Nancy Goldring papers, circa 1950-2020

Biographical material dates from 1957 to 2014 and includes address books, agendas, an autograph book from summer camp, school documents, interviews, and a resume.

Correspondence dates from 1962-2015 and is personal and professional in nature. Found here are letters, emails, postcards, holiday cards, invitations, and exhibition announcements from friends, some of whom Goldring met while traveling in Italy. Notable correspondents include Leo Steinberg whom Goldring studied with at New York University, and Robert Lax, whose letters include many poems. Also included is one letter from Lawrence Alloway. Letters and postcards sent to the Goldring family while Goldring was in Europe provide frequent and detailed descriptions of her travels. Professional correspondence is with galleries, museums, colleges, and others regarding exhibitions, articles, teaching positions, and other opportunities. The first folder includes an index created by Goldring identifying each correspondent.

Writings date from circa 1955-2014 and consist of published articles and exhibition reviews, two travel diaries, a lecture, an essay written while a student at New York University, and several writings from adolescence, which include illustrated stories and literary papers. The last folder holds a writing by Jay Tolson about Goldring's work.

Project and exhibition files date from 1970-2015 and include correspondence, photographic material, proposals, schedules, exhibition plans, and a variety of printed material. Printed material relating to exhibitions without any corresponding primary documents is in Series 5: Printed Material. The folder titled "Montclair State University" relates to the many functions Goldring serves there, including teaching and exhibiting.

Printed material dates from circa 1950 to 2015 and includes clippings, ephemera, exhibition material, lecture announcements, periodicals, postcards, yearbooks, and posters. Ephemera is primarily from Goldring's adolescence and includes programs from high school and commencements. Exhibition material includes announcements, brochures, press, and exhibition catalogs relating to exhibitions Goldring participated in, curated, or juried. One exhibition catalog is in digital format. Periodicals are primarily magazines and journals featuring Goldring's work or reviews of her work. Goldring's postcard collection has been assembled during the course of her world travel.

Two scrapbooks from Goldring's adolescence date from 1955 and circa 1956. One is titled "Sixth Grade Memories," and contains drawings and signatures from classmates. The other is untitled and incorporates a variety of printed material and ephemera. Many items are not affixed to the page, but placed in between the pages.

Artwork dates from circa 2006 and includes preliminary sketches and photographic collages.

Photographic material is primarily photographs and copy prints, with a few slides of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and Goldring's close friend Robert Lax. Goldring has organized the photographs into "packets" A-G and has provided a detailed inventory of each packet. Found here are many images of Golding throughout all stages of her life, with friends, traveling, working, and at exhibition openings. "Packet F" includes copy prints of family photographs from the early twentieth century.