Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material
name: label: Creator
content: Rosenak, Chuck
label: Names
content: Rosenak, Jan
topic: label: Occupation
content: Folk artists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
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content: Navajo Indians -- Art
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content: Folk art
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content: Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs
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content: Artists -- New Mexico -- Interviews
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content: Santeros
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1998-1999.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rosenak, Chuck
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content: Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains research files for four books by the Rosenaks and includes letters, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews with artists, and photographic material.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Chuck and Jan Rosenak are widely regarded as authorities in the field of American folk art. They amassed one of the finest collections of contemporary folk art in the United States and authored four books: Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists (New York: Abbeville, 1990), The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1994), Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide (New York: Abbeville, 1996), and The Saint Makers: Contemporary Santeras y Santeros (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1998).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1938-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rosechuc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Audiotapes
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content: Photographs
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content: Interviews
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content: Slides (photographs)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 5 series:

Series 1: Research Files, circa 1938-1999 (Boxes 1-9, 19; 9.2 linear ft.)

Series 2: Loans to Exhibitions, circa 1991-1997, undated (Box 10; 0.4 linear ft.)

Series 3: Miscellaneous Files, circa 1969-2003 (Boxes 10-12; 2.0 linear ft.)

Series 4: Interviews of Artists, circa 1990s (Box 12-13; 1.5 linear ft.)

Series 5: Photographs and Slides, circa 1990s (Boxes 13-18; 4.5 linear ft.)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level by Liza Kirwin between 1998 and 2000.  Additional work on the collection was completed by intern Carrol Park in 2012. Box 13 was merged into box 12 in 2023, so the current collection inventory goes from box 12 to box 14.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains correspondence, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews of artists, and photographs and slides of artists and artwork. The records document the Rosenak's research and collecting trips in the United States, often to isolated locales, in pursuit of new art and insights for their writing projects. The collection relates primarily to their research for Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists, The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide, The Saint Makers: Contemporary Santeras y Santeros, and are an important source of information on twentieth-century folk art.