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Highlight: finally settled down in Paris. Vladimir graduated from Russian gymnasium and studied art history in
Creator: Visson, Vladimir, 1904-1976
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings and subject files primarily relating to Vladimir Visson's years as exhibitions director of the Wildenstein Gallery. The extensive subject files concern the Hallmark Art Award and exhibitions Visson mounted for the Wildenstein Gallery including shows on Gauguin, Pissarro, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh. Also included are Visson's original manuscripts on Russian painters and autobiographical writings. There is correspondence from artists including Eugene Berman, Amédée Ozenfant and Eugene Speicher, and authors such as John Gunther, Paul van Zeeland and Louis Auchincloss.

Highlight: was sent to jail on two occasions. Nancy studied Art History at the Universidad de Oriente, in
Abstract Or Scope: In the interview, Nancy discusses lesbianism and her coming out. She recalls being kicked out by her family when she told them about her identity. Nancy also recalls visiting her father in prison. Nancy discusses her studies and the reasons she was expelled from college. Nancy recalls how she met the French man she intended to marry. Nancy discusses marriages of convenience. Nancy discusses buying goods in foreign currency. She recalls her first relationships with women. Nancy reflects on the problems of making friends as a lesbian, hate towards lesbians and machismo. She also reflects on racism. Nancy comments on the fear that Cubans feel about Fidel Castro's death. Nancy expresses her wishes for her life in France

Highlight: art history, music and poetry at the New School for Social Research.
Creator: Schloss, Edith, 1919-
Abstract Or Scope: The Edith Schloss Burckhardt Papers offer an extraordinary opportunity for research into multiple areas of scholarship, especially unique insight into the lives and experiences of women in the art world, an American artist's expat life in Rome from the 1960s-2010s, the New York School of painters and poets, and a particularly rich and far-reaching, vein of the avant-garde and experimental music world, to name a few.

Highlight: Council, BC Deans Office, College Activities, Intercultural Resource Center, Armenian Club, Art History
Creator: Barnard College. Office of College Activities
Abstract Or Scope: This collection consists of event fliers from student groups and academic departments at Barnard.

Highlight: titles on comics art history and graphic novels. Although Abrams had periodically published similar books
Creator: Kochman, Charles
Abstract Or Scope: Most of the materials are related to a particular book project: drafts, proofs, edits, fouls, markups, correspondence, etc. Note that most projects include both regular size and oversize materials.

Highlight: his hometown of Waverly, New York, and took up art history again in college after a brief stint and
Creator: Coots, Max, 1927-
Abstract Or Scope: Max Alden Coots (1927-2009) was a UTS/Columbia alumnus, Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, artist, and cartoonist who spent much of his life in upstate New York. The collection contains cardstock illustration slides for "Thinking it Through," the M.A. thesis that Coots submitted on the history and present position of the Universalist Church of America.

Highlight: 1989 with two bachelor degrees. The first was in Art History with honors and the second was in English
Creator: Peters, Rebecca Todd
Abstract Or Scope: Rebecca Todd Peters is a Distinguished Emerging Scholar and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University; she earned her M. Div., M. Phil. and PhD degrees at Union Theological Seminary. This collection contains leadership and organizational materials on conferences sponsored by the Ecumenical Young Women United--North America, and reports and correspondence from the National Network of Presbyterian College Women.

Highlight: University's academic programs. Two new programs opened, including the Art History Institute and the Graduate
Creator: Columbia University. Reid Hall
Abstract Or Scope: Reid Hall is Columbia University's study abroad center in Paris, France. The university acquired Reid Hall in 1966 from the American University Women's Paris Club's Reid Hall, Inc., which had previously operated the building as a residence for American women studying in France. Columbia's School of General Studies took over the administration of Reid Hall and maintained a variety of semester and yearlong programs for Columbia students in French language, history, and culture. The collection contains the administrative records for Reid Hall and its programming.

Highlight: Landau completed her Ph.D. in Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in
Creator: Landau, Sarah Bradford, 1935-
Abstract Or Scope: Architectural historian Sarah Bradford Landau is a scholar, advocate, and public servant in New York City, active from the late 1970s into the second decade of the 21st century. Landau's research includes a focus on the architecture of William Appleton Potter and Edward Tuckerman Potter (on whom she wrote her dissertation), the gothic revival (especially its influence on American church architecture), and the skyscraper. The bulk of the collection is made up of research and lecture files. Additionally, the collection includes a number of personal effects, including portraits of Landau as well as her ephemera files, which include clippings, correspondence, and other mementos from the colorful and celebrated career of a public intellectual beloved in many circles in New York City and beyond.

Highlight: courses are currently offered by the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University
Creator: Columbia University. Department of Anthropology
Abstract Or Scope: Documenting the operations of the Anthropology Department, these records reflect administrative and instructional or research functions of the department.

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