Guide to the David Wojnarowicz Papers MSS.092

Fales Library and Special Collections

Collection processed by Marvin J. Taylor

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Updated by Jacqueline Rider to reflect incorporation of video preservation master and sub-master files Updated by Megan O'Shea to add seven items and prepare 24 others for a move to offsite art storage in September 2017 Updated by Megan O'Shea to incorporate items treated and rehoused by Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department staff Updated by Megan O'Shea to prepare artwork being sent to offsite art storage in December 2017 Updated by Weatherly Stephan to note deaccessions Updated by Kelly Haydon to incorporate new digital access copies of materials from Series VIII, Subseries C: Sound Materials Updated by Anna McCormick to remove obsolete links. Edited by Amy C. Vo to revise harmful language regarding suicide and addiction Updated by Anna Björnsson McCormick to note context between art objects. Updated by Weatherly Stephan to reflect rehousing of objects in Series XIII , March 2017 , August 2017 , November 2017 , December 2017 , June 2018 , May 2019 , January 2020 , April 2021 , July 2021 , October 2021

Container List

Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Series VI: Biographical, circa 1980s - 1997 Arrangement This series is arranged into five subseries: Subseries A: Photographs & Documents; Subseries B: Obituaries; Subseries C: Reviews; Subseries D: Business and Promotional; and Subseries E: Taxes, Receipts, and Legal Documents.
Subseries A: Photographs Scope and Contents This subseries includes snapshots of Wojnarowicz, his work, and friends; biographical, contractual, and medical documentation.
Box: 9	Folder : 1	Art agreements	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 2	Biographical dateline	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 3	Bio-Wojnarowicz family	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 4	Consent forms	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 5	Illinois State University exhibition-checklist of works	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 6	Medical-American Hospitals of Paris test results	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 7	Medical-HIV study report: informed consent	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 8	Medical-morphine document	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 9	Insurance-medical and art	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 10	Photos	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 11	Photos	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 12	Photos	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 13	Photos	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 14	Photos (color Xerox); Jute Harper [Peter Hujar] Greeting Cards	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 15	Photos (print) - Hujar	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 16	Prize	undated
Subseries B: Obituaries Scope and Contents This subseries contains some 22 obituaries which appeared in such diverse commercial publications as OUT, Entertainment Weekly, and TIME. Also, files pertaining to Wojnarowicz's memorial service, including the funeral log.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 9	Folder : 17	Announcement of memorial	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 18	Funeral log	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 19	Obituary	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 20	Obituary-Art in America	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 21	Obituary-City of LA, "In Tribute"	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 22	Obituary-Entertainment Weekly	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 23	Obituary-Entertainment Weekly	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 24	Obituary-Interzone Vogue, dedicated to Wojnarowicz	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 25	Obituary-New Art Examiner	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 26	Obituary-NY Newsday	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 27	Obituary-NY Times	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 28	Obituary-NY Times	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 29	Obituary-Newsweek	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 30	Obituary-Otherside	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 31	Obituary-OUT	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 32	Obituary-Paper Sept. 1992	1992
Box: 9	Folder : 33	Obituary-People	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 34	Obituary-QW, "Fighting Words"	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 35	Obituary-Review, "City of Widows"	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 36	Obituary-Review, "Notes on the Blood-Filled Egg"	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 37	Obituary-Review, "Stonewalled at the Museum"	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 38	Obituary-TIME June 1990	1990
Box: 9	Folder : 39	Obituary-TIME August 1992	1992
Box: 9	Folder : 40	Obituary-tribute/memorial program	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 41	Tom's notes for memorial service	undated
Subseries C: Reviews Scope and Contents This subseries includes some 50-odd critical reviews of various Wojnarowicz exhibitions, performances, writings, and art.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 9	Folder : 42	Articles re: AIDS protest against FDA	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 43	Mention	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 44	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 45	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 46	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 47	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 48	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 49	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 50	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 51	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 52	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 53	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 54	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 55	Review	undated
Box: 9	Folder : 55 A.	Misc. Articles/reviews/commentary/reflections	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 56	Review	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 57	Review - p. 133	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 58	Review	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 59	Review-AIDS exhibit, Switzerland	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 60	Review-art and flyer	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 61	Review-Artforum tear sheets for Gracie Mansion Gallery	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 62	Review-Arts Magazine tearsheets	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 63	Review-Carr, C. Village Voice	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 64	Review-Close to the Knives	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 65	Review-Close to the Knives	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 66	Review-Close to the Knives & Memories; That Smell & letter from Serpent's Tail	;
