Oliver O'Connor Barrett papers
name: label: Creator
content: Barrett, Oliver O'Connor, b. 1908
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Reel 138: A press release, clippings, exhibition catalogs, a bulletin, and programs were transferred to the Library of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Barrett, Oliver O'Connor, b. 1908
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, illustrator, and teacher; New York, N.Y. and Colchester, England. Born Oliver O'Connor Barrett in London, England, Barrett studied at Fircroft College, Birmingham, England, and is a self-taught sculptor. In 1940, he arrived in the United States, becoming a sculpture and drawing instructor at the Putney School in Vermont (1941-1942), Tulane University (1942), and Cooper Union Art School (1945).
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Barrett produced illustrations for TOWN AND COUNTRY and other magazines, and has published poems and short stories. He later returned to England. He often shortened his name to Connor Barrett.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet ((on 3 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barroliv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 138, 3837, and 4391 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, art works, writings, photographs, printed material, and business records document Barrett's sculpture and life.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 138: Letters between Barrett and his colleagues discuss his art works and writings (1943-1964). Art works consist of 157 sketches and an annotated sketchbook (1942-1962). Writings include poems and autobiographical notes and articles (1930-1939). Photographs show Barrett and his works (1944-1951). Printed material consists of a press release, clippings (1961-1963), 10 exhibition catalogs (1944-1962), a bulletin, and 2 programs (1953-1955). Business records include meeting notes (1951), a contract for Barrett's "Sculpture Continuum" (1963), lists of expenses (1959-1962), receipts (1962-1963), and income tax returns (1953-1959).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3837: Fourteen pages from an annotated sketchbook.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4391: A resume (1969); photographs of Robert Moses, President of the New York World's Fair, and Jeff Jaffe, President of the Chunky Corporation, with Barrett and a model of his "Chunky Square Continuum" for the World's Fair (1963); a brochure on Barrett's sculpture continuum works; and his book, MYSELF EMERGING (1980).