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Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1966-1988
0.25 Linear feet
Boxes 1, 19

Biographical material includes addresses and business cards, appointment books and annotated calendars, resumes, financial and legal records including property deeds, escrow records, and records relating to Wortz's divorce from her first husband, personal stationery used by Wortz, miscellany relating to Wortz's children, a travel itinerary for a trip to Asia, and two sound cassettes.
Also found is patent documentation for Edward C. Wortz's "method of and means for controlling body temperature" in a space suit.
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Addresses/Business Cards, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
1
1-2
Appointment Book, 1978
1
3
Appointment Book, 1983-1984
1
4
Appointment Book, 1986-1987
1
5
Calendar, 1978-1982
Oversized material housed in Box 19, Folder 1
1
6
Calendar, 1984-1985
1
7
Financial and Legal Records, 1960s-1988
1
8
Miscellaneous, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
2 Sound cassettes
First cassette labeled: "For Ed on his birthday 1987....Music by Ed Nunnery"; second cassette labeled: "Luminous Forces. Jon Keliehor copyright 1985"
1
9
Personal Stationery, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
1
10
Resumes, 1970s-1980s
1
11
Travel, circa 1970s
1
12
Wortz, Edward C., 1966, 1988
1
13
Oversized Calendars from Box 1, Folder 6
19
1
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Series 2: Correspondence, 1967-1992
1.25 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, 18

Correspondence documents Wortz's appointments at California State University, Long Beach, and California State College, San Bernardino, as well as commissions for the publication Arts Magazine in the 1970s. Also documented are some of Wortz's professional activities outside of UCI, including serving on various advisory boards, commissions, and juries; lecturing and consulting work; and loans of her personal art collection.
Correspondence includes scattered letters and postcards from artists including Eleanor Antin, Christo and Jean Claude, John Coplans, David French, Craig Kauffman, Cork Marchesi, Jim Risser, Eve Sonneman, Hap Tivey, Marc Van Der Marck, and Elsa Warner; and historians and curators including Sandy Ballatore and Susan Larsen. One folder, which retains the original label, "Artist and Other Special Cards," includes multiple postcards from Lena Handschy and Martha Rosler, and mail art from Daniel Barber.
Also documented is a trip to Europe, primarily Paris and Milan, in 1978-1979, funded by a critic's grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, during which Wortz conducted research for a book on light and space, and visited the collection of Count Panza in Milan.
The series includes a sound cassette of an Ellen Lampert performance, and three sound cassettes of an unidentified symposium/panel discussion.
General correspodence files in rough chronological order are followed by correspondence arranged by subject.
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Correspondence, circa 1970-circa 1989
1
14-15
Correspondence, 1967-1968
1
16
Correspondence, 1970s
1
17-23
Correspondence, 1980s
Includes sound cassette with the following label. Side 1: Ellen Lampert [10 mins] "Trouble in Paradise" '86 poperetta/multimedia/perf copyright 1986 Ellen Lampert; Side 2: Ellen Lampert [8 mins] Arts/L.A. KCRW-FM intrvw 1/19/1987. Copyright 1987 Ellen Lampert
1
24-31
Correspondence, 1980s-1992
1
32
Announcements with Personal Notes, 1981-1982
2
1
Art Consulting, 1983-1985
2
2
Artist and Other Special Cards, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
2
3-4
Book on Light and Space, 1978-1979
2
5
Book, Visual Art as Religious Studies..., 1980s
2
6
California State University, Fullerton
2
7
Change Inc., West Advisory Board, 1980
2
8
European Trip, 1978-1979
2
9
"Fan Letters", 1980s
2
10
Gemini G.E.L., 1975-1985
2
11
Graduate Theological Union, 1980s
2
12
Guest Lectures, Juries etc., 1970s-1980s
2
13
Job Possibilities, 1973-1975
2
14
Miscellaneous Professional Activities, 1970s
Includes three sound cassettes of an unidentified symposium/panel discussion, February 1979, housed in Box 18.
2
15
Museum Management Institute, 1984
2
16
Otis Art Institute Conference, 1976-1977
2
17
Personal Business, 1970s-1980s
2
18
Personal Loans/Conservation, 1970s-1980s
2
19-21
Polytechnic School, 1976-1977
2
22
Recommendation Letters for Artists, 1976-1984
2
23
Santa Monica Arts Commission, 1980s
2
24
Terbell, Alison and Lisa, 1970s-1980s
2
25
Terbell, Thomas G., Jr., 1980-1981
2
26
The Tent of Meeting Project, 1970s-1980s
2
27
Sound Cassettes from Box 2, Folder 15
18
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Series 3: Interviews, 1971-circa 1980s
6 Folders
Boxes 2, 18

