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Series I. Education, 1940-1996

Container Summary: 3 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Education files include Oversize, and offer evidence of an early inclination toward art, such as an elementary school award for handicrafts and a Christmas card Kaprow designed for his high school. Otherwise, the series documents the intellectual aspect of Kaprow's development as an artist. It consists of notebooks for undergraduate and graduate courses in Art History and Philosophy, along with Kaprow's student essays, including a paper on Jackson Pollock that Kaprow wrote for a course with Meyer Schapiro, whose comments are on the paper. Also included are musical scores Kaprow created for courses with John Cage at the New School for Social Research.
box 1

Education, 1940-1952

box 1, folder 1

Brandes School, Arizona, 1940-1941

Scope and Content Note

Brochure of Kaprow's elementary school and award he won for handicrafts.
box 1, folder 2

High School of Music & Art, New York, 1941-1945

Scope and Content Note

Christmas card designed by Kaprow for the school, Principal's letter of congratulations about the card, graduation invitations and program, diploma, and diploma from Junior High in Tucson.
box 1, folder 3

New York University, 1946-1949

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow essay on Hart Crane, program for student plays, exams for courses on Aesthetics and Ethics, notebook and study cards for Philosophy course, letter of conferment of degree.
box 1, folder 4

New York University, 1946-1949

Scope and Content Note

Philosophy notebook cover.
box 1, folder 5

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

One course notebook on Greek art and one on Romanesque painting, with loose notes on assorted topics.
box 1, folder 6

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

One course notebook on Modern Art and one on Early Christian painting, with loose notes on assorted topics.
box 1, folder 7

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

One course notebook on Baroque painting in Italy and one on Modern Art, with loose notes on assorted topics.
box 2

Education, , 1950-1958 1996

box 2, folder 1

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

One course notebook on Medieval Art and one on Greek art.
box 2, folder 2

Columbia University, 1950

Scope and Content Note

Essay on Jackson Pollock for course taught by Meyer Schapiro, with Schapiro's comments.
box 2, folder 3

Columbia University, 1950

Scope and Content Note

Essay on The South Portal Tympanum of St. Sernin at Toulouse, for course on Romanesque sculpture taught by Meyer Schapiro, with Schapiro's comments.
box 2, folder 4

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of essay on Humanism and Raphael's "Disputa" and "Parnassus."
box 2, folder 5

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of essay on Titian.
box 2, folder 6

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

Essay on Frans Hals.
box 2, folder 7

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of essay on Piero della Francesca and Fernand Leger.
box 2, folder 8

Columbia University, 1950-1952

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of review of Modigliani show at MOMA.
box 2, folder 9

Columbia University, 1951

Scope and Content Note

Master's thesis on Piet Mondrian, with dedication to Meyer Schapiro.
box 2, folder 10

Columbia University, 1951

Scope and Content Note

A second copy of above M.A. thesis, with handwritten corrections on tablet.
box 2, folder 11

Columbia University, 1952

Scope and Content Note

Master's Degree Diploma.
box 2, folder 12

Goya Exhibition Program, 1950

Scope and Content Note

With Kaprow's notes written in margins.
box 2, folder 13

Book List, 1956

Scope and Content Note

A list of books about art and artists.
box 2, folder 14

New School for Social Research, 1957

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten musical score ("Music").
box 2, folder 15

New School for Social Research, 1957-1958

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten musical score ("Roulette").
box 2, folder 16

New School for Social Research, 1957-1958

Scope and Content Note

Musical score ("Saw"), 2 copies.
box 2, folder 17

Invitations, 1994-1996

Scope and Content Note

Symposium and Memorial in honor of Meyer Schapiro.
 

Series II. Hansa Gallery, 1953-1958

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

This Series consists of posters and announcements for exhibitions at the Hansa Gallery, where Kaprow's paintings and early environments were first exhibited.
box 3

Hansa Gallery, 1953-1958

box 3, folder 1

Announcements, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Jan Müller mimeos.
box 3, folder 2

Announcements, 1954-1958

Scope and Content Note

For Kaprow's paintings and drawings exhibitions.
box 3, folder 3

Posters, 195?

Scope and Content Note

for Kaprow solo and group exhibitions.
 

Series III. Project Files, 1946-1999

Physical Description: 14 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

Project Files form the core of the collection. Arranged chronologically by year and, where possible, by month, they begin with .5 linear feet of slides and photographs of Kaprow's early paintings, and drafts of early scores. The remaining Project Files document the 231 Environments, Happenings, or Activities in the collection, including some that were never realized. Typically, a file contains a score, often both handwritten and revised typewritten versions; correspondence with the sponsoring institution regarding funding, site specifications, and travel arrangements; photographs of the work; and possibly clippings or press releases. Files for Happenings created between 1967 and 1969 often contain a poster that served as both publicity for a Happening and as its score (see also Series IV.D. Posters). Files for Activities created between 1970 and 1979 often contain Activity Booklets, that is, booklets made to look like training manuals that document a piece with photographs and text and may also serve as scores for future reinventions. Pieces Kaprow reinvented more than once in his career (such as "Yard" or "Words") are listed in the chronological sequence each time they were reinvented, and the entry for the original piece lists all subsequent reinventions for which there is documentation in the collection. (For a more complete list of Kaprow's work, see his Curriculum Vita in the Research file for 980063). The entry for each project begins with the name of the sponsoring institution or, where that is not known, the location. Please note that the dates of projects have been authenticated by reference to announcements or clippings or by discussions with Allan Kaprow and that dates on the versos of photographs are not authoritative. Moreover, research related to the GRI book on Kaprow has led to date reassignments that are noted in brackets next to the title of the Project file, but the files have not been moved. Slides, negatives, minox, and color prints have been physically separated from the Project files for conservation purposes and are listed under the relevant project as Photographic material.
box 4

Project Files, 1946-1958

box 4, folder 1

Varieties, 1946-1947

Scope and Content Note

Ten complete issues from the New York University magazine for which Kaprow was a principle cartoonist. Includes covers and internal cartoons by Kaprow.
box 4, folder 2

Varieties, 1946-1947

Scope and Content Note

15 individual cartoons Kaprow drew for the N.Y. University magazine, with 1 copy of Varieties Cartoon Cavalcade and 1 Kaprow drawing.
box 4, folder 3

Red forest, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of the Kaprow painting. No Photo credit.
box 4, folder 4

Early works, ca. 1954-1957

Scope and Content Note

Slides, negatives, and transparencies of early paintings, sculpture, and collages, including "Red Dancers," and "Woman Out of Fire," with an incomplete list in Kaprow's handwriting. No Photo credit.
box 112, folder 1

Photographic material

box 4, folder 5A

Early works, ca. 1952-1953

box 4, folder 5B

Early works, ca. 1954

box 4, folder 5C

Early works, ca. 1955

box 4, folder 5

Early works, ca. 1956-57

box 4, folder 6

Caged pheasant #1 and #2, 1956

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs and color transparencies and slides of the piece. Photo credits: Mary Kristen.
box 112, folder 2

Photographic material

box 4, folder 7

Tape score, 1957

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten with photocopy.
box 4, folder 8

Tape Score, 1957

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten, with diagram of theater and a drawing.
box 4, folder 9

Tape score, 1957-1958

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten.
box 4, folder 10

Composition, 1957-1958

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score involving music, dancers, and objects.
box 4, folder 11

Score, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

1 handwritten page. May not be Kaprow's work.
box 4, folder 12

Rearrangeable panels, 1957-1995

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of early version; color transparencies of later version, with Kaprow statement from 1990. Photo credit: John Millaire; Rudolph Burckhardt; Photodyne.
box 112, folder 3

Photographic material

box 4, folder 13

Throat and cough piece, 1957-1958

Scope and Content Note

1 page handwritten score.
box 4, folder 14

Untitled environment, Mar 1958

Scope and Content Note

First environment at the Hansa Gallery. Black and white photographs, color slides, one drawing. Photo credit: Jon Henry; Francesco Cantarella.
box 112, folder 4

Photographic material

box 4, folder 15

Untitled environment, Dec 1958

Scope and Content Note

Second environment at Hansa for solo show. Writings, correspondence, announcements, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Francesco Cantarella. See also 1980 for later reinvention at Berlin Academy for show entitled "Eyes and Ears."
box 5

Project Files, 1958-1959

box 5, folder 1

A pastorale, 1958

Scope and Content Note

George Segal's farm, North Brunswick, N.J. Handwritten score with diagrams. Part of score was incorporated into 18 Happenings.
box 5, folder 2

Communication, Apr 1958

Scope and Content Note

Douglass College, N.J. Handwritten score with diagrams and retrospective statement by Kaprow discussing this first public Happening.
box 5, folder 3

Mountain, Dec 1959

Scope and Content Note

Color snapshots and slides of this object shown at Reuben Gallery. No Photo credit.
box 112, folder 5

Photographic material

box 5, folder 4

Notes for electronic sound pieces, late 1950s

box 5, folder 5

Something to take place: a happening, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Published in Anthologist, v. 30, no. 4 (CJPA87-S944). Unrevised score of "18 Happenings in 6 Parts."
box 5, folder 6

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Reuben Gallery, NYC. Handwritten notes, scores, schemas and drawings.
box 5, folder 6

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Reuben Gallery, NYC. Handwritten notes, scores, schemas and drawings.
box 5, folder 6A

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Audience instructions.
box 5, folder 7

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Texts and speeches not filed under "Rooms."
box 5, folder 8

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Room 1, Sets 1-5.
box 5, folder 9

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Room 2, Sets 1-5.
box 5, folder 9

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Room 2, Sets 1-5.
box 5, folder 9A

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Room 3, Sets 1-6.
box 5, folder 10

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Slides of artwork used in piece. No photo credit.
box 112, folder 6

Photographic material

box 5, folder 11

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Photographs not filed under Rooms. Photo credit: Scott Hyde
box 5, folder 12

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence (Organizational and post-performance response)
box 5, folder 12A

18 happenings in 6 parts, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Columbia University monitoring templates (where separated from materials)
box 5, folder 13

Laughs and Balloons, A Happening in One Night, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Reuben Gallery. Handwritten score.
box 6

Project Files, 1960-1962

box 6, folder 1

The big laugh, Jan 1960

Scope and Content Note

Reuben Gallery. Score, 4 black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 6, folder 2

Coca cola Shirley Cannonball, Feb 1960

Scope and Content Note

Judson Gallery. Score, black and white photographs, negatives. No Photo credit.
box 6, folder 3

Garage Environment, Sept 1960

Scope and Content Note

In Kaprow's studio, Old Bridge, N.J. Black and white photographs and slides. No Photo credit.
box 6, folder 4

Apple Shrine, Nov 1960

Scope and Content Note

Judson Gallery, NYC. Black and white photographs and transparencies of 1960 version, with letter to the Village Voice regarding lack of critical response to the piece. Photo credit: Robert McElroy. See Box 33 for later reinvention in "7 Environments," Milan, Fondazione Mudima, 1991.
box 6, folder 5

Stockroom, 1960

Scope and Content Note

Stockholm. Score and black and white photographs. Photo credit: Vera Spoerri. See also "7 Environments," 1992, Box 33, for later reinvention.
box 6, folder 6

A Spring Happening, Mar 1961

Scope and Content Note

Reuben Gallery. Score, clipping of review, black and white and color photos and slides. Photo credit: Robert McElroy.
box 6, folder 7

Yard, May 1961

Scope and Content Note

Martha Jackson Gallery and David Anderson Gallery. Press release, Kaprow's statement, black and white and color photographs and transparencies. Photo credit: Robert McElroy; K. Heyman. For later versions of "Yard," see 1967 (Pasadena Art Musuem), 1970 (Köln), 1981 (Dusseldorf), 1982 (Staatliche Museen, Berlin), 1984 (Whitney Museum, NY), 1986 (Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund), 1991 (Fondazione Mudima, Milan), 1998 (MOCA LA).
box 6, folder 8

Night, May 1961

Scope and Content Note

Ann Arbor, as part of festival Open House 61. Score, letters, drawings, black and white photos. No Photo credit.
box 6, folder 9

Chapel, 1961

Scope and Content Note

A version of "Stockroom" (1960), this title was given in proposal to Bill Seitz of MOMA and was not realized. Proposal and letter to Seitz.
box 7

Project Files, 1962

box 7, folder 1

Service for the Dead, Part I, Mar 1962

Scope and Content Note

Maidman Playhouse, NYC. Sponsored by NY Poet's Theatre. Handwritten and typewritten score. Published version of score (clipping from Art International, 1963 Jan 25), Black and white photographs, plus 4 glass slides. Photo credit: Robert McElroy.
box 7, folder 2

Mirrors: A Happening, May 1962

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten score. Not performed; Kaprow developed it into a limited edition etching.
box 7, folder 3

Service for the Dead, Part II, Aug 1962

Scope and Content Note

Bridgehampton, NY, as part of Ergo Suits Festival. Handwritten and typewritten score. Black and white photographs, negatives, and glass slides. No Photo credit.
box 7, folder 4

Sweeping, Aug 1962

Scope and Content Note

Woodstock, NY, as part of Ergo Suits Festival. Handwritten and typewritten score. Black and white photographs and 1 glass slide. Photo credit: Peter Moore; Robert McElroy.
box 7, folder 5

Words, Sept 1962

Scope and Content Note

Smolin Gallery, NYC. Handwritten and typewritten score, press release, brochure, clipping. black and white photographs, 1 glass slide. Photo credit: Robert McElroy. See also 1984 reinvention of "Words" for Whitney show (Blam!), 1984 and 1992 reinvention for Galerie Donguy exhibition (4 Environments).
box 7, folder 6

Courtyard, Nov 1962

Scope and Content Note

Smolin Gallery, NYC. Mills Hotel, NYC. Score, press release, announcement, review, black and white photographs, plus 6 Kodachromes. Photo credit: Lawrence Shustak, Peter Moore. See also Box 15.
box 7, folder 7

Courtyard, Nov 1962

Scope and Content Note

More black and white photographs of the event, with 7 glass slides. Photo credit: Peter Moore. See also Box 15, for larger photographs of the event.
box 7, folder 8

Mushroom, Nov 1962

Scope and Content Note

Center Arts Council (Walker) sponsored Happening held in mushroom caves in St. Paul. Handwritten and typewritten scores and reviews.
box 7, folder 9

Chicken, Nov 1962

Scope and Content Note

Philadelphia Arts Council. Performed at YM/YWHA in Philadelphia. Score, correspondence, reviews, poster (duplicate in flat files), black and white photographs and slides. Photo credit: Edwin Sabol.
box 7, folder 10

Fight, Part I, version 1, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten score. Never performed.
box 7, folder 11

Fight, Part I, version 2, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score. Never performed.
box 8

Project Files, 1963-1964

box 8, folder 1

Birds, Feb [1964]

Scope and Content Note

University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale. Handwritten and typewritten score. Black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 8, folder 2

Push and Pull: A Furniture Comedy for Hans Hofmann, Apr 1963

Scope and Content Note

Created for "Hans Hofmann and His Students," MOMA, NY. Typewritten score, performance instructions, exhibition list, press release, 2 clippings, black and white photographs, glass slides. Photo credit: Paul Berg, St. Louis Post Dispatch. For later reinventions of this environment, see also Pasadena Art Museum, 1967; "7 Environments," 1991; and "Out of Actions," MOCA LA, 1998.
box 8, folder 3

Tree, May 1963

Scope and Content Note

Performed as part of Yam Festival at George Segal's farm. Typewritten version of score, black and white photographs, 5 glass slides. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 8, folder 4

Bon Marché, July 1963

Scope and Content Note

At a Bon Marché department store in Paris, as part of Theatre of Nations Festival. Handwritten and typewritten score. Letter from Kaprow to Mr. O'Doherty describing the Happening a few weeks after it occurred, and a general explanation of Happenings. Black and white photographs, negatives, glass slides. Photo credit: Mercedes Guardado Olivenza; Shunk-Kender.
box 8, folder 5

Out, Sept 1963

Scope and Content Note

Edinburgh, at the International Arts Festival. Kaprow's handwritten and typewritten account of event and clipping of published version. Black and white photographs, one of which shows Eugene Ionesco in attendance. Photo credit: Alan Daiches; The Scotsman Publications.
box 8, folder 6

Sea, Sept 1963

Scope and Content Note

Prepared for Edinburgh International Writer's Conference, Sept. 1963, but cancelled at insistence of Chairman Kenneth Tynan. Handwritten and typewritten score with drawings.
box 8, folder 7

Eat, Jan 1964

Scope and Content Note

Ebling Brewery Caves, Bronx, NY, sponsored by Smolin Gallery. Black and white photographs, slides and glass slides. Photo credit: Peter Moore; Robert McElroy. See also Box 10 for larger photographs of the event and Box 33 for later reinventions at "7 Environments," Fondazione Mudima and Studio Morra, and "4 Environments," Paris.
box 9

Project Files, 1964-1966

box 9, folder 1A

Household, [May] 1964

Scope and Content Note

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Handwritten and typewritten score, also score for first version, entitled "Silver Foil," which was cancelled due to danger of the site. See Box 50 for photographs and Series X. for Kaprow's film and VHS use copy of Household.
box 9, folder 1B

Household, [May] 1964

Scope and Content Note

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Black and white photographs, 26 glass slides. Photo credit: Sol Goldberg, Ithaca, NY. Photo credit for location photos of Silver Foil site: Alan Koslin. See Box 50 for photographs and Series X. for Kaprow's film and VHS use copy of Household.
box 9, folder 2

Orange, Mar 1964

Scope and Content Note

Miami Arts Council, Coral Gables, FL. Handwritten and typewritten scores, diagram, black and white photographs, 2 glass slides. Photo credit: Terry S. Lindquist.
box 9, folder 3

Paper: A Happening, Mar 1964

Scope and Content Note

UC Berkeley All Student Art Festival. Earlier draft called Tenants. Handwritten and typewritten score, black and white photographs, 4 color slides. Photo credit: Florian Steiner.
box 9, folder 4

