Flora Clancy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1127-BC
Scope and Content
Dr. Flora Clancy's academic career is documented via background information, correspondence, writings, class and seminar outlines, professional activities, and research material.
Iconography and imagery of Mayan monuments was the main focus of Clancy's research. Tikal and Piedras Negras (Guatemala) and Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) are areas of concentration, and thus, the predominant subject of her writings. Other significant sites include Chichen Itza, Coba, Tulum, Uxmal, Yaxichlan (Mexico) Copan (Guatemala), as well as Chaco Canyon (NM).
Syllabi and course materials for courses taught by Dr. Clancy at the University of New Mexico are in the collection. Courses focus on ancient Mesoamerican art. Professional activities include participation in seminars and conferences, book reviews, and contributions to scholarly volumes.
Iconography and imagery of Mayan monuments was the main focus of Clancy's research. Tikal and Piedras Negras (Guatemala) and Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) are areas of concentration, and thus, the predominant subject of her writings. Other significant sites include Chichen Itza, Coba, Tulum, Uxmal, Yaxichlan (Mexico) Copan (Guatemala), as well as Chaco Canyon (NM).
Syllabi and course materials for courses taught by Dr. Clancy at the University of New Mexico are in the collection. Courses focus on ancient Mesoamerican art. Professional activities include participation in seminars and conferences, book reviews, and contributions to scholarly volumes.
Dates
- 1971-2016
Creator
- Clancy, Flora S. (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biography / History
Flora Simmons Clancy (1942-2014) was Professor Emerita in UNM’s Department of Art and Art History. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute and her MFA and PhD from Yale University. She taught at Colgate University from 1973-1978. She received a Dumbarten Oaks Junior Fellowship for 1978-1979 and came to UNM as a full-time lecturer in the fall of 1979. Clancy completed her dissertation, “A Formal Analysis of the Relief Carved Monuments of Tikal, Guatemala,” the following year with George Kubler as her major advisor. Dr. Clancy became chair of UNM’s Department of Art and Art History in the fall of 1997, a position she held until 2000. She retired from UNM in 2005.
Dr. Clancy was an expert in Pre-Columbian art history with a specific emphasis in Mayan art. Her publications include articles, book chapters, and monographs: "Maya : Treasures of an Ancient Civilization" (1985); "Pyramids" (1994); "Sculpture in the Ancient Maya Plaza: The Early Classical Period" (1999); and The Monuments of Piedras Negras, an Ancient Maya City (2009). She had nearly completed her manuscript for "Arts of Tikal, Guatemala" at the time of her death, October 20, 2014.
Dr. Clancy was an expert in Pre-Columbian art history with a specific emphasis in Mayan art. Her publications include articles, book chapters, and monographs: "Maya : Treasures of an Ancient Civilization" (1985); "Pyramids" (1994); "Sculpture in the Ancient Maya Plaza: The Early Classical Period" (1999); and The Monuments of Piedras Negras, an Ancient Maya City (2009). She had nearly completed her manuscript for "Arts of Tikal, Guatemala" at the time of her death, October 20, 2014.
Extent
4 boxes : 3.5 cu. ft.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Dr. Flora Clancy's academic career is documented via background information, correspondence, writings, class and seminar outlines, professional activities, and research material.
Creator
- Clancy, Flora S. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Flora Clancy Papers, 1971-2016
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu