Gurdon G. Woods papers
name: label: Creator
content: Woods, Gurdon G., 1915-
label: Names
content: Otis Art Institute
label: Names
content: San Francisco Art Institute
label: Names
content: DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989
label: Names
content: Siegriest, Louis Bassi, 1899-1989
label: Names
content: Siegriest, Lundy, 1925-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California -- Santa Cruz
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- Santa Cruz
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 1991 and 1992 by Gurdon Woods. Additional papers donated in 2024 by Jock Reynolds who received the papers from woods.
creator: label: Creator
content: Woods, Gurdon G., 1915-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gurdon G. Woods (1915-2007) was a sculptor and art educator in Santa Cruz, California. He taught at the University of California Santa Cruz, where he founded the fine arts department. Jock Reynolds was a student and longtime friend of Woods.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.woodgurd
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Gurdon G. Woods papers measure 2.5 linear feet and date from circa 1948-1990. Included is correspondence with Grace McCann Morley, Jock Reynolds, Richard Hayton, Sean Elwood and others as well as original Christmas cards received; notes and writings by Woods consisting of commencement addresses, lectures, one manuscript "New Prospects in Design Education" and writings by Woods's students; works of art including student drawings by Joan Brown and othes; printed material consisting of newspaper clippings, gallery announcements, posters and exhibition catalogs.

Additional material includes project files on the San Francisco Art Festival, the San Francisco Art Association, the San Francisco Art Commission, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and other events and topics, including proposals for long range development of the visual arts program at the University of California at Santa Cruz; notes and writings by Woods and his students; photographs and slides of Woods, his work, exhibitions and travel, Louis Siegriest and Jay DeFeo; and various subject files. 

Also included are scrapbooks in binders and loose scrapbook pages; an alphabetized record of Woods's sculpture; and two U-Matic videotapes.