Originale, Sept 1964

Scope and Content Note

2nd Annual New York Avant Garde Festival. Typewritten diagrammatic score by Karlheinz Stockhausen. (Kaprow directed this event). Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Peter Moore. 1 announcement for 1989 screening of Peter Moore film of the 1964 event.
box 9, folder 5

Raining, Jan 1965

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten score. Not performed. Score was made into a booklet included in the Guggenheim exhibition entitled "Eleven from the Reuben Gallery."
box 9, folder 6

Soap, Feb 1965

Scope and Content Note

Florida State University, Sarasota. Cancelled due to "misinterpretation of intent." Handwritten and typewritten score, program, clippings, letter from pre-event participant. See also ref3712 roll 2 for score (black paint on butcher paper) intended for use in Happening.
box 9, folder 7

Calling, Aug 1965

Scope and Content Note

New York. Handwritten and typewritten score, black and white photographs, 19 glass slides, 3 slides. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 9, folder 8

3 Country Happening, Spring, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Proposal for a happening in 3 countries, with Kaprow (USA), Minujin (Argentina), and Vostell (Germany) in the form of a map/poster (duplicate of one in Series II, Posters), a letter from Horst Hahn (1969).
box 9, folder 9

Self-Service, June 1966

Scope and Content Note

Harry Abrams, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and Pasadena Art Museum. Handwritten and typewritten score, schedule of events to take place throughout the summer (in NYC, Boston and Los Angeles), maps, lists of participants.
box 9, folder 10

Self-Service, June 1966

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of event. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 9, folder 11

Towers, July 1966

Scope and Content Note

Central Park, NYC. Handwritten note, telegram, black and white photographs, 14 slides. Photo credit: Elliott Landy.
box 10

Project Files, 1964

box 10, folder 1

Originale, 1964

Scope and Content Note

Large black and white photograph of event. Photo credit: Hans Namuth. See also Box 9.
box 10, folder 2

Eat, 1964

Scope and Content Note

Large black and white photographs of event. Photo credit: Peter Moore. See also Box 8.
box 11

Project Files, 1966

box 11, folder 1

Gas, [August] 1966

Scope and Content Note

Dwan Gallery and WCBS TV, Long Island, NY. Schedule of events and locations. Handwritten and typewritten score; addresses and phone numbers of some participants; letters from WCBS producers of the documentary about the event, to city officials, business proprietors and others (i.e. Marshall MacLuhan) explaining the event in advance; Dwan Gallery press releases, the documentary's script; clippings and one ms. describing the event; 1 poster (duplicate in flat files).
box 11, folder 2

Gas, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of the event. Photo credit: Burton Berinsky; Ken Dewey; Peter Moore;
box 11, folder 3

Gas, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of the event. Photo credit: Peter Moore; Burton Berinsky.
box 11, folder 4

Gas, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Negatives, slides, and contact sheets (some of which have views of Kaprow's family or other events.) Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 11, folder 5

Gas, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Negatives and contact sheets. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 11, folder 6

Gas, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Black and white transparencies. No Photo credit.
box 12

Project Files, 1967

box 12, folder 1

Flick, Feb 1967

Scope and Content Note

NYC. Anti-war protest event performed (in part) after poetry reading at Loeb. Typewritten score.
box 12, folder 2

Sweep-In, Apr 1967

Scope and Content Note

Lower East Side NYC. Contact prints and negatives, including views of miscellaneous unidentified events. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 12, folder 3

Interruption, May 1967

Scope and Content Note

State University of New York, Stony Brook. Handwritten and typewritten score, clippings recounting the experience, letters from faculty at Stony Brook complaining about the disruption to their lives.
box 12, folder 4

L&M; Gold, June 1967

Scope and Content Note

Proposal by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. to employ a Happening consultant to advise them on how to create publicity happenings for their new product, L&M Golden 100's. Kaprow's ideas for such a campaign written by hand on product press release. 2 black and white photographs of cigarette boxes. No Photo credit.
box 12, folder 5

Moving, [Nov-Dec] 1967

Scope and Content Note

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Activity booklet, clippings regarding city's war against commercial signs, correspondence regarding arrangments for the Happening and an exhibition including "Words" that occurred around the same time.
box 12, folder 6

Moving, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 12, folder 7

Moving, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Negatives and black and white and color transparencies. No Photo credit.
box 12, folder 8

Watching, Sept 1967

Scope and Content Note

WCBS-TV. Handwritten and typewritten score, correspondence.
box 12, folder 9

Environments, Oct 1967

Scope and Content Note

Pasadena Art Museum. Included reinventions of "Yard," and "Push and Pull." "Fluids" created for the exhibition, was performed in various locations throughout the LA area. Handwritten score, letters from the Pasadena Art Museum, color snapshots of a backyard performance which was the trial run for "Fluids," black and white photographs of the other pieces. Photo credit: Julien Wasser.
box 12, folder 10

Fluids, Oct 1967

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Julian Wasser.
box 13

Project Files, 1967-1968

box 13, folder 1

Fluids, Oct 1967

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Bruce Breland.
box 13, folder 2

Fluids, Oct 1967

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Bruce Breland.
box 13, folder 3

Fluids, Oct 1967

Scope and Content Note

Slides and transparencies. Photo credit: Bruce Breland.
box 13, folder 4

Record I, Mar 1968

Scope and Content Note

University of Texas, Austin. Handwritten score, poster (printed score), letters from UT staff, contract. Not performed.
box 13, folder 5

Arrivals, Apr 1968

Scope and Content Note

Nassau Community College, Hempstead, NY. Poster (printed score).
box 13, folder 6

Overtime, May 1968

Scope and Content Note

Created for SUNY New Paltz (cancelled) and then adapted for UC San Diego. Handwritten score, poster (printed score) done for New Paltz, correspondence with UCSD and SUNY staff, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 13, folder 7

Record II, Apr 1968

Scope and Content Note

University of Texas. Handwritten score, poster (printed score), activity booklet, letters from UT staff, black and white photographs, photocopies of photographs. Photo Credit: Howard Smagula.
box 13, folder 8

Population, May 1968

Scope and Content Note

Colby College, New Hampshire. Typewritten score, poster (printed score), correspondence with college staff, correspondence with George Braziller regarding possible book, slides, transparencies, 1 black and white photograph. Photo credit: Louis Thompson?
box 13, folder 9

Message Units I, May 1968

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten score, in a letter to E.A.T. president Francis Mason, Jr.
box 13, folder 10

Hello, Nov 1968

Scope and Content Note

WGBH-TV, Boston for program "The Medium is the Medium," broadcast April 1969. Announcement, contact sheet, issue of Art Rite, no. 7, Autumn, 1974, containing article by Kaprow explaining Hello's plan and execution.
box 13, folder 11

Noise, 1968

Scope and Content Note

For the 6th annual New York Avant Garde festival (on a ferry boat). Handwritten score.
box 14

Project Files, 1968-1969

box 14, folder 1

Transfer, [Feb] 1968

Scope and Content Note

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Handwritten score, poster (printed score), negatives, transparencies, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Andy Glantz?
box 14, folder 2

Runner, [Feb] 1968

Scope and Content Note

Washington Univ, St. Louis. Handwritten score and poster (printed score), correspondence with university staff (partly regarding the concurrent exhibition of Kaprow's work in the university gallery), black and white photographs (of the exhibition), transparencies, slides. Photo credit: John Millaire; Herb Weitman.
box 14, folder 3

Round Trip, Mar 1968

Scope and Content Note

SUNY, Albany. Handwritten score, poster (printed score), correspondence, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Nick Brady; Klaus Schnitzer.
box 14, folder 4

Sign, June 1968

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten proposal for E.A.T. project that was not realized, with letter from Kaprow to E.A.T. president Francis Mason.
box 14, folder 5

Travelog, July 1968

Scope and Content Note

8th International Artists' Seminar, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, N.J. Typewritten score, drawings, announcements, correspondence, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 14, folder 6

Travelog, July 1968

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs, slides. No Photo credit.
box 14, folder 7

Refills, Aug 1968

Scope and Content Note

Dwan Gallery. Typewritten score, letter from Kaprow, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Gerald S. Frank.
box 14, folder 8

Charity, Mar 1969

Scope and Content Note

Other Ways, Berkeley, CA. Typewritten score, clippings, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 15

Project Files, 1962-1969

box 15, folder 1

Courtyard, 1962

Scope and Content Note

8 large black and white photographs. See also Box 7.
box 15, folder 2

Transfer, 1968

Scope and Content Note

10 large photos. See also Box 14.
box 15, folder 3

Days Off, 1969

Scope and Content Note

MOMA Calendar. See also boxes 17 and 23.
box 16

Project Files, 1969

box 16, folder 1

Pose, Mar 1969

Scope and Content Note

Other Ways, Berkeley, CA. Clippings, snapshots, slides. See Folder 3 for score (on poster). No Photo credit.
box 16, folder 2

Forecast, Apr 1969

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten score.
box 16, folder 3

Fine!, [Mar] 1969

Scope and Content Note

Other Ways, Berkeley, CA. Handwritten score, typewritten score, photocopies of parking citations, poster (printed score for this and 6 other happenings sponsored by Other Ways), black and white snapshots (some captioned), negatives. No Photo credit.
box 16, folder 4

Shape, [Mar] 1969

Scope and Content Note

Other Ways, Berkeley, CA. Sardonic description (score), letters, clippings reporting on the event, black and white transparencies and photographs. No Photo credit.
box 16, folder 5

Shape, Apr 1969

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs, slides and negatives. See Folder 4 for score (on poster). Photo credit: Gretchen Garlinghouse, Diane Gilkerson, Deborah Patten, Ken Graves.
box 16, folder 6

Transplant, [May] 1969

Scope and Content Note

Nevada Southern University. Typewritten score, correspondence, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 16, folder 7

Takeoff, [Apr] 1969

Scope and Content Note

UC San Diego. Typewritten score, black and white snapshots, negatives. Also done at Cal State, Sacramento in May 1969. No Photo credit.
box 16, folder 8

Course, May 1969

Scope and Content Note

University of Iowa, Iowa City. Handwritten score, typewritten score, poster (printed score), map with directions, correspondence with students and faculty, issue of Iowa Alumni Review (June-July 1969) with article about Kaprow, black and white photographs, slides, negatives. Photo credit: Nancy Brush.
box 16, folder 9

Giveaway, May 1969

Scope and Content Note

Other Ways, Berkeley, CA. Handwritten list of locations, black and white snapshots, negatives, slides. See folder 3 for score (on poster). No Photo credit.
box 17

Project Files, 1969

box 17, folder 1

Purpose, May 1969

Scope and Content Note

Other Ways, Berkeley, CA. Black and white snapshots, slides, negatives. See Box 16, folder 3 for score (on poster). No Photo credit.
box 17, folder 2

Dial, May 1969

Scope and Content Note

San Francisco Art Institute. Handwritten and typewritten score, black and white snapshots. No Photo credit.
box 17, folder 3

Homemovies: A Marriage Happening for Catherine and Daniel Schmidt, July 1969

Scope and Content Note

New Jersey and New York. Handwritten and typewritten score, notes, wedding invitation, poster (score), paste-up of poster.
box 17, folder 4

Work, Sept 1969

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten score, correspondence with the Jewish Museum, NY. Happening cancelled.
box 17, folder 5

Days Off: A Calendar of Happenings, Oct 1969

Scope and Content Note

John Gibson Gallery and MOMA, NY. Correspondence, notes, press release, black and white photographs, announcement stickers. Photo credit: centro de arte y comunicación (argentina), Charles Gatewood.
box 17, folder 6

Days Off, Oct 1969

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs used in the calendar. Photo credit: Colby Junior College, Howard Smagula, Allan Kaprow, Andy Glantz, John Milaire, Peter Moore, Julian Wasser. See also Boxes 15 and 23.
box 17, folder 7

Heavenly Passtime - Year 2000, Oct 1969

Scope and Content Note

E.A.T. proposal/typewritten score for the Pepsi Cola Pavilion, Japan World Exhibition 70, Osaka. Never performed. Correspondence, brochure, diagrams.
box 17, folder 8

Home Brew, Nov 1969

Scope and Content Note

KPFK, Los Angeles. Typewritten score with correspondence.
box 17, folder 9

Moonsounds, Dec 1969

Scope and Content Note

Blau wedding. Typewritten score, map to El Mirage Dry Lake, letter to Kaprow from Dick Blau.
box 17, folder 10

Solo, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.
box 18

Project Files, 1970

box 18, folder 1

Graft, Jan 1970

Scope and Content Note

Kent State University Creative Arts Festival. Handwritten and typewritten scores, correspondence, contract, poster, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Doug Moore.
box 18, folder 2

Good Morning!, May 1970

Scope and Content Note

San Francisco State. Handwritten score.
box 18, folder 3

Level, Aug 1970

Scope and Content Note

Art Council of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. Handwritten and typewritten score, letter, slides. No Photo credit.
box 18, folder 4

A Supermarket Event, Aug 1970

Scope and Content Note

Art Council of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. Handwritten and typewritten reports on the event by members of Kaprow's Happenings workshop. One clipping folded in origami figure labelled "Bull".
box 18, folder 5

Don't, Sept 1970

Scope and Content Note

Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation "summer change 70" program. Handwritten and typewritten score, letter describing the event and reactions, brochure documenting the event.
box 18, folder 6

Publicity, Oct 1970

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten and typewritten score, black and white photographs, pages of an Italian newspaper. No Photo credit.
box 18, folder 7

Sales Pitch, Oct 1970

Scope and Content Note

Proposal submitted to E.A.T., a variant of "Hello" (1969).
box 18, folder 8

Ribbon Cutting, Nov 1970

Scope and Content Note

For dedication ceremony celebrating opening of UC Berkeley University Art Museum and the Hans Hoffmann wing. Typewritten score in body of letter to Museum Director.
box 18, folder 9

Sawdust, Nov 1970

Scope and Content Note

Cologne Art Festival. Typewritten score, correspondence with Wolf Vostell, Dick Higgins, and others, clipping, issue of Kunst Nachrichten (Feb. 1971) covering the festival.
box 18, folder 10

Sawdust, Nov. 1970

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Werner Krüger, Archiv Sohm, Wolf Vostell, Christian Dalchow, Hartmut Beifuß.
box 18, folder 11

Car Spaces (Pasadena Freeway Project), Nov 1970

Scope and Content Note

California Institute for the Arts. Black and white photographs, minox negatives, memo from Arts in Society magazine, which published some of the photographs(?)
box 19

Project Files, 1970-1971

box 19, folder 1

Sweet Wall, Nov 1970

Scope and Content Note

Galerie René Block, Berlin. Letter from René Block, activity booklet, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Galerie René Block, Peter Smokler, Kalionzes, Dick Higgins, Bee Ottinger.
box 19, folder 2

Sweet Wall, Nov 1970

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs, negatives, slides. No Photo credit.
box 19, folder 3

Yard, [Nov] 1970

Scope and Content Note

Köln. Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Wolf Vostell; Werner Kruger.
box 19, folder 4

Tracts, May 1971

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Poster (printed score), black and white photographs, slides. No Photo credit.
box 19, folder 5

Tag, June 1971

Scope and Content Note

Aspen Design Conference. Typewritten score, press release, Aspen trail map, black and white photographs.
box 19, folder 6

Labor Day, Sept 1971

Scope and Content Note

Centro Apollinaire, Milan. Typewritten score, announcements, correspondence.
box 19, folder 7

Print-Out, Sept 1971

Scope and Content Note

Cultural Affairs Com. of Milan. Typewritten score, poster (printed score), black and white photographs, negatives, slides. Photo credit: J. Minkoff Genére.
box 19, folder 8

City Works, Sept-Oct 1971

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Baecker, Bochum. Handwritten and typewritten scores, correspondence, receipts, poster.
box 19, folder 9

Scales, Oct 1971

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Typewritten score, clipping, color slides. No Photo credit.
box 19, folder 10

Calendar, Oct 1971

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten scores.
box 19, folder 11

Unidentified exhibition and event, 1971

Scope and Content Note

Art Systems. Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Scheidler?
box 20

Project Files, 1972-1973

box 20, folder 1

Message Units, , Feb 1972 May 1972

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts (Feb.) and University of Illinois, Normal (May). Typewritten score.
box 20, folder 2

Easy, , Feb 1972 May 1972

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Colorado College (May?) Typewritten score, Kaprow's introduction to activity booklet of the event, printed pages from the booklet with black and white photos on them, slides. Photo credit: Alvin Comiter.
box 20, folder 3

Baggage, April 1972

Scope and Content Note

Rice University. Typewritten score, Kaprow's retrospective description of the event, black and white photographs, slides. Photo credit: Bob Covington.
box 20, folder 4

Meters, May 1972

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten score.
box 20, folder 5

Burbank, Sept 1972

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten and typewritten scores, color slides.
box 20, folder 6

Meteorology, Sept 1972

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Baecker, Bochum. Handwritten and typewritten score. See also Box 22.
box 20, folder 7

Idea, [Sep] 1972

Scope and Content Note

Portland Center for Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon. Typewritten score.
box 20, folder 8

Entr'Acte, Dec 1972

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten and typewritten score, black and white photographs, slides. No Photo credit.
box 20, folder 9

George Brecht Dedication Ceremony, 1972

Scope and Content Note

Cologne. Letter from Wolf Vostell, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Erik Andersch.
box 20, folder 10

Copy, 1972

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten score.
box 20, folder 11

Private Lines, 1972

Scope and Content Note

Video score (handwritten and drawn).
box 20, folder 12

Operazione Vesuvio, Jan 1973

Scope and Content Note

Il Centro, Milan (3 part exhibition on Mt. Vesuvius). Clippings and press releases describing the exhibition and Kaprow's event.
box 20, folder 13

Loss, Jan 1973

Scope and Content Note

New York City. Handwritten and typewritten score, Kaprow ms. describing and explaining the activity, activity booklet, correspondence, black and white photographs, slides, negatives. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 20, folder 14

Highs, Feb 1973

Scope and Content Note

University of Kansas Museum of Art. Handwritten and typewritten score. Black and white photographs, slides, Minox. No Photo credit.
box 20, folder 15

