Forrest Bess letters
Correspondence with Mrs. Wanda K. Sivells, Director, J. M. Hodges Learning Center, Wharton County Junior College, Wharton, Texas, regarding Bess' paintings and the donation of his personal library to Wharton Library.
Photographs and Slides
- Level:
- file
- Dates:
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circa 1981
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bessforp
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Forrest Bess Letters to L. E. and Patricia Cooke
- Level:
- series
- Dates:
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circa 1963-1964
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bessforr
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
Forrest Bess Photographs and Slides
- Level:
- series
- Dates:
-
circa 1981
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bessforp
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
Dana Friis-Hansen papers on Forrest Bess
Papers by and about Forrest Bess, including: copies of letters, 1963-1980; exhibition catalogs, 1962-1981; copies of clippings, 1950-1983; and press releases, 1981.
Forrest Bess photographs and slides
This collection of Forrest Bess photographs and slides consists of 20 photographs, 38 slides, and 38 negatives, and dates from circa 1981. 20 color prints and 31 slides are of works of art by Forrest Bess; some, if not all, are from the collection of Harry Burkhart of Bay City, Texas. Negatives are labeled "Fridge Curtis" and are also of artwork by Bess. Also found are 5 slides of works by Bess from the Hawkins Ranch collection, and 2 slides of works from the Margaret and Austen Furse collection.
Forrest Bess letters to L. E. and Patricia Cooke
The Forrest Bess letters to L.E. and Patricia Cooke, date from circa 1963-1964 and consist of photocopies of two letters and twelve slides of two paintings. Bess writes concerning two paintings owned by the Cookes, and discusses Carl Jung, and the reactions of the unconscious to Bess's work.
John Money papers
Correspondence with Forrest Bess; a report, 1976, on Bess' visit to the V. A. Hospital; and an article, 1976, "Three Causes of Genital Self-surgery and their Relationship to Transexualism" by Money and Michael De Priest.
Roy Fridge interview
Rifkin, Ned
Interview of Roy Fridge conducted by Ned Rifkin. Fridge speaks of the painter, Forrest Bess.
Letters and Slides
- Level:
- file
- Dates:
-
circa 1963-1964
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bessforr
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
