Finding Aid to the
Bruce
Conner
Papers,
1940s-[ongoing], bulk 1960s-2008
BANC MSS 2000/50 clm
Finding Aid written by Dean Smith in 2011. Additional description of digital files written by Nissa Nack in 2015 and by Kate
Tasker in 2017. Updated and published by Christina Velazquez Fidler in 2022.
The Bancroft Library
© 2007
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title:
Bruce
Conner
papers
Creator:
Conner,
Bruce
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2000/50 clm
Physical Description:
30 linear feet
(20 Cartons, 1 Box, 2 Oversize Boxes and 7 Oversize Folders)
Physical Description:
1.4 GB
(592 files)
Date (inclusive): 1940s-
Date (bulk): bulk 1960s-2008
Abstract: The
Bruce
Conner
papers, 1940s - 2010, form a voluminous, comprehensive overview of Conner's life as a visual artist and filmmaker spanning
the length of his celebrated career. The papers include correspondence with individuals, galleries and museums, announcements,
programs, articles, reviews, interviews, lectures, awards and grants, contracts, invoices, legal files, chronological files,
and other sundry documentation all in great detail.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Librarys online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
Additional Note
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Dean Smith
- Date Completed:
-
February 2011
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
Bruce
Conner
Papers, BANC MSS 2000/50 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
The scrapbooks in this collection were partially digitized by the creator. Access copies of digital files are available as
PDF, JPG, and MP3 files. See Series 10, Personal.
Related Collections
Photographs from
Bruce
Conner
correspondence [graphic], BANC PIC 1997.069
Bruce
Conner
correspondence concerning Jay DeFeos "The Rose", circa 1930-1996, BANC MSS 98/32 c
Steven Fama collection on
Bruce
Conner
, circa 1960-2003, BANC MSS 2008/236
Paula Kirkeby/Smith Andersen Gallery collection of
Bruce
Conner
, 1970-2001, BANC MSS 2010/101
Gallery Paule Anglim records, [ca. 1976-2001], BANC MSS 2005/162 c
Richard Brautigan papers, 1942-2003, BANC MSS 87/173 c
Michael McClure papers: additions, 1874-2003 (bulk 1949-2002), BANC MSS 2003/222 c
Auerhahn Press records, 1959-1967, BANC MSS 71/85 c
Serious Business Company records, BANC MSS 84/93 c
Larry Keenan, Jr. photograph archive, BANC PIC 2009.050
Separated Material
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library. Photographs have been transferred
to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Videotapes/sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms
Collection of The Bancroft Library.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Born-digital content is found in Series 10, Personal. These files must be accessed using the Library Digital Collections laptop
in the Reading Room. Access copies are provided as PDF, JPG, and MP3 files. Advance notice is required for use. Online access
is not available.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artists--20th century
Artists--California--San Francisco
Experimental films--California--San Francisco
Assemblage (Art)--California--San Francisco
Conceptual art--California--San Francisco
Drawing--20th century
Drawing--California--San Francisco
Born digital.
Conner,
Bruce
--Archives
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The
Bruce
Conner
papers were given to The Bancroft Library by
Bruce
Conner
and, subsequently, The Conner Family Trust beginning in 1996.
Accruals
Future additions are expected.
Appraisal
Temporary digital files (.tmp file format) and system files were removed from this collection, according to the Library's
digital preservation and privacy practices.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Papers processed by Dean Smith in 2009-2010. Digital materials processed by Nissa Nack in 2015 under the supervision of Kate
Tasker.
The digital files in this collection were received on seven compact discs. The majority of the files were created by
Bruce
Conner
as digital images of pages in his personal scrapbooks. Text files in .doc format and audio recordings in .mp3 format are
also present. The digital files were originally saved to the compact discs using an Apple (Mac) computer with an HFS+ file
system, type and age unknown.
Disk images of the seven compact discs were created by Library staff on November 21, 2013 using Forensic Toolkit (FTK) Imager,
with the resulting seven .iso disk image files saved to preservation storage. MD5 checksums were assigned to the disk images
at the point of creation. The compact discs were scanned for viruses before imaging, with no results.
The disk images were processed in July 2015. 936 files were extracted and analyzed in FTK version 5.0. Temporary files and
system files were identified and removed, leaving 592 content files in .doc, .psd, .pct, .jpg, .tif, and .mp3 formats. All
files were screened for personally identifiable information (PII), and no files were restricted. The processed files were
exported from FTK in their original formats and in their original file structure and were saved to the Library's preservation
server.
Copies of the original image files (.psd, .pct, .jpg, and .tif formats) were normalized to TIFF files for preservation and
to JPG files for research access, using Adobe Bridge CS6 version 5.0.2.4 x64. Copies of the original text files (.doc format)
were normalized to PDF files for preservation and for research access using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro version 11.0.17. Copies of
the original audio files (.mp3 format) were normalized to WAV files for preservation and to MP3 files for research access
using Audacity version 2.1.1.
Some filenames were truncated during processing due to different filename character limits in Mac and Windows file systems.
A full list of the truncated and original filenames is available upon request.
Biographical Information
Bruce
Conner
in twenty-five words or less:
Bruce
Conner
is the best cereal in America.
Tasty and nutritious. He never gets soggy.
He's always crisp.
- Richard Brautigan (1975)
Sculptor, filmmaker, collagist, painter, draftsman, photographer, conceptual prankster,
Bruce
Conner
defined the very qualities of artistic freedom and in doing so boldly defied categorization and mainstream co-option in pursuit
of his visionary images and ideas.
Born in McPherson, Kansas, in 1933,
Bruce
Conner
spent his childhood and young adulthood in nearby Wichita. Upon graduating from Wichita High School East, Conner went on
to study art at Wichita University and University of Nebraska, where he met his wife-to-be, Jean Sandstedt. He continued art
studies at the Brooklyn Art School and the University of Colorado. In 1957, at the urging of his childhood friend, the poet
Michael McClure, and attracted by stories of a vibrant art and literary scene that included visual artists Jay DeFeo, Joan
Brown, and Jess, and poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Whalen, and Philip Lamantia, he and his wife, Jean, moved to San
Francisco. Conner subsequently became a key figure in the Citys legendary Beat community. After brief sojourns to Mexico City,
1961-1962, where his son, Robert was born, and Brookline, Massachusetts, 1963-1964, Conner resettled in San Francisco where
he continued to live and work until his death.
Conner first attracted public attention in the 1950s with his often morbid, melancholic nylon enshrouded assemblages of found
materials that he collected in the streets or chanced upon in thrift stores, and short experimental films that often incorporated
found footage culled from newsreels and educational and promotional movies. Both the assemblages and films were to establish
him as one of the most important figures in post-WWII American art. A MOVIE (1958) is considered a seminal landmark of experimental
filmmaking. From the mid-50s through the mid-60s, Conner exhibited regularly with the Alan Gallery in New York. During this
time, Conner began questioning the identity, persona and mystique of the artist and for a time both refused to sign his artwork
and to be photographed. As the end of the 60s approached Conner became increasingly disillusioned with the commercial artworld,
having stopped creating his celebrated assemblages and temporarily refraining from exhibiting. However, he continued to create
new work (darkly beautiful, mind-bending felt-tip pen drawings, for instance) even if out of sight of the art market spotlight.
For a brief stint in the late 60s, Conner participated in creating light shows at the famed San Francisco rock venue, the
Avalon Ballroom.
The 1970s saw Conner stepping back into the artworld with renewed vigor creating impressive, compelling bodies of work in
engraving collages, inkblot drawings and photograms, and filmmaking continued unabated with further groundbreaking pieces.
In 1976, Conner was introduced to the nascent San Francisco punk scene centered at the Broadway Avenue club, The Mabuhay Gardens.
Recognizing punks anti-establishment attitude as having antecedents in the Beat scene of the 50s, and strongly identifying
with punks anger and ironical stance, Conner began to photo-document the frenzied shows at Mabuhay, a number of which were
published in the punk zines of the day. Conner was to utilize the punk band, Devos song, "Mongoloid" as the soundtrack for
his biting film of the same name. It was Conners complex use of appropriated visuals coupled with music and underscored with
his often rapid-fire editing technique that is now seen (a dubious distinction perhaps) as having prefigured the visual tropes
of commercial television music videos of the MTV era.
In the early 80s, Conner was diagnosed with a rare liver ailment - which he discussed freely - and was given the prognosis
of surviving maybe months, a year at best. He was to prove much tougher and more resilient than doctors predicted as the decade
progressed. Conner continued to exhibit regularly and became actively represented and promoted by Michael Kohn Gallery, Los
Angeles, with additional representation from Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco and Susan Inglett Gallery, New York. Long
considered just an artists artist or underground phenom, Conner and his work began to attract serious renewed national and
even international attention despite his reputation as being impossible to work with. This gathering interest by gallerists
and curators reached critical mass with his major traveling survey exhibition, "2000 BC: The
Bruce
Conner
Story Pt. II," which was organized by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis in 1999. Conner was always at pains to explain that
"2000 BC" was not a retrospective for the fact that it left out numerous aspects of his voluminous and varied art-making practice.
During the last decade of his life, Conner continued to push the boundaries of what constituted artistic authorship and identity
by ratcheting up his conceptual game within the contemporary art markets narrowly defined parameters. Claiming to have retired
from the artworld, his inkblot drawings became signed by a host of "anonymous" artists: Anonymous, Anon., Anonymouse, Emily
Feather, Billie Dew and Justin Kase. Ever expanding the boundaries of his craft, one of Conners final film projects, THREE
SCREEN RAY (2006), was a digital reworking, technically assisted by filmmaker, Michelle Silva, of his original 16mm film,
COSMIC RAY (1961), that transformed it into a dazzling, hypnotic video installation.
Bruce
Conner
died at home on July 7, 2008 having defied the odds of his debilitating condition for over twenty years, and having, during
the course of his storied life, help to shape the course of American art with his fierce wit and intelligence.
Scope and Content of Collection
The
Bruce
Conner
papers, 1940s - 2010, form a voluminous, comprehensive overview of Conners life as a visual artist and filmmaker spanning
the length of his celebrated career. The papers include correspondence with individuals, galleries and museums, announcements,
programs, articles, reviews, interviews, lectures, awards and grants, contracts, invoices, legal files, chronological files,
and other sundry documentation all in great detail.
Correspondence Series 1
1961 - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 1 - 3, Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
Arrangement
Hierarchical then alphabetical then chronological.
Scope and Contents
Outgoing filed first, followed by Family and General.