Dial, Feb 1973

Scope and Content Note

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. Handwritten and typewritten score, drawings, black and white photographs. Photo credit: David D. Johnson
box 20, folder 16

Anniversary, [May] 1973

Scope and Content Note

Sacramento, CA. For Jane and John Fitzgibbon. Handwritten score.
box 20, folder 17

Basic Thermal Units, Mar 1973

Scope and Content Note

For three German museums. Handwritten and typewritten scores, correspondence, clippings (in German). See also Box 21.
box 20, folder 18

Basic Thermal Units, Mar 1973

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs and Minox. Photo credit: Timm Rautert.
box 21

Project Files, 1972-1973

box 21, folder 1

Baggage, Apr 1972

Scope and Content Note

Large printed pages of booklet about the event. See also Box 20.
box 21, folder 2

Basic Thermal Units, Mar 1973

Scope and Content Note

Large (12" x 15") black and white photographs. See also Box 20.
box 22

Project Files, 1972

box 22

Meteorology, Sept 1972

Scope and Content Note

Large (15" x 19") black and white photographs. Photo credit: Lothar Wolleh. See also box 20.
box 23

Project Files, 1969-1973

box 23, folder 1

Days Off, Oct 1969

Scope and Content Note

Printed pages (12" x 19") for booklet about event. See also Boxes 15 and 17.
box 23, folder 2

Time Pieces, 1973

Scope and Content Note

Printed pages (12" x 19") for booklet about event. See also Box 24.
box 23, folder 3

Moving, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Poster (15" x 19") for event mounted on board. See also Box 12.
box 23, folder 4

Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

Large activity booklet. See also Box 26.
box 24

Project Files, 1973

box 24, folder 1

Clockwork, May 1973

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten and typewritten score.
box 24, folder 2

Wink, May 1973

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten score.
box 24, folder 3

Time Pieces, Sept 1973

Scope and Content Note

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein for its festival "Aktionen Der Avantgarde," Berlin. Handwritten and typewritten score, activity booklet, booklet in various stages of revision, correspondence.
box 24, folder 4

Time Pieces, Sept 1973

Scope and Content Note

Slides, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Jürgen Müller-Schneck.
box 24, folder 5

Time Pieces, Sept 1973

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Hermann Kiessling.
box 24, folder 6

Creatures, Sept 1973

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Baecker, Bochum. Typewritten score, drawings, clippings, press packets.
box 24, folder 7

Creatures, Sept 1973

Scope and Content Note

Black and white snapshots and minox. No Photo credit.
box 24, folder 8

Air Condition, Oct 1973

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Handwritten score, transcript of audio tape of event, activity booklet, printed pages from booklet, black and white photographs and slides. Photo credit: Alvin Comiter.
box 24, folder 9

Routine, Dec 1973

Scope and Content Note

Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Oregon. Handwritten and typewritten scores, activity booklet, Kaprow's introduction to booklet about event, correspondence, black and white photographs, slides.
box 25

Project Files, 1974

box 25, folder 1

Then, Mar 1974

Scope and Content Note

Videotape produced by art/tapes, Florence, Italy. Handwritten score and drawings for video, letter/contract.
box 25, folder 2

2nd Routine, Mar 1974

Scope and Content Note

Stefanotty Gallery, NY. Handwritten and typewritten score, transcript of conference at D'Arc, slides, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 25, folder 3

Dial, May 1974

Scope and Content Note

California Institute of the Arts. Black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 25, folder 4

3rd Routine, July 1974

Scope and Content Note

"Project 74", Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne. Handwritten and typewritten score, Kaprow's postscript to event for booklet, printed text and photos for booklet, slides.
box 25, folder 5

On Time, Sept 1974

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Turenne. Handwritten score, activity booklet, posters, black and white photographs.
box 25, folder 6

Take Off, Oct 1974

Scope and Content Note

Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, Genoa. Handwritten and typewritten score, black and white photographs, slides, booklet text.
box 25, folder 7

Affect, Oct 1974

Scope and Content Note

Galleria Martano, Turin. Handwritten and typewritten score, printed pages of booklet, black and white photographs.
box 26

Project Files, 1975

box 26, folder 1

Rates of Exchange, Mar 1975

Scope and Content Note

Stefanotty Gallery, NYC. Handwritten and typewritten scores for three parts: Reflecting, Walking and Shaking, Clothing. Black and white photographs and printed text for booklet. Activity booklet in Box 23 (because too large for file).
box 26, folder 2

Rates of Exchange, Mar 1975

Scope and Content Note

Transcripts of audio tapes of the activities, with Linda Bastien, Victoris, Frantisek (or J.P.).
box 26, folder 3

Rates of Exchange, Mar 1975

Scope and Content Note

Transcripts of audio tapes of the activities, with Michael, Max, Baecker.
box 26, folder 4

Rates of Exchange, Mar 1975

Scope and Content Note

Transcripts of audio tapes of the activities, with Marcia Tucker, Frantisek, Antonio, Inge Baecker.
box 26, folder 5

Philadelphia Bicentennial Project, May 1975

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Acey Wolgin describing score for a proposed happening.
box 26, folder 6

Echo-Logy, May 1975

Scope and Content Note

Merrieworld West Gallery, Far Hills, NY. Handwritten and typewritten scores, black and white snapshots, activity booklet, printed pages from booklet. Photo credit: Lizbeth Marano.
box 26, folder 7

Comfort Zones, June 1975

Scope and Content Note

Galeria Vandrés, Madrid. Handwritten and typewritten score in English and Spanish. Black and white photographs, negatives, activity booklet, printed pages from booklets.
box 26, folder 8

Match, Aug 1975

Scope and Content Note

Kunst und Museumverein Wuppertal, Germany. Handwritten and typewritten scores, correspondence, activity booklet, printed pages from booklet, black and white photograph. Photo credit: Jürgen Müller-Schneck.
box 26, folder 9

Warm-Ups, Oct 1975

Scope and Content Note

Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Boston. Handwritten and typewritten score, activity booklet, printed pages of booklet, correspondence, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Bee Ottinger.
box 26, folder 10

Likely Stories, Nov 1975

Scope and Content Note

Galleria Luciano Anselmino, Milan. Handwritten and typewritten score, activity booklet, printed pages from booklet, black and white and color photographs. Photo credit: Skip Norman
box 27

Project Files, 1975-1976

box 27, folder 1

Useful Fictions, Dec 1975

Scope and Content Note

Galleria Schema, Florence. Handwritten and typewritten score, printed pages of booklet, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Bee Ottinger.
box 27, folder 2

Natural Distances, Mar 1976

Scope and Content Note

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. Typewritten score, printed pages of booklet, black and white photographs.
box 27, folder 3

Maneuvers, Mar 1976

Scope and Content Note

Galleria Framart, Naples. Handwritten score, activity booklet, slides, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 27, folder 4

7 Kinds of Sympathy, Mar 1976

Scope and Content Note

Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna. Handwritten score, activity booklet, printed pages from booklet, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Bee Ottinger.
box 27, folder 5

Satisfaction, Apr 1976

Scope and Content Note

D'Arc Gallery, NYC. Handwritten and typewritten score, activity booklet, printed pages from booklet, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Bee Ottinger
box 27, folder 6

Durations, May 1976

Scope and Content Note

Film in cooperation with Pro Musica Nova, Radio Bremen, Galerie Baeker, Bochum. Handwritten and typewritten score, drawings, clippings, festival program, earlier contracts, and versions of piece originally created in 1968, revised in 1972, and finally performed in 1976.
box 27, folder 7

Durations, May 1976

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Joseph Somogyi, A. Buttmann.
box 27, folder 8

Testimonials, [April] 1976

Scope and Content Note

Galeria Foksal, Warsaw. Handwritten score, activity booklet, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 27, folder 9

Pre-Socratic, Aug 1976

Scope and Content Note

Artpark, Lewiston, NY. Handwritten score, drawings, clippings, snapshots.
box 27, folder 10

Frameworks, Aug 1976

Scope and Content Note

American Theater Association Convention, Los Angeles. Handwritten score, transcript of audio recording of activity, black and white snapshots. No Photo credit.
box 28

Project Files, 1976-1978

box 28, folder 1

Frames of Mind, Sept 1976

Scope and Content Note

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. Handwritten score, shooting score, printed pages of booklet, correspondence, clippings, poster.
box 28, folder 2

Frames of Mind, Sept 1976

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs. Photo credit: Dr. Rainer Wick; Jürgen Müller-Schneck.
box 28, folder 3

Private Parts, Nov 1976

Scope and Content Note

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Handwritten score, video script for later filming at Cal State Long Beach.
box 28, folder 4

Proposal for Documenta, 1977

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten proposal.
box 28, folder 5

Timing, [April 1978]

Scope and Content Note

What's Cooking, Festival 1, UC San Diego. Handwritten score.
box 28, folder 6

2 Appointments, Jan 1978

Scope and Content Note

Holly Solomon Gallery, NY. Handwritten and typewritten score, letters from participants describing the experience.
box 28, folder 7

Peeping Tom, Mar 1978

Scope and Content Note

La Jolla. Transcript of tape recording of participants.
box 28, folder 8

Hello/Good-bye, July 1978

Scope and Content Note

Los Angeles. Typewritten score.
box 28, folder 9

Courtesy, [June 1977]

Scope and Content Note

KPFA, Los Angeles. Handwritten score.
box 28, folder 10

Toothbrushing Piece, 1978

Scope and Content Note

La Jolla. Transcript of tape recording of participants.
box 28, folder 11

Standards, [Dec] 1978

Scope and Content Note

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls-Waterloo. Handwritten score, activity booklet, background material on Happenings for booklet.
box 28, folder 12

Standards, Dec 1978

Scope and Content Note

Transcript of audio tape of participants.
box 28, folder 13

Standards, Dec 1978

Scope and Content Note

Transcript of audio tape of participants.
box 28, folder 14

Standards, Dec 1978

Scope and Content Note

Black and white snapshots, negatives, transparencies.
box 29

Project Files, 1979-1980

box 29, folder 1

Blindsight, Apr 1979

Scope and Content Note

Wichita State University, Kansas. Handwritten and typewritten score, transcript of audio recording of participants, writings by participants, activity booklet, and drafts of writings for booklet, correspondence.
box 29, folder 2

Blindsight, Apr 1979

Scope and Content Note

Negatives, black and white photographs, transparencies. No Photo credit.
box 29, folder 3

Museum Portraits, Mar [1977]

Scope and Content Note

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Handwritten and typewritten score, correspondence (which explains why piece was not performed).
box 29, folder 4

Easy Too, July 1979

Scope and Content Note

University of Arizona, Tucson. Typewritten score.
box 29, folder 5

Performing Life, Aug 1979

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten score.
box 29, folder 6

Shadows, Sept 1979

Scope and Content Note

Kunstwoche in Ihme Zentrum, Hannover. Handwritten score.
box 29, folder 7

Tire Tower, Fall 1979

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Baecker, Bochum. Typewritten description of project by Inge Baecker. Black and white and color photographs of tower before and after it was destroyed by arson in January 1980.
box 29, folder 8

Untitled Environment, Jan 1980

Scope and Content Note

Berlin Academy, "Eyes and Ears." Reinvention of Dec. 1958 environment.
box 29, folder 9

Exercise, May 1980

Scope and Content Note

L.A.C.E. and Public Spirit, Los Angeles. Handwritten score.
box 29, folder 10

Convoy, Sept 1980

Scope and Content Note

Tel Hai 80 Arts Festival, Israel. Handwritten description, correspondence, clippings.
box 29, folder 11

Team, Oct 1980

Scope and Content Note

L.A.C.E. and Public Spirit 2, Los Angeles. Handwritten and typewritten score, transcript of participant's account.
box 29, folder 12

Making Faces, Dec 1980

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.
box 30

Project Files, 1981

box 30, folder 1

Meditation Piece, Mar 1981

Scope and Content Note

Zen Center, Los Angeles. Typewritten score, description of project, letter.
box 30, folder 2

Die Zeit Project, Mar 1981

Scope and Content Note

An action performed in the pages of Die Zeit. Letters, interview, clippings of the piece, reviews.
box 30, folder 3

Europe Tour, Apr-May 1981

Scope and Content Note

A suite of seven works performed with friends throughout Europe. Correspondence and planning.
box 30, folder 4

Just Walking on the Edge (Europe tour), Apr 1981

Scope and Content Note

Oxfordshire. Handwritten score, transcript of audio tape of participants.
box 30, folder 5

Leaving No Footprints (Europe tour), May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Berlin. Handwritten score, transcript of audio tape of participants.
box 30, folder 6

Drawing on Stories (Europe tour), May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Amsterdam. Handwritten score, drawings, transcript.
box 30, folder 7

Quiet Please (Europe tour), May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Paris. Handwritten score, notes, transcript.
box 30, folder 8

Going/Staying (Europe tour), May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Pouillac-Le-Moustier. Handwritten score, transcript.
box 30, folder 9

Weighty Matters (Europe tour), May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Florence. Handwritten and typewritten score, transcript.
box 30, folder 10

Our Life Together (Europe tour), May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Munich. Handwritten and typewritten score, transcript.
box 30, folder 11

Europe tour, Apr-May 1981

Scope and Content Note

Bound compilation of transcripts.
box 30, folder 12

Yard, Oct 1981

Scope and Content Note

Dusseldorf. Letters, clippings and black and white photographs of this reinvention of the 1960 Happening as part of an exhibition entitled "Black," which also travelled to Japan. Photo credit: Antje Zeis; Ulrich Baatz.
box 31

Project Files, 1981-1987

box 31, folder 1

(Meditation 2) Piece for 80 Langston Street, Aug 1981

Scope and Content Note

San Francisco. Handwritten score and notes.
box 31, folder 2

Exercise no. 6, Oct 1981

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten score.
box 31, folder 3

Exercise no. 4, Oct 1981

Scope and Content Note

Espace DBD, Los Angeles. Handwritten score.
box 31, folder 4

Maybe the Shortest Parade, Nov 1981

Scope and Content Note

Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Typewritten score, correspondence, clippings, poster, slides, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Mary Swift; Mark Gulezian.
box 31, folder 5

Company, Apr 1982

Scope and Content Note

Rutgers University. Score/announcement.
box 31, folder 6

Photoplay, Oct 1982

Scope and Content Note

Los Angeles/San Diego. Handwritten score, typewritten description of activity.
box 31, folder 7

Yard, Oct 1982

Scope and Content Note

Staatliche Museen, Berlin. Correspondence, drawings.
box 31, folder 8

Carpet Bagging, Dec 1982

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.
box 31, folder 9

Untitled, May 1983

Scope and Content Note

Video as Attitude, Santa Fe/Albuquerque Museums. Handwritten scores for 6 video spots Kaprow created for the festival, correspondence, brochure, clippings.
box 31, folder 10

Drag, June 1984

Scope and Content Note

UC San Diego. Handwritten and typewritten score, Kaprow's account of the activity.
box 31, folder 11

A Private Act in a Public Place, Aug 1984

Scope and Content Note

International Summer Academy, Salzburg. Typewritten score. See also Box 65, folder 7.
box 31, folder 12

Blam!, Oct 1984

Scope and Content Note

Whitney Museum retrospective on Pop, Minimalism and Performance, which included Kaprow's "Yard" and "Words." (See Box 6 and 7 for files on the first versions of these environments.) Photocopy of letter from Kaprow to Barbara Haskell discussing installation of the exhibition and other matters, drawings, press release, color slides. No Photo credit.
box 31, folder 13

René Block Said Don't Call This the Milky Way and I Agreed, Nov 1985

Scope and Content Note

Hamburg Peace Biennale. Correspondence and 2 black and white photographs of Kaprow's event on verso of which is title. Photo credit: Elke Walford.
box 31, folder 14

Piece for Coryl's Birthday, Dec 1985

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.
box 31, folder 15

Kaprow retrospective, [Oct] 1986

Scope and Content Note

Das Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany. Correspondence, announcements, drawings, black and white photographs of "The Perfect Bed" and events reinvented for the retrospective. Photo credit: Alfred Koch; Erik Andersch.
box 31, folder 16

Conference Event, Oct 1986

Scope and Content Note

The Evaluative Process in Contemporary Art, Richmond Museum of Fine Arts. Handwritten and typewritten score, Kaprow's description of event and reaction to it, correspondence regarding Richmond event and an earlier attempt at a conference event at the University of Iowa, which was interrupted.
box 31, folder 17

Apples and Oranges, Oct 1986

Scope and Content Note

La Commedia del Arte, Los Angeles. Typewritten score, press release, poster, clipping, color snapshots.
box 31, folder 18

Burdens, Mar 1987

Scope and Content Note

Penn State Museum of Art. Transcript of audio tape of event, correspondence.
box 31, folder 19

Whether Weather, Apr-May 1987

Scope and Content Note

Museum of Seasonal Change, San Diego. Handwritten and typewritten score, color slides.
box 31, folder 20

Events for Documenta 8, Jun-Dec. 1987

Scope and Content Note

Documenta 8, Kassel. Handwritten description of two events Kaprow created: "Red Carpet for the Public," and a broom piece; correspondence.
box 32

Project Files, 1987-1992

box 32, folder 1

Office Boy, Nov 1987

Scope and Content Note

Zabriskie Gallery, NY. Score (as devised by Virginia Zabriskie) in a letter to Kaprow, other letters describing reaction to the event or event planning.
box 32, folder 2

Help Yourself, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Color snapshot and slides. No Photo credit.
box 32, folder 3

Proceedings, UT Arlington Kaprow Retrospective, Mar 1988

Scope and Content Note

Reinvention of Kaprow pieces and symposium on his work. Correspondence, writings on the theme of retrospection, transcript of taped conversation between Barbara Smith, Richard Schechner and Jeff Kelley, snapshots, drawings. See also folders 5 and 6 for "18 Happenings" and "Routine," reinvented as part of this retrospective.
box 32, folder 4

Proceedings, UT Arlington Kaprow Retrospective, Mar 1988

Scope and Content Note

Posters, programs, proposals, workshop notes.
box 32, folder 5

18 happenings in 6 parts, Mar 1988

Scope and Content Note

New York City. Typewritten score, list of participants, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Peter Moore.
box 32, folder 6

