Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Stella, Frank
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content: Frank Stella papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Boxes 1-4; 3.25 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1989, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stelfran, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series is organized into twelve subseries: 1.1: Awards, 1978-1989

1.2: Dealers, 1966-1989, undated

1.3: Fan Mail, 1980-1989, undated

1.4: Organizations and Institutions, 1973-1989, undated

1.5: Legal, 1972-1991

1.6: Miscellaneous, 1980-1991

1.7: Permissions, 1981-1989

1.8: Political, 1979-1989, undated

1.9: Projects Proposed but Not Executed, 1982-1984, undated

1.10: Requests Accepted, 1980-1989

1.11: Requests Denied, 1976-1989, undated

1.12: Schools, Colleges, and Universities, 1977-1989
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Awards correspondence is about various prizes and honorary degrees conferred. Correspondence with dealers concerns exhibitions, loans, and sales. Fan Mail includes general letters and ones specifically regarding Stella's Norton Lecture series at Harvard University. Correspondence with organizations and institutions consists mainly of requests for Stella's participation in programs or events. Legal correspondence concerns lawsuits, real estate matters, speeding tickets, and unauthorized reproductions of Stella's work. Miscellaneous correspondence regards conservation, Nicaragua, poster designs, and a catalogue raisonné project for Stella's prints. Permissions correspondence concerns publication, reproduction, recording, filming and broadcasting of Stella's art work and writings. Political correspondence is mainly about various campaign fund raising activities supported or organized by Stella. Projects proposed but not executed consists of correspondence and related records about four major proposals. Requests Accepted consists of appeals from individuals, institutions, and organizations for autographs, donations, interviews, etc. Requests Denied-more broad ranging than Requests Accepted-includes offers of visiting artist/teaching positions, requests for lectures, art jury service, studio tours, proposals for exhibitions and collaborative projects, etc. Correspondence with schools, colleges, and universities regards exhibitions and loans to affiliated galleries, Stella's participation in programs or events, donations, service as a visiting critic or lecturer, etc.

A small amount of additional correspondence is included with Stella's papers from his undergraduate years at Princeton University (Series 2). Correspondence concerning the editorial process for Working Space is filed with Writings by Stella (Series 3.1.).