Outgoing 1_1
1961 - 2007; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 1
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to Michael McClure is followed by General outgoing which is arranged chronologically.
carton 1, folder 1
McClure, Michael
1961 Sep. 19 -2000 June 19; Undated
carton 1, folder 2
General
1973 Feb. 4 - 2007 July 9
Family 1_2
1965 - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 1
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
Scope and Contents
Outgoing filed first followed by immediate family then extended family.
carton 1, folder 3
Outgoing - To Jean and Robert Conner [Postcards from Japan Trip]
1979 Sep. - Oct.
carton 1, folder 4
Conner, William Nicholas [Father]
1969 Nov. 18; 1994 Feb. 21; Undated
carton 1, folder 5
Conner, Bernice [Mother]
1978 Apr. 4 - 1988 Mar.; Undated
carton 1, folder 6
Conner, Jean [Wife]
1987 June 25
carton 1, folder 7 - 8
Conner, Jean [Wife] - Greeting cards
1999 - 2006; Undated
carton 1, folder 9
Conner, Jean [Wife] - Incoming from others
1988 May 13; 2009 July 31
carton 1, folder 10
Conner, Bill [Brother]
Undated
carton 1, folder 11
Conner, Joan [Sister]
1990 Oct. 31; 1999 May 12; Undated
carton 1, folder 12
Conner, Robert [Son]
Undated
carton 1, folder 13
Conner, Helen [Aunt]
1965 June 10
carton 1, folder 14
Peterson, Marjorie [Great-Aunt]
1965 Oct. 20
carton 1, folder 15
Sandstedt, Opal [Mother In-Law]
1990 Nov. 18; Undated
General 1_3
[1961] - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 1 - 3, Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
carton 1, folder 16
Arnholz, Maxine and Sam
1995 Mar. 4; Undated
carton 1, folder 17
Basil, Toni
1982 Apr. 18 - 2006 Nov. 7; Undated
carton 1, folder 18
Berman, Tosh
1987 Apr. 17 - 1988 Sep. 21
carton 1, folder 19
Blakenship, Julie
1986 Aug.
carton 1, folder 20
Boswell, Peter
1983 May 26 - 2003 Mar. 31; Undated
carton 1, folder 21
Branaman, Robert
1994 - 2000 Feb.24; Undated
carton 1, folder 22
Brautigan, Richard
1976 May 14 - 1984 July 2; Undated
carton 1, folder 23
Darling, Lowell
1977 Jan. - 2000 Mar.
carton 1, folder 24
Dean, Robert
1982 June 1 - 1990 May 26
carton 1, folder 25
Delap, Tony
1990 Sep. 22 - 2007 Mar. 24; Undated
carton 1, folder 26
English, Frank
1986 Oct. 10 - 2004 Dec. 15; Undated
carton 1, folder 28
Fair, Jad
1983 Apr. 20 - 1988 Feb. 20; Undated
carton 1, folder 29 - 35
Fama, Steve
1995 Nov. 28 -2006; Undated
carton 1, folder 36 - 37
Francis, Sam
1973 June 22 - 2007 Feb. 2; Undated
carton 1, folder 38
Friedeberg, Pedro
1982 Oct. 23 - 1999 Jan. 4
carton 1, folder 39
Goeritz, Mathias
1962 July 31 - 1984 Dec. 30; Undated
carton 1, folder 40
Goldberg, Georgia
1996 Mar. 3 - 1999 May
carton 1, folder 41
Haerer, Carol
1977 Apr. - 1999 July 20
carton 1, folder 42
Hedrick, Wally
2001 Dec. 6 - 2004 Jan. 25
carton 2, folder 1
Herms, George
1973 Feb. - 2007 Nov. 18; Undated
carton 2, folder 2
Hopper, Dennis [Alta Light Productions]
1992 - 1997; Undated
carton 2, folder 3
Joans, Ted
2001 Feb. 17 - 2002 May 25; Undated
carton 2, folder 4
Jeanrenaud, Joan
2003 Aug. 11 - 2009 Jan. 28; Undated
carton 2, folder 5
Johnson, Ray
2007 June 7; Undated
carton 2, folder 6
Johnson, Robert Emory
2004 Feb. 20
carton 2, folder 7
Kirkeby, Paula
1989 Feb. - 2007 Nov. 18; Undated
carton 2, folder 8
Kurz, Vivian
1966 Dec. - 2003 Dec. 13; Undated
carton 2, folder 9
Lawson, Annie
1996 June 3 - 1999 June 25
carton 2, folder 10
Lennon, John and Yoko Ono
Undated
carton 2, folder 11
Le Pell, Corban and Audrey
[1983] - 1986 Sep. 30; Undated
carton 2, folder 12
McClure, Michael and Amy Evans
[1966] - 2007; Undated
carton 2, folder 13
McGowan, Mickey
1987 Apr. 5; Undated
carton 2, folder 14
Marclay, Christian
2000 Aug. - Sep.
carton 2, folder 15
Marcus, Greil
1992 Jan. 20 - 2007 Jan. 15
carton 2, folder 16
Margolis, Zak
1996 Feb. 13; Undated
carton 2, folder 17
Mowat, Suzanne
1987 June 10 - 2003 Mar. 23; Undated
carton 2, folder 18
Mozur, Nancy
1987 Aug. 31 - 1997 Apr. [27]; Undated
carton 2, folder 19
Muldaur, Geoff
1996 Nov. 27 - 2007 Aug. 23; Undated
carton 2, folder 20
Noonan, Jennifer
2004 Sep. - Oct.
carton 2, folder 21
Pearson, Marilyn
[1987 July 28] - 1999 Jan. 2; Undated
carton 2, folder 22
Rashkis, Suzie
1990 Mar. 30; 1995 Nov. 13; Undated
carton 2, folder 23
Riley, Terry
1990 Nov. 13 - 2006 Feb. 7; Undated
carton 2, folder 24
Ritchey, Rik
1988 June 27 - 1997 Sep. 20; Undated
carton 2, folder 25
Rothfus, Joan and Paul Shambroom
1997 Feb. 12; [1999] Jan. 29; Undated
carton 2, folder 26
Sachs, Lynne
1987 Aug. 1 - 1996 Mar. 17
carton 2, folder 27
Savinar, Tim
1979 Oct. 29- 1993 July 14
carton 2, folder 28
Selz, Peter
1985 May 24 - 1994 Nov. 2; Undated
carton 2, folder 29
Shapazian, Robert
1982 Dec. 9 - 1992 Apr. 25
carton 2, folder 30
Shimshak, Robert Harshorn and Marion Brenner
1990 Oct. 3 - [2002] Nov. 24; Undated
carton 2, folder 31
Smith, Dean
2006 Dec. 7 - 2008 June 11
carton 2, folder 32
Solnit, Rebecca
1984 Sep. 5 - 2007 Feb. 15; Undated
carton 2, folder 33
Stiles, Kristine
1980 Nov. 18 - 2006 Feb. 19; Undated
carton 2, folder 34-35
Stockwell, Dean
2006 Aug. 19 - 2007 Oct.; Undated
carton 2, folder 36-37
Streiff, Lee
[1961]-1962; 1987 Nov. 1- 2002 Sep. 10; Undated
carton 2, folder 38
Stringfellow, Kim
1995 Aug. 26 - 2006 May 13; Undated
carton 2, folder 39
Tamblyn, Russel
1970 Apr. 13 - 2004 Jan. 11; Undated
carton 2, folder 40
Thompson, Tom
1997 Dec. 5; 2005 Nov. 27; Untitled
carton 2, folder 41
Temple of Man [Robert and Anita Alexander]
1975 July 3 - 1999 Jan. 6; Undated
carton 2, folder 42
University of California, Berkeley - The Bancroft Library
1996 June 21 - 2007 Dec. 14
carton 2, folder 43
The University of California Press
1985 July 11 - 1993 Sep. 13
carton 2, folder 44
Von Kolb, Leslie
1991 Apr. 9 - 1994 July 31; Undated
carton 2, folder 45
Waara, Richard
1990 Sep. 11 - 1997 Apr. 25; Undated
carton 2, folder 46
Webster, Sally
[1992] Apr. - 1997 June 10
carton 2, folder 47
Wilson, William S. [Estate of Ray Johnson]
1995 May 4 - 2003 Aug 19
carton 3, folder 1
Wood, Vivian
1992 Apr. 24; 1997 Sep. 24; Undated
carton 3, folder 2
Yau, John
1990 Mar. 6 - 2007 Feb.; Undated
carton 3, folder 3
Ziprin, Lionel
1988 May 1 - 2000 Sep. 2
carton 3, folder 4
Miscellaneous A - J
1974 - 2007; Undated
carton 3, folder 5
Miscellaneous K - Z
1974 - 2006; Undated
carton 3, folder 6
No Surname
1987-1998; Undated
carton 3, folder 7
Unidentified
1979 - 1996; Undated
Films Series 2
1965 - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 3 - 6, Oversize Box 1, Folders 2 - 4
Arrangement
Hierarchical then alphabetical then chronological.
Scope and Contents
The series begins with Correspondence, (general correspondence from individuals and institutions associated with experimental
filmmaking), followed by Projects (correspondence and documentation regarding individual films created by Conner), Projects
Unrealized, Programs (correspondence and documentation regarding film programs from institutional venues that screened Conners
films), Publicity (articles and biographical materials concerning Conners films), Contracts, Editing/Equipment, Invoices,
Rentals, Sales, General files (miscellaneous papers regarding Conners films), and concluding with Canyon Cinema documents
relating primarily to the Articles of Incorporation controversy in 1994.
Correspondence 2_1
1968 - 2008; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 3 - 4
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning Conners films and film issues in general.
carton 3, folder 8
Outgoing
1970 June 17 - 1999 Mar. 31
carton 3, folder 9
The American Federation of Arts
1983 May 24 - 1987 Feb. 4
carton 3, folder 10
Anger, Kenneth
2000 Nov. 27 - 2003 Mar. 12
carton 3, folder 11
Art Gallery of Ontario
1993 Apr. - Aug.
carton 3, folder 12
Audio Brandon Films, Inc. [MacMillan Films, Inc.]
1973 June - 1981 June
carton 3, folder 13
Austin Museum of Art
2000 Feb. - May
carton 3, folder 14
Baillie, Bruce
1990 July 17 - 2008 Feb.
carton 3, folder 15
Bold, Alf [Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek]
1990 Jan. - Mar.
carton 3, folder 16-17
Brakhage, Stan
1968 Feb. 19 - 2005 Dec. 19; Undated
carton 3, folder 18-19
Canyon Cinema
1983 June 20 - 2005 Apr. 20; Undated
carton 3, folder 20
Centre Pompidou
2007 Apr.
carton 3, folder 21
Cinegate Film Distribution
1975 Mar. - 1982 Mar. 31
carton 3, folder 22
Creative Film Society
1978 Jan. 24 - 1981 Mar. 17
carton 3, folder 23
Film-Makers Cooperative
1980 Mar. 22 - 1982 June 18
carton 3, folder 24
Friend, Michael
1998 Apr. 20 - 2001 Mar. 1; Undated
carton 3, folder 25
Haller, Robert
1972 Sep. 10 - 1975 Sep. 18
carton 3, folder 26
Harris, Trent
1987 Oct. 13 - 2006 Oct. 26; Undated
carton 3, folder 27
Hundina, Chuck
1994 Apr. 8 - 2001 Aug. 29
carton 3, folder 28
Image Forum
1979 May 24 - 2006 May 1; Undated
carton 3, folder 29
Jenkins, Bruce
1995 June 26 - 2004 Nov. 16
carton 3, folder 30
The Kitchen
1985 Apr. 20 - 1987 Apr. 16
carton 3, folder 31
Kuchar, George
1990 Aug. 7 - 2006 Dec. 30; Undated
carton 3, folder 32
The Learning Channel Twin Cities Public Television
1986 Oct. 3 - 1987 Mar. 27
carton 3, folder 33
London Film Makers Co-op
1985 Feb. 28 - 1997 May 31
carton 3, folder 34
Lux Centre for Film, Video and Digital Arts
2001 Apr. 18 - 2003 Feb. 3; Undated
carton 3, folder 35
MacDonald, Scott
1985 Aug. 1 - 2008 Nov. 1; Undated
carton 3, folder 36
McGuire, Anne
1997 - 2002 Apr. 15
carton 3, folder 37
The Museum of Modern Art
1986 June 16 - 2004 Sep. 14
carton 3, folder 38
Museum of the Moving Image
1988 Mar. - May
carton 3, folder 39
ONeill, Pat
1980 - 1996 Aug. 8
carton 3, folder 40
One Way Films
1988 Sep. 11 - 2004 May 4
carton 3, folder 41
Nelson, Robert
1998 June - 2000 Oct. 3; Undated
carton 3, folder 42
Reveaux, Tony
1986 Sep. 2 - 2005 Dec. 19; Undated
carton 3, folder 43
Roberts, C. Larry
1986 Sep. 21; Undated
carton 3, folder 44
Rose Art Museum
2001 Oct. 12 - 2005 Nov. 17
carton 3, folder 45
Rosenthal, Henry
1988 Jan. 16; 1989 Apr. 20; Undated
carton 3, folder 46
Ruth, Richard A.
