Correspondence with John Tuska and John Loughery, 1992, 2001

File — Box: 28, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The papers of Will South papers date from 1955 to 2017. The papers highlight his expertise regarding specific American artitsts and the Californian art movement and document's South's career as a writer and museum curator through writings, exhibition catalogs, research materials, and correspondence.

Correspondence within the collection focuses on his research projects and includes correspondence to and from South. The series containing correspondence is rather limited and general in scope. The majority of correspondence was filed within the research materials and maintained in original order.

Writings are arranged alphbetically by title and include published articles, book reviews, and exhibition reviews. Included in the writings are several exhibition catalogs for exhibits either curated or containing content contributed by South. The majority of the exhibittion catalogs were produced for the Columbia Museum of Art, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake Art Center, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Along with South's writing are his lecture notes for various events.

The majority of the collection focuses on South's collected research materials. This series is arranged alphabetically according to the last name of person or by topic. These materials include correspondence with individuals regarding specific artists and their artwork, reproductions of primary source materials from various archives, collected news clippings, and articles. South's research focused extensively on Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Guy Rose, James Taylor Harwood, Conrad Buff, and other topics in American art.

Dates

1992
2001

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.