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Series 1: Biographical Material, 1955-2007
1.05 Linear feet
Box 1, 16, 21

Biographical material includes an undated address book, and day planners and desk calendars dating from 1966 to 1988; photocopies of airplanes hand drawn by Hughes in the circa 1950s; awards, honorary degrees, and a 1955 report card; announcements from Robert Hughes' 1963 exhibition of paintings in Australia; 2003 and 2008 New York Public Library reading room appointment cards; a sample of Hughes' stationary and business cards; sound recordings including a computer training session, a 1990s Hip Hop and R&B mix tape, and a mix tape featuring songs by The Prodigy; a 1992 National Gallery of Australia Quantas Tenth Birthday Lecture scrapbook; Hughes' 1997 and 2007 curriculum vitae; and digital and typed drafts of Hughes' memoirs, two focusing on a 1988 Bali trip and the death of Roger Hughes.
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Address Book, undated
16
1
Airplane Drawings, Photocopies, circa 1950s
1
1
Awards and Honorary Degrees, 1984-1988
1
2
Computer Training, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
21
1
Curriculum Vitae, 1994, 2007
1
3
Day Planners, 1966
16
2
Day Planners, 1976
1
4
Day Planners, 1977
1
5
Day Planners, 1978
1
6
Day Planners, 1980
16
3
Day Planners, 1981
16
5
Day Planners, 1982
16
4
Day Planners, 1986
1
7
Day Planners, 1987
1
8
Day Planners, 1988
16
6
Day Planners, 1988
16
7
Day Planners, 1989
1
9
Day Planners, Loose Material, undated
1
10
Desk Calendars, 1981
1
11
Desk Calendars, 1982
1
12
Desk Calendars, 1983
1
13
Desk Calendars, 1985
1
14
Desk Calendars, 1986
1
15
Memoirs, Bali Trip, 1988
1
16
Memoirs, Death of Roger Hughes, undated
1
17
Memoirs, Digital Files, circa 2005
1
18
Memoirs, Drafts, undated
1
19
Memoirs, Drafts, undated
1
20
Memoirs, Drafts, undated
1
21
Mix Tape: Hip Hop and R&B, Sound Recording, circa 1990s
1 Sound cassette
21
2
Mix Tape: The Prodigy, Sound Recording, circa 1990s
1 Sound cassette
21
3
National Gallery of Australia Quantas Tenth Birthday Lecture Scrapbook, 1992
1
22
NYPL Reading Room Appointment Cards, 2003, 2008
1
23
Robert Hughes Exhibition Announcements, 1963
1
24
Report Card, 1955
1
25
Stationery and Business Cards, undated
1
26
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Series 2: Correspondence, 1952-2012
1.4 Linear feet
Box 1-2, 21

Correspondence includes letters, emails, and postcards from personal and professional contacts, including friends, family, colleagues, and fans. Although Hughes' personal and professional lives often intersected, materials are arranged in their original order, personal and professional correspondence.

2.1

Correspondence, Personal, 1952-2012
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1, 21
Personal correspondence includes letters; emails; and postcards from friends, family, including his sister, Constance Crisp, and his first wife, Danne Emerson, fans, and colleagues. Hughes maintained both personal and professional relationships with authors, journalists, publishers, artists, and other notable figures in the art and literary worlds including Robert Motherwell, John Julius Norwich, Simon Watson Taylor, Avignor Arikha, and Delfina Rattazzi. Also included are letters of support from friends and fans regarding Hughes' 1999 near fatal car crash. Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Description Container
A, undated
1
27
Avigdor and Anne Arikha, 1974-1983
1
28
C, 1973, undated
1
29
Car Crash, Letters From Friends [1], 1999-2001
1
30
Car Crash, Letters From Friends [2], 1999-2001
1
31
Car Crash, Letters From Friends [3], 1999-2001
1
32
Car Crash, Letters From Strangers, 1999-2000
1
33
Joe Collard, 1975-1980, undated
1
34
Constance Crisp, 1978-2009, undated
1
35
D, 1969, undated
1
36
Geoff Dutton, 1968, 1987-1995
1
37
E, circa 1976
1
38
F, 1988, undated
1
39
H, 1988-1989, undated
1
40
Robert Hughes, 1969-1996, undated
1
41
J, undated
1
42
K, undated
1
43
Tony (Lark) Larkins, 1952-1989, undated
1
44
M, 1970, undated
1
45
Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant, 1989, 1992, undated
1
46
Robert Motherwell, 1978-1986
1
47
N, undated
1
48
John Julius Norwich, 1987-2003
1
49
O, circa 1969
1
50
P, 1957, 1967, undated
1
51
R, undated
1
52
Delfina Rattazzi, 1981, undated
2
1
Barbara Rose, circa 1970, 1978, undated
2
2
S, 1967-1988, undated
2
3
Robert Storr, 1995, 2001
2
4
T, undated
2
5
Simon Watson Taylor, undated
2
6
Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull, 1979, 1989-2002
2
7
Unknown Sender, 1973, undated
2
8
V, 1975, undated
2
9
W, 1968, 1972
2
10
1960s, 1962-1969
2
11
1970s, 1970-1979
2
12
1980s [1], 1980-1984
2
13
1980s [2], 1985-1989
2
14
1990s [1], 1990-1992
2
15
1990s [2], 1993-1999
2
16
2000s, 2000-2009
2
17
2010s, 2011-2012
2
18