1995 Mar. - Apr.
carton 4, folder 1
San Francisco Cinematheque
1992 Feb. 24; 2001
carton 4, folder 2
Serious Business Company
1976 Mar. 26 - 1983 Aug. 3
carton 4, folder 4
Twenty Four Frames
[1973] Aug. 1 - 1975 Dec. 5; Undated
carton 4, folder 5
University of California, Berkeley - Pacific Film Archive
2003 Jan. 8 - 2006 Nov. 28; Undated
carton 4, folder 6
Vaughan-Rogosin Films Limited
1969 Jan. 22 - 1970 Jan. 30
carton 4, folder 7
VIPER
1994 Aug. 23 - 1995 Jan. 11
carton 4, folder 8
Western Cine
1988 Apr. - June; 1997
carton 4, folder 9
Wilkins, Timoleon
1994 Feb. 3 - 2004 Apr.
carton 4, folder 10
Miscellaneous A - W
1983 - 2007; Undated
Projects 2_2
1967 - 2006; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4, Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and documentation regarding individual film projects.
BREAKAWAY 2_2_1
1975
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 11
Gift Receipt
1975 June 12
CROSSROADS 2_2_2
1974 - 2006; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4, Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
carton 4, folder 12
Correspondence - Gleeson, Patrick
1975 Jan. 9 - 1977 June 28
carton 4, folder 13
Correspondence - National Archives
1974 Jan. 14 - 1975 Dec. 18
carton 4, folder 14
Correspondence - Riley, Terry
1975 Jan. 9 - 1977 Nov. 13
carton 4, folder 15
Footage Sources and Orders
Undated
carton 4, folder 17
Optical Printing
1975 Mar. - Apr.; Undated
carton 4, folder 18
Titles
1975 July 16 - 1976 Mar. 15; Undated
carton 4, folder 19
16mm Reduction
1975 Aug. 25; Undated
carton 4, folder 20
Music - Patrick Gleeson - 35mm Soundtrack
1976 Feb. 10 - 1977 Oct. 3
carton 4, folder 21
Music - Patrick Gleeson - 16mm Soundtrack
1975 Oct. 28 - 1987 June 2
carton 4, folder 22
Music - Terry Riley - Notes
Undated
carton 4, folder 23
Music - Terry Riley - Printing Neg., Print Sync.
1977 Oct. - Nov.; Undated
carton 4, folder 24
Music - Terry Riley - 35mm Soundtrack
1976 Feb. 17 - 1977 Sep. 6
carton 4, folder 25
Music - Terry Riley - 16mm Obsolete Info Sheets
1975 Nov. 16 - 1976 Jan. 1
carton 4, folder 26
Music - Terry Riley - 16mm Cue Sheets
1976 Jan. - June
carton 4, folder 27
Copyright
2004 Jan. 20 - 2006 Feb. 7
carton 4, folder 28
Publicity
1976 - 1989; Undated
carton 4, folder 29
Digital Transfer
2002 Nov. 29 - 2003 Jan. 2
carton 4, folder 30
Academy Film Archive Preservation
1994 Jan. 21 - 1997 May 30; Undated
LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS 2_2_3
1994 - 2000; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 31
Correspondence - Walker Art Center
1998 July - Nov.
carton 4, folder 32
Correspondence - Miscellany
1997 Feb. 11 - 2000 Aug. 10
carton 4, folder 34
Music Composition Contract
1996 June
carton 4, folder 35
Copyright
1996 June - Nov.
carton 4, folder 37
Music Sound Mastering - Correspondence and Notes
1994 Aug. 8 - 1996 June 17
carton 4, folder 38
Video Transfer - VHS Copies
1994 Dec. 1 - 1998 May 12
MARYLIN TIMES FIVE 2_2_4
1975 - 1997; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 39
Correspondence - Film Quarterly
1975 Jan. 18; Undated
carton 4, folder 41
Miscellany
1994 July 26 - 1997 Jan. 13; Undated
MONGOLOID 2_2_5
1977-2004; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 42
Correspondence - Rykodisc DEVO DVD
1990 Sep. 13 - 2004 Jan. 5
carton 4, folder 43
Correspondence - Sundance Channel / Sonic Cinema
2003 Apr. - May
carton 4, folder 44
Music License Agreement
1977 Dec. 29 - 1978 Jan. 19; Undated
carton 4, folder 45
Lyrics with Timing Notes
1977 Dec. 7 - 1978 Jan. 1; Undated
A MOVIE 2_2_6
1967 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 47
Correspondence - Cinema Arts Inc.
2002 Oct. 6 - 2005 Apr. 6
carton 4, folder 48
Correspondence - Miscellany
1999 Mar. 15 - 2002 Jan. 5
carton 4, folder 49
Timing Notes
1980 Feb. 21; Undated
carton 4, folder 50
Publicity
1967 - 1994; Undated
PERMIAN STRATA 2_2_7
1969; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 51
Timing Notes
1969 July 10; Undated
REPORT 2_2_8
1966 - 2001; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 52
Publicity
1966 - 2001; Undated
REPORT #3 2_2_9
2005
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 53
DVD Transfer
2005 Mar. - Aug.
TAKE THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND 2_2_10
1976 - 2001
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 54
Correspondence - Walker Art Center
1997 Mar. 6 - 1998 Nov. 17
carton 4, folder 55
Timing Notes
1975 Jan. 2 - 1976 July 13
carton 4, folder 57
16mm Vinegar Syndrome Report
1999 July 23
carton 4, folder 58
Digital Transfer
2001 Sep. - Oct.
TELEVISION ASSASSINATION 2_2_11
1975 - 1996; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 59
Correspondence - Walker Art Center
1988 Nov. 24 - 1996 Mar. 8
carton 4, folder 60
Production Notes / Invoices
1991 Dec. 6 - 1995 Mar. 22; Undated
carton 4, folder 61
Music Composition Contract
1995 Feb. 25
carton 4, folder 62
Copyright
1995 Sep. 6 - 1996 Feb. 7
carton 4, folder 63
Publicity
1975 - 1995; Undated
VALSE TRISTE 2_2_12
1976-1978
Physical Description:
Carton 4
VIVIAN 2_2_13
Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
THE WHITE ROSE 2_2_14
1968; 2003; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 67
Publicity
1968; 2003; Undated
Miscellany 2_2_15
1994 Aug. 10; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
carton 4, folder 68
Miscellany
1994 Aug. 10; Undated
Projects - Unrealized 2_3
1965 - 1978; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 4
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Scope and Contents
Concepts for film projects that were never realized.
Programs 2_4
1973 - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 4 - 5, Oversize Box 1, Folder 3
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and documentation regarding film programs featuring Conners films.
carton 4, folder 73
17th Annual American Film Festival, "Film as Art"
1975 June
carton 4, folder 74
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Film Series, "Films by
Bruce
Conner
"
1976 Mar.
carton 4, folder 75
Carnegie Inst. - Independent Filmmaker Series, "Bruce Conners New Films..."
1976 July - Nov.
carton 4, folder 76
19th Annual American Film Festival, "Film as Art"
1977 May
carton 4, folder 77
11th Annual Bellevue Film Festival
1977 July
carton 4, folder 78
Albright-Knox Art Gallery - Evening for New Film
1978 Oct.
carton 4, folder 79
Image Forum / American Cultural Center, Tokyo
1979 Sep. - Oct.
carton 4, folder 80
Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage, Weg Zum Nachbarn
1980 Apr.
carton 4, folder 81
Film in the Cities
1981 Apr.
oversize_box 1, folder 3
Canyon Cinema - Benefit screening
1982
carton 4, folder 82
The 1983 Bay Area Filmmakers Showcase, "
Bruce
Conner
"
1983 Nov.
carton 4, folder 83
30th Annual Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, "
Bruce
Conner
- A Retrospective"
1984 July - Aug; Undated
carton 4, folder 84
Sheldon Film Theater, "The Films of
Bruce
Conner
"
1984 Dec. 4 - 1985 June 6; Undated
carton 4, folder 85
Filmforum, "Eight Films by
Bruce
Conner
"
1984 Dec.
carton 4, folder 86
River City Reunion
1987 Sep.
carton 4, folder 87
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Documentary Matters"
1995 Mar. - Apr.
carton 4, folder 88
European Media Arts Festival - Osnabrük
1996
carton 4, folder 89
24th Athens International Film and Video Festival
1997 Jan. - June
carton 4, folder 90
35th Ann Arbor Film Festival
1997 Feb. - Mar.
carton 4, folder 91
Artecinema Anos 60 70
1997 Dec.
carton 4, folder 92
Impakt Festival
1998 Apr. - May
carton 4, folder 93
New Nothing Cinema, "
Bruce
Conner
Films"
1999 May - June
carton 4, folder 94
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "The Films of
Bruce
Conner
"
2004 May - Aug.
carton 4, folder 95
42nd New York Film Festival
2004 Oct.
carton 4, folder 96
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Conner Obscura"
2004 Nov. 14 - 2006 Jan. 9
oversize_box 1, folder 3
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Conner Obscura"
2005 Dec.
carton 5, folder 1
45th Ann Arbor Film Festival
2007 Feb.
carton 5, folder 2
Film Museum - Viennale, "Los Angeles: Eine Stadt Im Film"
2008 October
carton 5, folder 3
Museum of Modern Art - "Canyon Cinema"
2008 October
carton 5, folder 4
NY Film Festival - Film Society of Lincoln Center
2008 October
oversize_box 1, folder 3
Harvard Film Archive, "
Bruce
Conner
, The Last Magician of the 20th Century"
2008 October
carton 5, folder 5
47th Ann Arbor Film Festival, "The Persistence of Vision: The
Bruce
Conner
Story Part 1 and Part II"
2009 Mar.
oversize_box 1, folder 3
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania - "Dance with Camera"
2009 September - 2010 March
carton 5, folder 6
Miscellany
1973 - 2009; Undated
Publicity 2_5
1971 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 5, Oversize Box 1, Folder 4
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
Scope and Contents
Articles and biographical materials concerning Conners films.
carton 5, folder 7
Articles
1971 - 1995; Undated
carton 5, folder 8
Biographical Materials
1973; 1990; Undated
carton 5, folder 9
Film Descriptions
Undated
Contracts 2_6
1969 - 1993
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Contracts with film distributors and other organizations regarding the distribution and screening of Conners films.
carton 5, folder 10
Vaughan-Rogosin Films Limited
1969 Jan. - Aug.
carton 5, folder 11
Serious Business Company
1973 Aug. 1 - 1982 July 22
carton 5, folder 12
Underground Film Center
1979 Oct.
carton 5, folder 13
The American Federation of Arts
1983 May
carton 5, folder 14
The Learning Channel
1986 Oct. - Dec.
carton 5, folder 15
One Way Films
1988 June 26 - 1989 Nov. 1
carton 5, folder 16
The Cooper Union
1989 Jan.
carton 5, folder 17
London Film-Makers Co-Op
1993 Oct.
Editing/Equipment 2_7
1976 - 2003; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
Scope and Contents
Materials regarding the equipment used in the editing and screening of Conners films.
carton 5, folder 18
Moviola Editing Console
1976 - 1985; Undated
carton 5, folder 19
16mm film splicers
1965; 1991
carton 5, folder 21
Loop Projector
1996 Nov.; Undated
carton 5, folder 22
Video projectors
2002-2003
carton 5, folder 25
Bell Howell 16mm Projector Manual
Undated
Invoices 2_8
1969 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Invoices rendered for distribution and services in creating of Conners films.
