Ruth Vollmer Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Vollmer, Ruth, 1903-1982
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content: Ruth Vollmer papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-3, OV 4)
label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vollruth, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes resumes, CVs, and eight calendars from the 1970s. Correspondence is largely with family, colleagues, and friends and shows Vollmer's deep connections to the New York City art world in the mid-20th century. Notable correspondents include Carl Andre, Betty Parsons Gallery, Margarete Bieber, Chryssa, Kate Emil, Jack Gordon, Eva Hesse, Gabe Kohn, Gyorgy Kepes, Charles Lambert, Sol Lewitt, Herbert Lust, Dorothy Miller, Yoko Ono, Herman Vollmer, Peg Weiss, and Rita Ziprokowksi. 

Writings are primarily by Vollmer and include lecture notes, notebooks, and scattered writings on art. Writings by others are by B. H. Friedman or are unsigned. 

Pricelists, travel receipts and expenses, and loan and sales records are found within personal business and professional records. Also found are records from Vollmer's teaching career at the Fieldstone School in Riverdale, New York. Additional professional material includes exhibition records and a guestbook from an exhibition at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1970.

Printed material includes exhibition announcements and catalogs and clippings. Photographic materials form the bulk of the collection and include portraits of Vollmer, personal snapshots, photos of her exhibitions and works of art, slides, and negatives.