2.2

Correspondence, Professional, 1966-2012
0.9 Linear feet
Box 2, 17, 21-22
Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Professional correspondence includes letters, emails, and postcards from colleagues, artists, authors, historians, publishers, editors, lawyers, museum curators and directors, and other notable figures in the art and literary worlds. Correspondents of note include Ansel Adams, Frank Auerbach, R.B. Kitaj, William (Bill) Rubin, Lorna Pegram, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, John Updike, Norman Foster, and Sean Scully. Also included are a sound recording of a letter sent to Hughes in response to one of his publications, and letters sent in response to his writings, "Even the Vicar Hunts," "Art, Morals, and Politics," and "Why Americans Shouldn't Kill Cultural Funding." Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Description Container
A, 1966-1993, undated
2
19
Brian Adams, 1974-1982, undated
2
20
Frank Auerbach, 1985-1992
2
21
B, 1966-1998, undated
2
22
C, 1969-1993, undated
2
23
D, 1990, 2004, undated
2
24
Nuria de Miguel, Museo del Prado, 2010
2
25
E, 1978
2
26
Email Correspondence Re Susan Mitchell, 2000-2003
2
27
F, 1969-1990, undated
2
28
R.H. From K.F., Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
21
4
Norman Foster, 2004
2
29
Donald Friend, 1965, 1987-1989, 2004
2
30
G, 1974-1997
2
31
Henry Grunwald, 1976-1981, 2003, undated
2
32
H, undated
2
33
Gabrielle Henkel, 1983-1990, undated
2
34
Michael Heyward, 1992, 2003-2004
2
35
Howard Hodgkin and Antony Peattie, 1990-1991, undated
2
36
Robert Hughes, 1970-2004, undated
2
37
J, 1970, 1976, undated
2
38
Julian Jebb, 1968-1969, 1974, 1978
2
39
K, 1987, undated
2
40
R.B. Kitaj, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1995
2
41
L, 1969, 1981, undated
2
42
Letters From Unknonwn Senders, 2006, undated
2
43
Letters Re "Even The Vicar Hunts" Article, 1966-1968
2
44
Letters Re Mapplethorpe Essay and "Art, Morals and Politics" Article, 1992
2
45
M, 1973-2005, undated
2
46
John McDonald, 1990-1991
2
47
N, 1970, undated
2
48
P, 2002-2004, undated
2
49
Lorna Pegram, 1975-1981, undated
2
50
R, 1975, undated
2
51
Responses to "Why America Shouldn't Kill Cultural Funding", 1995
2
52
Norman Rosenthal, 1990-1991
2
53
William (Bill) Rubin, 1986, undated
2
54
John Russell, 1981-1988, undated
2
55
S, 1972-2000, undated
2
56
Sean Scully, 1989
2
57
T, 1980
2
58
V, 1975-2005
2
59
W, 1982, undated
2
60
Y, undated
2
61
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Series 3: Interviews, 1971-2006
0.64 Linear feet
Box 2, 17, 21-22

Interviews include sound and video recordings, transcripts, and clippings related to interviews of Hughes or Hughes conducting interviews, dating between 1971 and 2006. Interviewers and interviewees of note include Michael Ainslie, Tom Armstrong, Carlos Castaneda, Nancy Graves, Louis Kahn, Colin Lanceley, William Rubin, and Albert Speer. Some of the interviews were conducted for television programs including "60 Minutes," "Late Review," and "Lateline."
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60 Minutes, Video Recording, 1997
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
1
Michael Ainslie, Sotheby's, 11/8/89, Sound Recording, 1989
1 Sound cassette
21
5
Tom Armstrong (Whitney), Art Market Story, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
21
6
Carlos Castaneda, Interview In Los Angeles, 13/5/71, Sound Recording, 1971
1 Sound cassette
21
7
Carlos Castaneda, 16 May 71, Sound Recording, 1971
1 Sound cassette
21
8
P. de Montebello on 1/11/89, Sotheby's, Art Market, 8 Museums, Sound Recording, 1989
1 Sound cassette
21
10
Nancy Graves, 19 Mar 84, Sound Recording, 1984
1 Sound cassette
21
11
Nancy Graves, May 1986, Sound Recording, 1986
1 Sound cassette
21
12
Dieter Honisch, National Gallery, Berlin, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
21
13
Interview Evening #5, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
21
9
Interview with Michael Romer, 1987
2
62
Interviews with Robert Hughes, Transcripts and Clippings [1], 1977-1995
2
63
Interviews with Robert Hughes, Transcripts and Clippings [2], 1977-1995
2
64
Louis Kahn, Architect, Interview in Philadelphia with R.H., Dec. 21, 1972, Sound Recording, 1972
1 Sound cassette
21
14
Colin Lanceley, 14 Nov. 1986, Sound Recording, 1986
1 Sound cassette
21
15
Late Review, Video Recording, 1996 July 11
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
2
Lateline, Holding Onto What We've Got, Video Recording, 1998
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
3
Masterpiece Special 1997, Andrea Stretton Meets Robert Hughes, Video Recording, 1997
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
4
Louise Nevelson, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
21
16
Robert Hughes Interviewed by L. Bartlett of ABC Radio, 2000
2
65
Mitt Rosenberg, 10/31/06, Sound Recording, 2006
1 Sound cassette
21
17
William Rubin, April 18, 1983, Sound Recording, 1983
1 Sound cassette
21
18
Albert Speer, Heidelberg 1979, Sound Recording, 1979
1 Sound cassette
21
19
Steinberg (3), Sound Recording, circa 1978
1 Sound cassette
22
1
Steinberg, April 4, 1978, (5+6), Sound Recording, 1978
1 Sound cassette
22
2
Studs w/Robert Hughes 1/30/87, Sound Recording, 1987
1 Sound cassette
22
3
Trip to Germany, Unidentified Person and Robert Hughes, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
4
Unidentified Person and Robert Hughes, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
5
Unidentified Person and Robert Hughes, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
6
Unidentified Person and Robert Hughes, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
7
Unidentified Person and Robert Hughes, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
8
Unidentified Person and Robert Hughes, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
9
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Series 4: Journals, circa 1970-1987
2.05 Linear feet
Box 1, 3-4, 23

