Addition to the Dore Ashton Papers
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Ashton, Dore
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- Dore Ashton papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of a portion of this collection was provided the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund
- Extent
- 22.8 Linear feet (Box 17-40, OV 41-42)
- Date
- circa 1928-2013
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.ashtdore, Series 8
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Dore Ashton papers, 1849, circa 1928-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The series is arranged as 8 subseries. 8.1: Biographical Material, 1943-2012 8.2: Correspondence, circa 1945-2012 8.3: Writings, 1947-2011 8.4: Writing Project and Subject Files, circa 1950-2012 8.5: Teaching Files, 1967-2013 8.6: Printed Material, circa 1950-2012 8.7: Artwork and Sketchbooks, circa 1950-2000 8.8: Photographic Material, circa 1928-2010
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents
- The addition to the Dore Ashton papers includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, writing project and subject files, teaching files, printed material, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographic material. Writings make up a significant part of the addition and contain hundreds of manuscripts, as well as lectures, notes, sixty notebooks, ten diaries, and writings by others. Writing project and subject files comprise over half of the addition and encompass a large collection of alphabetical files pertaining to a wide variety of people including artists, actors, writers, thinkers, and collaborators; work projects including writings, exhibitions, panels, symposia, and lecture series; as well as various other subjects and topics. Many of the files contain research compiled for a vast number of writing projects including books, articles, and catalog essays. The addition also contains teaching files related to Ashton's positions at the Cooper Union, the New School for Social Research, and Yale University. Artwork and seven sketchbooks contain brief studies of people and places, most done while traveling. The photographic material in this series is also abundant and contains hundreds of original photographs of Ashton throughout all stages of her life, many with friends and family. Ashton is also captured giving lectures, and at exhibitions and other professional engagements.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562709620805-1562709620918-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0