Lorrie Goulet papers
name: label: Creator
content: Goulet, Lorrie, 1925-
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content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) -- Faculty
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content: Carolyn Hill Gallery
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content: Contemporaries (Gallery: New York, N.Y.)
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content: David Findlay Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Inwood Pottery School
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content: Kennedy Galleries
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content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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content: National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)
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content: New School for Social Research  (New York, N.Y.)
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content: New York Artists Equity Association
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content: Scarsdale Studio Workshop
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content: Anuszkiewicz, Richard
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content: De Creeft, José, 1884-1982
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content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
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content: Nalle, Anna Beck
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content: Vogel, Dorothy
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content: Vogel, Herbert
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content: Vorhees, Aimee
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Art -- Study and teaching
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content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
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content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women sculptors
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content: Women educators
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content: Women authors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lorrie Goulet lent a portion of her papers in 1972 for microfilming and later donated those papers along with additional materials to the Archives of American Art in 2010. Goulet's daughter, Donna Maria de Creeft Perkins, donated additional material in 2022.
creator: label: Creator
content: Goulet, Lorrie, 1925-
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content: Lorrie Goulet papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York City sculptor, painter, educator, and writer Lorrie Goulet (1925- ) measure 12.3 linear feet and date from 1931 to 2009.  Goulet's career is documented through biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, interviews, exhibition files, project and commission files, teaching files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.

There is a 2.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes biographical material, sketchbooks, correspondence, notebooks, writings, prints and drawings, personal business records, photographic material, scrapbooks and printed material. Materials date from circa 1931-2009.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lorrie Goulet (1925-2021 ) wass a sculptor, painter, educator, and writer active in New York City, New York.  She wass well-known for direct sculpture on wood and stone. 

Lorrie Goulet was born in Riverdale, NY in 1925.  As early as the age of seven, Goulet attended the Inwood Pottery School in New York City where she studied under Aimee Vorhees.  After the Goulet family moved to Los Angeles, Lorrie continued her studies in art and, in 1940, apprenticed under Jean Rose, a ceramicist in Southern California. In 1943, Goulet enrolled at Black Mountain College in North Carolina where she studied with Joseph and Annie Albers.  This is also where she met her husband, sculptor Jose de Creeft; they married in 1944 and had one child, Donna Maria de Creeft.  Goulet and de Creeft divided their time between Hoosick Falls, New York and New York City. 

Goulet's first solo exhibition was held at the Clay Club Sculpture Center, New York, in 1948.  She was represented by Kennedy Galleries in New York, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, and the Harmon Meek Gallery in Naples, Florida.  She has exibited widely, including in a number of Annual Exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and in the fine arts pavilion of the New York World's Fair of 1965. In 1998, she was honored by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. with a solo exhibition titled Fifty Years of Making Sculpture.

Goulet taught sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art's Peoples Center, New York, in 1957. From 1961 to 1975 she was on the faculty of the New School, New York, and in 1981 began teaching at the Art Students League of New York, where she taught until 2004.  Between 1964-1968 Lorrie Goulet demonstrated sculpture techniques on a CBS Television children's program called "Around the Corner", sponsored by the New York City Board of Education. 

Lorrie Goulet's sculpture can be found in the permanent collections of museums across the country. She also completed a number of public sculptures commissioned by the City of New York for several of its public buildings in the Bronx including the Branch Public Library at 173rd Street and Grand Concourse (1958), the Nurses School and Residence, Bronx Municipal Hospital (1961), and the 48th Precinct Police and Fire Station Headquarters (1971) - all in varying materials.  A bronx bust of King Juan Carlos I of Spain created by Goulet is displayed in the Royal Palace in Madrid. 