Journals include sound recordings that document Hughes' travels throughout Asia and Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, including Tokyo, Barcelona, Leningrad, and Venice. While in Tokyo in 1987, Hughes was interviewed by Peter Graves and Michael Heyward. Also included are journal excerpts from the circa 1970s that document Hughes' personal life, including his experimentation with illicit drugs.
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1987 Diary, Sound Recording, 1987
1 Sound cassette
22
10
Aphors, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
11
Arrival In Tokyo, Robert Hughes Interviewed by Peter Graves and Michael Heyward, Sound Recording, 1987
1 Sound cassette
22
12
Barcelona, Sound Recording, 1985
1 Sound cassette
22
13
Irish/Aboli/Abol II, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
14
Jani (2); Jan II (2)/Lanci/Lanc# (3), Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
15
Jarad 5/11, Broome, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassettes (microcassette)
22
16
Journal, Leningrad-Venice, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
17
Journal, Leningrad-Venice, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
18
Journal - Japan 1982, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
22
19
May I (0-70) May II, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
1
Tape 3/Jun III, Sound Recording, 1985
1 Sound cassette
23
2
Excerpts, circa 1970s
2
66
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Series 5: Writings, 1960-2009
2.05 Linear feet
Box 1, 3-4, 23

Writings include draft essays, articles, and manuscripts; lectures, speeches, and sound recordings of lectures including Hughes on Picasso and the 1974 Tom Albright lecture series; notes; notebooks including Hughes' research on the Chinese Opium Wars, Freud, Japan, and the MET; bibliographies; catalog introductions; a circa 2010 essay and outline on Rome; an annotated map of the Caribbean; and poetry written by Hughes. Many articles were published in TIME Magazine and included topics related to art theft and the art market, post-modern architecture, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Hughes' lectures included convocation and keynote speeches, Lee Krasner's obituary speech, and numerous talks given at exhibition openings, fundraisers, symposiums, and other art and literary events around the world.
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Annotated Map of Caribbean Islands, undated
2
67
Avigdor Arikha Articles, 1974-1985, undated
2
68
Draft Articles, 1976-1978
2
69
Draft Articles, Post-Modernist Architecture (Time), circa 1984
2
70
Draft Articles, "The Art of the Quilt", undated
2
71
Drafts, 1990, 2000, undated
3
1
Drafts, "Anatomy of a Masterpiece", 1974
3
2
Drafts and Research Files Regarding Art Theft, 1963, 1990-1991
3
3
Drafts, "Antiques From the Tomb: The Antiques Market", 1973
3
4
Drafts, "Art Theft", undated
3
5
Drafts, "Culture in the Papal Manner", 1983
3
6
Drafts, "Cyanide Martini", undated
3
7
Drafts, "Flipping the Wig", undated
3
8
Drafts, "Las Meninas", undated
3
9
Drafts, "Looking Back on Sert", undated
3
10
Drafts, "Lucien Frend", 1986
3
11
Drafts, Louis Kahn Article, undated
3
12
Drafts, Milton Glaser Article, 1974
3
13
Drafts, Rauschenberg Cover, 1976
3
14
Drafts, Robert Hughes for Chris Porterfield, undated
3
15
Drafts, "The Case for Dali", 2004
3
16
Drafts, "The Other Wyeth's Other Wyeths, undated
3
17
Drafts, "Who wants to Watch It Anyway?", 1994
3
18
Draft Essay and Notes Re Longleat, undated
3
19
Draft Essay Re Americans Wanting "Good News", undated
3
20
Draft Essay Re Colombia, undated
3
21
Draft Essay Re Doris Catching the Tuna, undated
3
22
Draft Re National Galleries, undated
3
23
Draft Essay Re NEA, undated
3
24
Draft Essay Re Puratin Influence on America, undated
3
25
Draft Essay Re Shelter Island Fishing, undated
3
26
Draft Essay Re Xavier Corbero, undated
3
27
Draft Essays, 2007, undated
3
28
Draft Essays, undated
3
29
Draft Essays, Fragments and Notes, undated
3
30
Draft Essays, "Leaving School", undated
3
31
Draft Essays Re Lourdes, undated
3
32
Draft Essays Re Mojacar, undated
3
33
Draft Essays Re September 11 and Terrorism, circa 2001
3
34
Draft Fragments, circa 1977
3
35
Draft Manuscript Re Frank Auerbach, undated
3
36
Draft Manuscripts [1], undated
3
37
Draft Manuscripts [2], undated
3
38
Essays, "Chateau Tahbilk and the Nineteenth Century Functional Tradition in Australia", undated
3
39
Essays, "The Baroque Asthetic of Design", 1960
3
40
La Llotja De Mar: Un Simbol De La Grandesa De Barcelona, Sr. Robert Hughes, 21/02/02, Sound Recording, 2002
1 Sound cassette
23
3
Lectures, "About Being Australian", undated
3
41
Lectures, Abstract Expressionism, 1982
3
42
Lectures, "A Cool Eye on Hot Art", undated
3
43
Lectures, "American Newness", undated
3
44
Lectures, "Andrew and Helga: A Modern Affair:, 1988
3
45
Lectures, Anti-Defamation League Dinner Speech, 1993
3
46
Lectures, "Architecture: Utopia", undated
3
47
Lectures, Art and Politics, undated
3
48
Lectures, Australian and American Landscape, undated
3
49
Lectures, Australian National Trust, undated
3
50
Lectures, Barcelona, 1992
4
1
Lectures, Barcelona: Art and Culture, undated
4
2
Lectures, Commencement Day Speech in Minnesota, 1987
4
3
Lectures, Commencement Speech S.V.A., undated
4
4
Lectures, Convocation Address at the Royal College of Art, 1990
4
5
Lectures, "Creativity: The Leading Edge", 1986
4
6
Lectures, "Distinguished Lectures on American Art and Culture of the Twentieth Century", 1985
4
7
Lectures, Drafts, undated
4
8
Lectures, IBM Conference Keynote Speech, 1988
4
9
Lectures, "In Defense of What is Priceless", 2009
4
10
Lectures, "In What Sense is Culture in the National Interest", undated
4
11
Lectures, ISPA Kenote Speech, 1997
4
12
Lectures, I.T.T. Conferences, 1989
4
13
Lectures, Kennedy Center Reading, 1994
4
14
Lectures, "Landscape of Pleasure", undated
4
15
Lectures, "Letter to an Arab Friend", circa 2000s
4
16
Lectures, Lunchtime Talk to Whitney Donors, undated
4
17
Lectures, "Lunchtime Talk: Time Advertises", 1988
4
18
Lectures, Nancy Nelso Digital File, undated
4
19
Lectures, "The Mona Lisa Curse", undated
4
20
Lectures, Monuments, undated
4
21
Lectures, Oz-U.S., undated
4
22
Lectures, Paula Rego, 2005
4
23
Lectures, Picasso Exhibition, undated
4
24
Lectures, Realism/Winslow Homer, undated
4
25
Lectures, "Recent Australian Art", 1986
4
26
Lectures, "Reflections on English Art", 1988
4
27
Lectures, Royal Academy of the Arts, 2003-2004
4
28
Lectures, Remarks for "Second Sight: Biennial TV" SFMMA Symposium, undated
4
29
Lectures, "Signs of the 80s", 1989
4
30
Lectures, "Some Good Art", undated
4
31
Lectures, Spain, undated
4
32
Lectures, "State Library Address", 1990
4
33
Lectures, State Patronage Kennedy Lecture, undated
4
34
Lectures, "The Culture of Complaint", 1992
4
35
Lectures, "The Decline of the City of Mahogany, undated
4
36
Lectures, "The Faces of Power: Art and Politics", undated
4
37
Lectures, The Frick Collection, 2004
4
38
Lectures, "The Making of Reputations", 1986
4
39
Lectures, "The NEA" Keynote Speech at MIT, 1993
4
40
Lectures, "The Public Patron: Drafting a Mandate for a Federal Arts Agency", 1993
4
41
Lectures, "Toast to Motherwell", undated
4
42
Lectures, "The Uneasy Alliance: Art and Architecture in the Late Twentieth Century", 1986
4
43
Lectures, "Unveiling of Lucian Freud's 'Skewblald Mare, 2004'", 2004
4
44
Lectures, "Welcome, Fellow Chardonnay Swilling Elitists", 1996
4
45
Lectures, "What's A Museum For?", 1992
4
46
Lectures, "William Dobell" Lecture Transcript, undated
4
47
Lee Krasner Obituary Speech, 1984
4
48
Nancy Graves, 1984-1986, undated
4
49
Notebooks, undated
4
50
Notebooks, undated
4
51
Notebooks, circa 1995
4
52
Notebooks, Chinese Opium Wars, undated
4
53
Notebooks, Freud (Photocopy), 1986
4
54
Notebooks, Japan, undated
4
55
Notebooks, MET, undated
4
56
Notes, undated
4
57
Poetry by Robert Hughes, undated
4
58
Poetry Center, Australian Lit., 11/21/88, KCH, Sound Recording, 1988
1 Sound cassette
23
4
Robert Hughes, City Arts + Lectures, 10 Nov. 03, Sound Recording, 2003
1 Sound cassette
23
5
Robert Hughes on Picasso, Sound Recording, 1980
1 Sound cassette
23
6
Robert Hughes on Picasso, Sound Recording, 1980
1 Sound cassette
23
7
Rome, Bibliography and List of Illustrations, circa 2010
4
59
Rome, Essays and Outline, circa 2010
4
60
Speech Given at Opening of Robert Hughes Art Exhibition, undated
4
61
Suggested Edits for Article, "Face to Face", 1990
4
62
Tom Albright Lecture Series: Wayne Thiebaud, 10/23/1974, Sound Recording, 1974
1 Sound cassette
23
8
Unidentified Catalogue Introduction, circa 1960s
4
63
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Series 6: Project Files, 1961-circa 2008
7.74 Linear feet
Box 5-9, 13-20, 23

