Guide to the Carolee Schneemann Papers M1892
Franz Kunst
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2016 ; revised 2024
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Carolee Schneemann papers
Creator:
Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-2019
Identifier/Call Number: M1892
Identifier/Call Number: 17361
Physical Description:
128.2 Linear Feet
(245 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1954-2015
Abstract: The papers of Carolee Schneemann chronicle in detail her work as an artist, film maker, writer, art historian, feminist, and
teacher.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to
a digital use copy.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
A portion of this collection was purchased by Stanford University Libraries in 2012; the remainder was a gift.
Scope and Contents
Artist Carolee Schneemann was born October 12, 1939 in rural Pennsylvania. Her art, which primarily involves performance,
film, painting, and installation, has largely focused on sexuality, gender, and the body, and she is considered part of the
first generation of explicitly feminist artists.
Schneemann's work emerged from the 1950s-60s avant-garde surrounding Fluxus, Judson Hall and New York's dance, poetry, new
music and happening scenes, but it quickly staked out a distinct territory of its own. Schneemann has stated that she considers
what she does as an extension of painting, only freed from the canvas. Using her body as a collage element, she explores themes
including physicality, dimensionality, and kinetics. Among the works most central to the establishment of her reputation for
the uncompromising and iconoclastic are the following three:
Meat Joy (1964) is a performance involving eight partially clothed figures moving in materials including wet paint, sausage, raw fish
and chicken, and scraps of paper. It was first performed in Europe and was later filmed and photographed as performed by Schneemann's
Kinetic Theater group at Judson Memorial Church.
Fuses (1964-1967) was Schneemann's exploration of heterosexual sex from a female perspective, using footage of her lovemaking with
partner James Tenney which was then treated and edited in various ways, superimposing natural scenes and painting in a collage-like
effect.
Interior Scroll (1975) was first performed in East Hampton, New York and Colorado's Telluride, and featured Schneemann solo, first striking
various figure modeling "action poses," then reading from her book
Cézanne, She Was a Great Painter, and finally drawing forth from her vagina a three-foot scroll from which she read aloud.
Although these works have been invoked, recalled, and reinterpreted many times by Schneemann since their creation, this collection
focuses more on her later projects. Her own writing and notes dominate, but there is a significant amount of correspondence,
including printed and annotated email exchanges. One main series is devoted to project files, which begin around 1990. These
have not been physically arranged, and in most cases folder titles were transcribed directly from the original. Printed material
about Schneemann includes exhibit and event publicity as well as reviews and criticism. Of the many photographs and slides,
most document her art and its evolution, as do the audiovisual media. There are also lecture and workshop notes, scrapbooks,
research files, and book preparation material, especially for
Correspondence Course, An Epistolary History of Carolee Schneemann and Her Circle edited by Kristine Stiles. There is even a small number of costume/environments as used in her performances.
Various control numbers assigned to the series and files prior to receipt by Stanford are included in this guide, as are original
titles when present (these are capitalized).
After battling breast cancer for many years, Carolee Schneemann passed away on March 6, 2019.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Carolee Schneemann papers (M1892). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Related Materials
The Getty Research Institute also holds a significant archive of Schneemann material, mostly devoted to her earlier years:
http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/950001/950001.xml
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art, Modern
Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-2019
Series 1. Project files
1990-2008
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
The Project files series consists of Schneemann's day-to-day correspondence concerning various projects in the 1990s and 2000s.
These projects include exhibitions, performances, lectures, publishing, teaching and workshops, film screenings, and other
endeavors. Although the majority is correspondence (annotated by CS, especially with printed email), there are also notes
(including concepts and ideas for art), reviews, interviews, contracts, itineraries, and drafts of programs and catalogs.
Most of the communication is with curators and gallery staff, her assistants, other artists/collaborators, students, academics,
journalists, and friends, and involves negotiation, logistics, and other planning. There is no over all chronological order
to the series, but the original order per box has been retained. Folder titles and contents were also kept intact, with some
names normalized. Many folders have other unrelated material, and some titles may not represent contents or date ranges.
Box 36, folder 7
Bruce McPherson - Jamie Gordon
Box 36, folder 8
Robert Kelly Celebration Anthology
2011-05
Box 37, folder 2
WCA [Women's Caucus for Art]
2011-02
Box 38, folder 3
Feminisms & Its Discontents
2002
Box 38, folder 9
RISD Crisis Response show
Box 38, folder 12
Grant applications
1995-1996
Box 42, folder 2-4
Miroslav Rogala ICS, Instructions Per Second
Box 45, folder 1
By C.S. [New York memories etc.]
Box 45, folder 3
Section II [chapter typescript]
Box 46, folder 4
WACBIZ/Suzanne Hilleary (Writers & Artists Cooperative)
Box 46, folder 6
Texts - Reference [some by CS]
Box 46, folder 10
misc. exhibit material
2006
Box 47, folder 2
Agreements - Permissions Long term
Box 47, folder 5
Marielle Nitoslawska/Brakhage screening permission
2004-2005
Box 48, folder 6
Recommendations/CS appointments
Box 49, folder 7
Buffalo CEPA - MOCCA/Ontario etc.
2007
Box 49, folder 8-9
CEPA catalog mockups "Split Decision"
Box 50, folder 3
Denver Film Festival
2008
Box 50, folder 5
Pierre Menaud gallery
2007-10
Box 50, folder 7
WACK: Art and the Feminist Revolution MOCA
2007-2008
Box 50, folder 10
misc. correspondence etc.
2007-2008
Box 51, folder 3
MOCA Hall of Mirrors [reviews]
Box 51, folder 4
Body As Membrane Denmark/Finland
1996
Box 51, folder 6
Canada/Western Front/Pacific Cinematique/UBC
1995
Box 51, folder 8
Michelle Rhodes masters thesis "Performance Art As Therapy Practice"
Box 62, folder 5
Rosanna Chiessi/Kent State
1990
Box 62, folder 12
Pace Roberts Foundation
1994
Box 64, folder 9
Al Hansen - Kolinisches Stat Museum
1996
Box 65, folder 4
Banff Centre for the Arts
1997
Box 66, folder 3
Carolyn Eyler/University of Southern Maine
1998
Box 66, folder 8
Linda Weintraub - Roberto Edwards, ArtCORPUS
1998
Box 66, folder 10
Kip Stroud/Arcadia Summer Art Program
1998
Box 66, folder 11
Pollack-Krasner Foundation
1997-1998
Box 67, folder 5
Pori Art Museum, Finland
1998
Box 67, folder 14
Washington University
1999
Box 68, folder 4
College Art Association Conference
2000
Box 68, folder 11
Musee de L'Elysee Lausanne
2000
Box 69, folder 6
Calendar 2000 Project
2000
Box 69, folder 7
Nelson Atkins Museum
2000
Box 69, folder 9
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
2001
Box 69, folder 11
Robert Lehrman re: Cornell
2001
Box 70, folder 1
Svetlana Mintcheva, PhD
2001
Box 70, folder 9
Cokkie Snoe Galerie Delta
2001
Box 70, folder 11
Minneapolis CAD & Art Omi
2002
Box 70, folder 12
Joanna Nathan Welles "Of Wounded Birds"
2002
Box 70, folder 13
American Academy of Arts & Letters
2002
Box 71, folder 3
Whitechapel Art Gallery
2002
Box 71, folder 4
Darice Alexander/Baltimore Museum of Art
2002
Box 71, folder 5
Guild Hall Women's Art Movement
2002
Box 71, folder 8
Three sisters (Smith, Mt. Holyoke) and Harvard
2003
Box 71, folder 10
One folder (CUNY, DIA Event, Elga, LA High Performance, "Gloria" Philly, ACF, Dorsky)
2003
Box 72, folder 1
Cal Arts [honorary degree]
2003
Box 72, folder 3
John Natsoulas Gallery/Beat Generation & Beyond
2003
Box 72, folder 4
Library of Maps - Moira Roth
2003
Box 72, folder 5
Jean Touche/Jersey City Museum/Mance Research/USC/From Far Away Poems
2003
Box 72, folder 8
9 Women In The Same Coat, Briggs Robinson Gallery, Projects
2002-2003
Box 73, folder 13
Heide Hatry & John Wronoski
2006-2011
Box 74, folder 1
Angry Women, etc. [annotated drafts of writing re: CS]
2006-2011
Box 74, folder 2
Of Interest/Underway
2008-2011
Box 74, folder 3
Art Institute of Chicago
2008
Box 90, folder 2
Projects Canada - Where Are You
2006
Box 90, folder 6
Underway - Went
2006-2008
Box 90, folder 7
Whitechapel notebook
2002
Box 92, folder 9
Alice Maude-Roxby
2006-2007
Box 93, folder 1
Galleries/Collectors correspondence
1994-1995
Box 93, folder 2
Due/overdue/done
1999-2000
Box 93, folder 3
Completed - due to me
2001
Box 93, folder 4
Publications/due to me
1990s
Box 93, folder 5
Due/overdue/done
1993-1994
Box 93, folder 9
No longer due to me
2002-2003
Box 94, folder 1
No longer due to me
1997-1999
Box 105, folder 1
CS interviews [photocopies from published sources]
Box 105, folder 2
Kristine has [correspondence]
Box 105, folder 10
Interview With Edwin Denby
Box 105, folder 11
Lisa Cheng Gallagher - Joseph Cornell
Box 106, folder 3
Rebecca Schneider dissertation
Box 107, folder 1
Photos - More Wrong Things
2001
Box 108, folder 1
Alex Juhasz Publishing
1994-1996
Box 108, folder 2
Publications [permissions, submission requests, etc.]
