Janet Kardon papers, 1905, circa 1950-1995

Contents and Arrangement

This collection is arranged as 3 series.

Series 1: Exhibition Files, circa 1950-circa 1995
Series 2: Professional Files, 1970-1993
Series 3: Printed Material, 1905, 1967-1991

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Series 1: Exhibition Files , circa 1950-1995

4.1 Linear feet

Box 1-5; OV 9

Exhibition files relate to Kardon's curated exhibitions while at the Philadelphia College of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Included are correspondence with artists regarding the installation and completion of artwork; artist files consisting of photographs and research material; and ephemera and printed material. Notable artists represented in the files include Alice Aycock, David Salle, and Robert Mapplethorpe. Also included is a file related to Kardon's work on the 39th Venice Biennale exhibition Drawings: The Pluralist Decade (1980).

Kardon's 1988 traveling exhibit, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment, became a topic of national debate when the Corcoran Gallery of Art decided to cancel the exhibition. Janet Kardon was brought in as a topical expert in the court case that followed. The Perfect Moment material found here includes papers related to both the exhibition and the court case, such as correspondence, printed material, photographs, notes, and legal proceedings.

Description	Container	Select
Artists Shown at PCA Gallery, 1976-1977, circa 1977	1 1	Select: Artists Shown at PCA Gallery, 1976-1977, circa 1977
Labyrinths (1975), 1975-1977	1 2	Select: Labyrinths (1975), 1975-1977
Labyrinths (1975), Interviews, 1975	1 3	Select: Labyrinths (1975), Interviews, 1975
Projects for PCA (1976), circa 1975-1976	1 4-6	Select: Projects for PCA (1976), circa 1975-1976
Line (1976), 1976-1977	1 7-8	Select: Line (1976), 1976-1977
Artists Sketchbooks I and 2 (1976), 1976	1 9-10	Select: Artists Sketchbooks I and 2 (1976), 1976
Artists' Maps (1977), circa 1977	1 11	Select: Artists' Maps (1977), circa 1977
Time (1977), 1975-1978	1 12-13	Select: Time (1977), 1975-1978
Time (1977), Scott Burton, 1977-1980	1 14	Select: Time (1977), Scott Burton, 1977-1980
Time (1977), Performances, circa 1976-1978	1 15	Select: Time (1977), Performances, circa 1976-1978
Duane Michels: Photographs (1977), circa 1977	1 16	Select: Duane Michels: Photographs (1977), circa 1977
Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Artist Files A-M, circa 1977	1 17-20	Select: Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Artist Files A-M, circa 1977
Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Artist Files N-W, circa 1977	2 1-3	Select: Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Artist Files N-W, circa 1977
Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Printed Material, circa 1974-1979	2 4-5	Select: Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Printed Material, circa 1974-1979
Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Correspondence, 1977-1978	2 6	Select: Artists' Sets and Costumes (1977), Correspondence, 1977-1978
George Trakas (1977), 1977	2 7	Select: George Trakas (1977), 1977
Seventies Painting (1978), circa 1977-1978	2 8-9	Select: Seventies Painting (1978), circa 1977-1978
Project for PCA 4 (1978); Alice Aycock, circa 1978	2 10-11	Select: Project for PCA 4 (1978); Alice Aycock, circa 1978
Point (1978), 1978	2 12	Select: Point (1978), 1978
Urban Encounters: Art Architecture Audience (1980), 1979-1980	2 13	Select: Urban Encounters: Art Architecture Audience (1980), 1979-1980
The 39th Venice Biennale, Drawings: The Pluralist Decade (1980), 1980	2 14	Select: The 39th Venice Biennale, Drawings: The Pluralist Decade (1980), 1980
Red Grooms' Philadelphia Cornucopia and Other Sculptopictoramas (1982), circa 1982 1 Videocassettes (VHS)	2 15	Select: Red Grooms' Philadelphia Cornucopia and Other Sculptopictoramas (1982), circa 1982 1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Red Grooms' Philadelphia Cornucopia and Other Sculptopictoramas (1982), circa 1982	2 16-17	Select: Red Grooms' Philadelphia Cornucopia and Other Sculptopictoramas (1982), circa 1982