The bulk of the collection, project files include sound and video recordings related to Hughes' publications and documentary television series and films; reviews, clippings, and clippings scrapbooks; correspondence; draft manuscripts, program scripts, outlines, and lectures; schedules; interview transcripts; photographs and negatives; handwritten and typed notes; notebooks; contracts and agreements; and digital files. Projects include the first and only episode of "20/20" featuring Robert Hughes as a co-host in the late 1970s, "American Visions," "The Shock of the New," "Beyond the Fatal Shore," "Florence: After the Flood," "Nothing If Not Critcal," and Hughes' 2006 memoir, "Things I Didn't Know."
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20/20
Clippings, 1978, 1997
4
64
Extension 72, 5/5/97, Robert Hughes, Inner Visions, Sound Recording, 1997
1 Sound cassette
23
10
First Program Digital Video Recording, circa 1978
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
4
65
Show 1, Video Recording, 1979
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
19
5
A Jerk on One End
Clippings, 1999
4
66
Correspondence, 1999
4
67
Draft Manuscript, circa 1999
4
68
"America's Reconstruction" Rough Cut (Curtis Fox), Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
9
American Visions
Clippings, 1994-1997
5
1
Clippings, 1995-1997
5
2
Clippings, 1996-2001
5
3
Clippings, 1997
5
4
Correspondence, 1981-1996
5
5
Drafts, Program 2, "The Republic of Virtue", 1980
5
6
Photographs and Negatives, circa 1990s
5
7
Programme 2 "The Promised Land," Video Recording, 1996
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
5
Programme 3, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
6
Programme 3 UK Version, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
7
Programme 5, Video Recording, 1996
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
8
Programme 6, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
9
Programme 7, Video Recording, 1996
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
10
Programme 8, Video Recording, 1996
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
11
Programme 8, Video Recording, 1996
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
12
Program Scripts, 1983-1989
5
8
Program Scripts, 1986-1994
5
9
Proposal and Outline, 1980
5
10
Reviews, 1997
5
11
Schedule, 1993
5
12
Barcelona
Clippings, 1992-1993
5
13
Clippings Scrapbook, 1991-1992
5
14
Correspondence, 1987-2003
5
15
Draft Manuscripts [1], 1991
5
16
Draft Manuscripts [2], 1991
5
17
Draft Manuscripts [3], 1991
5
18
Draft Manuscripts [4], 1991
5
19
Draft Manuscripts [5], 1991
5
20
Essay, 2007
5
21
German Interview Transcript, 1992
5
22
Handwritten Notes, circa 1990s-circa2000s
5
23
Loose Pages on Barcelona/Architecture/the Gothic Church, circa 1990s-circa2000s
5
24
Typed Notes, circa 1990s-circa2000s
5
25
Bernini
Contracts, 1977-1978
5
26
Digital Video Recordings, 1983
4 Electronic discs (DVD)
5
27
Part 1, Video Recording, 1983
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
20
2
Part 2, Video Recording, 1983
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
20
3
Reviews, 1977
5
28
Roll 1, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
19
6
Roll 2, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
19
7
Roll 3, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
20
1
Script, 1976
5
29
Beyond the Fatal Shore
"A Good Country is Hard to Find," Scripts and Notes, 1999
5
30
Body and Soul, Video Recording, 2000
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
17
13
"Class," Scripts, 2000
5
31
Clippings, 1995-1997
6
1
Clippings, 2000
6
2
Correspondence, 1983-1997
6
3
Correspondence Re Scheduling, 2000
6
4
"Immigration: The Wave of the Future," Scripts, 2000
6
5
"Immigrants," Draft of Final Script, 1999-2000
6
6
Interviews and Commentary, 2000
6
7
Migrants, Script, 1999
6
8
Money, Class, and Power, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
2
Outline, 1997
6
9
Outline for a Television Series, 1983
6
10
Oxford Television Company Contract, 1999
6
11
Photographs, 1999-circa 2002
6
12
Programme 5, Indigenous, Video Recording, 1999
18
1
Post Production Script, circa 2000
6
13
Reviews, 2000-2002
6
14
Scripts, 2000
6
15
Synopses, circa 2000s
6
16
The Dead Heart, Video Recording, 2000
18
3
The Long Goodbye, Video Recording, 2000
18
4
"War and Peace," Script, 2001
6
17
Colin Lancely Catalog
[1], 1980-1989
6
18
[2], 1980-1989
6
19
Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America
Article, 1992
6
20
Clippings Scrapbook, 1993
6
21
Correspondence, 1991-1993
6
22
German Interview Transcripts, 1994
6
23
Lectures, 1991-1993
6
24
Lecture Expanded, 1993
6
25
Original Manuscript [1], 1993
6
26
Original Manuscript [2], 1993
6
27
Reviews, 1992-1994
6
28
Reviews, 1994
6
29
Digital Files, circa 1980s-circa 1990s
6
30
Florence: After the Flood
Florence: After the Flood, Video Recording, 2000
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
5
Florence: After the Flood, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
20
4
Goya
Clippings and Reviews, 1988, 2002-2005
7
1
Clippings scrapbook, 2003-2009
13
1
Contracts, 2001
7
2
Correspondence, 1987-2003
7
3
Goya: Crazy Like a Genius, Video Recording, 2002
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
18
6
Lectures, circa 2003
7
4
Original Manuscript [1], 2003
7
5
