Addition to the Will Barnet Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
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content: Will Barnet papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.24 Gigabytes
label: Extent
content: 19.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897
label: Date
content: 1929-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barnwill, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged as 8 subseries.

8.1: Biographical Material, circa 1960-2013

8.2: Correspondence, 1949-2016

8.3: Writings, circa 1940-2011

8.4: Diaries and Daybooks, 1952-2010

8.5: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1942-2014

8.6: Project and Professional Files, 1897, 1952-2013

8.7: Printed Material, 1929-2013

8.8: Photographic Material, circa 1940-2010
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The addition to the Will Barnet papers received in 2016 includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries and daybooks, gallery and exhibition files, project and professional files, printed material, and photographic material. Measuring 19.7 linear feet and 7.24 gigabytes, the addition greatly expands on the original donation, particularly in the diaries and daybooks, which include entries from over five decades. Barnet's long career and professional activities are also well documented in the gallery, exhibition, project, and professional files.

Additional biographical material includes over twenty interview transcripts, address books, mailings lists, mementos from birthdays and Barnet's memorial, and dozens of resumes and chronologies. 

Correspondence in the addition is similar in scope to that received in the original donation and is primarily with Barnet's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates. Birthday, congratulation, and sympathy cards are also included here. 

Writings include dozens of artist and biographical statements, essays, lectures, memorials, condolences, notes, speeches, talks, statements, tributes, and writings about other artists, some of which are duplicates or alternate drafts of writings from the original donation. 

Forty-four diaries and daybooks capture Barnet's daily agenda, activities, and reflections. 

Gallery and exhibition files contain a wide variety of material that relates to Barnet's exhibition activities both in galleries and museums. Material includes correspondence, checklists, price lists, loan and consignment agreements, shipping receipts, announcements, press releases, wall text, and other writings. 

Project and professional files include documentation of a wide variety of printing and publishing projects, professional activities, as well as administrative and business activities. 

The additional printed material includes announcements and exhibition catalogs, Art Students League publications, clippings, newsletters, periodicals, press releases, programs, publications related to Barnet's teaching activities, published illustrations, and assorted other printed matter. 

Additional photographic material is primarily color photographic prints, along with a few negatives and transparencies. One folder includes photographs of Will Barnet with family, friends, and colleagues. Several dozen packets of photographs from the 1990s-2000s were taken as source photographs that Barnet used to create his paintings. Other photographs document Barnet's artwork in the later part of his career.