Biographical Notes, circa 1976-circa 2005
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Curricula Vitae, circa 1979-circa 1996
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Curricula Vitae, circa 1998-circa 1999
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Curricula Vitae, circa 2000-circa 2005
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Documentaries by Irene Sosa
Select: Documentaries by Irene Sosa Scope and Contents Documentary films created by Spero's friend, Irene Sosa. Sosa is a documentary filmmaker who would often accompany Spero during project installations in order to record Spero's artmaking process.
Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland , 1993
Select: Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland, 1993 1 Videocassettes (VHS) Scope and Contents Short documentary film about Nancy Spero's work on a mural in Derry, Northern Ireland as part of her series of wall paintings. The film details the process of Spero and her group of assistants painting the mural, as well as some of the conflict and controversy about the mural that arose within the local community after it was completed. See "Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland, Roundtable Discussion" (item 25853) for unedited version of discussion with Spero and local community. See also box 14 folders 41-42 for additional content related to Derry project.
Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland , Roundtable Discussion, 1990 September
Select: Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland, Roundtable Discussion, 1990 September 1 Videocassettes (VHS)Media label reads: "Nancy in Northern Ireland Roundtable-no edit. Recorded: Irene Sosa Sep/90" Scope and Contents Video recording by Irene Sosa of discussion in Derry, Northern Ireland after Nancy Spero completed her mural on a community wall in the city. Discussion centers around the piece and the subsequent controversy that occurred as a result of Spero coming in and completing the mural as an outsider to the Derry community. Clips of the discussion are used by Sosa in her documentary Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland. See also box 14 folders 41-42 for additional content related to Derry project.
Nancy Spero in Dresden , 1999 November 14
Select: Nancy Spero in Dresden, 1999 November 14 1 Videocassettes (VHS)Media label: "Work in progress, rough cut" Scope and Contents This version of the film is a work in progress and contains footage of Spero working on her wall painting project at Festspielhaus Hellerau in Dresden, Germany. See also box 7 folders 9-11 for additional content related to Spero's Festspielhaus Hellerau Dresden work.
Woman as Protagonist: The Art of Nancy Spero , 1993
Select: Woman as Protagonist: The Art of Nancy Spero, 1993 1 Videocassettes (D-2)Best copy Scope and Contents Documentary film about Nancy Spero's life and artwork, narrated by Golub and Spero, providing a retrospective look at Spero's career from the late 1940s-1990s.
Woman as Protagonist: The Art of Nancy Spero, Copies, 1993
Select: Woman as Protagonist: The Art of Nancy Spero, Copies, 1993 2 Videocassettes (VHS)Duplicate copies, poorer quality
Compilation and Video Anthology, 1998 January 12, 2004
Select: Compilation and Video Anthology, 1998 January 12, 2004 1 Videocassettes (Hi8)Media label: "Spectacolor-Do It; Woman as Protagonist; Patsy Scala; Homage to Ana Mendieta; War & Memory; Pompidou. 2 hrs." Includes born-digital records, see ER01-ER04.
Compilation and Video Anthology, Copy , 1998
Select: Compilation and Video Anthology, Copy , 1998 1 Videocassettes (VHS)Copy. Media label: "Nancy Spero Video Compilation"
Video Anthology, Part 1. Digital Video Recording, 1990-2004
Select: Video Anthology, Part 1. Digital Video Recording, 1990-2004 1.97 GigabytesOne computer file Scope and Contents Films included: Smith College, 1990; Do It, 1995; L'Envol, 1995; Nancy Spero in Egypt, 1998.
Video Anthology, Part 2. Digital Video Recording, 1991-2004
Select: Video Anthology, Part 2. Digital Video Recording, 1991-2004 2.17 GigabytesOne computer file Scope and Contents Films included: Madrid_Spain, 1991; Whitney Biennial, 1993; This Womb..., 1986; Dresden-Germany, 1998.
Video Anthology, Part 3. Digital Video Recording, 1993-2004
Select: Video Anthology, Part 3. Digital Video Recording, 1993-2004 2.69 GigabytesOne computer file Scope and Contents Films included: Woman as Protagonist, The Art of Nancy Spero, 1993; Homage to Ana Mendieta, 1993; Nancy Spero in the NYC Subway, 2003.
Video Anthology, Part 4. Digital Video Recording, 1973-2004
Select: Video Anthology, Part 4. Digital Video Recording, 1973-2004 2.75 GigabytesOne computer file Scope and Contents Films included: War and Memory, 1994; Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland, 1993; The Art of Nancy Spero by Patsy Scala, 1973.
Documentaries
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The Art of Nancy Spero by Patsy Scala, 1973
Select: The Art of Nancy Spero by Patsy Scala, 1973 1 Film reel16mm Scope and Contents Documentary short film about Nancy Spero's "Codex Artaud" works, directed by Patsy Scala. Spero discusses how the work of Avante Garde figure Antonin Artaud inspired these works, her overall artistic process when creating them, as well as the materials she used. Spero's sons, Phillip and Stephen Golub, contribute music and a reading of Artaud's work in French.
The Art of Nancy Spero by Patsy Scala (copy), 1973
Select: The Art of Nancy Spero by Patsy Scala (copy), 1973 1 Videocassettes (VHS)Copy
Leon Golub and Nancy Spero: Artists Dedicated to Human Rights , 1993 May 6
Select: Leon Golub and Nancy Spero: Artists Dedicated to Human Rights, 1993 May 6 1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Nancy Spero in Ihrem New Yorker Studio , 1991
Select: Nancy Spero in Ihrem New Yorker Studio, 1991 1 Videocassettes (VHS) Scope and Contents Short documentary film by German filmmaker Jacqueline Kaess-Farquet. Kaess-Farquet interviews Nancy Spero at her studio in New York City while Spero works. Interview is overdubbed in German.
Nancy Spero in Ihrem New Yorker Studio, Rough Cut, 1991
Select: Nancy Spero in Ihrem New Yorker Studio, Rough Cut, 1991 1 Videocassettes (VHS) Scope and Contents Rough cut without German overdubs
Nancy Spero in Ihrem New Yorker Studio, Copies, 1991
Select: Nancy Spero in Ihrem New Yorker Studio, Copies, 1991 2 Videocassettes (VHS)Duplicates; poor quality
Obituary, 2009
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Passports, and Membership and Vaccination Cards, 1950-2006
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Phone Numbers and Messages, circa 2000s
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School and Miscellaneous Family Records, circa 1980s
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