David Salle (1986), 1986	2 18-19	Select: David Salle (1986), 1986
David Salle, Interviewed by Janet Kardon, Transcripts, 1983-1989	2 20	Select: David Salle, Interviewed by Janet Kardon, Transcripts, 1983-1989
David Salle, Interview, undated 1 Sound cassette	2 21	Select: David Salle, Interview, undated 1 Sound cassette
David Salle, Biographical Photographs, 1973-1985	2 22	Select: David Salle, Biographical Photographs, 1973-1985
David Salle, Images, circa 1950-1983	3 1-2	Select: David Salle, Images, circa 1950-1983
David Salle, General Source Material, circa 1950-1983	3 3	Select: David Salle, General Source Material, circa 1950-1983
David Salle, Drawings, circa 1970-1985	9	Select: David Salle, Drawings, circa 1970-1985
David Salle, "Short Videos", circa 1972-1973 1 Videoreels (1/2 inch)	3 4	Select: David Salle, "Short Videos", circa 1972-1973 1 Videoreels (1/2 inch)
David Salle, "What's Cooking"; "Dream/Flowers", 1974 1 Videocassettes (U-matic)	3 5	Select: David Salle, "What's Cooking"; "Dream/Flowers", 1974 1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
David Salle, "What's Cooking"; "Dream/Flowers", 1974 1 Videoreels (1/2 inch)	3 6	Select: David Salle, "What's Cooking"; "Dream/Flowers", 1974 1 Videoreels (1/2 inch)
David Salle, Images from "What's Cooking", circa 1974	3 7	Select: David Salle, Images from "What's Cooking", circa 1974
David Salle, Exhibition Announcements, circa 1978-1984	3 8	Select: David Salle, Exhibition Announcements, circa 1978-1984
David Salle, Installation View of Exhibitions, 1976-1980	3 9	Select: David Salle, Installation View of Exhibitions, 1976-1980
David Salle, Bibliographic Material, 1979-1985, undated	3 10	Select: David Salle, Bibliographic Material, 1979-1985, undated
David Salle, Periodicals, 1982, 1987	3 11	Select: David Salle, Periodicals, 1982, 1987
Siah Armajani (1985), Meeting at ICA, 1985	3 12	Select: Siah Armajani (1985), Meeting at ICA, 1985
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment (1988)		Select: Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment (1988)
The Perfect Moment (1988), circa 1987-1988	3 13	Select: The Perfect Moment (1988), circa 1987-1988
The Perfect Moment (1988), 1988 1 Videocassettes (VHS)	3 14	Select: The Perfect Moment (1988), 1988 1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Mapplethorpe, Exhibition and Collection Material, circa 1980-1993	3 15-16	Select: Mapplethorpe, Exhibition and Collection Material, circa 1980-1993
Mapplethorpe, XYZ Portfolio, undated	3 17	Select: Mapplethorpe, XYZ Portfolio, undated
Mapplethorpe, "Lady", 1984 1 Videocassettes (VHS)	3 18	Select: Mapplethorpe, "Lady", 1984 1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Mapplethorpe, "Patti Smith", undated 1 Videocassettes (VHS)	3 19	Select: Mapplethorpe, "Patti Smith", undated 1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Mapplethorpe, Interview, 1987 August 13 1 Sound cassette	4 1	Select: Mapplethorpe, Interview, 1987 August 13 1 Sound cassette
Mapplethorpe, Exhibit Letters of Congratulations, 1988	4 2	Select: Mapplethorpe, Exhibit Letters of Congratulations, 1988
Mapplethorpe, Senators' Remarks on NEA, 1989	4 3	Select: Mapplethorpe, Senators' Remarks on NEA, 1989
Mapplethorpe, Legal Proceedings, Correspondence and Notes, 1989-1993	4 4-6	Select: Mapplethorpe, Legal Proceedings, Correspondence and Notes, 1989-1993
Mapplethorpe, Miller Test; Government and Obscenity, circa 1990	4 7	Select: Mapplethorpe, Miller Test; Government and Obscenity, circa 1990
Mapplethorpe, Legal Proceedings, 1990	4 8-10	Select: Mapplethorpe, Legal Proceedings, 1990
Mapplethorpe, Papers Related to a Docudrama on the Trial, 1991	4 11	Select: Mapplethorpe, Papers Related to a Docudrama on the Trial, 1991
Mapplethorpe, Corcoran Gallery of Art Clippings, 1989	4 12	Select: Mapplethorpe, Corcoran Gallery of Art Clippings, 1989
Mapplethorpe, Clippings, 1989-1993	4 13-20	Select: Mapplethorpe, Clippings, 1989-1993
Mapplethorpe, Periodicals, 1989-1995	4 21	Select: Mapplethorpe, Periodicals, 1989-1995