1990s
Box 108, folder 3
Release Forms - Maria Beatty & Annie Sprinkle
Box 108, folder 7
Ann Daly interview & article
1996-1997
Box 109, folder 9-10
Stiles/D.C. correspondence
1980-1994
Series 2. Project binders
Scope and Contents
The Project binder series consists of material (photographs, slides, negatives, notes, etc.) originally in numbered three-ring
binders used by Schneemann in her creative work. Most binders covered a single project, although material was frequently re-used
and there are both originals and copies present. Not all binder numbers (B/N#) were used and some were assigned temporarily.
The numerical sequence is mostly alphabetical by project name. B/N #94 represents scrapbooks (aka Life Books) which are described
in a different series.
Box 1, folder 1
Proto Feminist Body reproductions [B/N #2]
Box 1, folder 2-6
Transparencies from Wooden Box (B/N #4]
1950s-1970s
Scope and Contents
More than 500 color and black and white negatives and slides of various sizes (8mm, 35mm, etc), numbered from #1-102 and arranged
chronologically. This material includes travel shots and portraits as well as images of artworks.
Box 1, folder 7
ABC- We Print Anything - In The Cards [B/N #5]
1977
Scope and Contents
Images and ephemera concerning the ABC exhibition, including negatives, contact sheets, and slides.
Box 1, folder 8-9
ABC- We Print Anything - In The Cards [B/N #6]
1977
Scope and Contents
About 50 black and white photographs of various sizes, approx. 50 color transparencies, some clippings and notes.
Box 2, folder 1
Affinity/Influence [B/N #7]
1995
Scope and Contents
Clippings and reviews about women artists, correspondence with Danielle Leventhal, Joanna Jones.
Box 2, folder 2
Aggression for Couples [B/N #8]
1971
Scope and Contents
One-page typescript with minor holograph corrections, approximately six contact sheets with accompanying negatives.
Box 2, folder 3
Al Hansen Slides and Notes [B/N #9]
1995
Scope and Contents
Contains 24 color slides, programs of a memorial concert, biography, clippings, sympathy letters, catalogue preparatory material,
correspondence with Heike Lukrafka. Plus color images of CS & friends; b&w photo; 4x5 negative; b&w xeroxes; 2 Hersey candy
bar wrappers.
Box 2, folder 4
Animal. Anima. Animus [B/N #10]
1998-1999
Scope and Contents
Color slides documenting the exhibition, approximately 25 photographs, and various ephemera, plus 3x5 color negatives of "Infinity
Kisses" photogrid.
Box 2, folder 5-6
Basic Lecture [B/N #11]
1998-1999
Scope and Contents
Notes for lectures and readings, approximately 450 as well as over 600 misc. color slides of artist's own work as well as
other art works for study and teaching.
Box 3, folder 1
Body Collage [B/N #13]
1968
Scope and Contents
Approximately 35 contact sheets with accompanying negative strips, and photographs of the performance.
Box 3, folder 2
Exhibitions [B/N #14]
2000
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of fliers and press releases and booklets mentioning and showcasing Carolee's work.
Box 3, folder 3
Exhibitions [B/N #15]
2000
Scope and Contents
Color slides, reproductions of fliers and press releases, and brief descriptions of installation pieces.
Box 3, folder 4
Selected Film & Video Works [B/N #17]
Scope and Contents
Brief descriptions of Carolee's films.
Box 3, folder 5-6
Cat Scan [B/N #18]
1988
Scope and Contents
Artist's statement, review, black and white negatives, black and white and contact contact sheets, color slides, over 90
color and black and white photographs of various sizes. Photographed by Plauto.
Box 4, folder 1
Cat Scan [B/N #19]
1987
Scope and Contents
About 60 color and black and white photographs of various sizes, about 9 black and white transparencies, contact sheets, 5
strips of 35 mm black and white negatives, color slides with cat images and personal.
Box 4, folder 2
Cat Torture in the Liquid Gate [B/N #20]
1989
Scope and Contents
Performance notes, about 10 color photographs, and color slides.
Box 4, folder 3
Chicago Notebook [B/N #21]
1980
Scope and Contents
Blue spiral-bound quarto with holograph notes regarding the Dirty Pictures exhibition, some typescript additions laid-in.
Box 4, folder 4
Chromelodeon (4th Concretion) [B/N #22]
1963-06
Scope and Contents
Paper clippings, 6 black and white photographs (8" x 10"), 4 color photographs (7" x 5"), contact sheets, 35 color slides.
Photos by Chuck Rothenberg.
Box 4, folder 5
Train, Plane, City Landscape [B/N #23]
Scope and Contents
49 slides labeled "Train, Plane, City Landscape," removed from carousel.
Box 4, folder 6
Clouds [B/N #24]
Scope and Contents
About 40 slides labeled "Clouds," removed from carousel.
Box 4, folder 7
Collectors Editions [B/N #26]
late 1980s
Scope and Contents
Carolee's correspondence with Francesco Conz, Alison Knowles, inventory sheets signed by Carolee for loans.
Box 5, folder 1
Cooking with Apes [B/N #28]
1973
Scope and Contents
Approximately 20 pages of typescript with extensive holograph corrections, including the text of the American I Ching Apple
Pie. Includes approximately 25 images, contact sheets and negative strips, 4x5 negative, articles, ephemera.
Box 5, folder 2-3
Cycladic Imprints [B/N #29]
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art regarding the multimedia installation as well as press release, about
20 color and black and white negatives, contact sheets, about 5 transparencies, over 70 black and white photographs and color
slides.
Box 5, folder 4
Cycladic Imprints [B/N #30]
1988-1992
Scope and Contents
Sketches for Cycladic Imprints installation, contact sheets, black and white negatives, strips of 35 mm black and white negatives,
5 strips of 35 mm color negatives, 14 color photographs, 31 color negatives, 40 black and white photographs, watercolor sketches
for the installation, letter to Elliot Elgart of UCLA Art Department, copies of notes and performance instructions, clippings,
31 slides, original drawings.
Box 5, folder 5
Cycladic Slides [B/N #31]
1992
Scope and Contents
180 numbered slides (160 numbered; 20 Cincinnati installation). These are duplicates of slide trays MISC #6-7.
Box 6, folder 1
Dirty Pictures [B/N #32]
Scope and Contents
Performance notes and sketches.
Box 6, folder 2-3
Dirty Pictures [B/N #33]
Scope and Contents
Typescript notes for the exhibition/workshop, with minor holograph corrections and revisions. More than 100 photographs, of
various sizes, approximately two hundred slides, contact sheets, negative strips, various ephemera. Some contact sheets removed
to oversize folder.
