976
Ruth 1980s
Asawa #1, #2. Interview By Wendy Garfield 1980-07-07
Ruth Asawa Interview AE [Artists Equity] - Carolyn Marks and Chiori Santiago 1985-02
Ruth Asawa on Internment 1990
CBS Sunday Morning Ruth Asawa "Changed By Art." FP-94-7952 1994-07-31
Internment Interview by Joanne Iritani for the Florin JACL 2000-04-07
Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier Re: Valerie Harper [TK Zung interviews] 2002
Asawa Symposium at de Young. D. Cornell, M. Johnson, V. Matsumoto, Lenore Chin 2007-01-06
25.2 de Young book interviews by Aiko Cuneo and Addie Lanier 2003-2004
BMC & Ruth (after BMC State College) #13. 4 ; Ruth BMC ends with #31. 3 2003
Aiko Cuneo interviews Ruth Asawa for de Young book (Transcribed). Early Inspirations - Woven Wire - Tied Wire - Electroplating - Cast Pieces 2003
Addie Lanier interviews Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier in prep for De Young Book. Fact-checking 2004-07-20
Albert's Stories 9/18/03 & 12/26/03 ; 11-24-03 Ruth- BMC, Bucky Ring, Coming to CA. Transcribed 2003
Addie Lanier interviews Ruth Asawa's longtime friend Mae Lum Lee in prep for de Young Book 2004-07-19
Addie Lanier interviews Ruth Asawa's longtime friend Merry Renk in prep for de Young Book 2004-06-17
25.3 slide presentations
Alvarado School-Community Arts Program [carousel] 1970s
Oakland Museum [carousel with narrative] 2002-07-14
25.4 photographs of house, studio, carved doors, garden
prints
slides
snapshots
oversize
City Planning Commission hearing re: Cuneo house expansion [audio] 1991-05-06
25.5 miscellaneous photos and slides
duplicate slides [four metal cases]
overexposed negatives of Ruth and Albert
Education 1969-2002
Arts Education 1968-2005
Art 1965-2006
People to Draw
People
Health, Lupus
Miscellaneous
Series 27. Addenda
Accession 2007-208
Bank statements and other financial documents 1951-1964
Ink sketch of Peanuts characters (Linus van Pelt and Schroeder)
Accession 2020-158
Photocopies of Ray Johnson paintings and moticos owned by Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier
Accession 2020-196
Ruth Asawa USPS Forever stamps
USPS first day of issue envelopes with stamps 2020
Accession 2020-324
Condolence pages from Ruth Asawa's memorial 2013
Condolence pages from Ruth Asawa's memorial 2013
Wall calendar with notes 1964
Contours publication with Laurence and Hudson Cueno photographs
Rolodexes
Correspondence 2002
Correspondence about projects 1974-2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Metropolitan Museum as an educational institution - a study with recommendations 1970
Fiberworks 1980-1982
Correspondence and documents regarding finances 1968-1983
Alvarado School art workshop 1970-1971
Photographs of Ruth Asawa, Christopher Lane and students from the School of the Arts 1980s
Interviews by Sally Woodbridge, Elizabeth Meyer and Sharon Savage 1997-1998
Magazine and newspaper clippings 1988-2017
Art in America May 2007
Northern California home & garden February 1993
Aiko Cuneo exhibition at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel 2016
Wright catalog: Ruth Asawa - Art + design, Lot 114 September 24, 2015
Crafting a collection: Full Craft Museum recent acquisitions 2014-2015
San Francisco: art for the city, San Francisco Arts Commission 2013
Harvard design magazine: Family planning, No. 41 - F/W 2015
Artists, poets and visionaries of the S.S. Vallejo: 1949-1969 2018
Juxtapoz, No. 207, Fall 2018
LACMA Insider, Vol. 12, Issue 2/3 2018
David Zwirner: art/Basel 2017
David Zwirner: Art/Basel 2018
David Zwirner: Art/Basel 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions: Modern art & design June 10, 2018
Selected photos, evacuation of Japanese from Pacific Coast : Wartime Civil Control Administration, San Francisco, California, 1942 1987
War Relocation Authority, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Cody, Wyoming : 1942-1945 1990
Designing San Francisco: Art, land, and urban renewal in the city by the Bay 2017
Broad strokes: 15 women who mad art and made history (in that order) 2017
Buckminster Fuller: anthology for the millenium 2001
Fog design + art January 16-19, 2020
Our de Young
A book of faces - created by students from the Alvarado Summer Workshop July 1981
University of California Clinics Building Mural by students of the Creative Arts Summer School at Lincoln High School, San Francisco 1976
The Ivy Annual, Milwaukee State Teachers College 1945
MoMA appointment calendar: botanicals 2017
Remembering Black Mountain College, Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center 1996
Between form and content: perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College, Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center 2019
Great American artists - for kids 2008
2600 Japan international exposition 1940
Christie's catalog: Post-war and contemporary art morning session, New York November 14, 2019
Christie's catalog: The loaded brush, Hong Kong November 23, 2016
Christie's catalog: contemporary Japanese art from the Estate of Blanchette H. Rockefeller, New York April 27, 1994
Rago: post-war and contemporary art featuring the Vermillion Editions Limited Collection November 16, 2013
Counterpoint: sculpture, music and Walter de Maria's Large Rod Series 2016
North Carolina Literary Review: the Black Mountain College issue, Vol. II, No. 2 1995
University of California Press Fall 2006
California gold, Tobey C. Moss Gallery 2005
25th anniversary celebration of Bethany Center - program October 15, 1994
Food for art's sake: favorite recipes from San Francisco's School of the Arts 1996
16th annual San Francisco open studios 1991
The fourth r: art and the needs of children and youth. Jan Rindfleisch and Patricia Albers 1992