Confirmation 2_8_1
1993 - 2005
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 5, folder 26-27
Canyon Cinema
1993 July 29 - 2005 Mar. 23
Film Distribution 2_8_2
1969 - 1982
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 5, folder 28
Vaughan-Rogosin Films Limited
1969 July - Aug.
carton 5, folder 29
Serious Business Company
1978 May 7 - 1982 Apr. 6
Film Labs 2_8_3
1976 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 5, folder 30
Multichrome Laboratories
1976 Aug. 31 - 1980 Sep. 26
carton 5, folder 31
Adolph Gasser, Inc.
1976 Nov. 2 - 1988 July 1
carton 5, folder 32-34
W. A. Palmer Films, Inc.
1979 - 1997
carton 5, folder 35
Leo Diner Films, Inc.
1981 Sep. 29 - 1987 May 29
carton 5, folder 36
Academy Films - Durafilm Film Coating Laboratory
1983 Nov. 8 - 1999 July; Undated
carton 5, folder 37
Monaco Laboratories, Inc.
1985 July 24 - 2005 May 24
carton 5, folder 38
Alpha Cine Laboratory, Inc.
1985 Nov. - 1987 June 2
carton 5, folder 39
Bono Film and Video
1994 Nov.
carton 5, folder 40
Forde Motion Picture Labs
1997 Aug. 25 - 1998 May 28
Video Duplication 2_8_4
2002 - 2003; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 5, folder 41
Dub Express
2002 Jan. 18 - 2003 Nov. 5; Undated
Rentals 2_9
1975 - 1999
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Invoices from experimental film distributors of film rentals by individuals and organizations.
carton 5, folder 42-44
Serious Business Company
1975 - 1983
carton 5, folder 45-46
Canyon Cinema
1978 Feb. 20 - 1999 June 3
carton 5, folder 47
The Museum of Modern Art
1979 Apr. 17 - 1994 Dec. 29
carton 5, folder 48
One Way Films
1984 Jan. 9 - 1991 Apr. 9
carton 5, folder 49
London Film-Makers Co-Op
1989 June 10 - 1995 July 13
carton 5, folder 50
Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek
1992 June 5 - 1999 June 28
Sales 2_10
1974 - 1999
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Invoices from experimental film distributors for sales to individuals and organizations of Conners films.
carton 5, folder 51
Serious Business Company
1974 - 1982
carton 5, folder 52
Canyon Cinema
1983 - 1999
General 2_11
1976 - 2002; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers regarding Conners films.
carton 5, folder 53
Cal Arts
2006 July-September
carton 5, folder 54
San Francisco Art Institute
2006 November-December
undated
carton 5, folder 55
Lease of the Life of Print - Agreements
1994 Feb. - Mar.
carton 5, folder 56
Serious Business Company - Catalogs
1976; 1978; Undated
carton 5, folder 59
Print Duplication - Delivery Receipts Notes
1997 Nov. 22 - 1998 Apr. 19
Canyon Cinema 2_12
1967 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
Scope and Contents
Papers primarily concerning Canyon Cinemas Articles of Incorporation controversy in 1994. Also included are Canyon Cinema
catalogs and brochures and miscellany.
carton 6, folder 1
Articles of Incorporation, 1967
1967
carton 6, folder 2
Articles of Incorporation, Review
1993
carton 6, folder 3
Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws Controversy -
Bruce
Conner
Letters to Canyon Members
1994 Mar. - Apr.
carton 6, folder 4
Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws Controversy - Robert Nelson
Bruce
Conner
Correspondence
1994 Apr. - July; Undated
carton 6, folder 5
Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws Controversy - Members Letters
1994 Mar. - July; Undated
carton 6, folder 6
Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws Controversy - Annual Meeting, April 19, 1994
1994 Mar. - Apr.
carton 6, folder 7
Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws Controversy - Proxy Forms
1994 Mar. - Apr.
carton 6, folder 8
Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws Controversy - Non-Profit Status
1994 Mar. - Aug.
carton 6, folder 9
Restated Articles of Incorporation, 1994
1994 Mar. - Apr.
carton 6, folder 10
Election Procedures, Notes
1994 June - July
carton 6, folder 11
Bylaws Articles of Incorporation, Drafts of Amendments
1996 - 1997
carton 6, folder 12
Amended Articles of Incorporation
1996
carton 6, folder 13
Policies and Procedures
1988
carton 6, folder 14
Deceased Filmmakers Policy
1988; 1996
carton 6, folder 15
Board Meeting Minutes
1984 - 1998
carton 6, folder 16 - 18
Board Meeting Minutes / Letters to Shareholders [originally in 3-ring binder]
1996 - 2005
carton 6, folder 19
NEA Rejection of Canyon Cinema Application
1997
carton 6, folder 20 - 22
Shareholders Meeting
1999 - 2001
carton 6, folder 24
Electronic Media Distribution
1995
carton 6, folder 25
Catalog Info
[1987] - 1998; Undated
carton 6, folder 26
Catalog, Film/Video Supplement
1993 - 1995
carton 6, folder 27
Canyon Cinema News
1994 - 1996
carton 6, folder 28
Brochure and FAQs
2000 Dec.; Undated
carton 6, folder 29
Canyon Cinema Logo [film still] -
Bruce
Conner
Design
Undated
Visual Art Series 3
1955 - 2010; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 6 - 14, Oversize Box 1, Folders 5 - 9, Oversize Unit C, Folders 1 - 6
Arrangement
Hierarchical then alphabetical then chronological.
Scope and Contents
The series begins with papers regarding individual artworks, their conservation, consignment, copyright, destroyed works,
editions, forgeries, loans, reproductions of artworks, sales, studies for artworks, services used in framing and conserving
artworks, and artworks in private and public collections. The series continues with correspondence, announcements and other
related papers from and to various galleries in which Conner exhibited his work. The papers regarding museums is divided into
four sub-series: general correspondence, specific exhibitions at various institutions, papers regarding his major survey exhibition,
"2000 BC: the
Bruce
Conner
Story Part II," proposed exhibitions, and concluding with artworks given to various individuals and organizations for auctions,
donations and gifts.
Artworks 3_1
[1967] - 2004; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 6 - 9, Oversize Box 1, Folder 5 - 6
Arrangement
Hierarchical then alphabetical.
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding individual artworks, conservation, consignment, copyright, destroyed works, editions, forgeries, loans, reproductions
of artworks, sales, studies for artworks, services used in framing and conserving artworks, and artworks in private and public
collections.
Individual Artworks 3_1_1
1962 - 2004; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Alphabetical by artwork title.
carton 6, folder 30
APPROVED RAT BASTARD PROTECTIVE ASSN
2000; Undated
carton 6, folder 31
FINGERPRINTS
1974 Jan. 18
carton 6, folder 32
GLOBE
2003 Dec. 18 - 2004 Mar. 16
carton 6, folder 33
I AM
BRUCE
CONNER
[1967]
carton 6, folder 34
THE MARCEL DUCHAMP TRAVELING BOX
1979 July - Nov.
carton 6, folder 35
A PALE TUFT OF GRASS
2000 Apr.
carton 6, folder 37
UNTITLED
1992 Jan. - July
Conservation 3_1_2
1983 - 2004; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 6 - 7
Arrangement
Alphabetical by artwork followed by conservators arranged chronologically.
carton 6, folder 39
BEDROOM
1986 Dec. 23 - 1994 July 19
carton 6, folder 40-42
THE CHILD
1996 Jan. - 2001 May 12; Undated
carton 6, folder 43
CRICKET
2000 July 19 - 2001 Jan. 19; Undated
carton 6, folder 44
CROSS
1989 - 1991 Sep. 19; Undated
carton 6, folder 45
HOMAGE TO JEAN HARLOW
1994 Mar. 4 - 1999 Aug. 25
carton 6, folder 46
HOMAGE TO MINNIE MOUSE
1998 Jan. 11 - 1999 Aug. 25
carton 6, folder 48
LADIES WALKING AROUND
2001 Jan. - Oct.
carton 6, folder 49
LOOKING GLASS
1989 Oct. 9; 1993 Oct. 6
carton 6, folder 50
MAGIC OVAL [THE LAND OF THE LOST]
1987 July 5; 1988 Feb. 17; Undated
carton 6, folder 51
METRONOME
1993; 1995 Jan - Apr.
carton 6, folder 52
PORTRAIT OF ALLEN GINSBURG
1996 Mar. - May
carton 6, folder 53
RAT BASTARD #1 and UNTITLED, 1963
1986 Aug. 21 - 1987 Jan. 22
carton 6, folder 54
EL SEÑOR / EL MACHO
1992 Dec. 18 - 1994 Oct. 11; Undated
carton 6, folder 55
SENORITA
1983 June 17 - 1999 Apr. 15; Undated
carton 7, folder 1
SWEET 16 CANDY BARRS
1987 Apr. - July; Undated
carton 7, folder 2
THRILLING WONDER STORIES
1987 Aug.; Undated
carton 7, folder 3
TOUCH / DO NOT TOUCH
1997 June 26 - 1998 Jan. 31
carton 7, folder 4
TRIPTYCH
2000 Jan. 21; Undated
carton 7, folder 5
Daria Keynan Paper Conservator
2003 Dec. 10 - 2004 Dec. 3; Undated
carton 7, folder 6
Susan Sayre Batton Art Conservation Consulting Services
2004 Feb. - Mar.; Undated
Consignments 3_1_3
1959 - 1968
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 7
Consignment Ledger
1959 Feb. 13 - 1968
Copyrights 3_1_4
1996 - 1997
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 8
"Fearful Symmetry, Inkblot Drawings and Engraving Collages"
1996 May 20 - 1997 July 14
carton 7, folder 9
"Selected Drawings by
Bruce
Conner
: March and April 1996"
1996 June 4 - 1997 Apr. 21
carton 7, folder 10
PSYCHEDELICATESSEN OWNER
1997 July
Destroyed 3_1_5
1982
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 11
List of Works
1982 Sep. 25
Editions 3_1_6
1966 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 7, Oversize Box 1, Folder 5
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 12
LOBE KEY STILLED LIONMAN LACED WINGED APRIL RAPHAEL DANCE WIRY
1966
oversize_box 1, folder 5
LOBE KEY STILLED LIONMAN LACED WINGED APRIL RAPHAEL DANCE WIRY - Printing Proof
1966
carton 7, folder 13
THE DENNIS HOPPER ONE MAN SHOW vols. I - III
1972 - 2000 June 22; Undated
carton 7, folder 15 - 17
"The Adventures of a Novel in Four Chapters"
1975 - 1995 May 17
carton 7, folder 18
COLLECTED WORKS, PACIFIC, LEAF, and DARK LEAF
2001 June 14 - 2005 Mar. 22
carton 7, folder 19
TAKE TWO, D.H.O.M.S., Vol. 1
2001 June 25 - 2002 Dec. 1; Undated
carton 7, folder 20
#4, 7, 9, 10, ANONYMOUSE A LA HELIOGRAVURE, DRAWING ROOM, THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, and POES MIRROR
2001 Nov. 8 - 2003 May 23; Undated
Forgeries 3_1_7
1993 - 2004
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 21
Various
1993 Oct. 13 - 1994 Mar. 15; 2004 Feb.
Loans 3_1_8
1984 - 2001
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Contracts with individuals for temporary loans of artworks.
