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 Collection
Identifier: MC 1522

Scope and Contents:

The Ann Sperry Papers span the period 1908 to 2008, with the bulk of materials dating from 1970 to 2000. They comprise approximately 19.5 cubic feet (14 record center cartons and 11 phase boxes), and the materials primarily relate to her professional work as an artist. Document types include correspondence, photographs, slides, magazine, cassettes, sketchbooks, and art materials. Also included are personal materials such as journals and children’s drawings.

 Collection
Identifier: IJS-0002

Scope and Contents: The Count Basie family papers and artifacts comprise the extant papers and personal belongings of the Basie family, including Catherine, Diane, and Count Basie. The collection contains personal papers, music, photographic prints and negatives, business records, artwork, and audio and moving image recordings, as well as artifacts. The majority of items in the collection are from the 20th century, particularly the time period between the mid-1950s to the early 1980s.Most...
 Collection
Identifier: MC 1484

Abstract: The Rita Myers Papers documents Myers' art career. Myers received her BFA from Douglass College, Rutgers University and her MA from Hunter College. Since 1975, Rita Myers has created a body of large-scale, multi-media installations that create highly theatrical, metaphorical spaces from a fusion of video, text, sound, and sculptural and natural forms. Juxtaposing elements of landscape and architecture, these formalized, symbolic environments function as contemplative sites that resonate with...