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Bower, Susan & Jim,, 1975

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 20

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection contains Beatrice Mandelman and Louis Ribak’s personal papers and correspondence; art appraisals and inventories, exhibits and galleries, and reviews of their shows and clippings; the Mandelman-Ribak Foundation’s Oral History Project; and several folders of documents contributed by Mary Fuller-McChesney and Phyllis Dorset. The Mandelman-Ribak Foundation’s folder descriptions determined, in large part, the categories used for series and subseries placement. The collection consists of 5 series parsed into several smaller subseries. Mandelman and Ribak’s personal papers and art-related documents overlap in all of these areas; however, the Contents list identifies materials when they are specific to one of the artists.

Series 1: Personal Documents. Folders contain such as legal documents, health-related documents and journals.

Series 2: Correspondence. Folders contain Mandelman’s and Ribak’s correspondence and arranged alphabetically by sender. Correspondence between Bea and Louis can be found under “Mandelman, Bea.”

Series 3: Art Related. Folders contain documents directly related to Mandelman’s and Ribak’s bodies of work. Subseries 1 includes formal appraisals and inventories of their artwork and includes the year the art was produced along with an appraisal. Subseries 2 includes exhibits and galleries Mandelman and Ribak worked with. Subseries 3 includes clippings and reviews of their artwork and is arranged in chronological order.

Series 4: Mandelman-Ribak Foundation Oral Archives History Project. Folders contain transcripts of 44 oral histories conducted by Douglas Dreishpoon, Chief Curator at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The individuals Dreishpoon interviewed for the Mandelman-Ribak Foundation were artists and contributors to the art’s culture in Taos. Oral histories are arranged in alphabetical order.

Series 5: Related Material. Folders contain documents related to the Taos moderns. Subseries 1 includes materials donated by Mary Fuller-McChesney and Subseries 2 includes materials donated by Phyllis Dorset.

Dates

  • 1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 8 boxes (7.5 cu. ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451