carton 7, folder 22
UNTITLED, SEPTEMBER, 1973 and DRUM
1984 Jan. 11 - 1985 Aug. 17; 1995 Feb.
Reproductions 3_1_9
1978 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 7, Oversize Box 1, Folder 6
Arrangement
Individual artworks filed first followed by artworks arranged alphabetically by medium, then chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Consists mainly of photocopy reproductions of artworks.
carton 7, folder 24
UNTITLED, Oil Painting [1954-1956]
1989 Aug. - Sep.; Undated
carton 7, folder 25 - 26
Photographs of Assemblages, 1959 - 1965
Undated
carton 7, folder 27
Engraving Collages
Undated
carton 7, folder 28
Felt-tip Pen Drawings
Undated
carton 7, folder 30
Offset Lithographs
Undated
oversize_box 1, folder 6
Punk Photographs published in "Damage," "Search Destroy," and "Interview"
1978 - 1999
carton 7, folder 33
Miscellany
1985 - 2005 Feb; Undated
Sales 3_1_10
1959 - 2007; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 7 - 8
Arrangement
Chronological in the following categories: individual works, multiple works, works in collections, inventories, and sales
records.
carton 7, folder 34
POWER FAILURE
1983 Feb. 22; 2001 June - July
carton 7, folder 35
SUITCASE
1984 Nov. 28 - 1985 Mar. 1
carton 7, folder 36
SWEET 16 CANDY BARRS
2006 Aug.
carton 7, folder 37
SENORITA and THE PEARL
1988 Oct.
carton 7, folder 38
ANGEL Photograms
1989 July - Oct.
carton 7, folder 39
MAY THE HEART OF THIN WOODSMAN BE WITH YOU and EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
1991 Jan. - Mar.
carton 7, folder 40 - 44
Institute for Policy Studies
1985 May 5 - 1992 Aug. 11; Undated
carton 7, folder 45
Janss Collection
1989 Jan. - Oct.; Undated
carton 7, folder 46
Engraving Collages - Sold Inventory
2002 Dec.; Undated
carton 7, folder 47
Inkblot Drawings - Sold Inventory
2002 Dec. - 2007 Mar.; Undated
carton 7, folder 48
Sales Records
1959 - 1964; 1986 - 1998
carton 8, volume 1
#1 - Sold Inventory 1950 - 1965
1999 - 2007; Undated
carton 8, volume 2
#2 - Sold Inventory 1966 - 1974
1997 - 2006
carton 8, volume 3
#3 - Sold Inventory 1975 - 1991
1996 - 2007; Undated
carton 8, volume 4
#4 - Sold Inventory 1992 - 1995
1996 - 2007
carton 8, volume 5
#5 - Sold Inventory 1996 - 1999
1997 - 2006
carton 8, volume 6
Sold Inventory - Anon., Anonymouse
2002 - 2006
Studies 3_1_11
Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 49
ANGEL ARMS and BUTTERFLY ANGEL + ANGEL LIGHT!
Undated
Services 3_1_12
1986 - 2008; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 7
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 7, folder 50
Canyon Editions
1986 Dec. 8 - 1987 Nov. 24
carton 7, folder 51
Richard Peterson Photography
1987 May 13 - 2005 Mar. 15
carton 7, folder 52
Artform Picture Framing
1990 Feb.
carton 7, folder 53
Rickerby Picture Framing Company, Inc.
1990 Apr. 2 - 2000 Sep. 11; Undated
carton 7, folder 54
Spot Design
1991 Dec. 10 - 2008 June 14; Undated
carton 7, folder 55
Swanda Schindler Digital Photography
2002 July; Undated
Works in Private / Public Collections 3_1_13
1974 - 2006; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 9
Arrangement
Private collections filed alphabetically followed by public collections.
carton 9, folder 2
Sam Francis Estate
Undated
carton 9, folder 3
Ziprin, Jordan
2004 June - July
carton 9, folder 4
Works in Private Collections - Miscellany
1974 - 2006; Undated
carton 9, folder 5
Works in Public Collections
1982; 1990; Undated
Galleries 3_2
1955 - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 9 - 10, Oversize Box 1, Folder 7
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
carton 9, folder 6
Alan Gallery
1955 Aug. 13 - 1968 Apr. 19; Undated
carton 9, folder 7
Art Exchange
1994 Jan.; 2006 Oct.; Undated
carton 9, folder 8 - 11
Barbara Gladstone Gallery
2002 Oct. 18 - 2007 Apr. 17; Undated
carton 9, folder 12
Braunstein/Quay Gallery
1972 Jan. - 1981 July; Undated
carton 9, folder 13
B. Sakata Garo
2006 May - July
carton 9, folder 14 - 15
Curt Marcus Gallery
1992 Jan. - 2002 July 30; Undated
carton 9, folder 16
Fairlick Community Cultural Center
1985 Feb. - May
carton 9, folder 17
56, Bleeker Gallery Ltd.
1987 Oct. 19 - 1988 May 25
carton 9, folder 18
Focus Gallery
1975 Feb. - Mar.
carton 9, folder 19
Fraenkel Gallery
1983 Mar. - 2003 Mar.
carton 9, folder 20 - 22
Gallery Paule Anglim
1984 Sep. 21 - 2009 Aug. 26; Undated
carton 9, folder 23
G. B. Carson / Fine Art
1982 Jan. 15 - 1997 Dec. 3; Undated
carton 9, folder 24
Hackett Freedman Gallery
1999 Oct.
carton 9, folder 25
Jacqueline Anhalt Gallery
1972 Feb. 10 - 1973 Mar.
carton 9, folder 26
James Corcoran Gallery
1979 May 29 - 1992 Jan. 24
carton 9, folder 27
Jan Turner Gallery
1992 Oct. 7 - 1994 Feb. 15
carton 9, folder 28
John Natsoulas Gallery
1989 Dec. 15 - 1996 Dec. 10
carton 9, folder 29
Kohn Abrams Gallery
1993 July 21 - 1994 Jan. 20; Undated
carton 9, folder 30 - 32
Kohn Turner Gallery
1994 Apr. 12 - 2001 Apr. 15
oversize_box 1, folder 7
Lexington Point Gallery
1963
carton 9, folder 34
Magnolia Editions
2005 Dec. 7 - 2006 Jan. 6
carton 9, folder 35
Martha Jackson Gallery
1971 Nov. 28 - 1973 Nov. 24
carton 9, folder 36 - 38
Michael Kohn Gallery
1990 Mar. 2 - 2004 Jan. - Oct.
carton 10, folder 1 - 3
Michael Kohn Gallery
2005 Jan. - 2009 Dec.
carton 10, folder 4
Modern Past
2006 Oct.; Undated
carton 10, folder 5
Nicole Klagsbrun
1990 Dec. 20 - 1991 Mar. 30
carton 10, folder 6
The North Point Gallery
1980 May 31 - 1992 Dec. 30
oversize_box 1, folder 7
The North Point Gallery
1981 July
carton 10, folder 7
Paula Z. Kirkeby Contemporary Fine Art
1996 July 17 - 2000 Mar. 29
carton 10, folder 8
Pink Pearl Gallery
1985 Mar. 1 - 1987 Apr. 2; Undated
oversize_box 1, folder 7
Pink Pearl Gallery
1987 Mar.
carton 10, folder 9 - 12
Smith Anderson Gallery / Editions
1983 Sep. - 2006 Mar. 22
oversize_box 1, folder 7
Smith Anderson Gallery / Editions
1986 Feb.
carton 10, folder 13
Susan Inglett Gallery / I. C. Editions
1995 Dec. 20 - 2007 Jan. 25; Undated
carton 10, folder 14
Wichita Art Association
1987 Apr.
carton 10, folder 15
Zabriskie Gallery
1993 July - Oct.
carton 10, folder 16
Miscellany A - W
1967 - 2007
Museums 3_3
1973 - 2010; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 10 - 14, Oversize Box 1, Folders 8 - 9 , Oversize Unit C, Folders 1 - 6
Arrangement
Hierarchical then alphabetical then chronological.
Scope and Contents
Museums is divided into four sub-series: general correspondence, specific exhibitions at various venues, papers regarding
his major survey exhibition, "2000 BC: The
Bruce
Conner
Story Part II," proposed exhibitions, and concluding with artworks given to various individuals and organizations for auctions,
donations and gifts.
General Correspondence 3_3_1
1975 - 2010; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 10
Arrangement
Outgoing filed first followed by museums arranged alphabetically.
carton 10, folder 17
Outgoing - Miscellany
1968 Apr. 2 - 2003 July 11
carton 10, folder 18
Centre Pompidou
2006 Feb. - Aug.
carton 10, folder 19
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University
1989 Nov. 6 - 2004 Jan. 2
carton 10, folder 20
Di Rosa Preserve
1989 May 17 - 1996 Oct. 31; Undated
carton 10, folder 21
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
1982 Mar. 9 - 2006 Jan. 24
carton 10, folder 22
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation / Museum
1990 Oct. 9 - 2005 July 22
carton 10, folder 23
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
1988 Mar. 1 - 2006 Nov. 3
carton 10, folder 24
Madison Art Center
1984 Dec. 11 - 1985 Feb. 11
carton 10, folder 25
Miami Art Museum
2006 Jan. 3 - 2007 Feb. 14
carton 10, folder 26
The Museum of Contemporary Art
2000 Oct. 8 - 2007 Apr. 18
carton 10, folder 27
Museum of Modern Art
2000 Feb. 22 - 2007 Jan. 3
carton 10, folder 28
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1974 Jan. 10 - 2005 Sep. 19; Undated
carton 10, folder 29
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
1986 Oct. 6 - 2007 Oct. 8
carton 10, folder 30
Walker Art Center
1987 Apr. 20 - 2004 Apr. 6
carton 10, folder 31
Whitney Museum of American Art
1977 Jan. 15 - 2007 Feb. 14
carton 10, folder 32
Miscellany A - U
1977 - 2010
Exhibitions 3_3_2
1975 - 2010; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 10 - 11, Oversize Unit C, Folder 1
Arrangement
Alphabetical by institution.
carton 10, folder 33 - 36
American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, "After
Bruce
Conner
"
2005 Apr. 6 - 2006 Nov. 22; Undated
carton 10, folder 37
The Art Museum Association, "
Bruce
Conner
: Photograms"
1983 May 5 - 1985 July 26
carton 10, folder 38
Austin Museum of Art, "The New Frontier: Art and Television, 1960 - 65"
1998 Oct. 20 - 2001 Mar. 12
carton 10, folder 39
Centre Pompidou, "Les Années Pop"
2000 Apr. - 2001 Oct., Undated
carton 11, folder 1
Foundation Cartier Pour LArt Contemporain, "Ce Qui Arrive"
2002 Aug. - Nov.
carton 11, folder 2
Guggenheim Museum, "American Art and the East"
2006 Mar. 17 - 2008 May 22
carton 11, folder 3
Kunsthalle Wein, "
Bruce
Conner
Die 70er Jahre" Publicity Brochure
2010 Oct.
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 1
Kunsthalle Wein, "
Bruce
Conner
Die 70er Jahre" Publicity Poster
2010 Oct.
carton 11, folder 4
Kunstmuseum Bonn, "Leaf Spine Word Sign"
1998 Oct. - 1999 Apr.
carton 11, folder 5
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Made in California..."