Routine, [May] 1988

Scope and Content Note

Mills College, Oakland, CA. typewritten score.
box 32, folder 7

What's Watts Watts, 1988

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.
box 32, folder 8

An Electronic Happening, July 1989

Scope and Content Note

Western Behavioral Science Institute, La Jolla. Handwritten and typewritten score, notes, drawings, e-mails.
box 32, folder 9

Taking a Shoe for a Walk, Aug 1989

Scope and Content Note

Salute to Fluxus, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn. Handwritten and typewritten score, correspondence, clippings, poster, bound book of black and white photographs. Photo credit: Wolfgang Träger.
box 32, folder 10

Where the Borders Really Are, Jun 1990

Scope and Content Note

A Meeting of the Worlds, An International Festival of Music and the Arts, Finland. Handwritten and typewritten score, correspondence, brochures, programs, maps, press releases.
box 32, folder 11

Kaprow-Negesy Project, Sept 1991

Scope and Content Note

UC San Diego. Handwritten notes, program.
box 32, folder 12

Cabin, Sept 1991

Scope and Content Note

Milan. Color photographs, black and white photocopies.
box 32, folder 13

Shaking Barrels, 1991

Scope and Content Note

Published booklet of tributes to Jerome Rothenberg at 60 containing Kaprow Happening.
box 32, folder 14

7 Environments, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

Fondazione Mudima, Milan (1991) and Studio Morra, Naples (1992). Correspondence and printed matter regarding the exhibition. See also Box 61, folder 23 for correspondence regarding this exhibition.
box 32, folder 15

7 Environments, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

Fondazione Mudima, Milan (1991) and Studio Morra, Naples (1992). Color transparencies, photocopies, black and white photographs of the environments reinvented for the Milan portion of the retrospective. Black and white photographs of "Yard," (Milan). Photo credit: Fabrizio Garghetti.
box 33

Project Files, 1991-1997

box 33, folder 1

7 Environments, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

Fondazione Mudima, Milan (1991) and Studio Morra, Naples (1992). More of the material found in Box 32, folder 15. Color transparencies, photocopies, black and white photographs of the environments reinvented for the Milan portion of the retrospective. Black and white photographs of "Yard," (Milan). Photo credit: Fabrizio Garghetti.
box 33, folder 2

7 Environments, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

Studio Morra, Naples. Black and white photographs and color snapshots of the Naples portion of the exhibition. Photo credit: Enrico Cattaneo.
box 33, folder 3

4 Environments, Sept 1992

Scope and Content Note

La Zonmééé, Montreuil and Espace Donguy, Paris. Correspondence between Kaprow and Jacques Donguy regarding the planning of "4 Environments" and other events, such as panels, that the gallery arranged for Kaprow to participate in. Color transparencies and black and white photographs of 4 environments reinvented for retrospective: "Eat," "Apple Shrine," "Short Circuit" (reinvention of 1958 untitled environment), and "Words." See also Box 62 Galerie Donguy files. Photo credit: André Morain.
Transparencies and polaroid prints moved to Box 115, folder 19A.
box 33, folder 4

Beauty Parlor 2, Apr 1993

Scope and Content Note

New York. At Trident Group Printing Firm. Correspondence, drawings, black and white photographs. No Photo credit.
box 33, folder 5

Five Minute Delay, Aug 1993

Scope and Content Note

Biennale d'art contemporain, Lyon, France. Correspondence with Jacque Donguy and Theirry Raspail and Thierry Prat regarding the piece Kaprow designed for the international festival in Lyon. The piece was called "Barriers" in the correspondence, but its final name was "Five Minute Delay." Various drawings for the piece included in the correspondence. Handwritten score, drawings, correspondence, negatives, color snapshots. No Photo credit.
box 33, folder 6

Five Minute Delay, Aug 1993

Scope and Content Note

Biennale d'art contemporain, Lyon, France. Handwritten score, drawings, correspondence, negatives, color snapshots. No Photo credit.
box 33, folder 7

Smarrjack; Load Aug 1994

Scope and Content Note

Proposals for Multimediale, NY-Seoul. Handwritten letter containing score. Not performed for this event, but performed later (Feb 1998) for Jerry Rothenberg's class at UC San Diego.
box 33, folder 8

Hors Limites, Sept 1994

Scope and Content Note

Galerie Beaubourg, Paris. Report by David Rammant on the creation of the event. See also Correspondence, Box 62 and 63, Galerie Donguy files.
box 33, folder 9

Waxworks, May 1995

Scope and Content Note

John Gibson Gallery, NY. Color snapshots of the activity.
box 33, folder 10

Fall, Oct 1995

Scope and Content Note

Performance Festival ("Save/Give") at Kasseler Kunstverein. Handwritten score, correspondence, clippings, black and white photographs. Photo credit: Martin Rindlisbacher.
box 33, folder 11

Assemblage of Hundreds, Nov [1994]

Scope and Content Note

Benefit for Children's Museum of San Diego. Handwritten score for several possible environments, clipping.
box 33, folder 12

A Waste of Time, [1994]

Scope and Content Note

Leipzig. Typewritten score in English and German.
box 33, folder 13

If the Shoe Fits, Sign It, Apr 1997

Scope and Content Note

Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA. Handwritten score.
box 33, folder 14

Plans of Happenings, Apr 1997

Scope and Content Note

Archivio Conz, Verona. Compilation of typewritten scores presented at exhibition.
box 34

Project Files, , and Project-related material, 1996-1999 1940-1977

box 34, folder 1

Yard, 1996-1997

Scope and Content Note

MOCA, Los Angeles, "Out of Actions." Reinvention of 1960 happening. Correspondence between Kaprow and Paul Schimmel. 1 color slide and three negatives. Photo credit: Staff Photographer.
box 34, folder 2

Yard, 1998-1999

Scope and Content Note

MOCA, Los Angeles,"Out of Actions." Correspondence between Kaprow and Paul Schimmel.
box 34, folder 3

Yard, 1998

Scope and Content Note

"Out of Actions," Spain, Japan and Austria. Correspondence with curators of the exhibition at MAK, Austria, MAC, Barcelona, and MOCA, Tokyo.
box 34, folder 4

Metal sign, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

A sign reading, in German, as follows: "Please do not pay any attention to this sign." From unidentified happening?
box 34, folder 5

unidentified photos, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of an unidentified environment?
box 34, folder 6

Diary, 1940-1944

Scope and Content Note

A handwritten diary, not by Kaprow, that Kaprow purchased at a thrift store and used for research.
box 34, folder 7

Notes, 1960s?

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes, ideas, lists, diagrams, notebook pages, draft of review of Jenson's art history text.
box 34, folder 8

Notes, 1970s?

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes, lists, fragments from unidentified happenings and activities.
box 34, folder 9

Notes, 1990s?

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes, lists, fragments from activities and lectures.
box 34, folder 10

Draft, 1970s?

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of essay about how to use the videotapes and booklets about Kaprow activities.
box 34, folder 11

Project proposal, 1958

Scope and Content Note

"Project in Multiple Dimensions," by Kaprow, Robert Watts, and George Brecht.
box 34, folder 12

Project proposal, 1970

Scope and Content Note

"The Cubic Mile." Proposal for EA.T. Projects Outside Art, correspondence, interview transcript.
box 34, folder 13

Project proposal, 1976?

Scope and Content Note

Proposal for CME - UNESCO, to study closely the consciousness participation in a Kaprow activity induces.
box 34, folder 14

Project proposal, 1977

Scope and Content Note

"The Use of Art Performance as a Model for Personal and Social Awareness," a proposal to NEA by Kaprow and six other artists.
 

Series IV. Printed Matter, 1952-1997

Physical Description: 7 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

Printed Matter includes ref3712 and is organized in 6 subseries.
 

Series IV.A. Scrapbooks, 1953-1962

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

Pages from two different scrapbooks, disbounded and conserved as individual leaves, containing newspaper clippings, announcements, and press releases regarding Kaprow's solo and group exhibitions, Happenings, Environments and Activities.
box 35

Scrapbook, 1953-1959

box 36

Scrapbook, 1959-1962

box 37

Cover of scrapbook in Box 36

 

Series IV.B. Clippings, 1953-1997

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

Reviews, feature articles, newspaper announcements of Kaprow's solo and group exhibitions, Environments, Happenings, and Activities. Some duplication of the scrapbook material, but generally more extensive coverage. Also selected press releases and a box of clipped articles on topics of interest to Kaprow. Arranged chronologically by year.
box 38

Clippings, 1953-1966

box 38, folder 1

1953

box 38, folder 2

1954

box 38, folder 3

1955

box 38, folder 4

1956

box 38, folder 5

1957

box 38, folder 6

1958

box 38, folder 7

1959

box 38, folder 8

1960

box 38, folder 9

1961

box 38, folder 10

1962

box 38, folder 11

1963

box 38, folder 12

1964

box 38, folder 13

1965

box 38, folder 14

1966

box 38, folder 15

1966

box 39

Clippings, 1967-1983

box 39, folder 1

1967

box 39, folder 2

1968

box 39, folder 3

1969

box 39, folder 4

1970

box 39, folder 5

1971

box 39, folder 6

1972

box 39, folder 7

1973

box 39, folder 8

1974

box 39, folder 9

1975

box 39, folder 10

1976

box 39, folder 11

1977

box 39, folder 12

1978

box 39, folder 13

1979

box 39, folder 14

1980

box 39, folder 15

1981

box 39, folder 16

1982

box 39, folder 17

1983

box 40

Clippings and press releases, , 1984-1997 1961-1992

Scope and Content Note

The file of press releases is not comprehensive; additional press releases are filed with the specific piece to which they pertain.
box 40, folder 1

1984

box 40, folder 2

1985

box 40, folder 3

1986

box 40, folder 4

1987

box 40, folder 5

1988

box 40, folder 6

1989

box 40, folder 7

1991

box 40, folder 8

1992

box 40, folder 9

1993

box 40, folder 10

1994-1995

box 40, folder 11

1997

box 40, folder 12

n.d.

box 40, folder 13

Collection of cartoons and advertisements using the word "Happening."

box 40, folder 14

Clippings of general interest

box 40, folder 15

Press releases, 1961-1992

box 41

Clippings, 1927-1997

Scope and Content Note

Clippings and photocopies of articles and book chapters, generally on topics of interest to Kaprow, sometimes on topics that include Kaprow. See also Oversize.
box 41, folder 1

Evreinoff, Nicolos, The Theatre in Life, 1927

box 41, folder 2

anthologist, 1959

box 41, folder 3

Klaw, Spencer, "The Cultural Innovators," Fortune, 1960

box 41, folder 4

"A Gallery of Galleries in Manhattan," Time, 1962

box 41, folder 5

Restany, Pierre, "les HAPPENINGS," Domus, 1963

box 41, folder 6

Ascott, Roy, "The construction of change," (serial?) 1964

box 41, folder 7

Mumma, Gordon, "Alvin Lucier's Music for Solo Performer," Source, 1965

box 41, folder 8

McLuhan, Marshall, "Great Change-Overs for You," Vogue, 1966

box 41, folder 9

Lippard, Lucy R., "Pulsa," Arts Canada, 1968

box 41, folder 10

"The Venerability of Pop," Time, 1969

box 41, folder 11

Gruen, John, The Party's Over Now (photocopied excerpt), 196?

box 41, folder 12

Seckler, D.G., "The Audience is His Medium," The Artist in America , 196?

box 41, folder 13

Kirby, M., "The Influence of Happenings and Events," (serial?) 1970

box 41, folder 14

Chalupecky, J., "Art in Our Age," (serial?) 1970

box 41, folder 15

DeMott, Benjamin, "Looking Back on the Seventies," Atlantic Monthly , 1971

box 41, folder 16

Roth, Moira, "Toward a History of California Performance," Part II, 1978

box 41, folder 17

Copeland, Roger, "The Politics of Perception," 1979

box 41, folder 18

Buchwald, A., "TV Fiction, Reality," 197?

box 41, folder 19

Rohde, Sam, "An Introduction Marinetti's Futurist Cooking," 197?

box 41, folder 20

Musgrave, Victor, "The Unknown Art Movement," 197?

box 41, folder 21

Wortz, Melinda, "Architects of Emptiness," Arts Magazine , 1980

box 41, folder 22

Cullen, Arthur Barrett, "Roy Lichtenstein," United, 1984

box 41, folder 23

Tomkins, Calvin, "The Prince of Pop," Vogue, 1993

box 41, folder 24

Reviews of Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life , 1993-1994

box 41, folder 25

Reviews of "InSite 94," 1994

box 41, folder 26

Macys, Ryan, "Conceptual, Interactive showings at the Hyde," The Summit , 1997

box 41, folder 27

"Schöpfer des Happenings," (serial?) 1997

box 41, folder 28

Carpenter, Edmund, "Silent Music and Invisible Art," n.d.

box 41, folder 29

[author?], Conversations with Igor Stravinsky (photocopied excerpt from book), n.d.

 

Series IV.C. Announcements, 1952-1997

Container Summary: 1 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Announcements for Kaprow solo exhibitions, events, and speaking engagements and for Kaprow group exhibitions and events and for exhibitions of other artists. Arranged chronologically by year in each category.
box 42

Announcements, 1955-1982

box 42, folder 1

AK solo, 1955-1959

box 42, folder 2

AK solo, 1960-1964

box 42, folder 3

AK solo, 1965-1969

box 42, folder 4

AK solo, 1970-1974

box 42, folder 5

AK solo, 1975-1979

box 42, folder 6

AK solo, 1980-1984

box 42, folder 7

AK solo, 1985-1989

box 42, folder 8

AK solo, 1990-1994

box 42, folder 9

AK solo, (UC Press catalog advertising Kaprow's book), 1993

box 42, folder 10

AK solo, 1995-1999

box 42, folder 11

AK solo, n.d.

box 42, folder 12

AK group, 1953

box 42, folder 13

AK group, 1954

box 42, folder 14

AK group, 1957

box 42, folder 15

AK group, 1958

box 42, folder 16

AK group, 1959

box 42, folder 17

AK group, 1960

box 42, folder 18

AK group, 1962

box 42, folder 19

AK group, 1963

box 42, folder 20

AK group, 1964

box 42, folder 21

AK group, 1965

box 42, folder 22

AK group, 1966

box 42, folder 23

AK group, 1967

box 42, folder 24

AK group, 1968

box 42, folder 25

AK group, 1969

box 42, folder 26

AK group, 1969

box 42, folder 27

AK group, 1970

box 42, folder 28

AK group, 1972

box 42, folder 29

AK group, 1973

box 42, folder 30

AK group, 1974

box 42, folder 31

AK group, 1976

box 42, folder 32

AK group, 1977

box 42, folder 33

AK group, 1978

box 42, folder 34

AK group, 1979

box 42, folder 35

AK group, 1980

box 42, folder 36

AK group, 1981

box 42, folder 37

AK group, 1982

box 43

Announcements, 1952-1997

box 43, folder 1

AK group, 1983

box 43, folder 2

AK group, (Video as Attitude) 1983

box 43, folder 3

AK group, 1984

box 43, folder 4

AK group, 1985

box 43, folder 5

AK group, 1986

box 43, folder 6

AK group, 1987

box 43, folder 7

AK group, 1988

box 43, folder 8

AK group, 1989

box 43, folder 9

AK group, 1990

box 43, folder 10

AK group, 1991

box 43, folder 11

AK group, 1992

box 43, folder 12

AK group, 1993

box 43, folder 13

AK group, 1994

box 43, folder 14

AK group, 1995

box 43, folder 15

AK group, 1996

box 43, folder 16

AK group, 1997

box 43, folder 17

AK group, n.d.

box 43, folder 18

Other artists, 1952

box 43, folder 19

Other artists, 1957

box 43, folder 20

Other artists, 1958-1959

box 43, folder 21

Other artists, 1960-1961

box 43, folder 22

Other artists, 1962

box 43, folder 23

Other artists, 1964

box 43, folder 24

Other artists, 1966

box 43, folder 25

Other artists, 1969

box 43, folder 26

Other artists, 1970

box 43, folder 27

Other artists, 1971

box 43, folder 28

Other artists, 1976

box 43, folder 29

Other artists, 1979

box 43, folder 30

Other artists, 1984

box 43, folder 31

Other artists, n.d.

