Addition to the Dore Ashton Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ashton, Dore
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content: Dore Ashton papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22.8 Linear Feet (Box 17-40, OV 41-42)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1928-2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ashtdore, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged as 8 subseries.

8.1: Biographical Material, 1943-2012

8.2: Correspondence, circa 1945-2012

8.3: Writings, 1947-2011

8.4: Writing Project and Subject Files, circa 1950-2012

8.5: Teaching Files, 1967-2013

8.6: Printed Material, circa 1950-2012

8.7: Artwork and Sketchbooks, circa 1950-2000

8.8: Photographic Material, circa 1928-2010
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The addition to the Dore Ashton papers includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, writing project and subject files, teaching files, printed material, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographic material. Writings make up a significant part of the addition and contain hundreds of manuscripts, as well as lectures, notes, sixty notebooks, ten diaries, and writings by others. Writing project and subject files comprise over half of the addition and encompass a large collection of alphabetical files pertaining to a wide variety of people including artists, actors, writers, thinkers, and collaborators; work projects including writings, exhibitions, panels, symposia, and lecture series; as well as various other subjects and topics.  Many of the files contain research compiled for a vast number of writing projects including books, articles, and catalog essays. The addition also contains teaching files related to Ashton's positions at the Cooper Union, the New School for Social Research, and Yale University. Artwork and seven sketchbooks contain brief studies of people and places, most done while traveling. The photographic material in this series is also abundant and contains hundreds of original photographs of Ashton throughout all stages of her life, many with friends and family. Ashton is also captured giving lectures, and at exhibitions and other professional engagements.