Original Manuscript [2], 2003
7
6
Original Manuscript [3], 2003
7
7
Heaven and Hell in Western Art
Clippings, 1972-1974
7
8
Clippings and Reviews, 1960-1968
7
9
Correspondence, 1968
7
10
Draft Manuscript, 1968
7
11
Notes and Lecture Notecards, circa 1968
7
12
Scripts For Television, 1966-1967
7
13
Nothing If Not Critical
Clippings, 1990
7
14
Correspondence, 1990-1993
7
15
Part I: Ancestors, Drafts, 1979-1989
7
16
Part II: Nineteenth Century, Drafts, 1981-1988
7
17
Part III: Into Modernism, Drafts, 1979
7
18
Part IV: Europeans, Drafts, 1961-1987
7
19
Part V: Americans, Drafts, 1978-1989
7
20
Part VI: Contemporaries, Drafts, 1978-1984
7
21
Part VI: Julian Schnabel, Drafts, Clippings, Printed Material, 1982-1987
7
22
Part VI: Last Sections, Drafts, 1979-1989
7
23
Part VI: The Sohoiad: Or, The Masque of Art, 1984
7
24
Reviews, 1990-1992
7
25
Selected Essays on Art and Artists, Uncorrected Proof, 1990
7
26
Rome
Draft Manuscript [1 of 11], circa 2010
8
1
Draft Manuscript [2 of 11], circa 2010
8
2
Draft Manuscript [3 of 11], circa 2010
8
3
Draft Manuscript [4 of 11], circa 2010
8
4
Draft Manuscript [5 of 11], circa 2010
8
5
Draft Manuscript [6 of 11], circa 2010
8
6
Draft Manuscript [7 of 11], circa 2010
8
7
Draft Manuscript [8 of 11], circa 2010
8
8
Draft Manuscript [9 of 11], circa 2010
8
9
Draft Manuscript [10 of 11], circa 2010
8
10
Draft Manuscript [11 of 11], circa 2010
8
11
Draft Manuscript, Chapters 1-4 [1], circa 2010
8
12
Draft Manuscript, Chapters 1-4 [2], circa 2010
8
13
Notebook, circa 2010
8
14
Reviews, 2011
8
15
Rubens
Cassette 1 of 2, Video Recording, 1977
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
20
5
Cassette 2 of 2, Video Recording, 1977
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
20
6
Digital Video Recording, undated
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
8
16
Reviews, 1977
8
17
Scripts and Schedules, 1977
8
18
The Art of Australia
Clippings and Correspondence, 1966
8
19
Draft Manuscripts [1], circa 1966
8
20
Draft Manuscripts [2], circa 1966
8
21
Draft Manuscripts [3], circa 1966
8
22
Draft Manuscripts, circa 1966
9
1
Draft Manuscripts, circa 1966
9
2
Draft Manuscripts, circa 1966
9
3
Draft Manuscripts, circa 1966
9
4
Draft Manuscripts, circa 1966
9
5
The Pacific
Outlines, circa 2001
9
6
The Shock of the New
BBC Contracts and Agreements, 1976-1977
9
7
Blurb, circa 1981
9
8
Bound Scripts [1 of 4], circa 1980-circa1981
15
1
Bound Scripts [2 of 4], circa 1980-circa1981
15
2
Bound Scripts [3 of 4], circa 1980-circa 1981
15
3
Bound Scripts [4 of 4], circa 1980-circa 1981
15
4
Clippings Scrapbook, 1980-1981
14
1
Clippings Scrapbook, 1980
14
2
Clippings Scrapbook, 1981
14
3
Correspondence, 1974-1981
9
9
Correspondence and Contracts, 1979-1980
9
10
Correspondence Re Lantz Office, 1978-1980
9
11
Correspondence Re Production, circa 1980
9
12
Culture As Nature, Synopsis, circa 1981
9
13
Discerning Eye, Interview, circa 1981
9
14
Episode 1: The Mechanical Paradise, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
7
Episode 2: The Shapes of Dissent (The Powers That Be), Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
8
Episode 3: The Landscape of Pleasure, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
9
Episode 3: The Landscape of Pleasure, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
13
Episode 4: Trouble in Utopia, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
10
Episode 4: Trouble in Utopia, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
19
1
Episode 5: Threshold of Liberty, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
11
Episode 6: The View From the Edge, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
18
12
Episode 6: The View From the Edge, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
19
2
Episode 7: Culture As Nature, Video Recording, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
19
3
Filming Schedules, 1979-1980
9
15
Itineraries and Invitation Lists, 1981
9
16
"Modernism" - The Russells Synopsis, circa 1981
9
17
Notes on Experience of Shooting, circa 1981
9
18
Photographs of Robert Hughes, circa 1981
9
19
Post Production Scripts, 1981
9
20
Program Materials, 1981
9
21
Programme 9, Centre and Edge Track, Motion Picture Film, undated
1 Film reel
16mm
7 inch
FC 24
Programme 9, Digital Video Recording, circa 1981
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
9
22
Programme 9, Motion Picture Film, undated
1 Film reel
16mm
7 inch
FC 25
Reviews, 1980-1981
9
23
Synopsis, Notes, circa 1981
9
24
The Future That Was, Synopsis, circa 1981
9
25
The Landscape of Pleasure, Synopsis, circa 1981
9
26
The Mechanical Paradise, Synopsis, Interviews, 1978-circa 1981
9
27
The Threshold of Liberty, Synopsis, Interviews, Transcripts, circa 1981
9
28
The View From the Edge, Interviews, Transcripts, circa 1981
9
29
Trailer Script, circa 1981
9
30
Trouble In Eutopia, Synopsis, Post Production Script, circa 1981
9
31
TV Guide, 1981
9
32
UK Promotion, 1980
9
33
Things I Didn't Know
Clippings, Correspondence, and Media Itinerary, 2005-2006
9
34
Visions of Space
Antoni Gaudi, UK TX Version, Video Recording, circa 2008
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
19
4
Draft Proposal, 1999
9
35
Reviews, 2003
9
36
Script, 2002
9
37
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Series 7: Research Files, 1962-2000
0.65 Linear feet
Box 9-10, 23