This series consists of transcripts of four interviews conducted by Wortz and two interviews by Michael Auping and Timothy Owens. Also found is a sound recording of an interview with Nina Wiener. The folder label indicates there are two sound cassettes of this interview. If this is correct, the second cassette label evidently contains a typo as it reads: "Werner. KQED interview."
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"Nina Wiener Backstage at Royce", circa 1980s
Two sound cassettes housed in Box 18
2
28
Transcript, Peter Lodato Interviewed by Melinda Wortz, 1974
2
29
Transcript, Alzek Mishaff Interviewed by Melinda Wortz, 1979
2
30
Transcript, John Okulick Interviewed by Melinda Wortz, 1974
2
31
Transcript, De Wain Valentine Interviewed by Melinda Wortz, 1974
2
32
Transcript, William Wegman Interviewed by Timothy Owens, 1971
2
33
Transcripts of Interviews by Michael Auping, 1976
2
34
"Nina Wiener Backstage at Royce" from Box 2, Folder 28
18
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Series 4: Writings and Notes, 1958-circa 1990
4.25 Linear feet
Boxes 2-6, 19

A wide range of Wortz's writings are collected in this series, including independent professional writings, and writings produced during Wortz's tenure at the University of California, Irvine. Also found are notes and essays from her student years at various schools.
Some draft manuscripts of articles and essays are individually named, while others are grouped chronologically. Manuscripts believed to be drafts for exhibitions catalogs are identified as "exhibition essays/introductions," but may replicate some of the material arranged as "articles/essays." In addition to typed drafts, xome folders contain related documentation such as scattered correspondence, notes, printed material, and photographic material.
Class notes include examination books and typescripts of class essays, in addition to notes taken in classes, and additional course material.
Copies of Wortz's published catalogs, essays, and articles have been collected in this series, with the exception of UCI printed material that contains writings by Wortz. That material is housed with other UCI Fine Arts Gallery exhibition material Series 6.1.
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Articles/Essays, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
2
35-36
Articles/Essays, 1969-1970
2
37
Articles/Essays, 1973-1981
2
38-52
Articles/Essays, 1983-1984
3
1
Articles/Essays, 1989-circa 1990
3
2
Articles/Essays, Bauhaus School, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
3
3
Articles/Essays, "Christo's Running Fence", 1981
3
4
Articles/Essays, Klaus Rinke, circa 1982
3
5-6
Articles/Essays, Robert Irwin, 1980s
3
7-9
Articles for Hobbs, Independent Study, 1980-1981
3
10
Book Introduction and Chapter 1, "The Perception of Space, Light, Color in Art, Mystical Experience, Science", circa 1980s
3
11
Book Proposal with Edward C. Hobbs, 1970s-1980s
3
12
Dissertation, 1981-1982
3
13
Draft Fragments, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
3
14
Exhibition Essays/Introductions, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
3
15
Exhibition Essays/Introductions, 1970s-1980s
3
16-18
Exhibition Essays/Introductions, "Jay McCafferty's Roman Numerals", 1977-1979
includes two photos of Wortz and McCafferty
3
19
Exhibition Essays/Introductions, Noguchi, Isamu, 1982-1983
3
20
Goodman Symposium Proposal on Jasper Johns Wall Piece (1968), 1981-1983
3
21
Irvine Company Catalog Introduction, 1980s
3
22-23
