Notes and Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Halstead, Whitney
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content: Whitney Halstead papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 2-5; 3.4 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1978, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.halswhit, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Notes include notebooks pertaining to various art history topics, including the art of primitive cultures, Impressionism, Dadaism and Surrealism, American art, collage and assemblage, ceramics, and photography. Other notebooks contain reproductions of examples of late 19th century art and illustrations of primitive art styles. An index card file contains notes for art history lectures and bibliographic entries. Also found are six audiocassettes recordings of African, Native American, and Oceanic music. Writings include typescripts on various art history topics written for publications, including Artforum and the Chicago Daily News. There are also typescripts concerning individual artists, including Roger Brown, Ed Paschke, Kerig Pope, Christina Ramberg, and Barbara Rossi.