Drawing from experience: artists over fifty. Jan Rindfleisch with Patricia Albers 1990
Beyond weaving. Marcia Chamberlain and Candace Crockett 1974
The Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park. Elizabeth McClintock 1977
C magazine December, 2007
Modern photography June, 1972
Nikkei heritage - National Japanese American Historical Society, Vol. IX, Number 1 Winter 2002
Trips, No. 1, Spring 1988
Art ltd. - West coast art and design March, 2007
Great nature: the transcendent landscapes of Chiura Obata, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum 2000
California studio craft - featuring works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection, San Francisco International Airport 2020
Paper passion, Tobey C. Mors Gallery 2003
Gail Ceramics catalog 1972
Ruth Asawa: completing the circle - council of 100 distinguished woman artist for 2001, Fresno Art Museum/Oakland Museum of California 2001-2002
American craft, Apr/May 2007
The New Fillmore October 2016
Marguerite Wildenhain: bauhaus to pond farm, Sonoma County Museum 2007
Fine arts 2007-2016
Bulletin, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2007
Kinfolk, issue 22 2016
360° views on the collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2016
Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center 2008-2020
Cultural windows: the art of Ruth Asawa, Ynez Johnson, Betye Saar, Art Gallery, Los Angeles Valley College 2010
Songs of the earth - landscapes by Jack Stuppin, San Jose Museum of Art 2009
Life? Biomorphic forms in sculpture, Kunsthaus Graz 2009
Bonhams & Butterfields - Made in California November 19, 2007
ARTScene, Vol. 22, No. 9 May 2003
Patek Philippe, Vol. 11, No. 11 2008
Dwell, July/August 2007
Art in America 2009
Art in America 2007
ARTnews 2007
Women's art journal 2008
Architectural digest 2011
Elle 2008
Cheers to muse: contemporary works by Asian American women 2007
Clippings
"Ruth Asawa" internet search results (partial sampling) February 23, 2004
Ruth Asawa interview transcript
Architectural digest 2015-2016
W magazine 2016
American craft 2015
Wall Street Journal - "Return to Black Mountain College" October 6, 2015
Stitch in time, Kalmanovitz Gallery, University of California San Francisco 2007
Fine arts 2016
Blouin art and auction 2016
Passport 2015, San Francisco Arts Commission
Ruth Asawa: line by line, Christie's Private Sales 2015
Hammer, Winter/Spring 2016
The New York Times Style Magazine August 18, 2019
San Francisco Examiner Image May 29, 1988
Interiors January 1951
Frieze May 2018
Member magazine, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2020
David Zwirner books Fall 2018
Ruth's table: annual report, Bethany Center 2015
Ruth Asawa exhibits 2018-2019
Correspondence 1956-2019
Photograph of Lois Peterson Perez
Wall Street Journal Magazine October 2015
Clippings 2015-2019
Clippings 1964, 1996-2020
Estudiantes de una gran clase/Students from a great class 2001
Botanicals - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art desk calendar 2018
Fine arts, fall/winter 2005-2006
Architectural digest cover and flyer for an event at the de Young Museum
Coming to our senses: the significance of the arts for American education 1977
The sculptures of Ruth Asawa: contours in the air 2020
Ruth Asawa: life's work 2019
Tamarind touchstones: fabulous at fifty. Marjorie Devon 2010
Words to live by: 50 inspiring quotes by 50 inspiring women 2019
Christie's New York. November 2010 Bulletin
Christie's New York. Post-war and contemporary art, morning session November 11, 2010
Christie's New York. Post-war and contemporary art, day sales November 9, 2011
Christie's New York. Post-war and contemporary art, day sales, session II November 9, 2011
Christie's New York. Open house: post-war and contemporary art July 16, 2012
Ruth Asawa: objects and apparitions. Christie's private sales 2013
Christie's New York. Post-war and contemporary art, evening sale May 15, 2013
Christie's New York. Post-war and contemporary art, evening sale May 15, 2013
Christie's New York. Post-war and contemporary art, morning session November 13, 2014
Ruth Asawa, David Zwirner Books 2017
Nora Eccles Museum of Art acquisition of S. 304 (woven wire sculpture) 2004
Oakland Museum of California 2003-2004
Smithsonian Archives of American Art 2004
Aiko Cuneo's working binder for 2006 Contours in the air exhibit at the de Young Museum (1 of 3)
Aiko Cuneo's working binder for 2006 Contours in the air exhibit at the de Young Museum (2 of 3)
Aiko Cuneo's working binder for 2006 Contours in the air exhibit at the de Young Museum (3 of 3)
Contours in the air condition reports
Contours in the air exhibit binder
Adam Lanier's poem and letter from teacher 1962
St. Gabriel School letters to Ruth Asawa 1996
San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, California Living March 23, 1969
Ladies Home Journal June 1964
Luxury, The Telegraph February 15, 2020
Artforum magazine March 1967
Metropolis, July/August 1994
Stanford University Libraries and academic information resources - 2006-2007 report
Posters 1967-2010
Hoefer Scientific Instruments calendar 1976
Ruth's quilt pattern from a 3rd grade class
Printout of masks
Photograph of Black Mountain College reunion with list of attendees October 28, 1995
Poster for Asawa Graphics, Van Dozen Gallery
TGIF (Thank God its Friday), Graduate School of Architecture, University of Utah 1981
Christmas tradition poster
Poster for the 4th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration May 17, 2008
poster for: Event of the year, NDI, San Francisco Unified School District, School of the Arts 1986
Poster for The eloquent object 1988-1989