Published Articles, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
3
24-25
Published Articles, 1973-1974
3
26
Published Articles, 1977-1984
Oversized material housed in Box 19, Folder 2
3
27-33
Published Articles in Artweek, 1976-1980
Oversized material housed in Box 19 Folders 3-4
3
34
Published Catalogs, 1970s
3
35-37
Published Catalogs, 1980s
Oversized material housed in Box 19, Folder 4
3
38-40
Published Catalogs, 1980s
4
1-4
Thesis, "Some Aspects of Food Imagery in American Art of the 1950s and 1960s: An Iconographic Study", 1971
4
5-7
Notes, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
4
8-11
Notes, 1960s-1970s
4
12
Notes, 1970s
4
13-21
Notes, 1980s
4
22
Notes, Cobb, John, 1980-1981
4
23
Notes, Hobbs, Edward C., "A Theology of Visual Art", circa 1979
4
24
Class Notes and Essays, 1958-1961
4
25
Class Notes and Essays, circa 1960-circa 1974
4
26
Class Notes and Essays, Berkeley, 1981
4
27
Class Notes and Essays, Harvard
English 9, 1960
4
28
English 124, 1960-1961
4
29
Fine Arts 150, 1960
4
30
Fine Arts 160, 1961
4
31
Fine Arts 171, 1961
5
1
Fine Arts 174, 1960
5
2
Fine Arts 189, 1960-1961
5
3
Fine Arts 195, 1962
5
4
Fine Arts 197B, 1961-1962
5
5
Government 113, circa 1960-1961
5
6-7
Government 122, 1961-1962
5
8
Government 197, 1962
5
9
History 134B, 1961
5
10-11
Humanities 113, 1961-1962
5
12
Humanities 133A, 1960-1961
5
13
Social Sciences 116, 1961-1962
5
14
Class Notes and Essays, Stanford, circa 1959
5
15
Class Notes and Essays, Stanford, 1959
5
16
Class Notes and Essays, Stanford, Art 166, 1959
5
17
Class Notes and Essays, Stanford, Philosophy 5, 1959
5
18-19
Class Notes and Essays, UCLA, 1970
5
20
Class Notes and Essays, NT 328: Gospel of Mark, 1981-1982
5
21-22
Class Notes and Essays, RA 301, Iconography, 1980
5
23
Class Notes and Essays, RA 600, 1981
5
24
Class Notes and Essays, ST 100, 1981
5
25
Class Notes and Essays, ST/RA, 1981
5
26
Notes, 1971-1972
6
1
Notes, 1979
6
2
Notes, 1983
6
3
Notes, 1970s-1980s
6
4
Notes, 1980s
6
5-6
Notes, Lectures, circa 1970s-1986
6
7-9
Notes, Lecture on Conceptual Art, circa 1977
6
10
Writings by Others, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
6
11
Writings by Others, 1970s-1980s
6
12-16
Writings by Others, Baker, Kenneth, 1980s
6
17
Writings by Others, "Jennifer's Talk at Whitney", 1980s
6
18
Writings by Others, Weschler, Lawrence, 1980s
6
19-21
Writings by Others, Wortz, Ed and Fielder, Marilyn, 1976
6
22
Oversized Published Articles from Box 3, Folder 28
19
2
Oversized Published Articles in Artweek from Box 3, Folder 34
19
3-4
Oversized Published Catalogs from Box 3, Folder 39
19
4
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Series 5: Diaries, 1977-1989
6 Folders
Box 6

This series documents five trips abroad, including scattered diary entries on Wortz's trip to Paris in 1978; a notebook of her impressions of various sites seen during her 1989 visit to the U.S.S.R. to deliver a paper on Robert Irwin at the International Art Critics Association annual meeting; several pages of notes that possibly document a trip to Hawaii; notes on a visit to Panape, Micronesia; and a 228 page typed manuscript describing a trip to Asia in 1977, which included visits to India and Japan.
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Notes with Paris Diary Entries, 1978
6
23
Trip to Asia, 1977
6
24-25
Trip to Hawaii, circa 1970s
6
26
Trip to Panape, Micronesia, 1980
6
27
Trip to U.S.S.R., 1989
6
28
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Series 6: University of California, Irvine, 1960-1991
4.8 Linear feet
Boxes 6-11, OV 20

