Frank Trapp Papers, 1944-2003 (Bulk: 1944-1987)
2 archives boxes, 1 half archives box (2.25 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
There is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Frank Anderson Trapp was professor of Fine Arts at Amherst College from 1956 to 1992. He also served as director of the Mead Art Museum, ca. 1969-1989. Trapp received a B.A. from Carnegie Institute of Technology and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. Before coming to Amherst he taught for five years at Williams College. Professor Trapp was a respected scholar who produced a number of books, including Peter Blume (1987), The Grand Tradition: British Art from Amherst College (1988), and The Attainment of Delacroix (1971). Trapp was also an accomplished sculptor and painter. He died on March 17, 2005 at the age of 82.
A series of watercolor sketches, together with a small number of photographs, made by Trapp while serving with the U.S. Army during World War II, primarily in New Guinea, 1944-1946. The artworks are accompanied by a brief typescript memoir of his war experiences written by Trapp in 1985 (revised in 2003). The papers also include Professor Trapp's research material on Peter Blume for his book on the artist which was published in 1987.
This collection is organized into two series:
There is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Frank Trapp Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp, 2003.
Processed 2006 July
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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 Phone: (413) 542-2299 Fax: (413) 542-2692 Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives |
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Series 1: WORLD WAR II DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
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Memoir and photographs
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Box 1: folder 1
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Near Baguio - Emplacements outside Baguio
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Box 1: folder 2
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Baguio (forest)
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Box 1: folder 3
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Baguio, Philippines (forest landscape)
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Box 1: folder 4
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Baguio (gun and gunner)
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Box 1: folder 5
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Baguio (gun against mountains)
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Box 1: folder 6
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Baguio, Philippines (gun in forest)
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Box 1: folder 7
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Baguio (men and gun)
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Box 1: folder 8
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Baguio - Mines View Park
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Box 1: folder 9
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Baguio (mountain landscape)
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Box 1: folder 10
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Baguio, Philippines (mountain landscape in cool colors)
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Box 1: folder 11
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Baguio - "Sam Holmes"
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Box 1: folder 12
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"Self-Portrait"
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Box 1: folder 13
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Baguio, Philippines (sun through trees)
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Box 1: folder 14
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Baguio, Philippines (trees, house, and mountain)
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Box 1: folder 15
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Central Baguio - "The Fall of the City"
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Box 1: folder 16
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Clark Field (landscape)
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Box 1: folder 17
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Clark Field - "Players in the Tent"
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Box 1: folder 18
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Clark Field - "The Visitors"
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Box 1: folder 19
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Clark Field - "Thunderbirds"
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Box 1: folder 20
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Fort Bragg, NC - "Marco Giles"
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Box 1: folder 21
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Pencil Drawing - of Fort Bragg Sailor (possibly in Philippines)
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Box 1: folder 22
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Fort Bragg, NC - "Samuel Seymour Holmes"
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Box 1: folder 23
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Aboard L.S.T. - "Howard Sleeth"
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Box 1: folder 24
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Aboard L.S.T. (on deck, sea)
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Box 1: folder 25
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Aboard L.S.T. (on deck: riggings, sailor, sea)
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Box 1: folder 26
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Aboard L.S.T. (machines and men on deck)
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Box 1: folder 27
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Aboard L.S.T. (sea from ship)
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Box 1: folder 28
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Aboard L.S.T. (ship's deck machinery)
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Box 1: folder 29
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La Paz - "The Barrio"
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Box 1: folder 30
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Manila - 1 of 6
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Box 1: folder 31
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Manila - 2 of 6 - "View of Passing"
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Box 1: folder 32
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Manila - 3 of 6
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Box 1: folder 33
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Manila - 4 of 6 - "Intramuros - Manila"
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Box 1: folder 34
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Manila - 5 of 6 - "Looking Toward City Hall, Manila Intramuros"
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Box 1: folder 35
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Manila - 6 of 6
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Box 1: folder 36
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Manila (Bovine Ophelia)
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Box 1: folder 37
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Manila - "Carabas at Manila"
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Box 1: folder 38
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Manila - "Intramuros" (outside mission and mission arch and street to mission)
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Box 1: folder 39
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Manila (landscape with mission)
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Box 1: folder 40
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Manila - "Near the Escolto"
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Box 1: folder 41
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Manila (tree outside mission)
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Box 1: folder 42
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Manila - "tributary of the Pasig River"
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Box 1: folder 43
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New Guinea
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Box 1: folder 44
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New Guinea (4)
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Box 1: folder 45
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New Guinea - "Campsite, including Basketball Hoops" and Landscape
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Box 1: folder 46
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New Guinea (dense forest)
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Box 1: folder 47
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New Guinea - "Kitchen Tent at Night"
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Box 1: folder 48
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New Guinea - "Night Game"
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Box 1: folder 49
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New Guinea (ravishing ferns)
