Alan Gussow research material for A Sense of Place
name: label: Creator
content: Gussow, Alan, 1931-1997
label: Names
content: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Alan Gussow in 1995.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gussow, Alan, 1931-1997
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content: Alan Gussow research material for A Sense of Place
abstract: label: Summary
content: Research material for Alan Gussow's book, A Sense of Place: the Artist and the American Land, and the related Nebraska Public Television production, symposium, and exhibition at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, measures 2.8 linear feet and dates from 1956 to 1994. Research files include correspondence, photographs and color transparencies, sound recordings of 17 interviews with artists, a draft manuscript, publicity, reviews, and fan mail. Exhibition and symposium related material includes the proposal, correspondence, and printed matter. Public television production material includes correspondence, publicity, transcripts, soundtrack tapes, and film footage.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alan Gussow (1931-1997) was a painter and writer in New York. He studied painting at Cooper Union and at the American Academy in Rome. Gussow honed a visionary blend of abstraction and representation with nature as his primary subject in his art. His book A Sense of Place: The Artist and the American Land, published in 1972, couples works by American landscape artists spanning four centuries with excerpts of their own writing.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gussalan
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 2 series.

1. A Sense of Place Research Material, 1956-1994 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)

2: Exhibition and Symposium Files, 1970-1975 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 3-4, FC 5-6)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2019.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: All of the sound recordings in the collection were digitized for research access in 2013 and are available at Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material for Alan Gussow's book, A Sense of Place: the Artist and the American Land, and the related Nebraska Public Television production, symposium, and exhibition at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, measures 2.8 linear feet and dates from 1956 to 1994. Research files include correspondence, photographs and color transparencies, sound recordings of 17 interviews with artists, a draft manuscript, publicity, reviews, and fan mail. Exhibition and symposium related material includes the proposal, correspondence, and printed matter. Public television production material includes correspondence, publicity, transcripts, soundtrack tapes, and film footage.