Writings and Notes
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hess, Thomas B.
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content: Thomas Hess papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 2-5, OV 12)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hessthom, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Hess' manuscripts and drafts are arranged chronologically beginning with undated material.  Titlles, when known, are supplied in the folder notes.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists mainly of manuscripts and drafts written by Hess for Art News, Le Monde, Vogue, New York magazine, and other publications. Other writings by Hess include his senior essay "Poussin and Classicism"; class notes on art history, architecture, and chemistry; notes on the artist Ingres; notecards on Italian artists; notes taken during his travels abroad; and two notebooks. The first notebook is from Hess' time at Yale and includes his notes on literature and plays along with doodles. The second notebook contains notes written in English and French on readings about art. A play titled "The Red Robins" by Kenneth Koch is also in this series.