 

Series IV.D. Posters, 1951-1995

Physical Description: 16 flat file folders

Scope and Content Note

Posters announcing Kaprow's solo or group exhibitions, happenings or environments, or the exhibitions of other artists. In some cases the poster also serves as the score for an event. Posters arranged chronologically by year.
oversize 1**

Kaprow solo exhibitions or events, 1957-1969

oversize 1**

C-Print of "Rearrangeable Panels," 1957-1958

oversize 1**

"!8 Happenings in 6 Parts," Reuben Gallery, NY, 1959

oversize 1**

"4 Happenings by Alan Kaprow," Smolin Gallery, NY, n.d.

oversize 1**

"Bon Marché," Idealia, Paris, 1963

oversize 1**

"Eat," Smolin Gallery, NY, 1964

oversize 1**

Lecture Series, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1966

oversize 1**

"Gas," Long Island, NY, 1966

oversize 1**

"Fluids," Pasadena Art Museum, 1967

oversize 1**

"Moving," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1967

oversize 1**

"Population," Colby Jr. College, 1968

oversize 1**

"Overtime," SUNY, New Platz, 1968

oversize 1**

"Transfer," Wesleyan University, 1968

oversize 1**

"Record," University of Texas, 1968

oversize 1**

"Round Trip," SUNY Albany, 1968

oversize 1**

"Arrivals," Firehouse Gallery, NY 1968

oversize 1**

"Days Off," MOMA, NY, 1969

oversize 1**

Happening, Cooper Union, NY, n.d.

oversize 2**

Kaprow solo exhibitions or events, 1970-1984

oversize 2**

"Graft," Kent State University, 1970

oversize 2**

"Sawdust," 1970

oversize 2**

"Time Pieces" (video), 1973

oversize 2**

"Affect," Galleria Martano, Torino, 1974

oversize 2**

"Tree," 1975

oversize 2**

Activity-Model, Galeria Foksai PSP, Warszawa, 1976

oversize 2**

"Maneuvers," Framart/Studio, Napoli, 1976

oversize 2**

Stories of Allan Kaprow's events in his everyday life, School of Visual Arts, NYC, 1984

oversize 2**

Free Seminar and Lecture, Tucson Museum of Art, n.d.

oversize 2**

"Ritual and Group Interaction," York University, n.d.

oversize 3**

Kaprow solo exhibitions or events, 1993-1996

oversize 3**

"Beauty Parlor," Gibson Gallery, NYC, 1993

oversize 3**

"Hors Limites," Paris, 1994

oversize 3**

Allan Kaprow at Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, 1996

oversize 3**

Activity, Performance, Event, 1994

oversize 4**

Kaprow group exhibitions or events, 1958-1967

oversize 4**

"Collage in America" (Kaprow, Johns, Kline, et al), 1958

oversize 4**

"No Show," Gertrude Stein Gallery, NYC, 1963

oversize 4**

"A New Vocabulary," and "A Happening," n.d.

oversize 4**

"Art Now," (Kaprow, Robert Indiana, Richard Stankiewicz), University of Vermont, 1964

oversize 4**

"Festival of Contemporary Arts," Cornell University, 1964

oversize 4**

"Ten from Rutgers University," Bianchini Gallery, NYC, 1965

oversize 4**

"4th annual new york avant garde festival," NYC, 1965

oversize 4**

"4th annual new york avant garde festival," NYC, (different than above with signatures), 1965

oversize 4**

"5th annual new york avant garde festival," NYC (with signatures), 1966

oversize 4**

"Happenings in 3 Countries," (Kaprow, Minujin, Vostell), (3) 1966

oversize 4**

"A Grand Feed," (Kaprow, Phillip, Al Hansen, et. al.), MASS ART Store, NYC, 1966

oversize 4**

"3 Evenings of Fan Music," (Kaprow, Phillip Conner, James Terney) NYC, 1967

oversize 4**

"6th annual NY avant garde festival," 1967

oversize 4**

"Happening at the Reuben Gallery," (Kaprow, Red Grooms, Robert Whitman), NYC, 196?

oversize 4**

"Environments, Situations, Spaces," (Oldenburg, Dine, et. al.) Martha Jackson Gallery, NYC, n.d.

oversize 5**

Kaprow group exhibitions or events, 1971-1979

oversize 5**

International Design Conference, Aspen, 1971

oversize 5**

"Two American Artists," (Kaprow and Elkin) Western Washington State University, Bellingham, 1973

oversize 5**

"Aktionen der Avantgarde," (Filliou, Vostell, et. al.), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 1973

oversize 5**

"Author, Sunshine, Muse," (Kaprow, Neal, Plagens) Eastern Michigan University, 1975

oversize 5**

"Southland Video Anthology," (Kaprow, Baldessari, Paik, et. al.), Long Beach Museum of Art, 1975

oversize 5**

"Frames of Mind," Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, 1976

oversize 5**

"Medium Film," (Kaprow, Broodthaers, Weiner), Berlin, 1976

oversize 5**

"13th annual new york avant garde festival," NYC, 1977

oversize 5**

"The Ethics and Economics of Performance Art," (Kaprow, McCarthy, et. al.), LAICA, Los Angeles, 1978

oversize 5**

"The Gallery of Art," (Kaprow, DeKooning, et. al.) University Northern Iowa, 1978-1979

oversize 6**

Kaprow group exhibitions or events, 1980-1989

oversize 6**

"Myth and Ritual," Walker Art Center, Minn., 1980

oversize 6**

"Public Spirit," Los Angeles, 1980

oversize 6**

"The Artist: An Endangered Species?" Washington State University, Pullman, 1981

oversize 6**

"Experimental Theater Festival," UC San Diego, 1982

oversize 6**

"Fluxus," Museum Wiesbaden, 1982

oversize 6**

UC San Diego faculty exhibition, 1984

oversize 6**

"Visiting Artists," University of Mississippi, 1985-1986

oversize 6**

Visiting Artists, University of Colorado, Boulder (2), 1985-1986

oversize 6**

"artists in space project," Hamburg, 1985-1987

oversize 6**

documenta, Kassel, 1987

oversize 6**

Fluxus, Bonn, 1982-1989

oversize 7**

Kaprow group exhibitions or events, 1990-1995

oversize 7**

"Collages," Museé d'Unterlinden, Colmar, 1990

oversize 7**

"The Readymade Boomerang," daadgalerie, Berlin, 1991

oversize 7**

"Site 94," US/Mexico border, 1994

oversize 7**

"Here Comes Everybody," conference on Cage, Mills College, 1995

oversize 7**

Allan Kaprow, Visiting Professor, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, 1995

oversize 7**

"Trash," (Kaprow, Oldenburg, Warhol, et. al.), Real Art Ways, Hartford, n.d.

oversize 7**

"The Art-Life Game," UC San Diego Visual Arts, n.d.

oversize 7**

"A Museum Lecture Workshop Series, LSU, n.d.

oversize 7**

La Commedia del Arte," Barbara Smith, Los Angeles, n.d.

oversize 7**

"Performance Art Summer," (Kaprow, Rosenthal, McCarthy, et. al.), Los Angeles, n.d.

oversize 8-14**

Other artists' exhibitions or events, 1951-1974, n.d.

oversize 8**

"White Paintings," Rauschenberg (Castelli), 1951

oversize 8**

Alfred Jensen at Martha Jackson Gallery, 1959

oversize 9**

B. Thompson (Zabriski), 1960

oversize 9**

Jasper Johns (Castelli), 1961

oversize 9**

Jasper Johns (Sonnabend), 1962

oversize 9**

Tinguely (Galerie handschin), Basel, 1962

oversize 9**

Brecht, Dine, Johns, et. al. (Arts Council) Philadelphia, 1962-1963

oversize 9**

Jasper Johns (Castelli), 1963

oversize 9**

"Hole," Robert Whitman, 1963

oversize 9**

Nam June Paik (Exposition of Music, Galerie Parnass), 1963

oversize 9**

Lichtenstein (Castelli), 1963

oversize 9**

Alfred Jensen (Graham Gallery), 1963

oversize 9**

"No Show," Kusama, Tyler, et. al., n.d.

oversize 10**

Kriesberg (Graham Gallery), 1964

oversize 10**

Fluxfest at Cinematheque, 1964

oversize 10**

Vostell, Beuys, et. al. (Aachen), 1964

oversize 10**

Arthur Köppcke (galerie allen), Copenhagen, 1964

oversize 10**

George Segal (Green Gallery), NY, 1964

oversize 10**

"2ieme Festival de la Libre Expresion," Lebel at Centre Americaine des Americaine des Artistes, 1965

oversize 10**

Lebel (Galerie Edouard Smith), 1965

oversize 10**

Alfred Jensen (Royal Marks), 1966

oversize 10**

Ray Johnson (Castelli), 1966

oversize 10**

"3ieme Festival de la Libre Expresion," Jean-Jacques Lebel, Théatre de la Chimère, 1966

oversize 11**

Bill Bollinger (Bykert Gallery), 1967

oversize 11**

Group show: Bollinger, Judd, et. al. (Bykert Gallery), 1967

oversize 11**

Robert Duran (Bykert Gallery), 1967

oversize 11**

Jeff Berner, "The Avant-garde from Dada to McLuhan and Beyond" (Big Sur), 1967

oversize 11**

Oldenburg (Janis Gallery), 1967

oversize 11**

Robert Morris (Castelli Gallery), 1967

oversize 11**

Cy Twombly (Leo Castelli Gallery), 1967

oversize 11**

Ray Johnson (Richard Feigen Gallery), 1968

oversize 11**

Christo Wraps the Museum (MOMA), 1968

oversize 11**

Ron Cooper (Ace Gallery), 1969

oversize 12**

George Miller (18 W. 11th St.), 1970

oversize 12**

Ray Ferrer (Castelli Gallery), 1970

oversize 12**

"Straight Information: a dialogue series of 13 evenings," (School of Visual Arts), 1971-1972

oversize 12**

Alfred Jensen (Pace Gallery), 1972

oversize 12**

Guy Johnson (Hundred Acres), 1972

oversize 12**

Alfred Jensen (Pace Gallery), 1972

oversize 12**

"Push Pins' New Line,"(Gallery at Cal State, Fullerton), 1974

oversize 12**

Bill Bollinger- Sculpture (Bykert Gallery), n.d.

oversize 12**

No name or title (Howard Wise Gallery), n.d.

oversize 12**

"Slipcover," Les Levine (Architecture League of NY), n.d.

oversize 13**

Robert Grosvenor (Dwan Gallery), 1966

oversize 13**

Richard Serra (ACE Gallery), 1970

oversize 14**

"Here and Now With Watchers: Hawkins, Dlugoszewski, Lang, Dorazio," n.d.

oversize 14**

Jay Milder (Delancey St. Museum), n.d.

oversize 15**

"Calling," words on plastic, 1965

oversize 16**

"Rearrangeable panels," a C-print, 1957

 

Series IV.E. Serials, 1959-1994

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

Sets of avant-garde journals to which Kaprow subscribed and which occasionally featured his work, or individual issues of serials or catalogs with articles or items relevant to Kaprow.
box 44

Serials, 1959-1994

box 44, folder 1

The Pittsburgh Bicentennial, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Brochure for the Carnegie Institute exhibition of contemporary painting and sculpture
box 44, folder 2

Scrap, 1960-1961

Scope and Content Note

Issues 1-6 of the avant-garde journal.
box 44, folder 3

The Floating Bear, 1961-1962

Scope and Content Note

Issues 1-22 of the avant-garde journal.
box 44, folder 4

The Floating Bear, 1961-1962

Scope and Content Note

Issues 25-37 of the avant-garde journal.
box 44, folder 5

Art 1963 - A New Vocabulary, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Corrected proof of a catalog published by the Arts Council of the YM/YWHA.
box 44, folder 6

Arts Yearbook 9, 1967

Scope and Content Note

This serial is edited by the staff of Arts Magazine. This issue titled "The Museum World." Includes article by Kaprow.
box 44, folder 7

Judson Newsnotes, June 1967

box 44, folder 8

Japanese serial (title?), 1968

Scope and Content Note

Contains several photographs of Kaprow happenings and environments.
box 44, folder 9

Magazin KUNST, Nr. 4, 1974

Scope and Content Note

Issue on video featuring articles section about Kaprow's "Time Pieces."
box 44, folder 10

Backworks, 1977

Scope and Content Note

Catalog about contemporary photography.
box 44, folder 11

The Dumb Ox, 1980

Scope and Content Note

Issue on performance, guest-edited by Kaprow and Paul McCarthy.
box 44, folder 12

Community Arts, 1980

Scope and Content Note

San Diego serial with interview of Kaprow.
box 44, folder 13

Arizona Artist, 1980

box 44, folder 14

To the Astonishing Horizon, 1985

Scope and Content Note

Brochure for exhibition by Los Angeles Visual Arts, curated by Peter Frank.
box 44, folder 15

Made in U.S.A., 1987

Scope and Content Note

Brochure of Berkeley Art Museum exhibition.
box 44, folder 16

Action/Performance and the Photograph, 1993

Scope and Content Note

Catalog from Turner/Krull Galleries.
box 44, folder 17

Performing Arts Journal 46, 1994

Scope and Content Note

Features Kaprow essay on the avant-garde.
 

Series IV.F. Miscellaneous, 1965-1995

Container Summary: .5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Papers from Kaprow's books (in the Getty library) and other assorted printed matter.
box 45

Miscellaneous, 1965-1995

box 45, folder 1

Vision '65 Conference description, 1965

box 45, folder 2

Provincetown Fine Arts Workshop information sheet, 1969

box 45, folder 3

Video distribution catalog, 197?

box 45, folder 4

IREX travel arrangements information, 1985

box 45, folder 5

UC San Diego course listing Kaprow's book, 1990

box 45, folder 6

Restaurant newsletter, 1995

box 45, folder 7

Items tipped in books, 1950-1980

box 45, folder 8

Items tipped in books, 1982-1996

 

Series V. Writings, 1953-1997

Container Summary: 5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Writings is further divided into two subseries.
 

Series V.A. Writings by Kaprow, 1953-1997

Container Summary: 3.5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of Kaprow's writings arranged chronologically by year, followed by files of photographs taken for Assemblage, Environments and Happenings , not all of which were printed in the book; these are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the artists. Photographs taken to illustrate other writings also included.
box 46

Writings by Kaprow, 1953-1964

box 46, folder 1

Notes on Rutgers exhibition, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of review of New York School exhibition; typewritten drafts and brief descriptions of various other exhbitions.
box 46, folder 2

Review of figure painting by Felix Pasilis, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten drafts.
box 46, folder 3

Three drawings by George Bogdonovitch, 1955

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten drafts.
box 46, folder 4

Rutgers Report on World Affairs, 1955

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten drafts.
box 46, folder 5

American Universities and the Advance-Guard Painter (Rutgers Radio Talk), 1955

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten drafts.
box 46, folder 6

Some Thoughts on Italy and America (Rutgers Radio Talk), 1955

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten drafts.
box 46, folder 7

Hans Hofmann, 1956

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts.
box 46, folder 8

Brandeis Youth Foundation Art Program, 1956

Scope and Content Note

Short essays on selected European artists, including Pissarro, Chagall, Modigliani. Typewritten and printed versions.
box 46, folder 9

The Demiurge, 1958

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten.
box 46, folder 10

The Plain of La Crau by Vincent Van Gogh, 1958

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten.
box 46, folder 11

The Principles of Modern Art, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten, with clipping. Published in It Is (New York) no. 4.
box 46, folder 12

Letter to the Editor, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Clipping of Kaprow letter to Art News regarding Irving Sandler article.
box 46, folder 13

"Some Observations on Contemporary Art," 1961

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. published in catalog for the exhibition "New Forms, New Media I," Martha Jackson Gallery. With note describing it as condensed version of essay in Assemblage, Environments and Happenings, which was not finally published until 1966.
box 46, folder 14

"Happenings in the New York Scene," 1961

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts, galleys, and clipping of Kaprow article published in Art News 60, no. 3.
box 46, folder 15

"Irving Kriesberg," 1961

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of essay published in the Jewish Museum catalog.
box 46, folder 16

Lecture at Smolin Gallery, NY, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of essay about Happenings; no title on ms.
box 46, folder 17

"Nature in the Art of Irving Kriesberg," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of essay published in Art News, Dec. 1963
box 46, folder 18

A reading of a Mondrian painting, 1963?

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten fragmentary draft, possibly an early draft of Mondrian section of "Impurity,"
box 46, folder 19

"The Construction of Boston," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of article describing this theater event.
box 46, folder 20

"The Effect of Recent Art Upon the Teaching of Art," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Presented at CAA; published in Art Journal 23, no. 2.
box 46, folder 21

"Impurity," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of essay published in Art News 61, no.9.
box 46, folder 22

"The Future of Pop Art," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Several typewritten versions of piece published in German in Happenings, ed. Jurgen Claus et al. Also possibly was a talk presented at a symposium at the Jewish Museum, March 3, 1963.
box 46, folder 23

"Pop Art," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Excerpt from above article.
box 46, folder 24

"Art and Politics," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of talk given at SUNY?
box 46, folder 25

"Segal's Vital Mummies," 1964

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts, with letters to Thomas Hess. Published in Art News 62 no.10.
box 46, folder 26

"The Artist as a Man of the World," 1963

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected drafts of this essay published in Art News 63 no. 6.
box 46, folder 27

"Model of Behavior for a Leisure Society," 1964

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft; version of "The Artist as a Man of the World."
box 47

Writings by Kaprow, 1964-1966

box 47, folder 1

"Continuous Experimentation in the Humanities," 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

Six typewritten copies.
box 47, folder 2

"A Selection of Recent Happenings," 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten.
box 47, folder 3

"The Creation of Art and the Creation of Art Education," 1965

Scope and Content Note

An essay for the Seminar on Research and Curriculum Development in Art Education, Penn State University. Two copies of typewritten drafts and one partial printed version distributed at conference. Papers by two other conferencees, Harold Rosenberg and Joshua Taylor.
box 47, folder 4

"A Proposal to Bring Professional Artists into Public Schools," 1965

Scope and Content Note

Two copies of typewritten ms.
box 47, folder 5

"New Goals and Techniques of Happenings," 1965

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes for lecture given in NYC.
box 47, folder 6

On How to Make a Happening, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten lecture notes; eventually part of article in folder 15.
box 47, folder 7

"Happenings are Dead: Long Live the Happenings!" 1966

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten fragment of the article published in Artforum, 4 no. 7.
box 47, folder 8

"Experimental Art," 1966

Scope and Content Note

Notes, handwritten and typewritten drafts of the essay published in Art News 65, no. 1.
box 47, folder 9

"The Role of New Museums," 1966

Scope and Content Note

Notes and drafts of this lecture presented at the ICA Boston.
box 47, folder 10

"What Is A Museum? A dialogue between Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson," 1966

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy of clipping.
box 47, folder 11

"An Institute For Experimental Research In The Arts," 1966?

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten proposal for the Center for Instructional Resources at SUSB, with budget and clipping about modern art.
box 47, folder 12

Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten drafts and assorted notes for title essay, first written in 1960, then rewritten and published in 1965.
box 47, folder 13

Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of title essay.
box 47, folder 14

Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten drafts of chapters on individual artists.
box 47, folder 15

Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings, 1965-1977

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with publisher Harry Abrams regarding the book.
box 47, folder 16

Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings, 1966-1967

Scope and Content Note

Reviews of book, published in 1965, including one review in manuscript.
box 47, folder 17

"The Radical Use of the Past," 1966

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of talk given at CAA, with CAA conference program.
box 47, folder 18

"Manifesto," 1966

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten, typewritten, and printed essay from Manifestos, A Great Bear pamphlet, Something Else Press, NY.
box 48

Writings by Kaprow, 1967-1989

box 48, folder 1

"Alfred Jensen," 1967

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten drafts of this catalog essay excerpted from a longer essay published in Art News, 1963; a letter from Jensen; press releases from Martha Jackson Gallery, 1961.
box 48, folder 2

"Pinpointing Happenings," 1967

Scope and Content Note

Two typewritten copies of essay published in Art News 66, no. 6.
box 48, folder 3

"The Shape of the Art Environment," 1968

Scope and Content Note

Two typewritten copies of essay that appeared in Art Forum 6, no. 10.
box 48, folder 4

"A Pilot Program in Art Education in the Lower Schools," 196?