Box 140, folder 10
Dirty Pictures contact sheets [B/N #33]
Box 6, folder 4
Dirty Pictures Formative Dirty Pictures [B/N #34]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 200 pages of typescript with extensive holograph revisions and drawings. Approximately 100 pages of typescript
and holograph notes on the rehearsal for the performance. Also includes approximately five 8 1/2" x 11" photographs, and 20
numbered slides, original drawings, fliers
Box 6, folder 5
Double Trouble [B/N #35]
2000
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, over 30 color negatives, about 90 color slides, and about 40 color photographs.
Box 7, folder 1
Drawings and Peformances [B/N #36]
1960s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Over 40 annotated sketches and watercolors diagraming performances and stage sets including Apple I-Ching Pie and Water Light/Water
Needle.
Box 7, folder 2
Dream Space Object [B/N #37]
1980s
Scope and Contents
Lecture material, 1 color photograph and 20 color slides.
Box 7, folder 3
Early Work and Portraits of Carolee from various periods [B/N #38]
Scope and Contents
Over 20 strips of black and white negatives and contact sheets.
Box 7, folder 4-5
Exhibitions [B/N #40]
1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Notes, press releases, about 40 color slides, approx. 125 photographs of various sizes depicting gallery installations, openings,
Carolee at work, art works, etc., 6 strips of 35 mm color negatives; 6 strips of 2 3/4 cm color negatives, and contact sheets.
Some photography by James M. Brown.
Box 7, folder 6
Expansions Naked Action Lecture [B/N #41]
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Images of the performance, with accompanying negatives, contact sheet, original cast list flier.
Box 8, folder 1-2
Eye Body Master Negative Binder [B/N #43]
1963-1976
Scope and Contents
Various negatives and prints of the Eye Body project. It is accompanied by Carolee's memoir written in 1976 explaining the
project. The binder contains 33 color and 2 black and white slides depicting both herself and her artworks, about 10 strips
of regular negatives, 20 large (3 1/2 cm) negatives and about 10 extra large (8" x 10") negatives. The binder also contains
about 30 contact sheets and about 80 black and white photographs ranging in size from 3 1/2" x 5' and 6 1/2" x 10" to 8" x
10". Photographers include Leo Choplin, Alex Sobelewski, Erro.
Box 8, folder 3
Film As Art [B/N #44]
1996
Scope and Contents
Images of the exhibition. Approximately 40 images of various sizes, including color slides.
Box 8, folder 4
Fresh Blood [B/N #45]
1981-1986
Scope and Contents
Notes, images and ephemera surrounding Fresh Blood. Approximately 100 pages of typescript notes and letters in all, with with
minor holograph revisions to the exhibition notes.
Box 8, folder 5-6
Fresh Blood [B/N #46]
1981-1986
Scope and Contents
Approximately 100 images of various sizes, 30 contact sheets, and photocopied typescript artist statements.
Box 9, folder 1-8
Friends Travel [B/N #47]
1970s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Approx. 1,200 mostly color slides and about 10 black and white transparencies.
Box 10, folder 1-2
Fuses [B/N #48]
Scope and Contents
Negatives, color and black and white photographs of various sizes, about 30 strips of color and black and white negatives,
contact sheets, collage from photographs.
Box 10, folder 3
Ghost Rev [B/N #49]
1965
Scope and Contents
Iinstructions for the installations, journal clippings, photographs (about 20 black and white 8" x 10"), negatives (about
7 strips), and contact sheets. Some photographs by Peter Moore and Ted Wester.
Box 10, folder 4
History Slides [B/N #50]
1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents
Approximately 300 slides, half of which are labelled.
Box 11, folder 1-2
Home Run Muse [B/N #51]
1977
Scope and Contents
Approximately 200 pages of typescript with moderate holograph revisions, images, contact sheets, slides, and negatives, organized
chronologically.
Box 11, folder 3
Home Run Muse [B/N #52]
1977
Scope and Contents
Approximately 75 photographs of the exhibition, including like number of contact sheets and negative strips. Plus notes, texts,
scores, reviews.
Box 11, folder 4
Illinois Central [B/N #54]
1968
Scope and Contents
Stage directions, clippings, about 60 color and black and white slides, over 60 black and white photographs ranging from cut
down nonstandard sizes to 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 8" x10", contact sheets, over 100 strips of black and white negatives, copies
of correspondence. Contains an envelop with small photographs of landscapes. Photographs by Art Sinsabaugh.
Box 12, folder 1-2
Illinois Central [B/N #55]
1968
Scope and Contents
Stage instructions with sketches and over 70 black and white photographs, mostly by Art Sinsabaugh.
Box 12, folder 3
Illinois Landscapes [B/N #56]
1968
Scope and Contents
About 90 slides by Art Sinsabaugh.
Box 12, folder 4
Installations, Events, Works [B/N #58]
1980-2000
Scope and Contents
Approximately 75 slides, images of various sizes, and reproductions highlighting works from 1980 onward.
Box 12, folder 5-6
Inverted Scroll + Cave [B/N #59]
1975, 1993
Scope and Contents
Approximately 50 prints of various sizes, with accompanying contact sheets and negatives. Includes photocopied text to adjoin
the images.
Box 13, folder 1
Isis Ice [B/N #60]
1973
Scope and Contents
Approximately 35 negative strips, several contact sheets, and approximately 30 photographs (photocopies) of the performance
by Anthony McCall.
Box 13, folder 2
Judson Dance Theater: Lateral Splay and Queen's Dog [B/N #62]
1962-1983
Scope and Contents
Sketches and notes, 10 strips of negatives, 6 color slides for the 1983 revival, about 5 contact sheets and about 10 black
and white photographs (8" x 10"). Photos are by Peter Moore, Charles Rotenberg and others.
Box 13, folder 3-4
Kitch's Last Meal [B/N #63]
Scope and Contents
Clippings, annotated copy of an article about the film, project information, contact sheets, over 70 black and white photographs
of various sizes, notes and cue cards about sound editing, over 40 strips of black and white negatives, 4 color and black
and white transparencies of various sizes, notes and sketches for the film, color slides.
Box 13, folder 5
Kitch's Last Meal [B/N #64]
2003
Scope and Contents
Annotated transcript of sound dialogues in Kitch's Last Meal.
Box 13, folder 6
Known/Unknown: Plague Column [B/N #65]
1996
Scope and Contents
Text for the 1996 exhibition, with moderate holograph corrections to the text. Also included are images from the installation
and various press clippings.
Box 14, folder 1
Known/Unknown: Plague Column [B/N #66]
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Approximately 15 images, as well as the text used for the exhibition.
Box 14, folder 2
Loans-Losses-Returns [B/N #68]
Scope and Contents
List of books stolen from Carolee in 1970, clippings, notes and correspondence and contracts about art work on loan; copies
of letters sent by Traub and Yassky Attorneys at Law regarding the distribution of Fuses.
Box 14, folder 3
Loft End of It [B/N #69]
2003
Scope and Contents
Over 60 color slides and 23 color photographs.
Box 14, folder 4-5
Imaging Her Erotics Manuscript [B/N #69]
2000
Scope and Contents
With annotations, copies of correspondence between Carolee and John Isaacs and others.
Box 14, folder 6
Master Review Booklet [B/N #71]
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of reviews.
Box 14, folder 7, Box 15, folder 1
Meat Joy [B/N #72]
1964
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, photographs, 55 black and white photographs (8" x 10"), transparencies, contact sheets, 20 strips of black and
white negatives, 3 color negatives. Some of the photos are by F. Massal (Paris).
Box 15, folder 2-5
Meat Joy [B/N #73]
1964
Scope and Contents
Over 140 b&w photographs ranging in size from 5" x 7" to 8" x 10", 35 color photographs (3" x 4 1/2"), about 20 contact sheets,
20 black and white strips of negatives (3" x 2 1/2"), more than 10 color transparencies (4" x 5"), 6 slides with preparatory
sketches. Binder includes transparencies with names of photographers. Photographs by Al Giese, P. Moore, Charles Rotenberg,
H. Zucker, and others.
Box 15, folder 6, Box 16, folder 1
Meat Joy Slides [B/N #74]
1964
Scope and Contents
33 slide sleeves with about 550 color and black and white slides.