This series is arranged as three subseries.
  • 6.1. Administrative Files, 1960-1991 (2.8 linear feet)
  • 6.2. Dossier Files, 1977-1990 (1.5 linear feet)
  • 6.3. Teaching Files, circa 1970-1990 (0.5 linear feet)

6.1

Administrative Files, 1960-1991
2.8 Linear feet
Wortz's administrative files document her wide range of activities and responsibilities at UCI, as Chair of Studio Art, as Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, and as an administrator involved in many campus-wide and University system-wide departments and committees.
General correspondence and memoranda files, and administrative files arranged by subject, document these activities and events through correspondence, memoranda, committee files, planning documents and reports, and printed and photographic material. Wortz's involvement in the Intercampus Arts Committee is heavily documented, as is her administration of the Fine Arts Gallery. Gallery files include planning documents, correspondence and memoranda, lists, schedules, budget material, and published catalogs of exhibitions at the Fine Arts Gallery and other University of California museums and galleries. Many of the catalogs include essays and introductions written by Wortz.
Description Container
Academic Senate, Irvine Division, 1980s
6
29
Addresses, 1980s
6
30
Appointments, 1977-1979
6
31
Art on File Slide Lists, 1986-1987
6
32
Artist Resumes/Biographies, 1970s-1980s
6
33
Awards, 1970s-1980s
7
1
Budgets, 1970s-1980s
7
2
Capital Management Group, Lists of Artwork, 1986
7
3
College Art Association Annual Meeting, 1985
7
4
Committees
External Review Committee, 1985
7
5
Fine Arts Disciplinary Committee, 1984
7
6
Fine Arts Space Planning Committee, 1980s
7
7
Intercampus Arts Committee, 1983-1988
7
8-17
Intercampus Cultural Exchange Committee, 1983-1987
7
18
Public Art on Campus Committee, 1987-1988
7
19-20
Correspondence and Memoranda, 1969-1990
7
21-30
Doug Davis Global Satellite Performance for Olympics, 1982-1984
7
31
Employment, 1980s
7
32
Faculty Associates, 1981-1991
7
33
Fellowship Applications, 1978-1989
7
34
Fine Arts Gallery, 1970s-1980s
7
35
Fine Arts Gallery Advisory Committee, 1986
8
1
Fine Arts Gallery Affiliates/Fundraising, 1983-1986
8
2
Fine Arts Gallery Budget, 1978
8
3
Fine Arts Gallery Budget, 1981-1986
8
4
Fine Arts Gallery Exhibitions, 1970s-1980s
8
5
Fine Arts Gallery Exhibitions, 1967-1990
8
6-23
Fine Arts Gallery UCI Foundation Account, 1983-1984
8
24
Fine Arts Gallery Undergraduate Art Show, 1975, 1980s
8
25
Friends of UCI, 1978-1979
8
26
Focused Research Program, 1986
8
27
German Expressionism Exhibition at LA County Museum of Art, 1970s
8
28
Graduate and Undergraduate Program Planning, 1985-1986
8
29-31
Grant Proposals, 1977-1980s
8
32-33
Grant Proposals, Art in Public Places, 1981-1984
8
34
Instructional Development Service, 1986-1987
8
35
Laurie Anderson Proposal, 1978-1981
9
1
LAVA Exhibition Proposal: Icon/Iconoclast, 1970s-1980s
9
2
Legorreta Arquitectos, 1976
Oversized material housed in OV 20
9
3
Long Range Plans, School of Fine Arts, 1988-1989
9
4
Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art Acquisitions Committee, 1980
9
5
Meeting Notes, 1980s
9
6
Other Printed Material, 1970s-1980s
9
7
Peter Reed/Contemporary Ballet Company Proposal, 1980-1983
9
8
Ricardo Legorreta and Mexico City Galleries, circa 1980s
9
9
School of Fine Arts Master Plan, 1986
9
10
Student Trips/Tours, circa 1980s
9
11
Studio Art Faculty, 1970s-1980s
9
12
Ten YearPlan for Museum Complex on UCI Campus/Count Panza Collection, 1987-1989
9
13
Tour to Soviet Union, 1989
9
14
UCI Gallery Affiliates Trips, 1988-1989
9
15
Unidentified Meeting Notes, 1980
9
16
Violence in American Sociey 1960-1980 (1980) Conference, 1970s-1980s
9
17
Oversized Legorreta Arquitectos from Box 9, Folder 3
OV 20

