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John Hall Papers

Call Number

MSS.098

Date

1977-1978, inclusive

Creator

Hall, John
Wojnarowicz, David

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The John Hall Papers include a small collection of letters from the artist, David Wojnarowicz to John Hall, a high school friend of Wojnarowicz' with whom Hall remained close to up until Wojnarowicz' death in 1992.

Biographical Note

The John Hall Papers include a small collection of letters from photographer, David Wojnarowicz to John Hall, a high school friend of Wojnarowicz' with whom Hall remained close to up until Wojnarowicz' death in 1992. Hall is often noted in the David Wojnarowicz Papers.

Arrangement

The files are grouped into one box.

Scope and Content Note

The John Hall Papers are a part of the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU libraries, housing over 200,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel.

The collection consists of four letters, one postcard and photos that were sent to Hall from David Wojnarowicz when the latter was in Paris during 1977-1978.

Access Restrictions

Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Use Restrictions

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The John Hall Papers; MSS 098; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections , New York University Libraries.

Provenance

The letters were acquired in April 1999 through purchase from Hall.

Separated Material

There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.

Related Material at the Fales Library and Special Collections

David Wojnarowicz Papers (MSS.092)

Collection processed by

Processed by Marvin J. Taylor in 1999

About this Guide

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Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

The John Hall Papers.htm

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012