Scope and Content Note

Three typewritten copies of the proposal.
box 48, folder 5

"The Arts and Social Well Being," 196?

Scope and Content Note

Two typewritten copies.
box 48, folder 6

"Happenings and the 20th Century Environment," 1970

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of lecture given at Downstate Medical Center.
box 48, folder 7

"The Education of the Un-Artist," Part I, 1971

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten, corrected drafts and clipping of this essay that appeared in Art News 69, no. 10.
box 48, folder 8

"The Education of the Un-Artist," Part II, 1971

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten, corrected draft and clipping of this essay that appeared in Art News 71, no. 3.
box 48, folder 9

Report on the teaching of art in high schools, 1972

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten letter and introduction.
box 48, folder 10

"Doctor MD," 1973

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten copy of essay that appeared in the MOMA exhibition catalog Marcel Duchamp; with letter to Kaprow from MOMA curator.
box 48, folder 11

"The Utility of a Particular Past," 1973

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten essay on Duchamp, with letter from Kaprow.
box 48, folder 12

"Formalism: Flogging a Dead Horse," 1974

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten version of essay that appeared in Quadrille 9, no. 1.
box 48, folder 13

"Video Art: Old Wine, New Bottle," 1974

Scope and Content Note

Two typewritten versions of essay that appeared in Art Forum 12, no. 10.
box 48, folder 14

"The Education of the Un-Artist, Part III," 1974

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of essay that appeared in Art in America 62, no. 1.
box 48, folder 15

"postcard back home," 1974

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten poem about Los Angeles.
box 48, folder 16

"Roy Lichtenstein," 1977

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected draft of essay for Lichtenstein exhibition catalog, California Institute of the Arts.
box 48, folder 17

"Participation Performance," 1977

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected draft of essay that appeared in Artforum 15, no. 7.
box 48, folder 18

"Playing With Memory," 1978

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected drafts of essay originally requested for Art-Rite magazine but not published.
box 48, folder 19

"New Art Spaces," 1978

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten essay, an amplified version of talk originally given at LAICA, Los Angeles.
box 48, folder 20

"A Preliminary Futurology for Training Professional Artists," 1978

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten essay for NEA Task Force on Education, with correspondence.
box 48, folder 21

Speech about Miriam Schapiro, 1978/1980

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of speech honoring Miriam Schapiro at the Skohegan Awards ceremony, with other material regarding Miriam Schapiro.
box 48, folder 22

"Thought on Picasso in Our Time," 1980

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected draft of essay for Art in America, never published, with letter.
box 48, folder 23

"The Futility of New Museums," 1982

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of talk given at UC Los Angeles panel.
box 48, folder 24

"The Real Experiment," 1983

Scope and Content Note

Six typewritten corrected drafts of essay that appeared in Artforum 22, no. 4.
box 48, folder 25

"The Real Experiment," 1983

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten drafts of above essay (folder 24).
box 48, folder 26

"Right Living," 1987

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of essay in exhibition catalog A Tribute to John Cage .
box 48, folder 27

"A Scenario," 1988-1989

Scope and Content Note

Essay in Expanding the Exploratorium, a record of symposium proceedings about the future of the San Francisco Exploratorium.
box 48, folder 28

essay on Mu Chi, 14 April 1989

Scope and Content Note

In Zeitmagazin.
box 49

Writings by Kaprow, and 1990-1997 n.d.

box 49, folder 1

Bon Marché, 1990

Scope and Content Note

Three copies of typewritten lecture.
box 49, folder 2

"The Meaning of Life," 1990

Scope and Content Note

Four typewritten copies, one with corrections, and one photocopy of essay published in Artforum 28, no. 10.
box 49, folder 3

7 Environments 1992

Scope and Content Note

Proofs of essays in the book by Kaprow and others, with Kaprow's corrections.
box 49, folder 4

"Giuseppe Zevola," 1993

Scope and Content Note

Clipping bearing brief description of an installation published in an Italian/English bilingual journal.
box 49, folder 5

"Further Thoughts on Experimentation," 1997

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten account of "Trading Dirt."
box 49, folder 6

Memorial for Michael Kirby, 1997

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten, with letter.
box 49, folder 7

Talk on Contemporary Art and Myth, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes.
box 49, folder 8

"Artists and Art Historians," n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes.
box 49, folder 9

"The Other Side of Performance," n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes.
box 49, folder 10

Notes on Performance, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten lecture notes.
box 49, folder 11

Notes for essay on Modernism, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten corrected drafts.
box 49, folder 12

"Rub-a-dub, Rub-a-dub," Part I, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten essay.
box 49, folder 13

"Zen Buddhism and the American Avant-garde," n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts.
box 49, folder 14

Assorted notes, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten.
box 49, folder 15

Microfilm copies of various published articles by Kaprow, n.d.

box 50

Photographs for Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings , 1960-1966

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of work by artists featured in the book, with additional photographs not selected for inclusion. Arranged in alphabetical order by the artists' last names. Photo credit listed if known.
box 50, folder 1

Ay-O

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit:?
box 50, folder 2

George Brecht

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Scott Hyde
box 50, folder 3

Ken Dewey

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Scotsman Publications, Ltd.; Pressens Bild AB; Alan Daiches.
box 50, folder 4

Jim Dine

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Robert McElroy; Oldenburg; George Harych?
box 50, folder 5

Martha Edelheit

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Gilligan
box 50, folder 6

Jean Follett

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit:?
box 50, folder 7

Red Grooms

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Max Baker
box 50, folder 8

Gutai theater

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit:?
box 50, folder 9

Allan Kaprow

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Terry S. Lindquist; Robert McElroy; Peter Moore; Edwin M. Sabol; Will Gainfort; George Hurych; shunk-kender; Shustak.
box 50, folder 10

Allan Kaprow ("Household")

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Peter Moore?
box 50, folder 11

Milan Knízák

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Fotografovala
box 50, folder 12

Yayoi Kusama

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Peter Moore
box 50, folder 13

Jean Jacques Lebel

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: F. Massal; Camera Photo.
box 50, folder 14

Claes Oldenburg

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Robert McElroy; Rudolph Burckhardt
box 50, folder 15

Robert Rauschenberg

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Rudolph Burckhardt
box 50, folder 16

Lucas Samaras

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: ?
box 50, folder 17

Clarence Schmidt

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Peter Moore
box 51

Photographs for Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings, "Education of the Un-Artist," and Alfred Jensen essays. 1960-1974

box 51, folder 1

George Segal

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Nancy Astor, Carlo Bavagnoli, Peter Moore, Eric Pollitzer
box 51, folder 2

Jean Tinguely

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Peter Moore, David Gahr
box 51, folder 3

Wolf Vostell

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Kuhn; Peter Moore;
box 51, folder 4

Bob Watts

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Robert McElroy
box 51, folder 5

Robert Whitman

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: John Pitkin, Robert McElroy, Francesco Cantarella
box 51, folder 6

various, with letter from Harry Abrams regarding the photographs

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Gerard Ifert, Alfred Konzelle, Don Cook
box 51, folder 7

Contact prints

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Peter Moore
box 51, folder 8

Photos for "The Education of the Un-Artist," ca. 1974

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit:?
box 51, folder 9

Photos for Alfred Jensen research, ca. 1963

Scope and Content Note

Photo credit: Oliver Baker; Rudolph Burckhardt; Adolph Studly
box 52

Maquette of 7 Environments, with copy, 1992

 

Series V.B. Writings by Others, 1960-1994

Container Summary: 1.5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscripts of critical essays on Kaprow or on art movements of which his work may be considered a part. Interviews with Kaprow. Theses and dissertations on Kaprow or related to his work. Arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the authors.
box 53

Critical essays and interviews, 1960-1994

box 53, folder 1

Baier, Hans, Kunst 4/5 Magazine interview, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts, correspondence, issue of magazine.
box 53, folder 2

Constable, Rosalind, "Some Notes on Pop Culture," 1960

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten manuscript.
box 53, folder 3

Daniels, Dieter, "Interview with Allan Kaprow," 1986

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten drafts. Published in Ludwig Museum (Köln) catalog.
box 53, folder 4

Donguy, Jacques, "Allan Kaprow" (interview) 1991

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected manuscript.
box 53, folder 5

Frank, Peter, "Allan Kaprow: Early Figuratve Pictures," 1981

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten manuscripts.
box 53, folder 6

Leonard Harris interview with Kaprow for CBS, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten script, skeletal, with only Harris' lines inserted.
box 53, folder 7

Heinemann, Sue and Carrie Rickey, "Engaged in a Trial-ogue," 1978

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. of interview with the two authors and Allan Kaprow.
box 53, folder 8

Heitz, Richard, "The Theory of Performance Art," 1979

Scope and Content Note

Three copies of typewritten ms.
box 53, folder 9

Heitz, Richard, "Flesh Art," 1980

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. with letter.
box 53, folder 10

Hindman, James T., "Self-Performance: Allan Kaprow's Activities," 1979

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. and galley.
box 53, folder 11

Kelly, Jeff, Prospectus for Child's Play, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. with letter.
box 53, folder 12

Kontova, Helena, and Giancarlo Politic, "Allan Kaprow," 1992

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten corrected ms. of interview published in Flash Art.
box 53, folder 13

Montano, Linda, "Allan Kaprow," n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. of interview.
box 53, folder 14

Krim, Seymour, "Seymour Krim Interviewing Allan Kaprow," 1960

Scope and Content Note

Three copies of typewritten ms., with letter.
box 53, folder 15

Roth, Moira, "Coming of Age: California Performance Art in 1980," 1980

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms.
box 53, folder 16

Roth, Moira, "Interview with Allan Kaprow," 1981

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. of interview for Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute.
box 53, folder 17

Roth, Moira, "Allan Kaprow," 1973

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. with letter.
box 53, folder 18

Roth, Moira with Suzanne Lacy, and Kaprow, 1983

Scope and Content Note

Taped discussion/interview. See also udiotape (C65 in Series X) this is transcribed from.
box 53, folder 19

Stiles, Kristine, 1994

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms., "Shadows in a Vertical Life."
box 53, folder 20

Strimling, Arthur, "Allan Kaprow Interviewed by Arthur Strimling," 1991

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms.
box 54

Theses and dissertations, 1989-1994

box 54, folder 1

Koop, Stuart, "Amateurism: An emergent category of cultural analysis in the 50s and 60s," 1994

Scope and Content Note

M.A. thesis for Monash University, Australia, for which Kaprow wrote an outside report.
box 54, folder 2

Lehnert, Pamela A., "An American Happening: Allan Kaprow and a Theory of Process Art," 1989

Scope and Content Note

Bound dissertation for University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (Too large for folder).
box 54, folder 3

Massi, Richard Wood, "Computer, Graphic, and Traditional Systems: A Theoretical Study of Music Notation," 1993

Scope and Content Note

UC San Diego doctoral dissertation for which Kaprow served on committee, pp. 1-143.
box 54, folder 4

Massi, Richard Wood, 1993

Scope and Content Note

Same as above, pp. 144-307.
box 55

Theses and dissertations, 1979-1994

box 55, folder 1

O'Dell, Kathy R., "Allan Kaprow: The Artist as Writer and Educator," 1979-1980

Scope and Content Note

Seminar paper for History of Art course.
box 55, folder 2

O'Dell, Kathy R., "Allan Kaprow: The Artist as Educator," 1982

Scope and Content Note

Bound M.A. Thesis, UC Berkeley.
box 55, folder 3

Schröder, Johannes Lothar, "Identität, Überschreitung, Verwandlung: Happenings, Aktionen, und Performances von bildenden Künstlern," 1986

Scope and Content Note

Paper bound dissertation.
box 55, folder 4

Schröder, Johannes Lothar, "Identität, Überschreitung, Verwandlung: Happenings, Aktionen, und Performances von bildenden Künstlern," 1986

Scope and Content Note

Appendix.
box 55, folder 5

Sinn, Dorothy G., "The Duchamp Effect: the influence of Marcel Duchamp on the work of John Cage and Allan Kaprow," 1994

Scope and Content Note

M.A. thesis for Kent State University
 

Series VI. Teaching files, 1952-1993

Container Summary: 4 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes ref3712 and is further divided into three subseries.
 

Series VI.A. Correspondence, 1952-1993

Container Summary: .5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and teaching colleagues or university administrators, frequently regarding salary or promotion.
box 56

Correspondence, 1952-1993

box 56, folder 1

Rutgers University Correspondence, 1952-1961

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow's letter of application to teach in the Art Department and discussion of course content with Professor Helmut von Erffa, Department Chair. Correspondence with the Dean regarding reappointment. Lengthy distressed letter from Kaprow to Meyer Schapiro disclosing his difficulties with colleagues and administration. Further letters to various administration officials regarding well-earned promotions not received. Letters regarding Kaprow's decision to leave Rutgers.
box 56, folder 2

Rutgers University Correspondence, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with various faculty members and administrators regarding the controversy over the work of Lucas Samaras, student of Allan Kaprow's at Rutgers, who submitted poems containing profanity as part of his final art project.
box 56, folder 3

SUNY, Stonybrook Correspondence, 1961-1966

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding Kaprow's teaching appointments and re-appointments at Stonybrook. One indignant letter from Kaprow regarding the University's hiring of an artist not embraced by the art department faculty. Two brochures on University policies and one on Regents rules regarding subversive activities.
box 56, folder 4

SUNY, Stonybrook Correspondence, 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding promotions, awards, and leaves of absence.
box 56, folder 5

SUNY, Stonybrook Correspondence, 1968-1969

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding Grand Jury investigation of drug use by Kaprow and others at Stonybrook.
box 56, folder 6

Letters from University of California, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Regarding visiting appointments.
box 56, folder 7

Letter to Hunter College, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of application letter written to Hunter college, apparently while Kaprow was teaching at Stonybrook.
box 56, folder 8

California Institute of the Arts Correspondence, 1968-1972

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding appointment, re-appointments, and salary.
box 56, folder 9

UC San Diego Correspondence, 1979-1989

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding merit increases, research, etc.
box 56, folder 10

Honors , 1993

Scope and Content Note

UC San Diego undergraduate celebration of the arts award, Phi Beta Kappa membership handbook for new members.
 

Series VI.B. Course Materials, 1952-1989

Container Summary: 1 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Scattered notes and drafts of lectures, exams, workshop assignments and syllabi. Box 57A devoted to Project Other Ways, an educational program for Berkeley Public Schools sponsored by the Carnegie Institute and co-directed by Allan Kaprow and Herbert Kohl.
box 57

Course materials, 1952-1989

box 57, folder 1

Note for Rutgers courses, 195?

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten draft of exam; library check-out slips.
box 57, folder 2

Pratt Institute teaching notes, 1961

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and typewritten syllabus.
box 57, folder 3

Lecture notes on middle class art, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes.
box 57, folder 4

Course syllabi, SUNY Stonybrook, 1966-1968

Scope and Content Note

Syllabi and course descriptions for film class and other classes Kaprow taught.
box 57, folder 5

Courses for New York University, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and course materials.
box 57, folder 6

Notes for courses and projects, ca. 1960-1980

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous handwritten notes for class exercises, lectures, etc.
box 57, folder 7

Chinese Art course, 1965

Scope and Content Note

Course notes for summer class Kaprow taught at NYU.
box 57, folder 8

Chinese Art course, 1965

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of articles and other research materials for course.
box 57, folder 9

California Institute of the Arts courses, ca. 1971-1979

Scope and Content Note

Assignments for courses on Happenings, with student work/responses.
box 57, folder 10

UC San Diego courses, ca. 1980-1989

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten syllabi and course descriptions.
box 57, folder 11

Paul Klee lecture notes, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten list of works discussed.
box 57, folder 12

Art History exam, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Reproduction of Picasso painting with exam question; miscellaneous press releases.
box 57A

Project Other Ways, 1967-1969

box 57A, folder 1

Other Ways, 1967-1969

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding this art education project for Berkeley public schools.
box 57A, folder 2

Other Ways, 1968-1969

Scope and Content Note

Reports on the Huntting conference for Teachers and Writers, with Herbert Kohl, co-director of Project Other Ways.
box 57A, folder 3

Other Ways, 1968-1969

Scope and Content Note

Photocopied articles regarding education (research materials for Project Other Ways?)
box 57A, folder 4

Other Ways, 1968-1969

Scope and Content Note

Brochures, posters, booklets, audio record, and other materials regarding this art education project for Berkeley public schools.
box 57A, folder 5

Other Ways, 1968-1969

Scope and Content Note

Brochures, posters, booklets, audio record, and other materials regarding this art education project for Berkeley public schools.
 

Series VI.C. Art Reproductions, n.d.