6.2

Dossier Files, 1977-1990
1.5 Linear feet
Dossier files comprise thirteen years of material prepared and maintained by Wortz during the course of her career at UCI in support of applications for promotion and tenure. The dossiers contain detailed records of Wortz's professional activities, such as anything she felt demonstrated her accomplishments and effectiveness as an educator, writer, curator, and scholar, including narratives written by Wortz, correspondence, regularly updated resumes, reports and memoranda, press coverage of events, and photographs.
Description Container
Dossier, Book 1, 1977 April-1979 April
9
18-22
Dossier, Book 2, 1977 April-1979 April
9
23-24
Dossier Update, 1979 June-1980 May
9
25-27
Dossier Update, 1980 June-November
9
28-29
Dossier Update, 1981 January-1982 June
9
30-31
Dossier Update, 1981 January-1982 October
10
1-2
Dossier Update, Book 1, 1982 Fall-1984 Fall
10
3-5
Dossier Update, Book 2, 1982 Fall-1984 Fall
10
6-8
Dossier Update, Book 1, 1984 Fall-1986 Fall/1987 Winter
10
9-12
Dossier Update, Book 2, 1984 Fall-1986 Fall
10
13-14
Dossier, Book 1, 1986-1989
10
15-19
Dossier, Book 2, University: University Service, Outside Activities, 1986-1989
10
20-22
Dossier, Book 3: Chair, Intercampus Arts Committee, 1981-1989
10
23-26
Dossier, Book 4, 1986-1989
11
1
Section 1: Teaching Materials, 1989-1990
11
2-3
Section 2: Miscellaneous, 1989-1990
11
4-5
Unlabeled Binder, 1989-1990
11
6-8

6.3

Teaching Files, circa 1970-1990
1.5 Linear feet
Teaching files include course material and other notes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, and printed material, relating primarily to art courses taught by Wortz at UCI. Additional material includes some student papers, and a folder of school transcripts and course proposals.
Description Container
A582: The Los Angeles Art Scene, 1970s
11
9
Art 35 A, B, and C, 1970s-1989
11
10-11
Art 35A, 1970s-1989
11
12
Art 35B, 1970s-1989
11
13-14
Art 35C, 1970s-1990
11
15-16
Art 312: Modern Art, 1974
11
17
Art Now, 1973
11
18
"Excellent Student Papers", 1982
11
19
Francesca Woodman Student Papers, 1987
11
20
Miscellaneous, 1970s-1980s
11
21
Modern Twentieth Century Art, 1973
11
22
Museum Problems, 1977-1986
11
23
School Transcripts and Course Proposals, 1970s
11
24
Spiritual Modes in Twentieth Century Art, 1981
11
25
Svare, Craig Vista, 1979-1982
includes audio tape labeled: "Svare, Craig Vista "Breath" 1.3.79"
11
26
Tests, circa 1970s
11
27
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Series 7: Subject Files, circa 1960-1990
4.25 Linear feet
Boxes 11-15, 18

A large portion of material in the collection appeared to be loosely arranged by artist name or subject, representing a broad range of Wortz's activities and interests beyond her activities at the University of California, Irvine. This material was subsequently grouped as a separate series of subject files, and arranged by either artist name or general subject name. Some of the material may overlap with content in other series.
Records consist primarily of printed material, including exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings such as reviews of exhibitions or other events, and some photographic material including slides and photographic prints.
This series is arranged as two subseries.
  • 7.1. Artist Files, circa 1960-1988 (1.75 linear feet)
  • 7.2. General Files , 1960-1990 (2.5 linear feet)