Box 16, folder 2
Meat Systems [B/N #75]
1970
Scope and Contents
Approximately 35 slides, several images of the demonstration, and accompanying ephemera.
Box 16, folder 3
Meat Joy - Whitechapel Art Gallery [B/N #76]
2002
Scope and Contents
Over 60 color photographs (4" x 6") and about 80 color slides.
Box 16, folder 4
MIT Design Photos [B/N #77]
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of "Proto-Feminist Body" chapter.
Box 16, folder 5
Moon in a Tree (Cornell) [B/N #78]
circa 1972
Scope and Contents
Approximately 100 pages of autograph notes for lectures on Joseph Cornell after his death. Included are photocopies of correspondence
between Schneemann and Cornell.
Box 16, folder 6
More Wrong Things [B/N #79]
circa 1972
Scope and Contents
Over 30 color transparencies, annotated typescripts, about 100 color slides, over 30 color photographs of various sizes, and
press releases.
Box 17, folder 1
Mortal Coils [B/N #80]
1994
Scope and Contents
About 40 slides documenting the set up of the installation, images and bios of 15 friends who died, press release from Penine
Hart Gallery.
Box 17, folder 2-3
Mortal Coils [B/N #81]
1997
Scope and Contents
Color slides of the exhibition. Approximately 19 25 4x6" detail images of the exhibition, and several 8.5x11" images of the
installation. Included are various ephemera, press clippings, and short biographies of the subjects (fifteen friends who passed
in 1993). Also included are approximately 100 4x6" photographs of the accompanying reception.
Box 17, folder 4-5
Negatives B+W, Paintings, Installations, Body [B/N #82]
1960s-1990s
Scope and Contents
About 10 color slides, about 20 10 color and black and white photographs of various sizes, about 50 transparencies of various
sizes, over 60 color and black and white negatives, contact sheets. Photographs by George Hirose, Dan Chichester.
Box 248
Mortal Coils Negs, Slides, B+W [B/N #83]
late 1990s
Scope and Contents
About 70 color and black and white photographs of various sizes, black and white transparencies, color slides, black and
white negatives, contact sheets, notes and explanations, and gallery brochure regarding the "Mortal Coils" project and its
installation. Binder also contains information about a memorial service for Charlotte Moorman.
Box 18, folder 1
Nieman Edit - Film Book [B/N #84]
1970s
Scope and Contents
Misc. notes and reproductions such as photographs, artcles, artist statements, film notes.
Box 18, folder 2
Night Crawlers - Expo Montreal [B/N #85]
1968
Scope and Contents
Clippings, news releases, about 7 black and white photographs, about 6 black and white negative strips, black and white transparency
(3 3/4" x 5"), and contact sheets. Photographs by Shunk-Kender.
Box 18, folder 3-4
Known/Unknown: Plague Column [B/N #86]
1968
Scope and Contents
Approximately 350 color slides of the exhibition, and approximately 35 photos of varying sizes from 8 1/2 x 11" to 4-6". Includes
photocopies and ephemera surrounding the exhibition, also various notes from Galerie Samuel Lallouz containing packing list,
bills and receipts regarding the installation.
Box 18, folder 5-6
Nude [B/N #87]
1960-1996
Scope and Contents
Collection of nude photographs, including Schneemann's appearance in Caterpillar magazine, including original negatives. Approximately
three hundred photographs of various sizes, and approximately 50 slides. (PLUS: negatives, ephemera, large negatives, letter
from Fred McDarrah)
Box 19, folder 1
Manipulations/Ordeals [B/N #88]
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Clippings, performance instructions, 15 black and white 8 x 10 photographs, 15 strips of original negatives and 4 contact
sheets. Photographs by Peter Moore.
Box 19, folder 2-3
Out of Actions [B/N #89]
1997-1999
Scope and Contents
Approximately 100 photographs, ranging in size between 3x5" and 8 1/2x11", of the installation, several pages of autograph
notes on the construction, and approximately 57 75 color slides. Also includes various ephemera surrounding the exhibition,
2x2 color negatives.
Box 19, folder 4
Owl Ocean Table [B/N #90]
1985
Scope and Contents
Color and black and white photographs (some taped together to create a panoramic view), notes, script, clippings about birds,
stage notes with sketches, correspondence with Johanna Demetrakas, 17 color slides.
Box 19, folder 5-7
Painting Constructions [B/N #91]
1960s
Scope and Contents
Press releases related to Max Hutchinson Gallery, color reproductions, collage for "Concretion Collage" flier, over 70 black
and white and color photographs of artworks (various sizes), 4 color transparencies. Some photographs by Eric Pollitzer.
Box 20, folder 1-2
Painting Constructions Master Set-Slides [B/N #92]
1953-late 1980s
Scope and Contents
Approximately 400 color and black and white slides of artworks and happenings and 3 strips of negatives.
Box 20, folder 3
Photo Negs and Contacts [B/N #95]
1976-1985
Scope and Contents
Contact sheets and about 170 color and black and white negatives, 4 b&w photos & 2 color images.
Box 20, folder 4-6
Plagiarism, Telepathy or Forgetful Borrowings? [B/N #96]
Scope and Contents
Images of Carolee's work and that of other artists, agencies, etc that have similar qualities such as composition, medium,
objects, themes.
Box 21, folder 1
Plumb Line [B/N #97]
1968
Scope and Contents
Contact sheets, reproductions, about 50 black and white photographs of different sizes, over 20 strips of black and white
negatives, about 5 transparencies, "Plumb Line" manuscript, contact sheets, and Carolee's filmography.
Box 247
Preparations for Mortal Coils [B/N #98]
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, biographical notes about friends, over 50 artist's manuscripts, color sketches and comments for the installation,
about 40 color and black and white photographs of various sizes, about 5 transparencies.
Box 21, folder 2
Round House [B/N #99]
1967
Scope and Contents
Several negative strips and accompanying contact prints, approximately 35 images of the performance and rehearsals, articles,
score, photocopies.
Box 21, folder 3
Round House and Thames Crawling [B/N #100]
1970
Scope and Contents
Approximately 200 pages of photocopied notes concerning the two exhibitions.
Box 21, folder 4
Schlaget Auf, Ices Strip [B/N #101]
1970, 1971
Scope and Contents
Approximately 50 images of varying sizes of both exhibitions. Includes several contact sheets and negative strips, as well
as a quarto-sized notebook with holograph notes on both exhibitions and two original photographs taken of Schlager Auf by
Hermann Kiessling.
Box 22, folder 1
Scroll Paintings with Exploded TV [B/N #102]
1991
Scope and Contents
Approximately 20 black and white images of the exhibition, and several contact sheets. Also included are slides and a poster
advertisement for the show.
Box 22, folder 2
Selected Works Survey [B/N #103]
Scope and Contents
Prospectus sent to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Box 22, folder 3
Site [B/N #104]
1964
Scope and Contents
18 color slides, 2 strips of black and white negatives, 2 black and white photographs, 2 color photographs (3" x 4 1/2") by
Namuth. Photographs, including that of Carolee and Rauschenberg in his kitchen by Hans Namuth.
Box 22, folder 4-5
Slide Groups [B/N #105]
1964
Scope and Contents
Collected slides, images, contact sheets, and negatives surrounding four exhibitions: Enter Vulva, Ask the Goddess, Skewed
Beams, Art is Reactionary.
Box 22, folder 6
Small Photos and Negs. Work Model Performed [B/N #106]
1964
Scope and Contents
Contact sheets, black and white negatives (about 14 strips), color slides (4), over 300 color and black and white photographs
depicting performances, lectures, art works and friends.
Box 23, folder 1-3
Snows [B/N #107]
1967
Scope and Contents
About 100 black and white photographs ranging in size from 3 1/2" x 5" and 8" x 10", 2 color photographs ranging in size from
1/2" x 5" and 8" x 10", contact sheets, about 10 marker and pencil sketches, about 45 color and black and white slides, color
and black and white negatives, stage notes Photographs by Ted Wester, Charlotte Victoria, A.V. Sobolewski, Peter Moore.
Box 23, folder 4-5
Teaching Black and White [B/N #108]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 50 images, as well as slides used for teaching. Plus negatives, contact sheets, notes, scores, texts, student
drawings.
