Research Material on Forrest Bess
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Waldman, Louis
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content: Louis Waldman research material on Forrest Bess
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1951-circa 1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.waldloui, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series is digitized in its entirety, with the exception of copies of correspondence from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston archives, and unrelated and unannotated print materials.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found is Waldman's compiled research on artist Forrest Bess. Largely, this collection consists of photocopies of biographical material; photocopies of letters to and from Bess; Waldman's research correspondence; compiled material on Bess's exhibitions including lists of known exhibitions, announcements, catalogs, clippings, reviews; and writings by Waldman.

Correspondence includes letters between Bess and the Ford Foundation, the Hodges Library, Philbrook Academy, and James Johnson Sweeney. All letters from Bess are photocopies.