7.1

Artist Files, circa 1960-1988
1.75 Linear feet
Material found here documents Wortz's interest in and relationships with, various artists. The bulk of the material comprises printed matter and photographic material, but also includes scattered correspondence with some artists, and a sound recording of a Carole Caroompas performance.
Description Container
Artist Resume Cards, 1970s-1980s
11
28
Artist Resumes and Biographies, 1970's-1980s
11
29-31
Askevold, David; Aylon, Helene, 1970s-1980s
11
32
Aycock, Alice, 1970s
11
33
Baden, Mowry; Burden, Chris, 1973-1980s
11
34
Campbell, Elizabeth; Carole Caroompas, circa 1976-1983
Carole Caroompas material consists of one sound cassette of Caroompas performance of Mystical Unions at California State University, Northridge Art Gallery, March 1983.
11
35
Chicago, Judy; Chorpenning, Susan; Cupis, Dorit, 1970s-1980s
11
36
Dolan, Frederick, 1976
11
37
Erskine, Peter; Frankel, Jerry, 1970s-1980s
11
38
Graham, Dan; Guerrero, Raul, 1970s-1980s
12
1
Heizer, Michael, 1982
12
2
Henes, Donna, 1981
12
3
Hubbard, Richard, 1986
12
4
Karina-Cavanier, Elena, 1970s
12
5
Koepfli, Elatia; Lamosse, Jeanné, 1980s
12
6
Littell, Philip, "Lady" Proposal, 1985
12
7
McCafferty, Jay D., Limited Edition Photo-Book, 1974
12
8
McCoy, Ann, 1980s
12
9
Miyake, Issey, 1980s
12
10
Mooslin, Nancy, 1983-1984
12
11
Motherwell, Robert, circa 1970s
includes photo of Motherwell
12
12
Myers, Rita, 1977-1987
12
13
Nordman, Maria, 1973-1985
12
14
Oppenheim, Dennis, 1978-1984
12
15-16
Ox, Jack, 1980s
12
17
Patterson, Pat, 1982
12
18
Pozzi, Lucio, 1986
12
19
Rabinovich, Raquel, 1970s
12
20
Rady, Elsa, 1980s
12
21
Redl, Ludwig; Remington, Deborah, 1968-1980s
12
22
Rice, Leland, 1970s-1980s
12
23
Roberts, Michele, 1980-1982
12
24
Rosler, Martha, 1975-1979
12
25
Saret, Alan Daniel, 1970s
12
26
Shaw, Joyce Cutler, 1970s
includes photo of Shaw
12
27
Shiras, Myrna, 1973-1975
12
28
Slabey, Jonette, "Artist to Artist Workbook", 1988
12
29
Swartz, Beth Ames, 1970s-1980s
includes photos of Swartz
12
30-32
Taradash, Meryl, 1985-1987
12
33
Thomas, Morgan, circa 1985
12
34
Tivey, Hap, 1970s
12
35
Various Artists, 1960s-1980s
12
36-37
Von Euer, Judith, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
13
1
Welch, Roger, 1982
13
2
Wood, Steve, 1981-1983
13
3
Wortzel, Adrianne, 1981-1985
13
4
Zimmerman, Elyn, 1979-1983
13
5