Research files include clippings, notes, correspondence, translations, book excerpts, drafts, and a sound recording of Australian convict ballads dated between the 1960s and early 2000s. Topics of note include the Australian Republican Movement, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment of the Arts, the Sistine Chapel restoration; Leonardo da Vinci, the "Mona Lisa," and the state of the art market.
Description Container Select
"Art and Money: Who's Winning and Who's Losing as Prices Go Through the Roof" [1], 1973, 1989
9
38
"Art and Money: Who's Winning and Who's Losing as Prices Go Through the Roof" [2], 1973, 1989
9
39
Australian Convict Ballads/Shearston, Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
11
Australian Republican Movement Drafts and Research Materials, 1991-2000
10
1
Books/Articles Written By Others [1], 1997-2008
10
2
Books/Articles Written By Others [2], 1997-2008
10
3
Clippings Re "Mona Lisa", 1962-1963
10
4
Clippings Re State of the Art Market, 1963, 1980-1984
10
5
Florence After the Flood, 1966
10
6
Howard Hodgkin, 1982, 1991, undated
10
7
Leonardo Research, 1969
10
8
Michelangelo Translations, undated
10
9
NEA and NEH Research [1], 1984-1987
10
10
NEA and NEH Research [2], 1984-1987
10
11
NEA and NEH Research [3], 1984-1987
10
12
Notes Re The World's Fair, 1993
10
13
Research Materials Re Museums (MET), 1990-1991
10
14
Sistine Chapel Restoration Drafts and Research Materials, 1980-1987
10
15
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Series 8: Personal Business Records, 1972-2007
0.3 Linear feet
Box 10