1999 Oct. 13 - 2001 Jan. 2
carton 11, folder 6
M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, "Beat Culture and the New America"
1996 May- Nov.; Undated
carton 11, folder 7
The Museum of Contemporary Art, "Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film Since 1945"
1994 Nov. 28 - 1998 May 8
carton 11, folder 8
Nevada Museum of Art, "Smith Anderson and the Art of Collaborative Printmaking"
1998 Apr. - Aug.
carton 11, folder 9
Newport Harbor Art Museum, "The Last Time I Saw Ferus..."
1975 July 29 - 1976 Feb. 4
carton 11, folder 10
Oakland Museum of California, "Meaning and Message..."
1999 May - Nov.
carton 11, folder 11
The RISD Museum, "About Objects"
2001 June 26 - 2002 June 14
carton 11, folder 12
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Angels:
Bruce
Conner
1973 - 1975"
1988 Aug. 26 - 1992 Dec. 18; Undated
carton 11, folder 13
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Extending the Parameters of Twentieth Century Photography"
1995 Aug. - Sep.
carton 11, folder 14
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Celebrating Modern Art: Highlights from the Anderson Collection"
1999 July
carton 11, folder 15
San Jose Museum of Art, "The Not So Still Life..."
2002 Apr. 11 - 2004 July 26
carton 11, folder 16
Santa Monica Museum of Art. "Semina Culture..."
2002 Nov. 12 - 2005 Sept.; Undated
carton 11, folder 17
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "
Bruce
Conner
- Matrix/Berkeley 102"
1986 Apr. - Dec.
carton 11, folder 18
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "Made in U.S.A."
1987 Apr.
carton 11, folder 19
University of California Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, "Scene of the Crime"
1996 June - Nov.
carton 11, folder 20
University of California Los Angeles, Hammer Museum,, "The Last Picture Show"
2003 Dec. 4 - 2004 July 21
carton 11, folder 21
University of California Los Angeles, Wright Art Gallery, "Forty Years of California Assemblage"
1989 Jan. - Feb.
carton 11, folder 22
Wake Forest University Art Gallery, "Mind Fields"
2000 Oct. - Dec.; Undated
carton 11, folder 23
Walker Art Center, Beat Culture and the New America"
1996 Feb. - June
carton 11, folder 24 - 25
Wichita Art Museum, "
Bruce
Conner
: Engraving Collages 1961 - 1995"
1995 Sep. 23 - 1997 July 8; Undated
carton 11, folder 26
Whitney Museum of American Art, "Beat Culture and the New America"
1995 Apr. - Dec.
carton 11, folder 27
Whitney Museum of American Art, "The 1997 Whitney Biennial"
1996 Nov. 15 - 1997 June 20
carton 11, folder 28
Yerba Beuna Center for the Arts, "Juvenilia"
2000 May - Sep.
Exhibitions - 2000 BC, The
Bruce
Conner
Story Pt. II
3_3_3
1996 - 2002; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 11 - 12, 14, Oversize Box 1, Folders 8 - 9, Oversize Unit C, Folders 2 - 6
Arrangement
Arranged in order by exhibition venue according to travel itinerary, then hierarchical, then alphabetical and chronological
where applicable.
carton 11, folder 29
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - "B.C. Retrofit"
1996 Jan. 8 - 1998 July 28
carton 11, folder 30
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Boswell, Peter
1997 Jan. 2 - 1999 Nov. 18
carton 11, folder 31
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Halbreich, Kathy
1997 Mar. 1 - 1999 Sep. 25
carton 11, folder 32
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Jenkins, Bruce
1997 Feb. 18 - 1998 Dec. 24; Undated
carton 11, folder 33
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Rothfus, Joan
1996 Nov. 6 - 2000 Nov. 1; Undated
carton 11, folder 34
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Rothfus, Joan - "Walker Bad Vibes"
1999 Sep.
carton 11, folder 35
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Conference Calls
1997 Sep. 23 - 1998 Mar. 11
carton 11, folder 36
Walker Art Center - General Correspondence - Reproduction Lighting Agreement
1999 Feb. - Sep.
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 2
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - Floor Plans
1997 July - 1999 Aug.
carton 11, folder 37
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - 1= ¼" Scale Artworks
1999 Aug. 4; Undated
carton 11, folder 38
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - Editing Table, Screening Rooms
1997 Sep. 9 - 2000 Jan. 14; Undated
carton 11, folder 39
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - Framing, Plexi Containers
1999 Aug. - Sep.; Undated
carton 11, folder 40
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - Gallery Guides
1999 June - Oct.
carton 11, folder 41
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - Gallery Wall Colors
1999 Aug. - Sep.
oversize_box 1, folder 8
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Design - Object and Extended Labels
1999 Sep. 10
oversize_box 1, folder 9
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Acknowledgements Proof
1999 June 14
carton 12, folder 1
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Press Release Correspondence
1999 Mar. - Apr.
carton 12, folder 2
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Press Kit
1999 May
carton 12, folder 3
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Calendar Copy
1999 July; Undated
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 3
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Cinematheque Poster Proof
1999 Aug.
carton 12, folder 4
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Exhibition Flyers, Newsletters, Etc.
1999 Oct.
carton 12, folder 5
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Press Clippings
1999 Sep. 12 - 2000 May 3
carton 12, folder 6
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Opening Night Reception
1999 July - Oct.
carton 12, folder 7
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Film Lecture
1999 Aug. - Oct.
carton 12, folder 8
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Cinematheque Program
1999 Sep.
carton 12, folder 9
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Gift Shop Items
1999 July - Sep.; Undated
carton 12, folder 10
Walker Art Center - Publicity - Complimentary Catalogs
1999 Oct. 15 - 2000 Mar. 26
carton 12, folder 11
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Correspondence - Blauvelt, Andrew
1998 June 23 - 1999 May 11; Undated
carton 12, folder 12
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Correspondence - Otto, Dean
2002 Aug. - Nov.; Undated
carton 12, folder 13
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Correspondence - Piranio, Michelle
1997 Aug. 19 - 1999 Aug. 18
carton 12, folder 14
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Outlines Schedules
1996 July 23 - 1998 Feb. 17; Undated
carton 12, folder 15
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Checklists
1996 Dec. 30 - 1999 May 30
carton 12, folder 16
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Photo List
Undated
carton 12, folder 17
Walker Art Center - Catalog Design - Notes for Bibliography
1998 Nov.; Undated
carton 12, folder 18
Walker Art Center - Artworks - MARCEL DUCHAMP TRAVELING BOX
1997 Dec. 4 - 1998 July 13
carton 12, folder 19
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Daniel Spoerris, "Variation on a
Bruce
Conner
Lunch"
2001 Jan. - July; Undated
carton 12, folder 20
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Conservation
1997 Mar. 24 - 2000 May 11; Undated
carton 14, volume 1
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Conservation - Condition Notebook #1 - #67
1998 - 1999
carton 14, volume 2
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Conservation - Condition Notebook #68 - #131
1999
carton 12, folder 21
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Loans
1997 Feb. 19 - 1999 Dec. 20
carton 12, folder 22
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Loan Agreements
1998 June 9 - 1999 Apr. 7
carton 12, folder 23
Walker Art Center - Artworks - Gifts
2000 Oct. 19 - 2001 Feb. 5
carton 12, folder 24
Walker Art Center - Films - Returns
2001 Jan. - Mar.
carton 12, folder 25
Walker Art Center -
Bruce
Conner
Chronology
1998 Nov. - Dec.
carton 12, folder 26
Walker Art Center -
Bruce
Conner
Stories
1997 Jan. 29 - 1999 June 4
carton 12, folder 27
Walker Art Center -
Bruce
Conner
Travel Itineraries
1197 Aug. - 1999 Sep. 27
carton 12, folder 28
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Timeline
1998 Apr.
carton 12, folder 29
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Attendance Records
2000 Mar. - July
carton 12, folder 30
Walker Art Center - Exhibition Miscellany
1998 May 1 - 1999 Dec. 28; Undated
carton 12, folder 31
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - General Correspondence
1999 Dec. 6 - 2000 May 24
carton 12, folder 32
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Exhibition Design - General Correspondence
1999 Nov. 29 - 2000 Jan. 30
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 4
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Exhibition Design - Floor Plans
Undated
carton 12, folder 33
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Exhibition Design - Film Projection Rooms
1999 Dec.
carton 12, folder 34
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Publicity - Press Release, Educational Materials, Brochures, Flyers
1999 Jan. 15 - 2000 Feb.
carton 12, folder 35
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Publicity - Advertisements Press Clippings
2000 Jan. - June
carton 12, folder 36
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Publicity - Publicity and Attendance Reports
Undated
carton 12, folder 37
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Exhibition Miscellany
2000 Jan.; Undated
carton 12, folder 38
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - General Correspondence
2000 Mar. - Sep.
carton 12, folder 39
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - General Correspondence - Fan Mail
2000 Apr. - May; Undated
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 5
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Exhibition Design - Floor Plans
2000 Mar.
carton 12, folder 40
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Exhibition Design - Installation Layout
2000 Mar. - June
carton 12, folder 41
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Exhibition Design - Signage, Brochures, Posters
2000 Mar. - Apr.; Undated
carton 12, folder 42
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Publicity - Correspondence
2000 Mar. - Nov.; Undated
carton 12, folder 43
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Publicity - Brochures, Gallery Guides, Invitations, Flyers, Press Release
2000 Apr. - May
carton 12, folder 44
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Publicity - Peter Byrne (SF Weekly) Correspondence
2000 Aug.; Undated
carton 12, folder 45
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Publicity - Press Clippings
2000 Mar. - May
carton 12, folder 46
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum - Exhibition Miscellany
2000 Apr.; Undated
carton 12, folder 47
The Museum of Contemporary Art - General Correspondence
2000 Apr. - Oct.
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 6
The Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Design - Floor Plans
1999 Nov. - 2000 Aug.
carton 12, folder 48
The Museum of Contemporary Art - Exhibition Design - Installation Layout
2000 May - Oct.
carton 12, folder 49
The Museum of Contemporary Art - Publicity - General Correspondence
2000 May - Oct.
carton 12, folder 50
The Museum of Contemporary Art - Publicity - Exhibition Flyers, Newsletters, Etc.