7.2

General Files, circa 1960-1990
2.5 Linear feet
File names used in this series were taken directly from Wortz's headings when available. Subjects range from general categories such as art and politics, women artists, and subjects which explore the interplay between art, religion, and spirituality, to specific conferences, projects, and organizations in which Wortz was involved. These include Fellows of Contemporary Art, an organization for which she curated exhibitions and organized art tours, the Museum Management Institute, museum docent training programs, and the board of Arts and Architecture magazine. At the end of the series are index files relating to a combination of subjects, bibliographies, and art vocabularies.
Subject files relating to women artists include issue number 1 of Heresies (1977), and volume 1, numbers 1 and 2 of the publication Womanspace.
Description Container
Architecture, 1980s
13
6
Art Alliance New York Trip, 1984
13
7
Art and Architecture Articles, 1980s
13
8
Art and Politics, 1971-1975
13
9
Art Table, Inc., 1987
13
10
Arts and Architecture Magazine Board, 1980s
13
11-13
Belize, 1980s
13
14
Benedictine Spirituality Conference, 1986
13
15
Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project, 1979
13
16
Butler, Brian, Gallery Proposal, 1987
13
17
Callahan, Alice, 1981
13
18
Central American Art, 1985
13
19
Clocktower, 1970s
13
20
Contemporary Art and Spiritualism, 1970s-1980s
13
21
"Current Art", circa 1989
13
22
Docent Material, 1960s-1970s
13
23-25
Docent Material, Graphics Training, 1960s
13
26
Docent Material, Notebook, 1966
13
27
Docent Material, "Third Floor Research Papers", 1960s
13
28
European Trip, 1986
13
29-30
"Fearless" by Contemporary Alchemy, 1985
13
31
Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1970s
13
32
Fellows of Contemporary Art, European Trip, 1983-1984
13
33-35
Fellows of Contemporary Art, Variations III Exhibition, 1970s-1980s
13
36-38
Fellows of the Pasadena Art Museum, 1972
13
39
Gadon, Elinor W., circa 1980s
13
40
Grant Information/Applications, 1970s-1980s
14
1
Institute for Arts and Urban Resources, circa 1977-circa 1981
14
2
Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture, 1988
14
3
International Association of Art Critics (AICA), 1980s
14
4
KCET Television Proposal, 1980s
14
5-6
Laguna Art Museum, 1990
14
7
Larry Bell Project, 1980s
14
8-10
Light As Art, 1980s
14
11
Los Angeles Visual Arts Annual 1981, 1981
Exhibition juried by Wortz
14
12-13
Lyn Kienholz Sculpture Exhibition (1984), 1970s-1980s
14
14
Mailing Lists and Event Participant List, 1969-1980s
14
15
Mattress Factory, 1980s
14
16
Museum Management Institute, 1985-1990
14
17-22
Polygraph, 1977
14
23
Process Spirituality Class, 1986-1987
14
24
Process Studies, 1970s-1980s
14
25-29
Process Studies, Conferences, 1980s
14
30-32
Readings in Contemporary Criticism, 1982
14
33
Religious Studies Resources, 1970s-1980s
14
34-35
Samaya Foundation, Tibetan Sand Mandala Project, 1980s
14
36
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1980s
14
37
San Francisco Waterfront Project, 1970s
14
38-39
San Francisco Waterfront Project, 1970s
15
1-4
Skystone Foundation, Inc., 1980s
15
5
The Artists Book Exhibition (1977), 1977
15
6
"The Window of Vulnerability: A Happening with the Midriff Dancers", 1983
Includes photos of Wortz and other participants
15
7
Typesetting, circa 1980s
15
8
Women Artists, 1970s
15
9-14
Women's Caucus for Art, 1988
15
15
Worship and Art in the Early Church Class, 1983
15
16-18
Index Card File of Subjects, Bibliographies, Vocabularies, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
Index cards housed in Box 18
15
19
Index Card File of Subjects, Bibliographies, Vocabularies
18
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Series 8: Printed Material, 1960s-1980s
1.8 Linear feet
Boxes 15-17, 19