Container Summary: 1.5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Images from all periods of art history that Kaprow used for teaching and research. See also Lecture Slides Boxes 116-118.
box 58

Reproductions

box 58, folder 1-3

Art reproductions

box 58, folder 4-5

Art reproductions-announcements

box 59

Reproductions

box 59, folder 1-2

Art reproductions-clippings

box 59, folder 3-4

Art reproductions-postcards

box 60

Reproductions

Scope and Content Note

Images needing 13 x 17 inch box.
box 60, folder 1-2

Art reproductions

box 60, folder 3-4

Art reproductions-clippings

 

Series VII. Professional Correspondence, 1946-1998

Container Summary: 2.5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

This series comprises correspondence with associates other than fellow artists, including curators, dealers, editors, academics. Arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or the name of the institution or organization.
box 61

Professional Correspondence, 1958-1997

box 61, folder 1

American Federation of the Arts, 1983-1996

Scope and Content Note

Regarding AFA exhibitions "Neo-Dada" and "Hans Hoffmann," to which Kaprow contributed pieces. Draft of Kaprow letter requesting payment for damage done to his collage "Blue, Blue, Blue." Clippings.
box 61, folder 2

annual avant-garde festival of new york, 1975

Scope and Content Note

Letter of thanks to Kaprow for his piece; festival program.
box 61, folder 3

Archives of Experimental Art, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Letter from Barbara Moore regarding the Dortmund catalog.
box 61, folder 4

Artforum, 1983-1984

Scope and Content Note

Responses to Kaprow's "The Real Experiment," that appeared in Artforum's December 1983 issue.
box 61, folder 5

Art in America, 1994

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of Kaprow environment, with letter.
box 61, folder 6

Art News, 1958-1959

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow's Letter to the Editor regarding Sandler's response to his article on Pollock, Kaprow's response to Rosenberg's "10th Street" article, and one letter from a reader responding to Fairfield Porter's negative review of Kaprow's work.
box 61, folder 7

Artists for Aids Assistance, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Regarding a Kaprow performance for this group.
box 61, folder 8

Athenaeum, 1989-1990

Scope and Content Note

Letter, press releases and clippings regarding panels and seminars on integrating art and architecture in San Diego.
box 61, folder 9

Avant-Garde magazine, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow letter containing statement about reforming education so as to teach the value of play.
box 61, folder 10

Bechtel, 1989

Scope and Content Note

Letter and report informing Kaprow of plans for an Advanced Building Project in Japan.
box 61, folder 11

Baecker, Inge, 1979-1986

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence documenting the decline of Kaprow's relationship with this German dealer, mainly over financial issues.
box 61, folder 12

Calder, John, 1963-1964

Scope and Content Note

Regarding Happenings in Edinburgh and London at festivals and Calder's being put on trial for indecency.
box 61, folder 13

California Arts Council, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Request for Kaprow to serve on Interdisciplinary Arts Program board.
box 61, folder 14

California College of Arts and Crafts, 1991

Scope and Content Note

Invitation to "Mapping the Terrain" retreat, with brochures.
box 61, folder 15

California Council of Landscape Architects, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Invitation to participate in conference; conference materials.
box 61, folder 16

College Art Association of America, 1961-1981

Scope and Content Note

Letters and schedules regarding Kaprow's participation on panels; draft of a talk.
box 61, folder 17

Conant, Howard, 1961

Scope and Content Note

Letter from Kaprow.
box 61, folder 18

Conz, Francesco, 1994-1997

Scope and Content Note

A thick file of letters and faxes regarding ideas for collaborations, exhibitions, and mutual friends.
box 61, folder 19

Daniels, Dieter, 1991-1994

Scope and Content Note

Thick file of correspondence regarding "Mininamedia" exhibition in Leipzig and production of the catalog for it.
box 61, folder 20

Dany Keller Galerie, 1980-1981

Scope and Content Note

Regarding exhibition of Kaprow work at the gallery.
box 61, folder 21

Dialogue, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Regarding the publication of Kaprow's account of "Conference Event." (See also Project file in Box 31)
box 61, folder 22

documenta 8, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Regarding funding for Kaprow's travel to and from Kassel.
box 61, folder 23

Fondazione Mudima, 1990

Scope and Content Note

Thick file of letters and faxes to and from Gino Di Maggio regarding Kaprow's piece in Di Maggio's Fluxus exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Included are drawings for a reinvention of "Push and Pull," an artist's statement, and many letters from Kaprow requesting details about the execution of the piece, which he didn't see. For 1991 correspondence see Box 33, files about 7 Environments.
box 61, folder 24

Fondazione Mudima, 1992

Scope and Content Note

Letters and faxes between Kaprow and Di Maggio regarding production of the catalog for 7 Environments and its promotion. (For corrected proofs of the ms., see Writings) Also discussed are the details of contracts between Mudima and Studio Morra and Galerie Donguy regarding Kaprow exhibitions. There are drawings by Kaprow, and an interview by letter with Angelo Trimarco.
box 62

Professional Correspondence, 1946-1998

box 62, folder 1

Fondazione Mudima, 1993

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Di Maggio regarding production and promotion of the catalog for 7 Environments. Desperate letters and faxes from Kaprow regarding potential sales of his work to collectors and the exhibition of his work at the Venice Biennale and Casa Malaparte. Drawings of environments. Discussion of Kaprow's problematic public persona as "the Father of Happenings."
box 62, folder 2

Fondazione Mudima, , 1994-1997 n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Gino Di Maggio regarding distribution of the catalog for 7 Environments, Kaprow's "Hors Limites" environment at Centre Pompidou and the Pompidou's refusal to return a Kaprow piece and other disappointments and financial problems.
box 62, folder 3

Fondazione Ratti, 1997

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Anna Ratti regarding a summer course Kaprow taught at the foundation and arrangements for a collective environment created by students in the course.
box 62, folder 4

Forest Hills Cadet Training Squadron, 1946

Scope and Content Note

Thank you note to Kaprow for the insignia he designed.
box 62, folder 5

Foundation for Art Resources, 1983

Scope and Content Note

Thank you note to Kaprow for an inspiring talk he gave to the foundation.
box 62, folder 6

Fuori Uso, 1998

Scope and Content Note

Request to participate in an exhibition.
box 62, folder 7

Galerie Donguy, Jan-Mar 1994

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Donguy regarding the Centre Pompidou's intention to purchase some Kaprow pieces, payment for "Five Minute Delay," and plans for Kaprow to create a new piece ("Hors Limites") at the Centre Pompidou. See also Box 34, files 3, 5, 6.
box 62, folder 8

Galerie Donguy, Apr-Jun 1994

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding the near cancellation of "Hors Limites" (due to budget cuts) and Kaprow's relationship with the Centre Pompidou.
box 62, folder 9

Galerie Donguy, Jul-Sep 1994

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding Kaprow's "Hors Limites" and the catalog for it.
box 62, folder 10

Galerie Donguy, Oct-Dec 1994

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding Kaprow's "Hors Limites" and films and slides of it.
box 63

Professional Correspondence, 1957-1997

box 63, folder 1

Galerie Donguy, 1995

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding the refusal of the Centre Pompidou to purchase Kaprow's paintings or environments, after having led him to believe they would.
box 63, folder 2

Galerie Donguy, 1996-1997

Scope and Content Note

Regarding Kaprow's book (translated) and his scheduled talks. An introduction Kaprow wrote to Donguy's computer program for writing poetry.
box 63, folder 3

Gutenberg Museum, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Letters from the museum curator.
box 63, folder 4

Gutman, Walter, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow applying to Gutman Foundation for assistance in publishing his book, Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings.
box 63, folder 5

John Gibson Commissions, 1969-1972

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow's correspondence with his "representative" John Gibson with photographs of Kaprow pieces promoted by the gallery.
box 63, folder 6

Gualco, Caterina, 1997-1998

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with this dealer from Genoa and Kaprow, with color snapshots of Kaprow at events she arranged.
box 63, folder 7

Journal of Education, 1983

Scope and Content Note

Letter fragment from the editor(?) suggesting topics for discussion in a Kaprow article (?)
box 63, folder 8

Harper & Row, 1968

Scope and Content Note

A letter indicating interest in future Kaprow book project.
box 63, folder 9

Headlands Center for the Arts, 1991

Scope and Content Note

Letter arranging panel discussion.
box 63, folder 10

Holt, Nancy, , 1984 1987

Scope and Content Note

Brief letters, one from Kaprow, one from Holt, regarding Holt's sculpture and that of Coryl Crane.
box 63, folder 11

Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, 1997

Scope and Content Note

Letter thanking Kaprow for drawings used in exhibition.
box 63, folder 12

Institute for Transcendental Studies, 1981

Scope and Content Note

Letter thanking Kaprow for his help in a recent workshop, with other materials.
box 63, folder 13

Intermedia, 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with John Brockman, director of the program sponsored by New York State Council of the Arts.
box 63, folder 14

International Drama Conference, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Conference information.
box 63, folder 15

International Seminar on the Arts, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Information about the Warsaw event.
box 63, folder 16

Kramer, Hilton, 1957

Scope and Content Note

Letters from Kaprow complaining that his work was not reviewed as he had been assured it would be.
box 63, folder 17

Long Beach Museum, 1984-1985

Scope and Content Note

Letters and material from the museum regarding their two part video retrospective, featuring a video of one of Kaprow's activities.
box 63, folder 18

Mapping the Terrain, 1992

Scope and Content Note

Letters from Suzanne Lacy, editor of a collection of articles on public art, with ms. and clippings.
box 64

Professional Correspondence, 1957-1998

box 64, folder 1

Artomatic, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Kaprow.
box 64, folder 2

Mills College, 1995

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Kaprow regarding John Cage concert.
box 64, folder 3

Morgan, Robert, 1978

Scope and Content Note

Letters regarding Morgan's dissertation on conceptual art.
box 64, folder 4

Museum Ludwig, Köln, 1980-1984

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Karl Ruhrberg and others regarding a retrospective that was to have included Kaprow's work, but due to a series of misunderstandings and betrayals did not take place.
box 64, folder 5

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, 1989

Scope and Content Note

Letter regarding arrangements for Kaprow's lecture and visit.
box 64, folder 6

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and other materials related to Kaprow lectures on MOCA exhibitions. See also Project Files, Box 34, for lengthy correspondence regarding Kaprow's reinvention of "Yard" for MOCA's "Out of Actions" exhbition.
box 64, folder 7

Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1983-1998

Scope and Content Note

Scattered correspondence, regarding a Video Art retrospective (1983), MOMA's severe editing of Kaprow's Warhol piece (1989) and the receipt of a Pollack photograph (1998).
box 64, folder 8

National Endowment for the Arts, 1986

Scope and Content Note

Letter thanking Kaprow for serving on Inter-Arts Program panel.
box 64, folder 9

New Museum, New York, 1986

Scope and Content Note

Thank you letter to Kaprow.
box 64, folder 10

New York Times, 1957

Scope and Content Note

Letter from Kaprow to Dore Ashton responding to her review of his painting exhibition.
box 64, folder 11

New York Times Sunday Magazine, 1963

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow letter to the editor responding to Kenneth Tynan piece critical of Kaprow's work.
box 64, folder 12

New York University, 1989

Scope and Content Note

Letter and other materials regarding panel on '60s art that Kaprow took part in.
box 64, folder 13

Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Letter requesting Kaprow donation.
box 64, folder 14

Other Ways, 1969-1972

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow's lawyer, Kaprow, and his colleague Kohl regarding copyright issues generated by their joint project, Other Ways. See also Project files, 1969, and Teaching files, Box 57, folder 5.
box 64, folder 15

Pasadena Art Museum, 1972-1973

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda and minutes of meeting of the museum's Board of Trustees, of which Kaprow was a member. A few handwritten notes by Kaprow regarding art education programs or reforms.
box 64, folder 16

Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1994

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding portfolio to benefit Multimedia Mediale, with graphic by Kaprow.
box 64, folder 17

PERF '94, 1994

Scope and Content Note

Letter arranging conference where Kaprow was keynote speaker.
box 64, folder 18

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1996

Scope and Content Note

Letter regarding videotape Kaprow lent for exhibition.
box 65

Professional Correspondence, 1962-1994

box 65, folder 1

Remer, Michael, 1967-1968

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Remer (Kaprow's lawyer), Kaprow, and various other parties, regarding the publication of the LP recording, "How to Make a Happening."
box 65, folder 2

Rosenberg, Harold, 1968

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding the relevance of Rosenberg's theory of action painting for Kaprow's work.
box 65, folder 3

San Diego Museum, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Letters from the museum regarding Kaprow's lecture for the Docent Lecture Series.
box 65, folder 4

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1984

Scope and Content Note

Letter regarding award ceremony and catalog.
box 65, folder 5

Solway, Carl, 1986-1988

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence regarding exhibition in honor of John Cage, Solway's attempt to sell Kaprow's work, and the loss of two Kaprow prints in a fire.
box 65, folder 6

Something Else Press, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Message to Kaprow reporting that his article "Some Recent Happenings," is being assigned in a course at Syracuse.
box 65, folder 7

Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst, 1983-1984

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and papers regarding Kaprow's course for this summer school.
box 65, folder 8

Tillim, Sidney, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Tillim, regarding the critic's comments about Kaprow's work.
box 65, folder 9

Time Magazine, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Letter regarding Time coverage of a Kaprow happening ("Gas"?).
box 65, folder 10

Timken Art Gallery, 1984

Scope and Content Note

Thank you note.
box 65, folder 11

Turner/Krull Gallery, 1993

Scope and Content Note

Letter regarding gallery exhibition "Action/Performance and the Photograph."
box 65, folder 12

TV2000, 1980

Scope and Content Note

Requesting Kaprow film for West German television.
box 65, folder 13

University of New Mexico, , 1983 1987

Scope and Content Note

Thank you letters to Kaprow.
box 65, folder 14

Vice-Versand, 1971-1972

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Wolfgang Feelisch regarding plans to install a reinvention of "Yard" at an autobahn crossroad.
box 65, folder 15

Video Data Bank, 1979-1980

Scope and Content Note

Request for a video interview with Kaprow, with other materials.
box 65, folder 16

Walker Art Center, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Letter of congratulations on Kaprow's book.
box 65, folder 17

Wexner Center, 1994

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and other materials relating to the exhibition, In the Spirit of Fluxus .
box 65, folder 18

Zabriskie Gallery, 1987-1988

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and Kaprow drafts relating to the exhibition "Photographic" and another on collage at the Paris Gallery.
box 65, folder 19

Zen Center, Los Angeles, 1982

Scope and Content Note

Letter from Kaprow to Gempo Merzel regarding a Sales Training Seminar Merzel has proposed.
box 65, folder 20

Zwirner Gallery, 1993

Scope and Content Note

Letter and materials regarding a video exhibition.
box 65, folder 21

Miscellaneous, 1950s

box 65, folder 22

Miscellaneous, 1960s

box 65, folder 23

Miscellaneous, 1970s

box 65, folder 24

Miscellaneous, 1980s

box 65, folder 25

Miscellaneous, 1980s

box 65, folder 26

Letters pulled from serials, 1959-1993

 

Series VIII. Artists' Files, 1955-1996

Container Summary: 2.5 lin. ft. plus 1 ref3712 roll

Scope and Content Note

This series comprises Kaprow's correspondence with fellow artists and material, objects, or photographs the artists sent to him. Files are arranged alphabetically by the artists' last names.
box 66

Artists' Files, 1959-1996

box 66, folder 1

Acconci, Vito, 1969-1970

Scope and Content Note

Acconci's curriculum vita and performance notes, along with black and white photographs of several activities he performed while represented by John Gibson Commissions. Photo credit: Bill Beckley; Joseph Carlucci; Kathy Dillon; Bernadette Meyer; Betsy Jackson.
box 66, folder 2

Anderson, Eric, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of typed instructions for various operas and opuses, with three drawings.
box 66, folder 3

Antin, David, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

A printed booklet in the shape of a bookmark containing a story entitled "Three Musics for Two Voices."
box 66, folder 4

Baldessari, John, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Black and white snapshots of paintings.
box 66, folder 5

Blesh, Rudi, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Letter from Kaprow to Blesh, explaining the difficulties of doing his kind of art.
box 66, folder 6

Blau, Herbert, 1970-1971

Scope and Content Note

Ensemble exercises used in Cal Arts class.
box 66, folder 7

Brecht, George, 1960-1962

Scope and Content Note

Events/activities printed on individual cards or sheets of paper.
box 66, folder 8

Brown, Robert Delford, 1992

Scope and Content Note

Book entitled Ikons of the First National Church of the Exquisite Panic, Inc. , a parody of a fundamentalist church brochure, published by Francesco Conz.
box 66, folder 9

Brown, J., n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy of pages of a booklet entitled Vanished Values.
box 66, folder 10

Celender, Don, 1971

Scope and Content Note

Artball; a collection of cards featuring 20th century artists as baseball players, with an example of each artist's work on the verso of the card bearing his picture.
box 66, folder 11

Comiter, Alvin, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs by Comiter.
box 66, folder 12

Corita, Sister Mary, 1964

Scope and Content Note

Brochure of the artist's work; newspaper clippings featuring one of her pieces.
box 66, folder 13

Duchamp, Marcel, 1962

Scope and Content Note

A letter offering to recommend Kaprow for a Copley Foundation Award; another letter letting Kaprow know that the Copleys would like to attend Kaprow's upcoming Happening.
box 66, folder 14

Duchamp, Teeny, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Letter from Teeny regretting not having been able to contribute to a tribute to John Cage organized by Kaprow, with response from Kaprow.
box 66, folder 15

De Jong, Constance, 1976

Scope and Content Note

Two booklets, comprising Book Three and Book Five of the Complete Works of Constance De Jong.
box 66, folder 16

Fabrizio, Margaret, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

A typewritten ms. of a Happening entitled "Dual Gallant" and dedicated to Kaprow, enclosed in hand-printed folder.
box 66, folder 17

Filliou, Robert, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Two typewritten, photocopied pieces by the artist.
box 66, folder 18

Forti, Simone, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Note from Kaprow.
box 66, folder 19

Fuller, Buckminster, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Published copy of Fuller's World Game Report and various clippings relating to it.
box 66, folder 20

Fussener, Howard, 1961

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Kaprow.
box 66, folder 21

Gutai Theater, 1970

Scope and Content Note

Poster of Gutai Art Festival and black and white captioned snapshots of performances.
box 66, folder 22

Hainke, Wolfgang, 1995-1996

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Kaprow and Hainke; color snapshots of an exhibition of Hainke's work, with announcement.
box 66, folder 23

Harrell, John and Mary, 1968

Scope and Content Note

Communicating the Gospel Today: a box with cards and booklets illustrating the art scene of that time.
box 66, folder 24

Grooms, Red, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Two painted posters and one negative.
box 66, folder 25

Higgins, Dick, 1959

Scope and Content Note

"A Black 'n White Book," by Higgins, a collection of smudges on paper put in mylar and bound in paper folder.
box 66, folder 26

