Henry Darger Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Darger, Henry, 1892-1972
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Illinois -- Chicago
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Darger lived for forty years in a rented room in a building owned by Nathan Lerner. Lerner became Darger's friend, and by default, his caretaker. Darger gave Lerner the contents of his room when he moved in 1971.
creator: label: Creator
content: Darger, Henry, 1892-1972
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (linear foot (on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.darghenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: I.Exhibition Catalog, 1977. II.Autobiography. III.Diaries, 1968-1971.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels [4181-4182] available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Nathan Lerner, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains an exhibition catalog entitled REALMS OF THE UNREAL - THE WORK OF HENRY DARGER (1977), two volumes of Darger's "My Life History," and two diaries. Diaries describe his reclusive life, March 1968-January 1971 (348 p.), including such activities as attending mass several times a day, going to confession and communion, tying cords together, and making balls. He also writes about his leg pain, walks, and his temper tantrums.