Undated
carton 12, folder 51
The Museum of Contemporary Art - Publicity - Ratbastard T-Shirts Tattoos
2000 May 17 - 2001 Dec. 20
carton 12, folder 52
The Museum of Contemporary Art -
Bruce
Conner
Travel Itinerary
2000 June - Oct.
Exhibitions - Proposed 3_3_4
1982 - 2001; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 12 - 13
Arrangement
Alphabetical by institution.
carton 12, folder 53
California College of Arts Crafts, [Artists Ephemera]
2001 Jan. - Mar.; Undated
carton 12, folder 54
Centre Pompidou, ["Traces du Sacré"]
Undated
carton 12, folder 55
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, [Bruce Conners Sculpture, 1957 -1964]
1989 Apr. 6 - 1991 Dec. 11
carton 12, folder 56 - 57
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, [
Bruce
Conner
: A Retrospective]
1982 July 15 - 1986 Mar. 10
carton 13, folder 1-2
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, [Light Out of Darkness: The Art of
Bruce
Conner
]
1987 Apr. 28 - 1992 Sep. 3; Undated
carton 13, folder 3
Whitney Museum of American Art, [Wax Sculptures, 1959 - 1964]
1991 Sep. 10 - 1992 Jan. 24; Undated
Auctions/Donations/Gifts 3_4
1973 - 2007
Physical Description:
Carton 13
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 13, folder 4
The Oakland Museum
1973 Feb. 18 - 1989 July 21
carton 13, folder 5
Newport Harbor Art Museum
1987 May - Nov.
carton 13, folder 6
De Saisset Museum
1987 Aug. 20 - 1989 July 13
carton 13, folder 7
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
1988 Jan. 6 - 1999 Oct. 26
carton 13, folder 8
Michael Dunev Gallery
1988 Mar. - Oct.
carton 13, folder 9
Central City Hospitality House
1989 Mar. 15 - 1990 July 2
carton 13, folder 10
San Francisco Camerawork
1989 Dec. 2 - 1990 Aug.
carton 13, folder 11
Richmond Art Center
1992 Aug. 26 - 2006 May 11
carton 13, folder 12
New Langton Arts
2001 June 21 - 2004 Dec. 20
carton 13, folder 13
Visual Aid
2002 July 29 - 2004 Aug. 27
carton 13, folder 14
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
2002 Aug. 15 - 2007 July 20
carton 13, folder 15
Southern Exposure
2004 Feb. - May
carton 13, folder 16
Di Rosa Preserve
2004 Mar. 17 - 2006 Nov. 7
carton 13, folder 17
Film Arts Foundation
2004 Sep. - Nov.
carton 13, folder 18
Miscellany C - R
1988 - 2006
Publicity Series 4
1956 - 2009; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 13, 15, Box 1, Oversize Box 1, Folders 10 - 13, Oversize Box 2
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
Scope and Contents
Biographical materials, writings by Conner (art publication projects, editorials and letters to editors), writings by others
on Conners films, artworks and profiles of Conner, correspondence and proofs regarding published catalogs of Conners artworks,
correspondence regarding books that address Conners art, correspondence regarding proposed books of Conners artworks and writings,
correspondence regarding dissertations/thesiss about Conners artworks, and concluding with permission requests to reproduce
Conners artworks in various publications.
Biographical Materials 4_1
1956 - 2006; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 13
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
carton 13, folder 19 - 20
Bibliography on 4 x 6 index cards
1956 - 1987
box 1
Bibliography on 3 x 5 index cards - Compiled by Genie Candau
1956 - 1991
carton 13, folder 21
Bibliography
1988 Jan. 8; 1993 Sep. 27
carton 13, folder 23
Biographies
1997 - 2006; Undated
carton 13, folder 24
Recent Art and Film Biography
1999 - 2002
carton 13, folder 25
Exhibition History
1974 - 2000
carton 13, folder 26
Information Packet
[2004]
carton 13, folder 27
Notes for Obituary
Undated
carton 13, folder 28
Whos Who In America
1986 Apr. 21
carton 13, folder 29
Whos Who In American Art
1984 Apr. 28
carton 13, folder 30
Contemporary Artists
1994 July 16
carton 13, folder 31
Mantle Fieldings Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers
2001 July 4
Writings 4_2
1963 - 2005
Physical Description:
Carton
Arrangement
Hierarchically.
By
Bruce
Conner
4_2_1
1963 - 1997
Physical Description:
Carton 13, Oversize Box 1, Folder 10
Arrangement
Hierarchical then chronological.
oversize_box 1, folder 10
carton 13, folder 34
Editorial - "NEA Feels the Cutting Edge"
1997 May - Aug.
carton 13, folder 35
Letters to Editor - Artforum
1976 Mar.
carton 13, folder 36
Letters to Editor - Release Print Magazine
1987 Sep.
carton 13, folder 37
Letters to Editor - The New York Observer
1995 Nov.
Articles / Reviews 4_2_2
1962 - 2009
Physical Description:
Carton 13, Oversize Box 1, Folder 11
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
oversize_box 1, folder 11
carton 13, folder 40
Articles Mentioning
Bruce
Conner
1996 - 2004
Feature Articles 4_2_3
1963 - 2007
Physical Description:
Carton 13, Oversize Box 1, Folder 12
Arrangement
Chronological. Various filed at end.
carton 13, folder 42
ESPOUS
2004 June 26 - 2007 June 27
carton 13, folder 43
Art on Paper
2005 Mar. - Nov.
oversize_box 1, folder 12
Essays 4_2_4
1970 - 2006
Physical Description:
Carton 13
Arrangement
Hierarchical. Excerpts from Monographs filed at end.
carton 13, folder 46
Films - Various
1994 - 2006
carton 13, folder 47
Visual Art - "Where is
Bruce
Conner
?"
1984 July - Sep.
carton 13, folder 48
Visual Art - "Beat and Beyond..."
Undated
carton 13, folder 49
Visual Art - Excerpts from Monographs
1970 - 2005
Catalogs 4_2_5
1967 - 2007; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 15, Oversize Box 1, Folder 13, Oversize Box 2
Arrangement
Chronological. Exhibition Catalog Excerpts filed at end.
carton 15, folder 1 - 8
"
Bruce
Conner
- Intelligent Design"
2002 Jan. 25 - 2007 June; Undated
oversize_box 1, folder 13
"
Bruce
Conner
- Intelligent Design" - Proofs
2007 Apr.
carton 15, folder 9
"
Bruce
Conner
- Mabuhay Gardens"
2004 Feb. 3 - 2007 Jan. 3; Undated
oversize_box 2
"
Bruce
Conner
- Mabuhay Gardens"
2006 Apr. - May
carton 15, folder 10
Exhibition Catalog Excerpts
1967 - 1996; Undated
Books 4_2_6
1991 - 2003
Physical Description:
Carton 15
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 15, folder 12
"Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now"
2001 June 16 - 2003 Mar. 4
Books - Proposed 4_2_7
1982 - 2006
Physical Description:
Carton 15
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 15, folder 13
"Poem Dreams"
1982 Feb. - June
carton 15, folder 14
Bruce
Conner
Writings
2005 July 28 - 2006 Apr. 22
carton 15, folder 15
Is To As To Series, Siglio Press
2006 Sep.
Dissertation/Thesis 4_2_8
1997; 2005
Physical Description:
Carton 15
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 15, folder 16
"The Unofficial Guides to History..."
1997 Mar.
carton 15, folder 17
"North Beach to Haight-Ashbury..."
2005 July
Reproduction Requests 4_3
1994 - 2006; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 15
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 15, folder 18
O Books [Randall Potts]
1994 July
carton 15, folder 19
Rockument, Inc.
1994 Nov. - Dec.
carton 15, folder 20
Calmann Ling Limited
1995 May
carton 15, folder 21
Prentice Hall [Paul Fabozzi]
2000 Jan. - Nov.
carton 15, folder 22
University of Illinois Press
2001 July 30 - 2003 Jan. 27; Undated
carton 15, folder 23
Thames Hudson Ltd.
2001 Nov. 29 - 2005 May 6
carton 15, folder 25
Black Square Press [Andrew Joron]
2002 Aug. 30 - 2003 June 21; Undated
carton 15, folder 26
Papers of Surrealism [James Boaden]
2004 June - July
carton 15, folder 27
The UBS Art Collection Web Museum
2004 July - Nov.
carton 15, folder 29
Science Press
2005 Feb. - Mar.
carton 15, folder 31
Cambridge University Press
2005 Apr. - Aug.
carton 15, folder 32
The Nightjar Review
2005 Sep. - Nov.
carton 15, folder 33
Mother Lode Productions
2006 Apr. - May
Interviews Series 5
1963 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 15 - 16, Oversize Box 1, Folder 14
Arrangement
Chronological. Miscellany filed chronologically at end.
carton 15, folder 34
With Flaherty Seminar Audience, 1968
1969
carton 15, folder 35
With Mea Culpa
1979 - 1980; 1992
carton 15, folder 36
With Scott MacDonald
1981 Aug.
carton 15, folder 37
With Mitch Tuchman
1981 Sep. - Oct.
carton 15, folder 38
With Nancy Richards
1984 Dec. 6 - 1986 Oct. 30
carton 15, folder 39
With Lynn Hershman
[1984]
carton 15, folder 40
With Will Shank
1986 Aug.
carton 15, folder 42
With Lee Bartlett
1991 May - July
carton 15, folder 43
With Robert Shimshak
1991 June - Aug.
carton 15, folder 44
With Bill Wees
1991 July 2 - 1992 Dec. 13
carton 15, folder 45
With Paul Cummings
1994 Jan. - Oct.
carton 15, folder 46
With Meredith Tromble
1988 June - Aug.
carton 15, folder 47
With John Bowles
1994 Feb. - Mar.
carton 15, folder 48
With Denise Domergue
1994 Feb. - July
carton 15, folder 49
With Elizabeth Armstrong
1994 June
carton 15, folder 50
With Kristine Stiles
1995 Apr. - May
carton 15, folder 51
With Dan Schillaci
1995 July
oversize_box 1, folder 14
carton 15, folder 53
With Matthew Moses
1996 Dec. 3 - 1997 Apr. 15
carton 16, folder 1
With Bruce Jenkins
1997 Feb. - May
carton 16, folder 2
With Kathy Geritz
1997 May
carton 16, folder 3
With John Yau
1998 Mar. - Dec.
carton 16, folder 4
With Eleanor Dickinson
2000 June
carton 16, folder 5
With Scott MacDonald
2001 July; 2004 Mar.
carton 16, folder 6
With Rosa Lowinger and Will Shank
2001 Nov. 5 - 2002 Dec. 4
carton 16, folder 7
With Doug Aitken
2003 Mar. 30 - 2005 Apr. 6
carton 16, folder 8
With Jaimey Hamilton
2003 July - Aug.
carton 16, folder 9
With Sophie Dannemüller
2004 May - Oct.
carton 16, folder 10
With Amelia Does
2004 July 18 - 2005 Mar. 17
carton 16, folder 11
With John Weber, Tara McDowell, Peter Samis...
