May Stevens papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stevens, May, 1924-2019
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1975 and 1983 by May Stevens.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stevens, May, 1924-2019
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content: May Stevens papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of feminist painter and educator May Stevens measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1967 to 1982. Found are biographical materials including a transcript of an interview, correspondence with notable art world figures, photographs of works of art, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: May Stevens (1924-2019) was a feminist painter and educator from Massachusetts who was active in New York City, New York. She was a founding member of Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world, and the collective feminist journal Heresies, and taught at the School of Visual Arts, New York, from 1961-1996.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stevmay
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of feminist painter and educator May Stevens measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1967 to 1982. Found are biographical materials including a transcript of an interview, correspondence with notable art world figures, photographs of works of art, and printed material.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds two oral history interviews of May Stevens. One conducted by Lynn Katzman for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project, circa 1971 and an additional interview of May Stevens conducted August 10 and 11, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at Stevens's home and studio, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.