Stephen S. Pace papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pace, Stephen, 1918-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Stephen S. Pace papers were donated in 2016 by the Stephen and Palmina Pace Trust via, Cathy Claman, trustee. Material on reel N70-7 was lent for microfilming in 1969 by Stephen Pace.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pace, Stephen, 1918-2010
setName: label: See more items in
content: Stephen S. Pace papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Stephen S. Pace papers measure 6.0 linear feet and 3.79 GB and date from circa 1915 to 2010. The papers document Pace's career as an abstract expressionist painter through awards, resumes, and other biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and art institutions; paintings, calendar books, exhibitions at various art galleries, and other professional material; rceipts, price lists, inventories, and other personal business records; newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed and digital material; and photographs, slides, and negatives of family and artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stephen Pace (1918-2010) was a painter and printmaker in New York, New York. Pace is best known for his work as an Abstract expressionist. Pace studied at the Art Students League of New York. He donated a number of works to the University of Southern Indiana, and donated funding for the creation of the Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries on the campus.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 3.79 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1915-2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pacestep
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1936-2005 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1, 0.001 GB; ER01)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-2010 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1, 0.329 GB; ER02)

Series 3: Professional Activity Files, 1944-2008 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 3.25 GB; ER03-ER05)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1957-2007 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 2-3, 0.200 GB; ER06-ER08)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1950-2010 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 3-4, 8, OV 9)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1915-2007 (2.2 linear feet; Boxes 4-8, 0.003 GB; ER09)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020. Born-digital material was processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2021 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel N70-7 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Stephen S. Pace papers measure 6.0 linear feet and 3.79 GB and date from circa 1915 to 2010. The papers document Pace's career as an abstract expressionist painter through awards, resumes, and other biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and art institutions; paintings, calendar books, exhibitions at various art galleries, and other professional material; receipts, price lists, inventories, and other personal business records; newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed and digital material; and photographs, slides, and negatives of family and artwork.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel N70-7) including photographs of Pace's paintings, Pace in his studio, and Pace with students; scrapbooks; and miscellaneous correspondence including a letter from Karl Knaths and collector Herman Spertus about a trip to the Far East. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.