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Box 1: folder 50
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New Guinea (vegetables on landscapes)
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Box 1: folder 51
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New Guinea - "View New Hollandia"
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Box 1: folder 52
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New Guinea - "View Over Hollandia Harbor"
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Box 1: folder 53
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Pangasinan Prov. (summer storm)
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Box 1: folder 54
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Philippines - "240 mm howitzer Battery B. 'Ingrid'"
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Box 1: folder 55
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Philippines, near Baguio - 'Battery B: 240 mm "Thor'"
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Box 1: folder 56
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Philippines (building ruins)
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Box 1: folder 57
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Philippines - "Chea Moi"
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Box 1: folder 58
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Philippines, near Clark Field (2)
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Box 1: folder 59
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Philippines, near Baguio - "Interior of Suzy's House"
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Box 1: folder 60
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Philippine, near San Leon (landscape from cemetery)
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Box 1: folder 61
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Philippines (landscape: trees, tent, and mountains)
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Box 1: folder 62
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Philippines - "Plaster Saint
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Box 1: folder 63
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Philippines (sun through trees)
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Box 1: folder 64
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Philippines, near Clark Field - "Troubadour"
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Box 1: folder 65
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Philippines, near Baguio - "View of landscape near Baguio"
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Box 1: folder 66
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San Fernando - Behind the Screen
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Box 1: folder 67
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San Fernando, Philippines (Christian building)
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Box 1: folder 68
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San Fernando - "on weekend leave to coast while at Baguio"
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Box 1: folder 69
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San Fernando, Philippines - "Public School"
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Box 1: folder 70
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San Fernando, Philippines - "San Fernando"
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Box 1: folder 71
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San Fernando, Philippines (still life)
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Box 1: folder 72
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San Fernando, Philippines "The Black Christ"
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Box 1: folder 73
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San Fernando - "View of Cathedral"
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Box 1: folder 74
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San Jose, Luzon (army camp)
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Box 1: folder 75
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San Jose (classical cemetery)
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Box 1: folder 76
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San Leon
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Box 1: folder 77
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San Leon (amber waves)
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Box 1: folder 78
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San Leon (farmers in field)
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Box 1: folder 79
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San Leon, Luzon (farmers in shade of tall grass)
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Box 1: folder 80
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San Leon (flat landscape)
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Box 1: folder 81
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San Leon - "Cabanatuan"
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Box 1: folder 82
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San Leon, Luzon (landscape along road)
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Box 1: folder 83
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San Leon - "Pangasinan" (cow and landscape)
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Box 1: folder 84
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San Leon - "Pangasinan" (landscape)
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Box 1: folder 85
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San Leon - "Pangasinan Prov. Pl."
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Box 1: folder 86
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San Leon, Luzon - "Self-Portrait"
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Box 1: folder 87
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San Leon, Luzon (sunset landscape)
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Box 1: folder 88
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San Leon - "Two Gentlemen of Gerona"
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Box 1: folder 89
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San Leon (windy plain)
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Box 1: folder 90
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Series 2: RESEARCH MATERIAL ON THE ARTIST PETER BLUME
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The Bridge (art piece)
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Box 2: folder 1
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Chapter 1 - Articles, art pieces, etc.
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Box 2: folder 2
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Chapter 3 Materials - Notes and art
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Box 2: folder 3
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Epilogue - Letters, notes, copy of Epilogue
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Box 2: folder 4
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Interviews - Peter Blume
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Box 2: folder 5
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Interview tape IV - Peter Blume (transcript only)
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Box 2: folder 6
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Interview - Peter Blume
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1982
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Box 2: folder 7
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Letters - Concerning Blume
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Box 2: folder 8
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Letters, Programs, Newspaper Clipping - Blume related
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Box 2: folder 9
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Material for Book - Notes, letters, artwork copies
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Box 2: folder 10
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Miscellaneous letters
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1983
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Box 2: folder 11
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Clippings from Museum of Modern Art Library
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Box 2: folder 12
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Symbolism - Writings concerning symbolism of art, poems
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Box 2: folder 13
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Xerox clippings Chapter II
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Box 2: folder 14
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Copies of Blume artwork
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Box 3: folder 1
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Correspondence and Notes
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Box 3: folder 2
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Exhibition Pamphlets and Art Literature
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Box 3: folder 3
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Lists of Blume's artwork
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Box 3: folder 4
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