Goulet was also a painter, philosopher and poet and continued to work in her studio in New York City until her death in 2021.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goullorr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Diaries
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content: Photographs
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Video recordings
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content: Scrapbooks
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content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 12 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1931-2009 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1, 11)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1940s-2006 (0.7 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1949-2002 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 4: Interviews, 1967-2002 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1948-2008 (3.1 linear feet; Box 2-5)

Series 6: Project Files, 1950s-2007 (0.8 linear feet; Box 6, 12)

Series 7: Teaching Files, 1958-2000 (0.2 linear feet; Box 6)

Series 8: Personal Business Records, 1969-1990s (2 folders; Box 6)

Series 9: Printed Materials, 1940s-1999 (1.1 linear feet; Box 7-8)

Series 10: Photographs, 1930s-2008 (2.3 linear feet; Box 8-11)

Series 11: Artwork, 1955-1956 (0.1 linear feet; Box 10)

Series 12: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1931-2009 (2.3 linear feet; Boxes 12-14)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The Archives of American Art has implemented accelerated processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections. Processing included arrangement to the series, subseries, and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders, but not all staples and clips were removed.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reels 428 and 438 at Archives of American Art offices, and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
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content: Photographs
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Video recordings
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content: Scrapbooks
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content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York City sculptor, painter, educator, and writer Lorrie Goulet (1925- ) measure 12.3 linear feet and date from 1931 to 2009.  Goulet's career is documented through biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, interviews, exhibition files, project and commission files, teaching files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.

Biographical materials include awards, resumes, membership documents for the New York Artists Equity Association, and a scrapbook and photograph portfolio for Jose de Creeft's birthday in 1969.  Scattered school records include a photocopy of a letter from Aimee Vorhees at the Inwood Pottery School.  

Goulet's correspondence is mostly professional in nature but includes some letters from friends and family, including Jose de Creeft.  Other notable correspondents include Chaim Gross, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. 

Writings and notes by Lorrie Goulet include artists' statements; notes and essays on sculpture, including a disbound binder entitled "Quadrations"; three journals about the creation of Enigma; a statement on Green Serpentine; lectures and talks, including a memorial tribute to Jose de Creeft; and poems.  There are also a few writings by others about Goulet. 

There are five transcripts of interviews with Lorrie Goulet and with Lorrie Goulet and Jose de Creeft.  One of the interviews includes the original sound recordings on cassette tape and one includes a version of the transcript on floppy disc.  

Extensive exhibition files document fifty years of Goulet's solo and group exhibitions held at galleries, museums, and institutions throughout the United States.  Many of the files are from shows at Carolyn Hill Gallery, The Contemporaries, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, and Kennedy Galleries.  Also found is extensive material on Goulet's exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Lorrie Goulet: Fifty Years of Making Sculpture (1998).  File contents vary, but often contain photographs of openings and of works of art, correspondence, printed material, and price lists. 

Project and commission files document Goulet's public commissioned works in the New York Public Library, 173 St. Branch, the Nurse's Residence and School at the Bronx Municipal Hospital, the New York City 48th Precinct Station House and Fire House, and the bust of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.  There are also files concerning Goulet's television show Around the Corner, an educational children's show that aired from 1964-1968.  

Teaching files are from Goulet's positions at the Art Students League, the school at the Museum of Modern Art, the New School for Social Research, and Scarsdale Studio Workshop.  Personal business records include scattered bills and receipts for works of art by Goulet and Jose de Creeft and a file regarding Goulet's affiliation with art agent Anna Beck Nalle.  

Among the printed materials are clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and issues of magazines and periodicals, many of which include articles about Goulet or her exhibitions.  Also found is a videocassette tape concerning Jose de Creeft's Alice in Wonderland  narrated by Goulet.

Photographs and eleven photo albums depict Goulet, her family life with Jose de Creeft, celebrations with friends, her artwork and studio, and travel.  Also found are photos, slides, and transparencies of works of art.  Pencil sketches are by Goulet of her studio.  There is also a sketch of Lorrie Goulet by Zorach.

There is a 2.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes biographical material, sketchbooks, correspondence, notebooks, writings, prints and drawings, personal business records, photographic material, scrapbooks and printed material. Materials date from circa 1931-2009.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the papers of Lorrie Goulet's husband, sculptor Jose de Creeft.