Series 2: Professional Files , 1967-1993

0.8 Linear feet

Box 5

This series consists of letters of congratulations to Kardon, papers from symposiums and talks, some gallery reports and financial papers, artist files, a resume, and correspondence related to various organizations that sought out Kardon to sit on panels and review boards.

This series is arranged as 4 sub-series.

2.1: Philadelphia College of Art, 1975-1979 (3 folders)
2.2: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1967-1989 (5 folders)
2.3: American Craft Museum, 1989-1993 (6 folders)
2.4: Other Professional Files,1970-1987 (12 folders)

2.1: Philadelphia College of Art, 1975-1979

Description	Container
PCA Shows and Events, Letters, 1975-1978	5 1	Select: PCA Shows and Events, Letters, 1975-1978
Gallery Report, 1978	5 2	Select: Gallery Report, 1978
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Testimony, "State of the Arts", 1979	5 2	Select: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Testimony, "State of the Arts", 1979

2.2: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1989

Description	Container
Congratulation Letters for Position at ICA, 1979	5 4-5	Select: Congratulation Letters for Position at ICA, 1979
Catalog Comments and Appreciation Letters, 1981-1988	5 6	Select: Catalog Comments and Appreciation Letters, 1981-1988
General Correspondence, 1980-1989	5 7	Select: General Correspondence, 1980-1989
Financial Operations, 1967-1986	5 8	Select: Financial Operations, 1967-1986

2.3: American Craft Museum, 1989-1993

Description	Container
Announcement, Printed Material, 1989-1990	5 9	Select: Announcement, Printed Material, 1989-1990
Congratulation Letters for Position at ACM, 1989	5 10	Select: Congratulation Letters for Position at ACM, 1989
Resume, circa 1990	5 11	Select: Resume, circa 1990
Symposium, History of 20th Century American Craft: A Centenary Project, 1991	5 12-13	Select: Symposium, History of 20th Century American Craft: A Centenary Project, 1991
American Craft Council 50th Anniversary; Ideal Home, 1900-1920 (1993-1994), 1993 1 Sound cassette	5 14	Select: American Craft Council 50th Anniversary; Ideal Home, 1900-1920 (1993-1994), 1993 1 Sound cassette

2.4: Other Professional Files, 1970-1987

Description	Container
Organizational Art Movement Letter to J. Edgar Hoover, 1970	5 15	Select: Organizational Art Movement Letter to J. Edgar Hoover, 1970
Artist Files, Miscellaneous, 1973-1979	5 16	Select: Artist Files, Miscellaneous, 1973-1979
Smithson, Robert, 1973-1974	5 17-19	Select: Smithson, Robert, 1973-1974
Purchase of "Marcel Duchamp" Print by Irving Penn, 1976	5 20	Select: Purchase of "Marcel Duchamp" Print by Irving Penn, 1976
Panels and Affiliations, College Art Association, Frank Jewett Mather Award, 1983-1984	5 21	Select: Panels and Affiliations, College Art Association, Frank Jewett Mather Award, 1983-1984
Panels and Affiliations, National Endowment for the Arts, 1984-1986	5 22	Select: Panels and Affiliations, National Endowment for the Arts, 1984-1986
Panels and Affiliations, School of Art and Design at the University of Chicago, 1987	5 23	Select: Panels and Affiliations, School of Art and Design at the University of Chicago, 1987
Panels and Affiliations, International Exhibitions Panel, 1987	5 24	Select: Panels and Affiliations, International Exhibitions Panel, 1987
Panels and Affiliations, Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, circa 1987	5 25	Select: Panels and Affiliations, Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, circa 1987
"A Lexicon of the Sixties," Janet Kardon, undated	5 26	Select: "A Lexicon of the Sixties," Janet Kardon, undated
Photographs of Janet Kardon, undated	5 27	Select: Photographs of Janet Kardon, undated

