Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Thompson, Bob, 1937-1966
setName: label: See more items in
content: Bob Thompson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thombob, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of this series has been digitized except for duplicates.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings by the artist include church speeches Thompson gave as a teenager, a letter to the editor of a journal, a poem, and an artist statement. Writings by others include notes from Thompson's mother Bessie; writings by Carol Thompson, memorial poems and tributes, and questionnare answers in the form of essays written by Margaret Bridwell, Dario Covi, Carl Crodel, Emilio Cruz, Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, Mary H. Martin, Mary Spencer Nay, Carter Ratcliff, Meyer Schapiro, A. B. Spellman, Ulfert Wilke, and Ken Young.