Wayne Andersen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Andersen, Wayne V.
label: Names
content: Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
label: Names
content: Golub, Leon, 1922-2004
label: Names
content: Lipton, Seymour, 1903-1986
label: Names
content: Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
label: Names
content: Schaefer-Simmern, Henry, 1896-
label: Names
content: Smith, David, 1906-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American -- History -- Sources
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Wayne Andersen, 1979 and 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Andersen, Wayne V.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian, educator; Massachusetts. Born 1928.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11.6 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952-1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.andewayn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 663 letters and statements of purpose: 35mm microfilm reels: 1755-1756 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily research material used for Andersen's book American Sculpture in Process, 1930-1970. Included are sculpture files, containing photographs and printed materials; writings and research notes; and 663 letters and ca. 50 statements of purpose from prominent American sculptors, among them Calvin Albert, Oliver Andrews, Leonard Baskin, Wolfgang Behl, Charles Biederman, Helen Beling, Harry Bertoia, Roger Bolomey, Lothar Brabant, Alexander Calder, Cosmo Campoli, Chryssa, Lindsey Decker, Jose de Rivera, Stephen DeStaebler, Nancy P. Dryfoos, Ted Egri, Herbert Ferber, Richard Filipowski, Francis Foster, Leon Golub, Florence Grippe, Peter Grippe, Dimitri Hadzi, Martha Hadzi, Tom Hardy, Wally Hendrick, Paul Keith, Robert Laurent, Pietro Lazzari, Israel Levitan, Jacques Lipchitz, Seymour Lipton, Jim Melchert, Joseph Messina, Henry Moore, G. W. Owen, Tony Padovano, Nathan Raisen, Richard Randell, George W. Rickey, Hugo Robus, John Rood, Bernard Rosenthal, Theodore Roszak, David Smith, George Spaventa, Takis, Michael Todd, Hugh Townley, Charles Umlauf, Vasa, David von Schlegell, Jane Wasey, and Elbert Weinberg. Also included are business correspondence and financial papers relating to Andersen's consulting work for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology), and the Federal Reserve Bank. A smaller set of papers consists of material relating to Andersen's longtime friend and mentor, art educator, philosopher, and artist Henry Schaefer-Simmern, including a questionnaire sent to Andersen from Raymond Berta along with his dissertation abstract on Schaefer-Simmern, 1988; correspondence, including letters from Schaefer-Simmern, 1952-1989; photos of art work admired by Schaefer-Simmern. Also included are clippings, and a keynote speech by Andersen, 1994, "A Global Revision of Historical Time."