Box 24, folder 1
Teaching-Slides photo copies [B/N #109]
Scope and Contents
Over 50 color photographs and about 60 color slides. Names mentioned include Sands Murray-Wassink, Marjanel Ragen Murray,
Andrea Sulzer.
Box 24, folder 2
The Environment for Sound and Motion [B/N #110]
1962
Scope and Contents
Color slides, contact sheets, newspaper clippings, notes, one strip of negatives and about 10 photographs.
Box 24, folder 3-4
Unexpectedly Research [B/N #113]
1963-1982
Scope and Contents
Several hundred images made or performed between 1963 and 1982. Included are several hand-colored original prints, and several
pages of negatives. Also included are related ephemera, from plans for the exhibition to press clippings and statements from
the artist. Plus 2 hand-made collages of photogrid layout; 49 slides, color negatives by Nathalie Legault.
Box 24, folder 5-6
Up to and Including Her Limits [B/N #114]
1973-1976
Scope and Contents
Images of various sizes detailing the performance, including approximately 50 contact sheets and negative strips. Also includes
various ephemera concerning the exhibitions, slides, large negatives.
Box 25, folder 1
Various [B/N #115]
1962-1967
Scope and Contents
Various images and notes on five early exhibitions: Looseleaf (1962), Originale (1964), Noise Bodies (1965), Push Pull (1965)
and Night Crawlers (1967). Includes photocopied typescripts of notes and descriptions of each performance/exhibition, images
of various sizes, contact sheets, negatives, & orginial drawings.
Box 25, folder 2
Vespers Pool [B/N #119]
2000
Scope and Contents
About 80 slides.
Box 25, folder 3
Vulva's Morphia [B/N #121]
1997
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of all Vulva plates and text.
Box 25, folder 4-5
Vulva's Morphia [B/N #122]
1993-1996
Scope and Contents
Approximately 200 color slides, and approximately 100 photographs of various sizes. Also included here are several diagrams
of the exhibition, with numbers for corresponding images in the layout, as well as folders containing notes and ephemera,
most notably typescripts of text used in the exhibition.
Box 25, folder 6, Box 26, folder 1-2
Water Light/Water Needle [B/N #123]
1966
Scope and Contents
Performance program, about 75 slides, about 100 black and white photographs ranging from 6 3/4" x 7" to 8" x 10", black and
white transparencies, 20 color photographs (3" x 4 1/2"), contact sheets, over 20 strips of black and white negatives, color
transparency. Photographs by Herbert Migdoll, Mah Wah, C. Victoria. 5 strips of 8mm color film removed to oversize folder.
Box 140, folder 11
Water Light/Water Needle film [B/N #123]
Box 26, folder 3
Waterville Floods (Colby College [B/N #124]
1968
Scope and Contents
Stage instructions, script, with James Tenney divorce contract (Oct 9, 1968), contact sheets and 4 strips of black and white
negatives.
Box 26, folder 4
Women in Photography -- Lecture [B/N #125]
1992
Scope and Contents
Notes for Schneemann's 1992 lecture "The Delirious Arousal of Destruction: Or, is there a Feminist Erotic Iconography?" Included
are approximately 40 fluxus-related images, and 16 slides.
Box 124, folder 5
Selected Works Survey binder [B/N #126]
2009
Box 26, folder 5
Shoots by Fred McDarrah [B/N #127]
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
Series 3. Project ephemera
Scope and Contents
Instructions, inventories, performance notes, gallery guides and other material concerning performances, installations and
exhibitions.
Box 28, folder 1
Film/Video Inventory - Loft [M11]
2002
Box 28, folder 3
Saw Over Want - Vulva [M19]
Scope and Contents
Reproductions for Vulva and other installations.
Box 29, folder 1
Artwork - Installation & Instructions [A2]
1998
Scope and Contents
6 color diagrams of misc. installations with directions regarding equipment, lighting, etc.
Box 28, folder 2
Known/Unknown: Plague Column [M12]
1996-1997
Scope and Contents
Prospectus for the exhibition, including various reproductions of images and text.
Box 125, folder 2-7
Fresh Blood/Venus Vectors [photographs, layouts, notes, performance texts, etc.]
Box 128
performance texts [scripts/notes on index cards]
Box 62, folder 4
exhibition lists/inventories
1961-1963
Scope and Contents
Also includes several pages from guest registry for a May 1963 Machin-Schneemann-Steinmann group show in New York City, with
signatures from Robert Rauschenberg, Ray Johnson, Philip Corner, Aaron Siskind, Jonas Mekas, Yvonne Rainier, Allan Kaprow
(with brief note), Susan Sontag, Claes Oldenberg, George Brecht, and many others.
Box 134, folder 1
Up to & Including Her Limits [B11]
Scope and Contents
11" x 9" maquette for the catalogue, with comments and drawings by Schneemann, approx 30pp.
Box 134, folder 2
Installation Instructions [A3]
1968-1980s
Scope and Contents
24pp., sketch pad (14" x 17") with drawings, instructions and comments about various happenings and installations.
Box 140, folder 7
exhibition production book
1983
Box 143
ABC We Print Anything cards [IC1]
Scope and Contents
"Cards stolen - Incomplete edition." Purple cloth box containing an incomplete set (56/151) of cards displayed at Whitebox
Gallery around 2001; 8 out of 156 image cards went missing. The run contained 151 sets.
Series 4. Correspondence
1949-2011
Scope and Contents
Personal and professional correspondence to and from Schneemann, the bulk of which is from the 1990s and 2000s. The series
is arranged chronologically. Some are photocopies, especially for earlier years, and much of the series consists of drafts
of CS outgoing letters. Postcards and holiday cards are separated. There are significant amounts of correspondence in other
series, especially Project Files and Other Artists.
Box 76, folder 2
1953-1957
Scope and Contents
mosarly personal to and from Elsa. One to Jimpy And Al. Added Joanne, Alivia, Eve, Florence, Mari, family
Box 108, folder 8
CS to Naomi Levinson [originals and drafts]
1955-1956
Box 108, folder 9
CS to Naomi Levinson [originals and drafts]
1957
Box 108, folder 10
CS to Naomi Levinson [originals and drafts]
1958
Box 108, folder 11
CS to Naomi Levinson [originals and drafts]
1959
Box 109, folder 1
CS to Naomi Levinson [originals and drafts]
1960, 1962, 1976
Box 109, folder 2
Naomi Levinson to CS
undated, 1955-1956
Box 109, folder 3
Naomi Levinson to CS
1957
Box 109, folder 4
Naomi Levinson to CS
1958
Box 109, folder 5
Naomi Levinson to CS
1959
Box 109, folder 6
Naomi Levinson to CS
1960, 1962
Box 109, folder 7
Naomi Levinson- letters from others [Larry Jordan, Frederick Rzewski (dated mutal friend Elsa)
1960, 1962
Box 76, folder 3
CS to Naomi Levinson [annotated photocopies]
1956-1060
Box 81, folder 6
Melissa Moreton
1999-2001
Box 86, folder 6
Schaeffer political email
2009
Series 5. Writing
Scope and Contents
Notes, dream journals, and other unpublished writing by Schneemann. Notebooks, artist books, scrapbooks and publications have
been gathered in other series.
Box 190, folder 10
articles, notes, correspondence, etc.
Box 28, folder 4-5
Personal Notes [M23]
1963-2000
Scope and Contents
Various bits of diary, memoir, dream journal, drafts of letters. Mixed holograph and typescript with holograph additions,
revisions, approx. 200pp.
Box 28, folder 6
Spirit Work [P1]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 30 pages of holograph notes and correspondence regarding communication with animals.
Box 28, folder 7
Kitch Notes [P2]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 20 images of Kitch, as well as approximately 100 pages of collected typescript with moderate holograph revisions.
Box 28, folder 10
Essay - Ages of the Avant Garde [E1]
1994
Scope and Contents
Computer-generated typescript with holograph corrections, 10pp.
Box 28, folder 11
Essays [E4]
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and computer-generated typescripts, much with holograph revision, of various essays, lectures, articles, stories,
approx. 1250pp.
