Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
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content: Will Barnet papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.1 Linear Feet (Boxes 5-9)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barnwill, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged as 2 subseries.

3.1 By Will Barnet, 1945-1998

3.2 By Others, 1940-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings by Barnet consist of 7 essays, 45 teaching lectures (14 with transcripts), 3 notebooks, and 4 speeches.  

Lectures include "Personal Reflection on the Spiritual Aspects in American Art" given at the Vatican, a series of 22 taped lectures given at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1970 and 1973, and a draft notebook of a proposed work on color lithography. Barnet's lecture recordings are on 4 videocassettes (VHS), 18 sound tape reels, and 25 sound cassettes.  Only 14 of the 45 lectures have transcripts. Most are found only on original audio and video recordings.  Three of the four speeches by Barnet are recorded on 1 VHS videocassette and 2 audio tape reels. 

The bulk of writings by others are biographical essays and memoirs of Barnet, including a copy of Peter Barnet's dissertation, Will Barnet: Artist and Teacher, and a copy of Katharine Kuh's essay, "Sitting for Will."  This subseries also includes 4 exhibition guest registers and creative fiction by others, including a play and poems.  A portion of the writings by others are recorded on 1 videocassette (VHS) and 2 sound cassettes.