Subject Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014
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content: Nancy Holt Estate records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet (Boxes 55-57, 63, OVs 65-66)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1835
label: Date
content: circa 1960s-circa 2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holtnanc, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject title. Folder labels were taken from Holt's original arrangement where possible.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series consists of files compiled by Holt on various subjects of interest to her. They include primarily printed material such as magazine articles and news clippings, publications, brochures, and programs and include portions of a clippings file Holt established. General clippings relate to art and culture, and other subjects of interest to Holt. Also found are 7 folders of blank postcards collected by Holt, probably used as reference and source material. Primarily from circa 1960s-1980s, postcards are grouped by location generally in the United States and Europe, by subject such as "Astronomy," or are unsorted. Cartoons are clipped from magazines and newspapers and include some copies made by Holt possibly for use in her work. Files named "Contemplative" include records of spiritual retreats Holt attended and include some correspondence with members of the Cistercian monastery, Saint Benedict's, including Micah Schonberger, Thomas Keating, and others.  Folders on Dzogchen includes Holt's notes on a retreat experience and a handmade notebook on the subject. Also found are files on a Vipassana course taught by Holt. Files on the moon and space include information on the moon's phases, astronomy charts including one from 1835, and images of the moon on postcards and news clippings, and in photos.