Dorothy Paris papers, 1917-1979

Biographical records include awards, biographical sketches written by others, one drawing and a lithograph of an exhibition flyer by Paris, and resumes. Correspondence is both personal and professional and includes letters from Paris's children and grandchildren, her sister Robel, her husband W. E. Brock; as well as artist friends and colleagues Mary Ascher, Nathaniel Dirk, Sabro Hasegawa, Ann Mittleman, Elias Newman, Helen Treadwell, and Harold and Faith Weston.

Administrative records, drafts of form letters and other correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports are found for International Association of the Plastic Arts/International Art Association (IAPA), for which Paris served as public relations officer and as a United States Delegate for a UNESCO conference. Organizational correspondence is between officers, members, and organizations such as the American Society of Contemporary Artists and the National Association of Women Artists.

Photographs include portraits of Dorothy Paris, in her studio and with her artwork, with family, friends, and of her travels as a delegate for the IAPA Unesco conference. Of note is a photo of Sabro Hasegawa outside his studio in Japan and of Paris with Nobuya Abe. Also found are photographs of other artists including Ann Bagley, Otto Botto, Harld and Faith Weston, and John Von Wicht. Photographs of works of art are of Paris's paintings. Photographs of works of art by others include Fritzi Abadi, David Atkins, Maurice Becker, Otto Botto, Ruth Gutman, Victor Salvatore, Beulah Stevenson, and Harold Weston.

Printed materials focus on the exhibition of Paris's paintings and include clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and press releaseses. Also found are scattered catalogs from the 8th Street Gallery and material concerning other artists.

Scattered writings by Paris include a narrative of her visit to Hiroshima in the mid-1950s, poems, and notes.