2004 July 26 - 2005 Mar. 24
carton 16, folder 12
With John Yau
2004 Aug. - Nov.
oversize_box 1, folder 14
carton 16, folder 13
With Mike Plante
2005 Jan. - Mar.
carton 16, folder 14
With Hans Ulrich Obrist
2005 Jan. - June
carton 16, folder 15
With Jack Rasmussen
2005 Apr. - July
carton 16, folder 16
With Michelle Silva
2005 Nov.
oversize_box 1, folder 14
With Michelle Silva
2005 Nov.
carton 16, folder 17
Excerpts of various interviews from various sources
1963 - 1990; Undated
carton 16, folder 19
Summaries of Topics in Peter Boswell and Joan Rothfuss Interviews (1983- 1983 - 1997
2003 Apr. 15
Lectures Series 6
1979 - 2006; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 16
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Lecture transcripts and correspondence, concluding with lectures by others.
carton 16, folder 20
American Cultural Center, Tokyo
1979 Oct. 2
carton 16, folder 21
California State University, Chico
1985 Jan.
carton 16, folder 22
San Francisco Art Institute - "A Day with The Rose"
1996 Feb. 5; 2004 Feb. 23
carton 16, folder 23
San Francisco Art Institute
1996 May - Sep.
carton 16, folder 24
The Museum of Contemporary Art
2000 July - Nov.
carton 16, folder 25
San Francisco State University
2002 July - Aug.
carton 16, folder 26
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
2006 July - Aug.; Undated
carton 16, folder 27
By Others: Jim Johnson - Ulrich Museum. Wichita State University
2006 Apr. 1
Grants/Fellowships/Awards Series 7
1963 - 2005
Physical Description:
Carton 16, Oversize Box 1, Folder 15
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 16, folder 28
Ford Foundation Grant
1963 Oct; 1985 Mar. - July
carton 16, folder 39
Film Art Fund, Inc.
1969 Oct. 24 - 1970 Jan. 15
carton 16, folder 30
National Endowment for the Arts
1972 Oct. - Dec.
carton 16, folder 31
The American Film Institute
1974 June 27 - 1975 May 28
carton 16, folder 32
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1974 July 15 - 1976 Sep. 7
carton 16, folder 33
Brandeis University Creative Arts Award
1979 Feb. - Mar.
oversize_box 1, folder 15
Brandeis University Creative Arts Award
1979
carton 16, folder 34
The Arts Commission of San Francisco Award of Honor
1985 Mar. - Apr.
oversize_box 1, folder 16
The Arts Commission of San Francisco Award of Honor
1985
carton 16, folder 35
The American Film Institute Maya Deren Award
1987 July 9 - 1988 Feb. 17
carton 16, folder 36
The San Francisco Bay Guardian Goldie Award
2004 Sep. - Nov.; Undated
carton 16, folder 37
Francis J. Greenberger Award
2005 Jan. - Apr.
carton 16, folder 38
University of Nebraska, Hixson-Leid College of Fine Performing Arts Alumni Award
2005 Jan. - Mar.
Legal Files Series 8
1978 - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 16 - 17, Oversize Box 1, Folder 16, Oversize Unit C, Folder 7
Arrangement
Hierarchical then chronological.
Scope and Contents
Organized into three main categories: Conners dispute with the punk band, Dead Kennedys, his dispute with Gary Todd of the
Cortical Foundation, and general invoices for legal services rendered.
Dead Kennedys Dispute 8_1
1978 - 1987
Physical Description:
Carton 16, Oversize Box 1, Folder 16
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 16, folder 39
Recording Agreement
1978 Sep. - Dec.
oversize_box 1, folder 16
Track and Mixing Charts
1978 Sep. 30 - 1981 Apr. 17
carton 16, folder 40
Legal Correspondence
[1982 Apr.] - 2004 Apr. 16
carton 16, folder 41
Injunctions
1986 Apr. - May
carton 16, folder 42
Declaration/Stipulation Order for Continuance/Memorandum of Complaint, Etc.
1986 Apr. - June
carton 16, folder 43
Legal Invoices
1986 June - Dec.
carton 16, folder 44
Cross Complaint
1987 Feb. 11
Gary Todd/Cortical Foundation Dispute 8_2
1995 - 1999 Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 16, Oversize Unit C, Folder 7
Arrangement
Hierarchical then chronological.
carton 16, folder 45
Existent Art Contract/Letter of Agreement
1995 Oct. - Dec.
carton 16, folder 46 - 47
Legal Correspondence
1996 May 15 - 1999 June 14
carton 16, folder 48
1st Interrogatories
1997 Jan. 20 - 1999 Jan. 23
carton 16, folder 49
Complaint for Breach of Contract
1997 June
carton 16, folder 50
Defendants Request for Production of Documents
1997 Dec.
carton 16, folder 51
Responses to Interrogatories
1998 Mar. 20
carton 16, folder 52
Responses for Production of Documents
1998 Jan. - Mar.
carton 16, folder 53
Responses to 1st Set of Admissions
1998 Mar.
carton 16, folder 56 - 57
Artwork Reproductions
Undated
oversize_folder Unit C, folder 7
Miscellany - Beyond the Pink Festival Poster
1998 Feb.
Invoices 8_3
1994 Mar.17 - 2005 Nov. 7
Physical Description:
Carton 17
Arrangement
Chronological.
carton 17, folder 1 - 2
Invoices
1994 Mar.17 - 2005 Nov. 7
Chronological Files Series 9
Circa 1940s - 2005
Physical Description:
Cartons 17 - 19
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Chronological files that Conner compiled and organized. Like a scrapbook, these files contain correspondence, announcements,
news clippings and other materials related to his career. Numerous files contain items that are dated later than the year
represented on the folders, but relate to exhibitions, events, etc. of the year noted.
carton 17, folder 17 - 18
carton 17, folder 19 - 20
carton 18, folder 11 - 12
carton 18, folder 13 - 14
carton 18, folder 15 - 17
carton 18, folder 18 - 21
carton 19, folder 12 - 14
Personal Series 10
[1943] - 2005; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 19, Oversize Volumes, 1 - 4
Arrangement
Chronological. Scrapbooks and Miscellany organized at end of series.
Scope and Contents
Various materials that are mainly related to events and/or activities outside Conners art/filmmaking career with the exception
of the Scrapbooks which meticulously document his art/filmmaking career from grade school to the mid-1970s. The Scrapbooks
are included in this series as they represent a private accounting of his life in the arts.
carton 19, folder 15 - 16
Wichita High School East Yearbooks
1950 - 1951
carton 19, folder 17
University of Wichita Yearbook
1952
carton 19, folder 18
Smithsonian Institution - Withholding Tax Statement
1954
carton 19, folder 21
Household Expenses Ledger
1975 - 1980
carton 19, folder 22
Museum Memberships
1983; 1988; Undated
carton 19, folder 23
Christmas Chair
1985 Dec. - 1986
carton 19, folder 24
Graphic Arts Guild Membership
1997 Mar.
carton 19, folder 25
Commission/Composer Agreement - [Bruces Traveling Machine]
1999 June - Sep.
carton 19, folder 26
The Glen Canyon Park Neighborhood Carnivore Coalition
2002 Oct.
carton 19, folder 27
Bruce
Conner
Dinner Celebrating 50 Years in Show Business
2004 Dec.
carton 19, folder 28
Bruce
Conner
Recording Session - Performing on Harmonica and Vocal Acrobatics
2004 Dec.
carton 19, folder 29
Photographs of Bruce Conners Hands by J. John Priola
2005 Aug.
carton 19, folder 30
Address Book - Los Angeles
Undated
carton 19, folder 31
Bottle Decorated with Toys, Walnuts, Shells, etc.
Undated
carton 19, folder 32
Miscellany
1948 - 2005; Undated.
digital_folder 001
Scrapbook 1
digitized 2004
Physical Description:
0.201 GB
(66 files)
digital_folder 002
Scrapbook #1 and other images
digitized 2002-2004
Physical Description:
0.237 GB
(154 files)
digital_folder 003
Bruce
Conner
art and music
digitized 2003-2006
Physical Description:
0.230 GB
(27 files)
digital_folder 004
BC Art, Scrapbooks, Images and Words
digitized 2004-2006
Physical Description:
0.200 GB
(140 files)
digital_folder 005
Part B of BC Scrapbook #1
digitized 2004
Physical Description:
0.196 GB
(60 files)
digital_folder 006
Bruce
Conner
Scrapbooks Part C
digitized 2000-2004
Physical Description:
0.266 GB
(60 files)
digital_folder 007
B.C. Film and Art
digitized 2002-2006
Physical Description:
0.107 GB
(85 files)
Professional and Technical Materials Series 11
1974 - 2002; Undated
Physical Description:
Cartons 19 - 20
Arrangement
Hierarchical.
Scope and Contents
Various papers that represent Conners professional concerns (resale, copyrights, health hazards, etc.) and general professional
interests.
carton 19, folder 33
California Resale Royalties Act
1980 - 1984; Undated
carton 19, folder 34
Conservation Materials Ltd.
Undated
carton 19, folder 35
Copyright Information
1997; Undated
carton 19, folder 36
Health Hazards in Art
1974 - 1986; Undated
carton 19, folder 37
Matting and Framing
1985; Undated
carton 20, folder 1
The Museum Environment
2002
carton 20, folder 2
National Artists Equity Assoc., Inc.
1982 - 1995; Undated
carton 20, folder 3
Photocopy Permanence
1997
carton 20, folder 4
Slide Label - Standards
Undated
carton 20, folder 5
Small Claims Court Guide
Undated
carton 20, folder 6
Ultraviolet Radiation
Undated
carton 20, folder 7
Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990
1994; Undated
carton 20, folder 8
Art Calendar Magazine
1997 - 1998
carton 20, folder 9
The Artist Advocate Newsletter
1995; 1998
carton 20, folder 10
Graphic Arts Guild News
1997
carton 20, folder 11
Pen, Pencil Paint Newsletter
1993 - 1997
carton 20, folder 12
Release Print Magazine
1985 - 1998
Subject Files - Persons Series 12
1962 - 2007; Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 20, Oversize Box 1, Folder 17
Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Scope and Contents
Primarily news clippings regarding friends and associates; but also includes announcements, poems in manuscript, broadsides,
printed works, etc.
oversize_box 1, folder 17
Albright, Thomas
1985 June
carton 20, folder 15
Ascheim, Eve
2007; Undated
carton 20, folder 16
Berman, Wallace
1977 - 1993; Undated
oversize_box 1, folder 17
Brautigan, Richard
1985 Apr., Undated
carton 20, folder 18
DeLap, Tony
1974 - 1994; Undated
carton 20, folder 19
English, Frank
1986; 2003; Undated
carton 20, folder 20
Herms, George
1971 - 1999; Undated
carton 20, folder 21
Hopper, Dennis
1978 - 2001
carton 20, folder 23
Johnson, Ray
1995 - 2003; Undated
carton 20, folder 25
Lamantia, Philip
1962; 2005; Undated
carton 20, folder 26
LePell, Corban
1994 - 1998; Undated
carton 20, folder 27 - 34
McClure, Michael
1962 - 2007; Undated
carton 20, folder 35
McEvilley, Thomas
Undated
oversize_box 1, folder 17
McGowan, Mickey
1989 Jan.
carton 20, folder 36
Miner, Paul
1962 - 1974; Undated
carton 20, folder 37
Shea, Edmund
1986 - 2004; Undated
carton 20, folder 38
Streiff, Lee
1997; 2000; Undated
carton 20, folder 39
Miscellany
1970 - 2005; Undated