Notes and Writings by Shahn
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
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content: Ben Shahn papers
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content: Ben Shahn papers / Series 5: Notes and Writings
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1933-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shahben, Subseries 5.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Addresses, calendars, lists and notes are followed by writings arranged in rough chronological order and alphabetically by title thereafter. The bulk of this series has been scanned with the exception of some addresses and business cards and some miscellaneous notes.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains addresses, calendars, and lists of artwork, many of which are annotated with prices, in addition to miscellaneous notes written by and to Shahn which include scattered sketches and doodles. The bulk of the series consists of drafts and transcripts of lectures and statements given by Shahn over the course of his career. The writings found here include material used in some of Shahn's most well-known lectures such as those he gave as Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University from 1956-1957 (collected and published by Harvard University Press as The Shape of Content in 1957), on subjects such as artists in colleges, the biography of a painting, nonconformity, and the education of an artist.