Box 42, folder 7
Dream/Space/Object, Death/Mother/Bird
Box 43, folder 9
Documentaries
1980s-1990s
Box 43, folder 8
Lebanon series, other notes
Box 44, folder 4
Does Kristine [Stiles] Have
Box 44, folder 1-2
misc. notes, writing, etc.
Box 44, folder 9
Aging & Avant-Garde
1992-1993
Box 44, folder 5
Early Background [dreams etc.]
Box 45, folder 8
Schaeffer research [house]
Box 90, folder 3
Notations/Dreams
2002-2007
Box 110, folder 1
Type In [misc. notes]
1980s-1990s
Box 110, folder 2
Notes [mostly re: sex & gender]
Box 110, folder 3
Selected Notes [copies]
1954-1964
Box 110, folder 5
Sketches With Process Notation
Box 110, folder 7
Process Notes [clippings]
1992-1995
Box 110, folder 8
Lecture Art - Life [notes]
Box 124, folder 1
writing/notes/dreams [includes some school notes & papers]
undated, 1954-1975
Series 6. Notebooks, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, artist books, art
Scope and Contents
Schneeman writing and artwork mostly in bound form, both published and unpublished. Includes class notes, draft correspondence,
collage, and childhood drawings and sketches. Notebooks contain sketches, dreams, ideas and other notes, addresses, to-do
lists, and collage, and are arranged chronologically in a subseries. Self-published limited edition books (numbered in a "B"
series originally) are also described as a subseries.
Subseries 6.1. Notebooks
Scope and Contents
These notebooks (many hand-decorated) document Schneemann's projects and travels,and functioned as address books, daily planners,
diaries, and sketch pads. They have been sorted chronologically, but some notebooks have content from other years as well.
Box 133, folder 3
loose sketches and notes in folder
1949-1955
Box 133, folder 1
Papers Bard/Wayne [Battelle]
1953-1954
Scope and Contents
College notes, sketches, other notes, drafts. Also includes letters from boyfriend.
Box 133, folder 2
Summer 53
1953-1957
Scope and Contents
Notes, sketches, teaching notes from Bennington YMCA, Bard course list, 1957 notes, New School For Social Research grades
1954, Wayne Batelle correspondence drafts. Some notes not by CS.drafts
Box 141
unlabeled notebook with gold painted cover
Scope and Contents
Pasted in photographs of CS paintings, installations etc.
Subseries 6.2. Numbered books
Box 140, folder 4
The Lebanon Series: War Mop [B4]
1983
Scope and Contents
Magazine produced in conjunction with an exhibit at the Max Hutchinson Gallery, September 10-October 8, 1983.
Box 140, folder 1
Boca Ratan - Rat Mouth [B1]
1982
Scope and Contents
Journal with clippings, sketches, poems and personal notes.
Box 140, folder 2
Cezanne She Was A Great Painter. The Second Book [B2]
January 1975
Box 140, folder 3
Parts of A Body House Book ; American I Ching Apple Pie [B3]
January 1972
Box 140, folder 5
Video Burn, SFAI [B6]
1992
Scope and Contents
Book published in conjunction with the 1991 exhibition from the drawing sequence Video Burn (1987-1991). Has ISBN.
Subseries 6.3. Diaries
Language of Material: English.
Box 162
1953-1963
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 163
1964-1969
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 164
1970-1973
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 142
1974-1977
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 165
1978-1980
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 166
1981-1984
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 167
1985-1988
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 168
1989-1992
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 169
1993-1996
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 170
1997-2000
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 171
2001-2004
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Box 172
2005-2007
Conditions Governing Access
Diaries are CLOSED for research until five years after Schneemann's death.
Subseries 6.4. Life Books [B/N #94]
Scope and Contents
Five bound scrapbooks of collaged photographs, notes, artwork, & ephemera numbered 1-4 with an additional partially finished
volume from the 1980s. Many photos of family & friends, including James Tenney, Stan & Jane Brakhage, various Fluxus/Judson
artists, Carl Ruggles, etc. Very fragile, some pages torn, some photos missing.
Box 135
Life Book #1
c.1920s-late 1950s
M1892_b135_LB1
Box 136
Life Book #2
circa 1960s
M1892_b136_LB2
Box 137
Life Book #3
circa 1960s-1970s
M1892_b137_LB3
Box 138
Life Book #4
August 1973-December 1979
M1892_b138_LB4
Box 139
Life Book [#5]
1980s
M1892_b139_LB5
Scope and Contents
Not originally numbered. Also includes loose material likely intended for scrapbooking.
Box 133, folder 4-5
Childhood Drawings - Sketchbooks [A6]
Scope and Contents
CS was around 5 or 6 years old when she made these drawings. There is also one notebook here labeled "1966-67 French Excercises
& Notes"
Box 140, folder 9
Teen Drawings [A6]
1948-1949
Box 157, folder 5
misc. artwork, collage, etc. (oversize)
Box 140, folder 6
The High Priestess (Tarot) collage [M21]
1995
Box 29, folder 2-3
Cat Scan & Ask the Goddess material [A5]
1987-1991
Scope and Contents
Drawings and text for Cat Scan and Ask the Goddess. Approx. 22 drawings and 50pp text most on large index cards.
Series 7. Writing on Schneemann
Scope and Contents
Articles, reviews, interviews, essays, theses, etc. concerning Schneemann. Arrangement is chronological, with oversized items
filed separately.
Subseries 7.1. Chronological
Subseries 7.2. Miscellaneous
Box 28, folder 8
Interviews [I1, I4]
1992,1993
Scope and Contents
1. 1) Berke, Joe c. 1993: Computer-generated transcripts of two parts of an interview between Joseph Berke and Schneemann,
7pp and 13pp, with extensive holograph revision by Schneemann. 4. Rebecca Schneider interview, computer-generated typescript
with extensive holograph commentary by Schneemann
Box 190, folder 11
CS in magazines
Scope and Contents
Heresies, Elima, Flash Art, High Performance, Meaning
Box 190, folder 9
CS catalogs - Early Work, Recent Work, Video Burn
Box 50, folder 9
Thomas McEvilley essay on CS, draft "What You Did Do"
2007
Box 28, folder 9
Works of Others [WOO1]
2005
Scope and Contents
Serra, M.M. and Ramey, Kathryn. Eye/Body: The Cinematic Paintings of Carolee Schneemann. 2005: Four typescript drafts of the
essay, approx. 25pp each, each heavily commented by Schneemann.
Subseries 7.3. Separate chronological series, as described in bibliography
Scope and Contents
The material in this group was assembled by Schneemann herself and is listed in a bibliography available here: http://purl.stanford.edu/fv281yr5961.
There is likely to be substantial overlap between this subseries and the other two.
Series 8. Publishing/book production
Scope and Contents
Contains material concerning Schneemann's books, including correspondence with editors and publishers, drafts and galleys,
catalogs, and other related files.
Subseries 8.1. Stiles/MIT/Imaging Her Erotics/etc.
Box 115, folder 2
Diane Cleaver "Imaging" proposals
Box 115, folder 3
Jay Murphy correspondence
Box 115, folder 5
Kristine Stiles
2003-2004
Box 116, folder 2
Kristine Stiles correspondence, etc.
2001-2002
Box 118
Annotated drafts, notes, etc. [unfoldered]
Subseries 8.2. More Than Meat Joy/McPherson & Co.
Subseries 8.3. Correspondence Course
Subseries 8.4. Vulva Morphia / Enter...Vulva
Box 119, folder 4
Vulva Morphia original edits
1994
Box 119, folder 5
Vulva Morphia Text
1993-1994
Subseries 8.5. Known/Unknown
Subseries 8.6. Other books
Box 112, folder 11
book projects, other writing
undated, 1967-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes Parts of a Body House Book ; Sexual Parameters Survey ; American I-Ching Apple Pie
Box 112, folder 12
book projects, other writing
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes Cezanne She Was A Great Pianter ; Early & Recent Work (Documentext)
Box 113, folder 1
CS publishing
Scope and Contents
Includes material about Cezanne She Was A Great Pianter, Vulva's Morphia, Up To & Including Her Limits, etc.
