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Paul Ryan papers, 1931-2009

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Series 4: Organizational Records, 1968-1996
1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 10-11, 20, OV 21

Organizational records include writings, correspondence, printed material, financial records, grant proposals, and other records concerning various organizations, collectives, and companies in which Ryan participated, mostly having to do with environmental advocacy, video production, or a combination of the two. Organizations with substantial records in this series include the Earth Environmental Group, the Earthscore Foundation, Environment '89 (and '90, '91, and '92), the Gaia Institute, Raindance Corporation, Responsive Environments Corporation, and Space Videoarts.
Documentation of the organization the Earthscore Foundation includes financial records, by-laws, writings, grant proposals, and printed material. Writings outline Ryan's Earthscore Notational System, among other projects. Grant proposals also contain significant description of the organization's projects. Gaia Institute records include mainly writings and notes, including a proposal for a conference series, "Professionals for the Earth."
Raindance Corporation records include a partial transcript of a 1970 interview with Ryan, excerpts of which appeared in the 2nd issue of
Radical Software
magazine, an essay about the video "Supermarket," flyers, lists of Raindance video productions, and exhibition announcements from a 1991 retrospective at the Whitney museum. A single contact sheet is unlabeled but contains photographs of Ryan, Buckminster Fuller, and possibly David Cort and Ira Schneider.
Responsive Environments Corporation records contain notes and writings produced by Ryan on potential commercial and educational uses for video, written in 1968 and 1969. Space Videoarts records include correspondence, financial records, grant proposals for start up funding, and a proposal for an ecological cable channel written by Ryan which is an early iteration of his work on what he later called eco-channel design.
Series is arranged alphabetically by organization name. Additional Raindance Corporation is filed in series 7, Printed Materials. Additional material related to Earthscore and other environmental organizations is found in series 3, Writings, and series 5, Project files.
Description Container Select
Earth Environmental Group, circa 1975-1992
10
36-37
Earthscore Foundation
Bank Records, 1974-1976, 1984
10
38-39
By-Laws, circa 1974, 1976
10
40
Correspondence, circa 1974-1982
10
41
Environmental Education Programs, circa 1984-1996
See also series 6, Teaching Files
10
42
Grant Proposals, circa 1974-1976
10
43-44
Grant Proposals, circa 1983-1986
10
45-46
Insurance, 1975-1977
10
47
Notebook, circa 1976
10
48
Poster and Clipping, 1975
Oversized poster moved to OV 21.
10
49
Receipts, 1974-1976
11
1
Tax Records, 1975-1985
11
2
Writings, circa 1973-1992
11
3-5
Environment '89 - Environment '92, 1989-1991
11
6-7
Frisco Bay Mussel Group, 1977
11
8
Gaia Institute
Correspondence and Writings, 1985-1987
11
9
Formalizing Statement, 1985
11
10
Gaia Curriculum Notes, 1985
11
11
Notes, 1986-1987
11
12-14
Printed Material, circ 1985-1994
Oversized material in Box 20.
11
15
Professionals for the Earth Proposal, 1986
11
16
Hudson Valley Meetings, 1986-1987
11
17
Multimedia Access and Study Center (Kingston, NY), 1995
11
18
Raindance Corporation
See also series 7, Printed Materials.
Flyers and Catalogs, 1970-1991
11
19
Photographs (contact sheet), circa 1970
11
20
"Supermarket" Essay, circa 1983
11
21
"Techniques" Interview with Paul Ryan, 1970
11
22
Responsive Environments Corporation, 1968-1969
11
23
Space Videoarts, 1971-1973
11
24-25
Oversized Gaia Institute Printed Material from Box 11, folder 15
20
Oversized Earthscore Poster from Box 10, folder 49
OV 21

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