Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The william Conger papers measure 6.5 linear feet and date from 1950-2018. Included are correspondence, writings, exhibition and loan files, project files, financial and legal records, photographs, works of art, and printed material and an audio cassette recording regarding William Conger's career as a painter and detailing his business dealings and involvement with Chicago's art community.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is with family and friends and also includes letters to Conger from Elaine de Kooning, Robert Mallary, June Leaf, Miyoko Ito, James Valerio, Ed Paschke, Richard Loving, Vera Klement, and others including educators and admirers of Conger's work. Writings include journals, artist's statements, lectures, talks, essays about art written by Conger and reviews. Project files relate to grants, commissions and files on public art. Financial records consist of inventories and appraisals of works of art, lists of paintings, sales invoices and receipts, consignment agreements and inventory and legal documents relating to the Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
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Photographs are of Conger, his family, friends, events, works of art, and his studio and negatives and slides of early studios and works of art. Works of art include sketches and studies by Conger and drawings by Conger's grandchildren. Printed material consists of exhibition catalogs and announcements, press clippings, and general information on the Chicago art scene (some annotated by Conger). Also included is an audio recording on cassette "Conger, Paschke and Valerio" .
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2007, 2015 and 2019 by William Conger.
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
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