Series 9. Publicity
Scope and Contents
Contains printed material publicizing Schneeman's art and projects, including press releases, exhibition catalogs, fliers,
posters, pamphlets, programs, schedules, paid advertisements in periodicals, etc. Arrangement is chronological, with oversized
material (mostly posters) filed separately.
Box 157, folder 1-4
posters (small)
Scope and Contents
Sorted approximately chronologically.
map-folder 158, map-folder 159, map-folder 160
posters (medium)
Scope and Contents
Sorted approximately chronologically.
Series 10. Calendars, address books
Box 91
Address file, index cards & scraps [unfoldered]
Box 132
address books [unfoldered]
Scope and Contents
Some notes, decorations ,etc. Two appear to be some kind of account book.
Series 11. Clippings/subject files
Scope and Contents
Majority are from 1990s-2000s. Also includes some correspondence (especially printed out email), photographs, essays, and
other printed material. Many articles are from the New York Times. Schneemann drew from these files as inspiration for her
artwork.
Box 30, folder 2
Newspaper articles 1990s-2000s
Box 30, folder 3
Historic/local [NY state]
Box 30, folder 14
Analysis, War on Terror/biochemical
Box 31, folder 15
Women herstory research news
Box 39, folder 5
Middle East politics newsletters etc.
Box 40
Middle East Report
1981-1982
Box 41, folder 1
magazines, art (oversize)
Box 103, folder 3
At War- Bosnia, Lebanon, Syria
1999-2000
Box 103, folder 8
Political/Lebanon
1999-2000
Box 104, folder 9
Culture-Sensibility
1999-2000
Box 104, folder 10
Conspiracy-Politics
1999-2000
Box 104, folder 18
Aggression-Violence
1999-2000
Series 12. Other artists
Scope and Contents
Schneemann is a friend, supporter and collaborator with a variety of other artists (visual/media, performance, feminist, and
many other) as well as poets, writers, dancers, filmmakers, composers, musicians, designers, critics, and scholars. This series
consists primarily of printed material, including books, artist books, chapbooks, catalogs, exhibition notices, catalogs,
magazines/journals/zines (covering art, literature, film/video, cultural studies), mail art, articles, essays & unpublished
typescripts, etc. Please note that there is relatively little correspondence, and most original writing is confined to postcards,
inscriptions, or other short notes. Schneemann also writes about some artists here, and annotates many of her books and magazines.
Artists are also present in elsewhere in collection, particularly James Tenney, Clayton Eshleman, Anthony McCall, Stan Brakhage,
Joseph Cornell, and the many artists in the Fluxus/Judson/NYC orbit.
The following unordered list of people and groups lends some sense of her milieu:
Stan Brakhage, Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, George Quasha, Mike Bidlo, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Jerome Rothenberg, Bruce
Andrews, Joseph Cornell, Peter Garland/Soundings Press, Malcolm Goldstein, Philip Corner, Kathy Acker, Eleanor Antin, Mary
Beth Edelson, Robert Haller, Claes Oldenberg, Charles Henri Ford, Peter Moore, Yoko Ono, Lil Picard, John Duncan, Nigel Rolfe,
Anne Waldman, Christian Marclay, Barbara Ess, Linda Montano, Susan Sontag, Robert Rauschenberg, Ray Johnson, Opal Louis-Nations,
Robert Filliou, Annie Sprinkle, Jill Johnston, Marina Abramović, Valie Export, Derek Jarman (inscribed book), Andy Warhol
(poss. inscribed book), Charles Olson, Kwiek-Kulik, Julian Beck & Judith Malina/Living Theater, Judy Malloy, Centro De Arte
Y Communication, Bob & Bob, David Det Hompson, Wendy Geller, Rose Garrard, John Giorno, Michael McClure, Kurt Schwitters,
Marcia Resnick, Berty Skuber, Val Telberg (incl. inscribed copy of Anais Nin's
House in Incest for which he took photos), Wolf Vostell, Charles Stein, Jonas Mekas/Anthology Film Archives, Poetry Project, Film-Maker's
Cooperative, The Kitchen, Franklin Furnace, Canyon Cinema, Idiolects, Language, Letters, Left Curve, La Mamelle, Caterpillar,
New Observations, New Wilderness Letter, Performance, Temblor, Wallpaper, Working Papers, Something Else Press/Black Bear,
Treacle, McPherson & Co.
Box 180
Kathy Acker/Black Tarantula books
Box 181
Caterpillar magazine [includes issues with CS]
Box 112, folder 1
Clayton Eshleman correspondence ["duplicates," "some photocopied"]
1960s
Box 112, folder 2
Clayton Eshleman correspondence
1970-1974
Box 112, folder 3
Clayton Eshleman correspondence
1975-1979, 1985-1988, 1994
Box 94, folder 4
Fluxus artist correspondence
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence (most relatively brief) with Al & Bibbe Hansen, Geoff Hendricks, Jon Hendricks, Alison Knowles, Charlotte
Moorman, and a few others.
Box 190, folder 1-8
Fluxus/happening/Judson books & magazines
Scope and Contents
Includes books and other material by Allan Kaprow, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Jackson Mac Low, Nam June Paik and others
Box 183
Peter Garland/Soundings books
Box 95, folder 1
Judson/dance/etc.
Scope and Contents
Includes programs, fliers, articles, and other material related to Judson Dance Theater, Yvonne Rainer, Peter Moore, The Bridge,
Surplus Dance Theater, Pocket Theater, Kinetic Theater, etc.
Box 109, folder 8
Naomi Levinson writing etc.
Box 95, folder 2
Manipulations - A Judson Publication
1967-10
Scope and Contents
Two copies with slight variations of this artist book/magazine production. another copy has been filed with other writing
by Schneemann (in the Publicity/printed material series).
Box 95, folder 3-4
James Tenney
Scope and Contents
First husband, composer, musician, together for over ten years. Includes correspondence (also with his last wife Lauren Pratt),
programs, articles, etc. There are also a few pages from a diary. More material on Tenney is present elsewhere in collection.
Box 95, folder 5
Tone Roads Ensemble/new music
Scope and Contents
Primarily early 1960s fliers for concerts by the Tone Roads Ensemble (many designed & printed by Schneemann), as well as correspondence
with Malcolm Goldstein and a few items related to Philip Corner, John Cage, David Tudor, Tony Conrad, LaMonte Young, and others.
Musicians and composers are also filed elsewhere in this series.
Box 102, folder 3
misc.unidentified art, art-related clippings, gallery postcards, other ephemera
Box 102, folder 4-5
group shows & collaborations
Box 103, folder 1
group shows & collaborations
Box 189
Miscellaneous artists books - unsigned, conceptual, miniature, etc.
Box 189
water-damaged magazines & catalogs
Series 13. Photographs, slides, negatives
Subseries 13.1. Production Files
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs (both prints and photocopies) and textual material, presumably gathered for various projects.
Box 120, folder 2-3
color copies of photographs - cats, house, CS, Tenney
Box 120, folder 9
Scanned Hi-Res Images on File
Box 121, folder 5
Photos of CS, others
1980s-1990s
Box 121, folder 7
Nostalgia - Past to Present
Box 121, folder 10
Up To & Including Her Limits - New Museum
Box 122, folder 9
Infinity Kisses Xerox & Photo
Box 122, folder 11
Family [incl. Eve Bailey Lerner, CS' godmother]
Box 123, folder 2
David Levi Strauss [writing]
Box 123, folder 9
Photos, CS etc. [prints & photocopies]
1960s
Subseries 13.2. Slides (boxes numbered 1-8)
Box 145
1A
Scope and Contents
Including Dirty Pictures, Paintings on Paper, and Blood Diary.
Box 145
2A
Scope and Contents
Includes Eye Body, Interior Scroll, Up To and Including Her Limits, Forbidden Actions, Cornell, and Eros, Parts of a Body
House, Saw Over Want, among others.
Box 146
3A
Scope and Contents
Includes War Mop, Vulva's Morphia, Cycladic Imprints, Infinity Kisses and Dustworks, among others.
Box 146
4A
Scope and Contents
Includes Unexpectedly Research, Cycladic Imprints, and others.
