Scrapbooks
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Barrett, Bill, 1934-
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content: Bill Barrett papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.1 Linear Feet (Boxes 2-7)
label: Extent
content: 0.872 Gigabytes (ER02)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barrbill, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Scrapbooks were received in three-ring binders and the original order of the material has been maintained.  Scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbooks document Barrett's professional activities as a sculptor, painter, educator, and lecturer.  Files include a variety of materials, e.g., biographical material, correspondence, proposals, lists, sales information, contracts and agreements, sketches, schematic diagrams, and printed and digital material. Also included are photographs, slides, and negatives of artwork.  

Biographical material includes awards and personal photographs of Barrett as a child and youth as well as photographs of his family members.  Business related correspondence includes letters with museums, galleries, and arts venues relating to proposed projects, scheduling of exhibitions, and requests to lecture and teach.  Among the printed materials are press releases, clippings, reviews of Barrett's work, exhibition catalogs, brochures, invitations, and gallery guides.  Many of the photographs are annotated with the title, date, and owner of the work.