Personal business records include correspondence, descriptions of events, photographs, legal files, and sound recordings of notes related to Hughes' 1999 near fatal car crash; legal files related to defamation claims, and Hughes' da Vinci article and publication on Lucian Freud paintings; a circa 2009 list of publications, 1986 and 1987 lists of expenses; and a 2007 MoMA lecture contract.
Description Container Select
Car Crash, Description of Events, 1999
10
16
Car Crash, Post Accident Photographs, 1999
10
17
Car Crash, Sound Recordings of Notes, 1999
1 Sound cassette
10
18
Legal Files, Car Crash, 1999
10
19
Legal Files, Car Crash, 1999-2000
10
20
Legal Files, Car Crash, 2000
10
21
Legal Files, Car Crash, 2000
10
22
Legal Files, da Vinci Article, 1972
10
23
Legal Files, Defamation Claim, 2000
10
24
Legal Files, Defamation Claim, 2000
10
25
Legal Files, Defamation Claim, 2000-2002
10
26
Legal Files, Defamation Claim, 2000-2005
10
27
Legal Files, Email Correspondence, 1999-2004
10
28
Legal Files, Lucian Freud Paintings, 1989-1996
10
29
List of Publications, circa 2009
10
30
Lists of Travel Expenses, 1986, 1987
10
31
MoMA Lecture Contract, 2007
10
32
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Series 9: Printed Material, 1959-2008
0.51 Linear feet
Box 10-11, 14