Higgins, Dick, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Two copies of a typewritten ms. by Higgins entitled "Outline of a Social Theory of Art Today."
box 66, folder 27

Higgins, Dick, 1960

Scope and Content Note

Two typewritten term papers by Higgins, one on Picasso and one on Gertrude Stein.
box 67

Artists' Files, 1960-1987

box 67, folder 1

Higgins, Dick, 1960-1965

Scope and Content Note

A thick file of material by Higgins, including performance pieces, plays "non-performance pieces," "performing graphics," and concerts.
box 67, folder 2

Higgins, Dick, 1960-1967

Scope and Content Note

A selection of performance pieces and writings, including "Some Graphis Mirrors," and "The Tart."
box 67, folder 3

Higgins, Dick, 1961-1963

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten poetry manuscripts by Higgins.
box 67, folder 4

Higgins, Dick, 1965-1966

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and a typewritten ms. relating to Wolf Vostell.
box 67, folder 5

Higgins, Dick, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Poetry, performance pieces, etc.
box 67, folder 6

Higgins, Dick, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

"The Cork Industry," typewritten ms., probably not by Higgins.
box 67, folder 7

Higgins, Dick, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Note and mss. by Geoff and Bici Hendricks
box 67, folder 8

Higgins, Dick, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Material relating to Ben Vautier, including issues 9 and 10 of Tout, chapters of his book Rien.
box 67, folder 9

Higgins, Dick, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Two letters from Marshall McLuhan to Higgins.
box 67, folder 10

Higgins, Dick, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Letter from George Segal to Higgins, with poems by Higgins.
box 67, folder 11

Higgins, Dick, 1966-1971

Scope and Content Note

Issues of the something else NEWSLETTER that feature pieces by Higgins.
box 67, folder 12

Higgins, Dick, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Letters from Higgins to K.G. Hulten.
box 67, folder 13

Higgins, Dick, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Draft of Higgins' The Fabulous World of Typhoon-Willie
box 67, folder 14

Higgins, Dick, 1970

Scope and Content Note

Published version of above ms. in German.
box 67, folder 15

Higgins, Dick, 1971

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten ms. by Higgins, "City with all the Angles," a radio play.
box 67, folder 16

Higgins, Dick, 1976

Scope and Content Note

Two copies of typewritten ms. entitled "Two Essays Written on May 16, 1976."
box 67, folder 17

Higgins, Dick, 1978

Scope and Content Note

2 posters, several postcards, and one book by Higgins entitled What Are Legends .
box 67, folder 18

Higgins, Dick, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of a typewritten ms. by Higgins entitled A Book About Love and War and Death .
box 67, folder 19

Higgins, Dick, 1985-1987

Scope and Content Note

Many typewritten letters from Higgins to Kaprow, one note from Kaprow, a ms. by Higgins on John Cage, and a clipping.
box 68

Artists' Files, 1960-1992

box 68, folder 1

Jensen, Alfred, 1961-1975

Scope and Content Note

Detailed, forthcoming letters from Jensen to Kaprow regarding Kaprow's article on his work, his friendship with Mark Rothko, and other art-related matters.
box 68, folder 2

Huebler, Douglas, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Description of site sculpture project by Huebler.
box 68, folder 3

Johnson, Ray, 1966-1992

Scope and Content Note

Announcements and photocopies of Johnson's pieces; art object (rubber band piece- deteriorated).
box 68, folder 4

Judson Gallery, 1960

Scope and Content Note

Program and material relating to "Ray-Gun."
box 68, folder 5

Kaprow, Susan, 1986

Scope and Content Note

Announcements and a letter from the artist unrelated to Allan Kaprow.
box 68, folder 6

Kirby, Michael, 1970

Scope and Content Note

Photographs printed on cardboard to be folded into cube boxes.
box 68, folder 7

Kaufman, Irving, 1961

Scope and Content Note

Postcard from Kaufman to Kaprow.
box 68, folder 8

Kantor, Tadeuz, 1965-1967

Scope and Content Note

Thick file of writings, published booklets, and journal (in Polish).
box 68, folder 9

Klintberg, Bengt af, 1974

Scope and Content Note

Publication by the artist "The Forest Diver."
box 68, folder 10

Knízák, Milan, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Thick file of material, including letters, writings, small art objects such as a photo accordion book and paper hats, and photo documentation of an activity.
box 68, folder 11

Knízák, Milan, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Kaprow with mss.
box 68, folder 12

Knízák, Milan, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handmade scrapbook.
box 68, folder 13

Koren, Shlomo, 1978

Scope and Content Note

Color photograph of environment by the artist.
box 69

Artists' Files, 1955-1987

box 69, folder 1

Lacy, Suzanne, 1971-1978

Scope and Content Note

Limited edition photo book by the artist; photo/postcard to Kaprow.
box 69, folder 2

Lebel, Jean-Jacques, 1964

Scope and Content Note

Letters from Lebel, posters, brochures, clippings, drawings.
box 69, folder 3

Lucier, Alvin, 1965

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with Kaprow; artist's statement about his "Music for Solo Performer."
box 69, folder 4

Minujin, Marta, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Press release, clippings, poster, black and white photographs documenting Minujin's part in the three country event she collaborated in with Kaprow and Vostell.
box 69, folder 5

McElroy, Robert, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten note regarding a slide Kaprow used in a book.
box 69, folder 6

Neuhaus, Max, 1971-1976

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of project proposals, clippings, brochures and posters by the artist.
box 69, folder 7

Oldenburg, Claes, 1960-1961

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence documenting the decline of the friendship between Kaprow and Oldenburg.
box 69, folder 8

Oliveros, Pauline, 1978-1981

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten account of a dream featuring Kaprow; material for UC San Diego class.
box 69, folder 9

Ono, Yoko, 1987

Scope and Content Note

Friendly letter from Kaprow.
box 69, folder 10

Paik, Nam June, 1962-1986

Scope and Content Note

Brochure, clippings, poster, letter to Kaprow, slides.
box 69, folder 11

Richter, Hans, 1963

Scope and Content Note

Two postcard size collages with notes to Kaprow.
box 69, folder 12

Richter, Horace, 1959

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of photocopied letter asking for contributions to the Allan Kaprow Research Fund.
box 69, folder 13

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1964-1965

Scope and Content Note

Two black and white photographs of Rauschenberg performances. One unidentified color photograph. Photo credit: Elisabeth Novick; Hans Malmberg.
box 69, folder 14

Rion, René, 1981

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of environment by the artist.
box 69, folder 15

Sherk, Bonnie, 1981

Scope and Content Note

Clippings about the conceptual artist.
box 69, folder 16

Stewart, Sherry, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

A booklet of the artist's photos.
box 69, folder 17

Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1955

Scope and Content Note

Notes on electronic sound systems, plans for the first synthesizer, hand drawn graphs.
box 69, folder 18

Tenney, James, 1971

Scope and Content Note

Scores for two pieces.
box 69, folder 19

Tyler, Richard, 1960

Scope and Content Note

Publications from Uranian Press.
box 70

Artists' Files, 1960-1993

box 70, folder 1

Uranian Press, 1965-1977

Scope and Content Note

Publications from the press.
box 70, folder 2

Vautier, Ben, 1960-1993

Scope and Content Note

Various printed pieces, photograph, one issue of Real Bullshit, of which Vautier was co-editor.
box 70, folder 3

Vostell, Wolf, 1960-1965

Scope and Content Note

A variety of pieces on paper by the artist, letter to Kaprow, clippings, photographs, brochures. Typewritten manuscript co-written by Kaprow, entitled "The Art of the Happening."
box 70, folder 4

Vostell, Wolf, 1962-1966

Scope and Content Note

A variety of materials by the artist, including drawings, writings, published booklets, letters to Kaprow (some written on the verso of photographs of happenings), posters, clippings, issue of Book (May 1966).
box 70, folder 5

Vostell, Wolf, 1963-1064

Scope and Content Note

Scores for Happenings and photographs and negatives of Happenings. See also Oversize roll 1.
box 70, folder 6

Watts, Bob, 1963

Scope and Content Note

Materials regarding the Yam Festival, created by Watts and Brecht.
box 70, folder 7

Whitman, Robert, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

One photograph of a sculpture.
box 70, folder 8

Zaj group, 1966

Scope and Content Note

Posters and printed matter about the group and their events.
box 70, folder 9

Various artists, 1958

Scope and Content Note

Work under the collective title "City."
box 70, folder 10

Various artists, 1969

Scope and Content Note

Student proposals in project class at Nova Scotia College.
box 70, folder 11

Unidentified, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Letter sent to Kaprow and other artists by unknown correspondent regarding Fluxus exhibition and publication.
box 70, folder 12

Unidentified, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

a pencil drawing; a rubbing.
 

Series IX. Personal, 1946-1996

Container Summary: 3 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes ref3712 and comprises awards and honors Kaprow received, and photographs of Kaprow by himself, with family, or with friends. A highlight are the beautiful photographs by Julian Wasser of Kaprow at home.
box 71

Awards and Curriculum Vitae, 1949-1986

box 71, folder 1

Copley Foundation Award, 1962

box 71, folder 2

La Guardia Memorial Award, 1974

box 71, folder 3

Skowhegan Gold Medal, 1975

box 71, folder 4

Skowhegan Gold Medal, 1982

Scope and Content Note

Kaprow presents gold medal to Miriam Schapiro.
box 71, folder 5

NEA- U.S./Japan Exchange Fellowship, 1986

box 71, folder 6

Miscellaneous exhibition records and cv's, ca. 1949-1980

Scope and Content Note

For current CV, please see research file 980063 in the repository.
box 72

Photographs and cards, 1946-1996

box 72, folder 1

Photographs of Tom Mix Monument, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Monument dedicated to Kaprow's childhood idol.
box 72, folder 2

Family momentos, , 1949 n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Holiday card made of tin; 45 rpm recording of Happy Birthday made for Kaprow's father.
box 72, folder 3

Handmade cards, 1946

Scope and Content Note

Cards Kaprow made for his father.
box 72, folder 4

Addresses of friends, n.d.

box 72, folder 5

Photographs of Kaprow, ca.1950-ca.1970

Scope and Content Note

Black and white photographs of Kaprow with friends and family, including M. Lowe, Wolf Vostell, Ray Johnson. Photo credit: Walt Silver; Peter Moore; Morris Slavin; Ron Batzdorff; Ted Tessler; Lisl Steiner; Harry Shunk; Charles Reynolds.
box 72, folder 6

Photographs of Kaprow, 1967

Scope and Content Note

Portraits by Julian Wasser for Life of Kaprow by himself and with first wife Vaughn Rachel and children.
box 72, folder 7

Photographs of Kaprow, ca. 1970-1996

Scope and Content Note

Mostly black and white photographs of Kaprow by himself or with family and friends, including Nam June Paik. Photo credit: Jlona Jeismann; John Waggaman; shunk-kender; Karin Mack; Stephanie Rancou.
box 72, Folder 8

Correspondence 1947 July

Scope and Content Note

Two letters dated July 1947. One from Kaprow to his father, one to his parents and sister, both detailing his experiences at Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts.
box 73-105a

Series X. Films, Video and Audio Tapes, 1957-1995

Selected digitized audio and video recordings - available on-site only (980063): 1957-1999
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Physical Description: 22.25 Linear Feet

Scope and Content Note

Audio visual materials are unavailable until reformatted; use copies are indicated when available. Some material has been digitized, see link above.
box 73-77

Audio cassettes, 1973-1995

Scope and Content Note

Copy masters for audiocassettes C1-C90 made by Peter Kirby on 48 DATs. Note that original cassettes C23 (bad tape), C62 (blank) and C89 (duplicate) were not transferred by Kirby or reformatted.
box 73

C1-C21, 1973-1978

 

C1 - Air Condition, 1973

C1 - Air Condition (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (14 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Activity (Happening) at Cal Arts, "Tape 1, PNO 1" - on original inventory.
 

C2 - Loss, 1973

C2 - Loss (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (24 min. 7 sec.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. "Tape - PNO 2/3," on original inventory.
 

C3 - 2nd Routine, 1974

C3 - 2nd Routine (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (26 min., 46 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Linda Bastian; Note: Allan believes this is from "2nd Routine" sponsored by the D'ARC Gallery, NY. "Tape 1 - PNO 4/5," on original inventory.
 

C4 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C4 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only): 1975
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (8 min., 7 min.) With Mickiko and Charlemagne Palestine, "Tape 2 - PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C5 - Rates of Exchange 1975 Mar. 22

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette of 2 (31 min., 30 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Tim Y. "Tape 2 - PNO 3/4," on original inventory.
 

C6 - Rates of Exchange, 1975 Mar. 22

Scope and Content Note

2nd cassette of 2 (5 min.), 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Tim Y. "Tape 2 - PNO 5" on original inventory.
 

C7 - Rates of Exchange, 1975 Mar. 22

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (3 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Sylvia and Stanley reading, includes note from "S"; "Tape 2 - PNO 6" on original inventory.
 

C8 [unknown], 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (31 min., 31 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Side A: "Tape 2 - PNO 7"; Side B: "Tape 3- PNO 1" Labeled "A: male and female" on original inventory.
 

C9 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C9 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette of 4 (18 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. "Tape 3 - PNO 2," on original inventory.
 

C10 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C10 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

2nd sound cassette of 4 (8 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. "Tape 3 - PNO 3," on original inventory.
 

C11 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C11 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

3rd sound cassette of 4 (6 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Labeled: "person unknown, male." "Tape 3 - PNO 4," on original inventory.
 

C12 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C12 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only)
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Scope and Content Note

4th sound cassette of 4 (31 min., 31 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Labeled "person unknown, female." "Tape 3 - PNO 5/6," on original inventory.
 

C13 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C13 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only): 1975
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (24 min., 29 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Charlemagne Palestine and Michiko. "Tape 4 - PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C14 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (31 min., 7 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Victoria, labeled "A1". "Tape 4 - PNO 3/4," on original inventory.
 

C15 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (21 min., 30 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Frantisek or J.P., labeled "A2"; "Tape 4- PNO 5/ Tape 5 PNO 1" on original inventory.
 

C16 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (29 min., 31 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Michael, labeled as "A3". "Tape 5 - PNO 2/3," on original inventory.
 

C17 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (7 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Max, labeled as "A4". "Tape 5 - PNO 4," on original inventory.
 

C18 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C18 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only): 1975
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (30 min., 31 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Baecker and Kaprow, labeled as "A5". "Tape 6 - PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C19 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C19 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only): 1975
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette of 2 (31 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Marcia Tucker, labeled "A6". "Tape 6 - PNO 3," on original inventory. [2nd cassette not found, perhaps C8?] See Peter Kirby's inventory.
 

C20 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (32 min., 32 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Kaprow to Alanna, labeled "A7". "Tape 7 - PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C21 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (27 min., 37 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Antonio,labeled as "A8". "Tape 6 - PNO 4/5," on original inventory.
box 74

C22-C42, 1975-1978

 

C22 - Rates of Exchange, 1975

C22 - Rates of Exchange (digital version available on-site only): 1975
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (31 min., 30 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Kaprow and Inge Baecker, labeled as "A9". "Tape 7- PNO 3," on original inventory.
 

C23 - Rates of Exchange; Walking , 1975 n.d.

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette, 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. side 1: Rates of Exchange, with Michuko. side 2: Walking, date unidentified. Bad tape. NOT TRANSFERRED/NOT REFORTMATTED.
 

C24 - Time Pieces, 1975

C24 - Time Pieces (digital version available on-site only): 1976?
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (3 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. "Tape 8 -PNO 1," on original inventory.
 

C25 - Artpark, 1976

C25 - Artpark (digital version available on-site only): 1976
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (60 min., 60 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Labeled "final meeting." "Tape 8 -PNO 2/3," on original inventory.
 

C26 - Frameworks, 1976

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (40 min. 62 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Kaprow, Deeks, and Peters at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. "Tape 9-PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C27 - Satisfaction, 1976 Apr 29

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (62 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Labeled "1st night." "Tape 10-PNO 1/2/3," on original inventory.
 

C28 - 7 Kinds of Sympathy, 1976?

C28 - 7 Kinds of Sympathy: 1976?
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Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette of 2 (38 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Discussion, after participating in piece, using video (made by Peter Kirby and Allan Kaprow) as guide. Participants: Peter Kirby, Allan Kaprow Nancy Buchanan, Sylvia and Jerry Simpson, and Vaughn Rachel at Video Transitions, Hollywood. Activity took place in 1976 in Vienna and Italy. "Tape 10 PNO 4," on original inventory.
 

C29 - 7 Kinds of Sympathy, , 1976? 1977?

C29 - 7 Kinds of Sympathy (digital version available on-site only): 1976? 1977?
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Scope and Content Note

2nd sound cassette of 2 (46 min., 23 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Discussion, after participating in piece, using video as a guide. Participants: Peter Kirby, Nancy Buchanan, Sylvia and Jerry Simpson, Allan Kaprow, and Vaughn Rachel at Video Transitions, Hollywood. Actual piece is "7 Kinds of Sympathy. "Tape 11-PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C30 - Exercises and Tom Peeping, 1977 Nov. 15

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (56 min.; 60 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. With Kaprow, Bruce and Carol.
Side 1: (56 min.) "Tape 11-PNO 3";
Side 2: (60 min.) "Tape 12-PNO 1/2," on original inventory.
 

C31 - Exercises and Tom Peeping, 1978 Mar. 2

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (44 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Labeled "Kaprow Piece - La Jolla," with Kaprow, Carol, and Bruce. "Tape 12 - PNO 3," on original inventory.
 

C32 - Carol's Piece, 1978 Mar. 9

Scope and Content Note

1 sound cassette (46 min., 46 min.) 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Allan doesn't remember the title of this Activity. It may be part of "Small exercise I," "Small Exercise 2," or "Mantra." [About noticing everyday events walking around.] "Tape 13 -PNO 1/2" on original inventory.
 

C33 - Kaprow piece at Bruce Reynolds' house with Moira Roth and Coryl Crane, 1978

C33 - Kaprow piece at Bruce Reynolds' house with Moira Roth and Coryl Crane (digital version available on-site only) : 1978
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Scope and Content Note