May Stevens Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Stevens, May, 1924-2019
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content: May Stevens papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stevmay, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials include a biographical sketch of Stevens, a student paper mentioning Stevens, and a transcript of an interview with May Stevens by Cindy Nemser. Correspondence is with Stevens's friends and acquaintances, mostly from the art world and include artists and art historians. Correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, Phyllis Freeman, Elizabeth Janeway, Jacob Lawrence, Lucy Lippard, Linda Nochlin, Miriam Schapiro, and Raphael Soyer. Many letters discuss the personal friendships between the writer and Stevens but some mention feminist issues and offer congratulations upon exhibition openings. Photographs depict works of art. Printed materials include clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs for solo and group shows.