Box 147
5A
Scope and Contents
Early Paintings/Painting Constructions
Box 147
6A
Scope and Contents
Assorted slides from various exhibitions including Snows, Cooking with Apes, and Lateral Splay, among others.
Box 148
7A
Scope and Contents
Includes Meat Joy, Water Light/Water Needle, Vespers Pool among others.
Box 148
8A
Scope and Contents
Includes ABC, Vulva, Mystic Duplicates, and Art is Reactionary, among others.
Subseries 13.3. Slides (boxes numbered 7-23)
Scope and Contents
Each case contains approximately 400 slides.
Box 149
Travels & Friends [7]
1992-1995
Box 149
Travel-Friends '98/Vienna/MOCA '99/Rothenberg/CalArts/Ohio/Schliffer/Minos/Brakhage/2004 [10]
1998-2004
Box 150
Home/Friends/LA/Montreal [11]
1998-2004
Box 150
Travel 93,94,95/Friends 1994/California/Landscape/Family [13]
1993-1995
Box 151
J&C, cats 1990s/Psyche/Furrow/Lantern [15]
1988-1993
Scope and Contents
Slides of various exhibitions including Psyche, Furrow and Lantern.
Box 151
Travels 1981-92: Holland/DC/Ohio/England/Colorado/Arizona/Chicago '92/Deer Ice '87/NY Fire '87/Mother/Sante Fe/Tom Maura B.
(Bar Tur Games)/Cactus [16]
1981-1997
Box 152
Cluny & pets/home base 1976-1987/Wicca/Lumiere/Lantern [19]
1976-1987
Box 152
Teaching Slides: Kent State/UCLA/Tahoe/UMass/Pratt '94/Lecture Boston/Table/Austin [18]
1977-1994
Box 153
Travels & Friends/Telluride/Nitsch/Europe 1978 [20]
1973-1980
Box 153
Travel-Cats-Home 2000 [23]
2000
Subseries 13.4. Photographs & slides (M and A numbered group)
Box 26, folder 6
Bad Negs [M1]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 20 pages of bad negatives and contact sheets.
Box 154
1990s prints, negatives & diskettes [M3]
1980s-2002
Scope and Contents
Computer diskettes [8] are dated 7/31/98 & 1/8/99. L.A. with Treasure '99 ; 1980s Bruce Cluny Lantern ; Psyche Furrow 90s
; Fugs & LA 99 ; Home-Annex-House-Snow 97-01 ; Roger Conover Neumann CS 95 ; Nevada - Sculpture Class '94 ; Home 90s CS &
Cats ; Landscape Spring 95 ; C & Works '95 ; 90s Home Freind Parties ; Friends 91-97 ; Beatty Birthday 80s Dietz Shit ; Loft
Party 10/02.
Box 155
Vesper prints, negatives & diskettes [M4]
2000-2002
Scope and Contents
Vesper ; PPOW 3/02 & Book Party 02 ; Parties Winter Fall 02 NY & Fla. ; Jan & Alan & Cats 02 ; Bday Loft 02 ; Mass MOCA Jon
Hendricks 01 ; Schnetter Performs 02 ; Istanbul 01 ; Winter Snow Home 00 ; No.2 11/2000 ; White Box 3/01 ; Party Loft 00 ;
Maine 01 ; Brew. Loft Home 3/02 ; Parties - Jan & Alan ; Quasha Parties 01
Box 156
prints, negatives [M5]
2002-2004
Scope and Contents
Montreal 2004 ; Vienna 2004 Museum ; Aug. 04 Minos Pam Lee ; Family ; Atlantic Center 04 ; Fall 03 Beautiful Super Imposure
[?] ; Karma Dead ; Dec.03 Brente Party ; Roof-Joyce-Cats 03 ; Out of ACtions - LA Vienna ; No.03 Montreal ; Malcolm Gilles
; Fall 03 Davis Calif. & Cats Lama ; June 03 LA Mathis & P. Hiller ; Photo Espana 7/02 ; Minneapolis 02 ; Venus Vectors 02
; Minnesota 7/02
Box 27, folder 1-2
Family Friends [M8]
Scope and Contents
Approximately 150 slides of Schneemann's personal life.
Box 27, folder 3-4
Friends, Travel, Home [M9]
1970-1999
Scope and Contents
Approximately 400 photographs of travel abroad. Also includes approximately 35 slides.
Box 127, folder 1-4
photographs [prints, negatives, mounted]
Scope and Contents
Includes photo documentation of American I-Ching Apple Pie performance 1975
Box 27, folder 5-6
Friends, Travel, Home [M10]
1990-1999
Scope and Contents
Approximately 300 photographs various content. Also includes approximately 35 slides and 25 negative strips.
Box 134, folder 3
photographs [A4]
Scope and Contents
about 34 large black and white photographs of various sizes of landscapes, nudes, parties and happenings, as well as Schneemann's
own sketches and black and white photographs of cats. Some photographs by Sobelewski, Gene Hines, Bill Thompson, etc.
Subseries 13.5. Other photographs
Box 127, folder 5
Illinois Central mounted photographs, Max Waldman
1968
Box 112, folder 4
photographs of CS and others
Scope and Contents
Contains copies and original prints. Many depict performances and workspace. Includes Schneemann's 1960 university ID card.
Series 14. Media
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Recordings of and for art and projects; lectures and workshops; actuality/field recordings (some of which were used in her
art); answering machine cassettes, etc. Works from others are also present, including several films from Stan Brakhage given
to Schneemann and James Tenney.
A searchable spreadsheet indexing all of the collection's media (based on their labels) is available here:
http://purl.stanford.edu/sn229md3325
Please note that none of this material has been digitally transferred as of 2016.
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Box 211-226
audiocassettes
Scope and Contents
Most are recordings of or from various projects; Schneemann also maintained a collection of answering machine cassettes and
environmental recordings (conversations, cats, trains, etc.).
Box 227-230, Box 231-233, 240
Subseries 14.2. Moving Image
Box 191-205, Box 206-209
videocassettes
Scope and Contents
Mostly VHS, some Beta and a few U-Matic.
Box 235-238, Box 241-243, Box 239
Series 15. Costumes/environments
Box 144
Rauschenberg E.A.T. dress
Box 173
Chromelodeon - Lucinda's Costume
1963
Scope and Contents
"Chromelodeon". Kinetic Theater with dancers, actors. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Box 174
3 Queen's Dog Costumes - Tops and Matching Bottoms
1965
Scope and Contents
The Queen's Dog". Kinetic Theater. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Box 175
Chromelodeon [two pink boas]
1963
Scope and Contents
"Chromelodeon". Kinetic Theater with dancers, actors. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Box 176
Chromelodeon Environment Piece with Meat Joy Costume [bikini] Sewn On. A Later Meat Joy Creation?
1963
Scope and Contents
"Chromelodeon". Kinetic Theater with dancers, actors. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Box 177
Chromelodeon Environment
1963
Scope and Contents
"Chromelodeon". Kinetic Theater with dancers, actors. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Box 178
Chromelodeon - Deborah Hay's Costume
1963
Scope and Contents
"Chromelodeon". Kinetic Theater with dancers, actors. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Box 179
Chromelodeon - Bones & Fur Dress
1963
Scope and Contents
"Chromelodeon". Kinetic Theater with dancers, actors. Judson Dance Theater, NYC.
Series 16. Awards & recognition, bios, portfolios
Box 45, folder 5
Early Kinetic Theater Chronology [portfolio with original layout]
1968
Box 124, folder 4
Bios/portfolios/itineraries,etc.
Box 124, folder 6
American Academy of Arts & Letters
2002
Box 125, folder 1
awards, certificates, etc.
Box 112, folder 6, Box 29, folder 4
postcards, blank, unsent but annotated, etc.
Box 51, object 9
box of rubber stamps for projects, addresses, etc.
Box 234
wooden box with splicers, other film editing tools
Series 18. Addendum 2021-298
Box 249, folder 1
Carolee Schneemann notepads and letter to Peter Blank
2012
Box 249, folder 2
Printout of images for a conference with a note from Carolee Schneemann to Peter Blank
2012
Box 249, folder 3
Letter and invitation to Peter Blank for
Carolee Schneemann. Kinetic Painting exhibition
2015
