Doug Edge papers, circa 1951-2020

Exhibition and project files include correspondence, photographs, slides, transparencies, sketches, writing, clippings, and other printed material related to Edge's exhibitions, projects, and work. This series also includes some biographical material, material related to his student work, his time as an instructor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and artist statemetns and other writings. Also included in this series is are digital videos related to Edge's artwork and exhibitions.

The documents in this series were originally housed in eight binders with tabs for each identified project or exhibition in rough-chronological ordger. During processing these tabs were separated into individual folders with the headings and order retained. The first folder includes a list, compiled by Doug Edge, with the contents and order of the original eight "books" (i.e. binders). The born-digital records have been added to the end of this series.

This series includes 14 notebooks containing drawings, sketches, plans for work and exhibitions, photographs, writings, etc. Some journals function primarily as sketchbooks and have little to no text, while others include more writing.

Writings include a statement written by Doug Edge in 2017 and a transcript, in scroll format, of a lecture by Robert Irwin at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1974.

Printed material includes exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, magazines, clippings, posters, and a copy of James Turrell's syllabus and course materials for a course taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Photographic material includes photographs Edge took on a trip with James Turrell to Monument Valley and Lake Powell; photographs and digital photographs of works of art, and oversized photographs related to his exhibitions.

Artwork includes sketches, drawings, watercolors, silk screen prints, paintings, and other works of art.