Ruth Asawa papers, 1926-2014, bulk 1939-2012
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The papers of Japanese American artist and educator Ruth Asawa document her art and commissions as well her involvement in arts education, civic art, and art administration. The collection contains correspondence, notes, memoranda, portfolios, exhibition notices and other publicity, articles and publications, design sketches and plans, photographs, and audiovisual media.
Description
Type of resource | mixed material |
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Form | other |
Extent | 228 linear feet: 275 containers (201 boxes, 36 flat boxes, 22 map folders, 7 cartons, 5 half boxes, 4 cassette boxes, 1 tube) |
Place | California |
Publication date | [1926 - 2014?] |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Note | Arranged in the following 26 series: 1. Correspondence, Professional ; 2. Public Art Projects ; 3. Art Projects ; 4. Art ; 5. Correspondence, Artists and Colleagues ; 6. Lectures, Workshops, Classes, Events ; 7. Writing and Transcripts ; 8. Alvarado Arts Workshop and Alvarado Elementary School ; 9. San Francisco School of the Arts ; 10. Ruth Asawa Fund ; 11. Education and Schools, General ; 12. Student Art and Correspondence ; 13. Black Mountain College ; 14. Public Service ; 16. Fellowships and Grants ; 17. Awards and Honors ; 18. Correspondence, Personal ; 19. Calendars, Planners, Notebooks, etc. ; 20. Clipping Files, Bibliography ; 21. Biographies and Portfolios ; 22. Juvenalia, School ; 23. Japanese American Internment ; 24. Family ; 25. Miscellaneous Photographs and Media ; 26. Clippings by Asawa. |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Asawa, Ruth |
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Subjects
Subject | Artists > California > San Francisco |
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Subject | Japanese American artists |
Subject | Women artists > California > San Francisco |
Subject | Arts in education |
Subject | Public art |
Genre | Other |
Bibliographic information
Acquisition | Purchased, 2007. Accession 2007-208. Gift, 2007, 2010, and 2014. Accessions 2007-336, 2010-213, and 2014-069. |
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Location |
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Location | electronic resource |
Location | Finding aid available online |
Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections (http://library.stanford.edu/spc).
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- [identification of item], Ruth Asawa papers (M1585). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.