Series 3: Printed Material , 1905, 1967-1991

2 Linear feet

Boxes 5-8

This series consists primarily of exhibition catalogs and artist books that are seemingly unrelated to Kardon's curatorial work, and also includes press clippings from magazines and newspapers, exhibition announcements and posters, and pamphlets from the College Art Association of America's annual meeting (1983-1984). Names include Martha Haslanger, Pati Hill, Maria Nordman, Larie Simmons, Richard Kostelanetz, Jean-Pierre Armeaux, George Griffin, Athena Tacha, Stu Horn, Robert Barry, Lucas Sumaras, Hundert Wasser, Dotty Attie, Laurie Anderson, and Ida Applebroog. Also found in this series is a 1905 copy of Elbert Hubbard's publication, The Philistine.

Description	Container	Select
Exhibition Ephemera, PCA, circa 1975-1978	5 28	Select: Exhibition Ephemera, PCA, circa 1975-1978
Exhibition Ephemera, ICA, circa 1980-1989	5 29	Select: Exhibition Ephemera, ICA, circa 1980-1989
Miscellaneous Clippings, circa 1975-1986	5 30	Select: Miscellaneous Clippings, circa 1975-1986
Press Clippings, 1980	5 31	Select: Press Clippings, 1980
Press Clipppings, 1981-1985	6 1-5	Select: Press Clipppings, 1981-1985
College Art Association of American Annual Meeting Pamphlet, 1983-1984	6 6	Select: College Art Association of American Annual Meeting Pamphlet, 1983-1984
The Philistine, by Elbert Hubbard, 1905	6 7	Select: The Philistine, by Elbert Hubbard, 1905
Aspen No. 5 + 6, The Minimalist Issue, 1967 1 Film reel 8 mm Also includes 5 sound reels (vinyl).	6 8	Select: Aspen No. 5 + 6, The Minimalist Issue, 1967 1 Film reel8 mm Scope and Contents Also includes 5 sound reels (vinyl).
"S.M.S. no. 1," The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., Fragment, 1968	6 9	Select: "S.M.S. no. 1," The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., Fragment, 1968
Sick of Love, by Sue Hertz, 1982	6 10	Select: Sick of Love, by Sue Hertz, 1982
Artists' Books, 1970-1991	6 11-15	Select: Artists' Books, 1970-1991
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1973-1991	6 16-18	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1973-1991
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1973-1991	7 1-6	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1973-1991
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1973-1991	8 1-2	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1973-1991

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Janet Kardon papers, 1905, circa 1950-1995

Contents and Arrangement

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Series 1: Exhibition Files , circa 1950-1995

4.1 Linear feet

Box 1-5; OV 9

Series 2: Professional Files , 1967-1993

0.8 Linear feet

Box 5

2.1: Philadelphia College of Art, 1975-1979

2.2: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1989

2.3: American Craft Museum, 1989-1993

2.4: Other Professional Files, 1970-1987

Series 3: Printed Material , 1905, 1967-1991

2 Linear feet

Boxes 5-8

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Janet Kardon papers, 1905, circa 1950-1995

Contents and Arrangement

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Occupation

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Series 1: Exhibition Files , circa 1950-1995 4.1 Linear feet Box 1-5; OV 9

Series 2: Professional Files , 1967-1993 0.8 Linear feet Box 5

2.1: Philadelphia College of Art, 1975-1979

2.2: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1989

2.3: American Craft Museum, 1989-1993

2.4: Other Professional Files, 1970-1987

Series 3: Printed Material , 1905, 1967-1991 2 Linear feet Boxes 5-8

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Series 1: Exhibition Files , circa 1950-1995

4.1 Linear feet

Box 1-5; OV 9

Series 2: Professional Files , 1967-1993

0.8 Linear feet

Box 5

Series 3: Printed Material , 1905, 1967-1991

2 Linear feet

Boxes 5-8