Nancy Holt Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithson, Robert
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content: Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.9 Linear Feet (Box 12-13, 15, OV 27, FC 37-38)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960s-1980s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitrobe, Series 13
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The series has been arranged by material type.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Paper-based records in this series have been digitized. Some of the film and video recordings in this series have been copied for
research access and are available in the Archives of American Art offices. Much of the original film materials from the Pine Barrens and Sun Tunnels projects have been transferred to video for research access, including the Pine Barrens release print and a portion of outtakes, and the Sun Tunnels work print.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The Nancy Holt papers consist of correspondence, a grant application, printed materials, and project files and material related to her motion picture film Pine Barrens (1975) and her seminal environmental work of art Sun Tunnels (1976). Pine Barrens original elements include a release print, outtakes, trims, and soundtrack, and paper records include footage logs and a detailed handwritten description of the film. There is a video documentary about the making of Sun Tunnels.