Printed material includes announcements and catalogs, some with annotations; issues of Artweek published when Wortz was editor or contributing editor of the publication; a series of "Boots" postcards by Eleanor Antin; specific publications such as Los Angeles Institute of Contemmporary Art (LAICA) newsletters, and publications of the organization Beyond Baroque; printed material documenting events in which Wortz was directly involved; and University of California printed material relating to campuses other than UC Irvine.
Description Container Select
Announcements and Catalogs, 1960s-1991
15
20-30
Artist Books, 1960s-1980s
16
1
Artweek, 1976-1980s
16
2
Artweek, Issues Edited by Wortz, 1973-1979
Oversized material housed in Box 19, Folder 5-7
16
3
Beyond Baroque Publications, 1975-1976
16
4
Clippings, 1960s-1980s
16
5-9
Edward Wortz, 1976
16
10
Eleanor Antin "Boots" Postcards, 1970s
16
11
Gemini G. E. L., 1970s
16
12
L. A. Artists Publication, 1972
16
13
LAICA Journal, 1977-1980
16
14
LAICA Newsletters, 1970s-1981
16
15-16
Miscellaneous, 1960s-1980s
16
17-28
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1984
16
29-30
Nancy Hoffman Gallery and Others, 1970s
16
31
New Yorker Profiiles, circa 1980s
17
1
Organization Publications/Rosters, 1984-1985
17
2
Postcards, Art, 1960s-1980s
17
3-5
Postcards, Travel, 1960s-1980s
17
6-7
The New Art Examiner, 1976
17
8
The Portrait Review, 1975-1976
17
9
U-Turn Art Journal
17
10
University of California, 1960s-1980s
17
11-14
Wortz-Related Printed Material, 1970s-1980s
17
15-16
Oversized Artweek, Issues Edited by Wortz from Box 16, Folder 3
19
5-7
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Series 9: Artwork, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
3 Folders
Boxes 17, 19

Artwork includes an invitation to a Jim Dine exhibition with a piece of floor covering used by the artist; a booklet entitled Some of the Names Have Been Changed, by Daniel Barber; Flams by Rena Livkin; four ink sketches of pillows; and hand-colored papers, a child's pastel sketch, a thank you card, and a burned, wrapped, piece of paper, by unidentified artists. Also found is a series of printed images, poems, and prose from artwork by Barbara Smith, circa 1965-1966, entitled Rebellion, Sorrow, Joy, Child Voice.
Description Container Select
Artwork, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
17
17-18
Artwork: Rebellion, Sorrow, Joy, Child Voice by Barbara Smith, circa 1965-circa 1966
17
19
Oversized Artwork from Box 17, Folder 17, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
19
8
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Series 10: Photographs, 1960s-1980s
0.6 Linear feet
Boxes 17, 19

Photographs include personal and family photographs of weddings, family holidays, graduations, and other events. They include a group of photos of Hap Tivey's wedding to Liza Todd with Elizabeth Taylor in attendance; and a photo of Wortz with UCI faculty in the 1980s including Tony DeLap, Craig Kauffman, and Ed Moses.
Contact sheets include a combination of photos of artists, including Ken Friedman, exhibitions and other events, family and personal photographs, and travel photos. Other photos of artists include Frederick Eversley, Bill Harding, Jack Ox at an exhibition, and Stephen Zaimo with some of his work. Photos of artwork include that of Tony DeLap, Barbara Smith, Marc Van Der Marck, and others.
Description Container Select
Personal and Family Photos: Portraits, Holidays, Unidentified Events, 1948-circa 1980s
17
20
Personal and Family Photos: Weddings, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
17
21
Personal and Family Photos: Graduations, Unidentified Events, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
17
22
Personal and Family Photos: Miscellaneous, Unidentified Events, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
17
23
Wortz with University of California, Irvine, Faculty, 1980s
17
24
Contact Sheets, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
17
25
Photos of Artists, circa 1960s-circa 1980s
17
26
Photos of Artists, Cox, Janet/Jack Ox, circa 1980s
17
27
Photos of Artists, Eversley, Frederick, circa 1970s
17
28
Photos of Artists, Zaimo, Stephen, 1974-1975
17
29
Photos of Artwork, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
Oversized material housed in Box 19, Folder 8
17
30-31
Photos of Artwork, circa 1970s-circa 1980s
17
32-41
Photos of Artwork, DeLap, Tony, Albuquerque Site, circa 1970s
17
42
Photos of Artwork, Smith, Barbara, "The Longest Day of Night", 1973
17
43
Photos of Artwork, Van Der Marck, Marc, 1975-1976
Oversized material housed in Box 19, Folder 8
17
44
Oversized Photos of Artwork from Box 17, Folder 30
19
8
Oversized Photos of Artwork, Van Der Marck, Marc from Box 17, Folder 44
19
8

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