Box: 10	Folder : 67	Review-critical piece on Wojnarowicz	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 68	Review-Gracie Mansion Gallery	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 69	Review-Gracie Mansion review material	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 69A.	Review --- "In the Shadow of the American Dream"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 70	Review-Memories That Smell Like Gasoline, Out, Summer, 1992	1992
Box: 10	Folder : 71	Review-misc.	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 71A.	Reviews --- various exhibitions, installations, performances	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 71B.	Reviews --- various exhibitions and publications	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 72	Review-Mueller, C. "Art and About"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 73	Review-Postcards from America	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 73A.	Review --- Postcards from America	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 74	Review-Rimbaud	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 75	Review-"7 Miles a Second"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 75A.	Review-"7 Miles a Second"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 75B.	Review-"7 Miles a Second"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 75C.	Review-"7 Miles a Second"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 75D.	Review-"7 Miles a Second"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 75E.	Review-"7 Miles a Second"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 76	Review-Voice	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 77	Review-Waterfront Journals	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 77A.	Review-Waterfront Journals	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 77B.	Review --- "Brush Fires in the Social Landscape"	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 77C.	Review --- "Brush Fires in the Social Landscape"	undated
Subseries D: Business and Promotional Scope and Contents This subseries contains various artist-related materials, including gallery papers, exhibition and performance flyers, and contracts. Also included are business cards and phone numbers of Wojnarowicz's friends and contacts, and other artists' exhibition flyers and catalogs.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 10	Folder : 78	Anna Friebe Galerie invoice	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 78A.	Artist file: Anna Friebe Gallery	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 78B.	Artist file: Wojnarowicz bios	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 78C.	Artist file: Wojnarowicz exhibition flyers	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 78D.	Artist file: Wojnarowicz exhibition and performance flyers	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 78E.	Artist file: various artist-related	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 79	Bills	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 80	Christmas catalog and misc. Receipts	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 81	Close to the Knives playbill	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 82	Contemporary Museum Hawaii fax	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 82A.	C. W. Graphics: contract	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 83	Film rights option	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 83A.	Pollock-Krasner Foundation application	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 84	Galerie MichPle Chomette	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 85	Gracie Mansion Gallery	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 86	Gracie Mansion Gallery, etc.	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 87	Insurance cancellation/levy sale	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 88	New Museum	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 89	Plane tickets	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 89A.	Public Art Fund Inc. : memo	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 90	Receipts 1989	1989
Box: 10	Folder : 91	Receipts 1989	1989
Box: 10	Folder : 92	Receipts, etc.	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 93	Receipts, etc.	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 94	Receipts, etc. --Spain	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 95	Receipts for taxes 1990-97	1990-1997
Box: 10	Folder : 96	Spain gallery papers	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 97	Walker Art Center-Ben Neil & David Wojnarowicz/ITSOFOMO	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 97A.	Other artists' exhibition flyers and catalogs	undated
Box: 10	Folder : 97B.	Business cards and phone numbers	undated
Subseries E: Taxes, Receipts, and Legal Documents Scope and Contents This subseries consists of taxes, including Peter Hujar tax information, and receipts, ordered chronologically (where possible) from 1983 to 1986.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 11	Folder : 98	Receipts 1983	1983
Box: 11	Folder : 99	Receipts 1983-84	1983-1984
Box: 11	Folder : 100	Receipts 1984	1984
Box: 11	Folder : 101	Receipts 1984	1984
Box: 11	Folder : 102	Receipts 1984	1984
Box: 11	Folder : 103	Receipts 1984	1984
Box: 11	Folder : 104	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 105	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 106	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 107	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 108	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 109	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 110	Receipts 1985	1985
Box: 11	Folder : 111	Receipts-art supplies	undated
Box: 11	Folder : 112	Receipts-bank 1986	1986
Box: 11	Folder : 113	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 114	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 115	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 116	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 117	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 118	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 119	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 120	Receipts 1986	1986
Box: 12	Folder : 121	Receipts-plane tickets	undated
Box: 12	Folder : 122	Tax-misc.	undated
Box: 12	Folder : 123	Tax-misc. receipts	undated
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Table of Contents

Container List

Series VI: Biographical, circa 1980s - 1997

Arrangement

Subseries A: Photographs

Scope and Contents

Subseries B: Obituaries

Scope and Contents

Subseries C: Reviews

Scope and Contents

Subseries D: Business and Promotional

Scope and Contents

Subseries E: Taxes, Receipts, and Legal Documents

Scope and Contents