H. Peter Stern audio visual material documenting Storm King Art Center
name: label: Creator
content: Stern, H. Peter
label: Names
content: Storm King Art Center
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Di Suvero, Mark, 1933-
label: Names
content: Drutt, Helen Williams
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988)
label: Names
content: Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
label: Names
content: Serra, Richard, 1938-
label: Names
content: Smith, David, 1906-1965
label: Names
content: Snelson, Kenneth, 1927-2016
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- United States
label: Topic
content: Outdoor Sculpture
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2010 by H. Peter Stern.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stern, H. Peter
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content: H. Peter Stern audio visual material documenting Storm King Art Center
abstract: label: Summary
content: The H. Peter Stern audio visual material documenting Storm King Art Center measures 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1997-2005. The collection contains 3 VHS tapes, 1 DVD, 1 CD, and an interview on three cassette tapes with Stern documenting the history of the Storm King Art Center as well as H. Peter Stern's relationship with the facility.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: H. Peter Stern (1928-2018) was chairman, president and co-founder of Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Stern was born in Germany and moved to the United States in 1940. He received his B.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. from Columbia University's School of International Relations, and his law degree from Yale University in 1954. Four years after receiving his law degree, Stern was approached by his father-in-law, Ralph "Ted" Ogden, and  asked to serve as President and Chairman of the Board of his newly created Storm King Art Center. Stern was with Storm King for the remainder of his career, and with the help of several other individuals built an institution of worldwide noteriety. 

Storm King Art Center is an outdoor exhibition space with a meticulously cared for landscape that consists of hills, trees, meadows, valleys, sculptures and earthworks. The landscape architect who planned out the initial 200 acres was William A. Rutherford, and it include works by Isamu Noguchi, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Alice Aycock, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997-2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sterh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, the material is arranged as 1 series.

Series 1: Audio Visual Material, 1997-2005 (Box 1; 5 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The H. Peter Stern audio visual material documenting Storm King Art Center measures 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1997-2005. The collection contains 3 VHS videotapes of "Peter Stern Remembers: A Personal History of the Storm King Art Center," consisting of 2 tapes filmed in 1997 and 1998 and an update filmed in 2001. An audio CD and companion booklet with the transcript of a lecture delivered by Stern, July 1, 2003, titled, "The Creation of the Storm King Art Center: A Personal History." One DVD, "Sculptors at Storm King: 7 Modern Masters Reveal Their Creative Adventures," featuring artists Kenneth Snelson, David Smith, Mark di Suvero, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, Louise Nevelson, and Isamu Noguchi. And three cassette recordings of an interview with Stern conducted in 2005 by his wife, Helen Drutt English.