Printed material includes clippings related to Hughes' writing or articles published by Hughes from 1959 to 2002; art reviews for "Nation" Australia written by Hughes between 1960 and 1964; Hughes' TIME Magazine articles published between 1973 and 1979; a circa 1985 Guerilla Girls poster; Charles Fraser's 2004 obituary; circa 1964 clippings related to Noeline Brown; and exhibition announcements, catalogs, clippings, and press releases from 1966 to 2000.
Description Container Select
Art Reviews For "Nation" Australia, 1960-1964
10
33
Clippings, 1959, 1964, 1966
10
34
Clippings, 1963-2008
10
35
Clippings, 1970-1972
10
36
Clippings, 1973-1979
10
37
Clippings, 1973, 1975, 1993, 2007
14
1
Clippings, 1980-1987
11
1
Clippings, 1988-1989
11
2
Clippings, 1993, 1995
11
3
Clippings, 1999-2000
11
4
Clippings, 1999-2002
11
5
Clippings, 2002
11
6
Clippings, undated
11
7
Clippings, Charles Fraser Obituary, 2004
11
8
Clippings Re Noeline Brown, circa 1964
11
9
Clippings, Time Magazine Articles, 1973-1979
11
10
Exhibition Announcements, Catalogs, Clippings, and Press Releases [1], 1966-2000
11
11
Exhibition Announcements, Catalogs, Clippings, and Press Releases [2], 1966-2000
11
12
Guerilla Girls Poster, circa 1985
11
13
Pregon de las Festes de la Merce, 2000
11
14
The Ballad of Alan Bond, Published Poem and Clipping, 2000
11
15
The London Magazine, 1964-1965
11
16
Time Magazine Cover Print, undated
11
17
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Series 10: Photographic Material, 1973-2006
0.7 Linear feet
Box 11

Photographic material includes color and black and white photographs, slides, negatives, and transparencies documenting Hughes' travels in England, Australia, Spain, the Caribbean, Turkey, Venice; Leningrad; his friends and family; landscapes; self-portraits; other art and literary figures including artists and writers; and works of art. Materials were created by Hughes and various others.
Description Container Select
England and Scone, Australia, 1980, undated
11
18
Robert Hughes Portraits, undated
11
19
Shelter Island Home, circa 1990s
11
20
Shelter Island House/Renovation, circa 1990s
11
21
Slides, circa 1970s
11
22
Slides, 1973-1991
11
23
Slides, 1980-1991
11
24
Slides, 1987-1991
11
25
Slides, circa 1990s
11
26
Slides, 1991
11
27
Slides, 2001
11
28
Slides, Amsterdam, 1991
11
29
Slides, Caribbean, Alaska Float, Tikchik, 1984-1987
11
30
Slides, Friends, Long Island, Europe, House, Shelter, Hunting, Sea Fishing, 1979-1986
11
31
Slides, Pre-1980, circa 1970s
11
32
Slides, Leningrad, 1988, 1992
11
33
Slides, Spain [1], circa 1991
11
34
Slides, Spain [1], circa 1991
11
35
Slides, Turkey, 1985
11
36
Slides, Venice, 1985-1986
11
37
Snapshots: Family, Friends, and Landscapes, circa 1980s-circa 1990s
11
38
Streeton Negatives, undated
11
39
Sydney, Australia, 2006
11
40
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Series 11: Unidentified Audiovisual and Born-Digital Materials, circa 1980s-circa 1990s
1.15 Linear feet
Box 11, 12, 23

Unidentified sound recordings, digital files, a hard disk drive storage device, and three laptop computers.
Description Container Select
Digital Files, circa 1980s-circa1990s
2 Floppy discs
11
41
Hard Disk Drive Storage Device, undated
1 Hard drive
12
1
Laptop Computer, Dell, undated
1 Hard drive
This item is currently closed to researchers.
12
2
Laptop Computer, Sony, undated
1 Hard drive
This item is currently closed to researchers.
12
3
Laptop Computer, Toshiba, undated
1 Hard drive
This item is currently closed to researchers.
12
4
Unidentified Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
12
Unidentified Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
13
Unidentified Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
14
Unidentified Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
15
Unidentified Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
16
Unidentified Sound Recording, undated
1 Sound cassette
23
18

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