Guide to the David Wojnarowicz Papers MSS.092

Fales Library and Special Collections

Collection processed by Marvin J. Taylor

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on October 13, 2021
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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 VII: Subjects, 1979-1994 Arrangement This series is arranged into four subseries: Subseries A: Loft; Subseries B: Legal Cases; Subseries C: Announcements; and Subseries D: General Subjects.
Subseries A: Loft Scope and Contents This series consists of loft papers and loft board files, dated circa 1979-1991 (with discontinuities). Also included are various banking, telephone, and utility receipts; bills; and nine files pertaining to Peter Hujar, including Hujar's will and obituaries.
Box: 12	Folder : 1	Loft papers (1991)	1991
Box: 12	Folder : 2	Loft papers (1990)	1990
Box: 12	Folder : 3	Loft papers (1990)	1990
Box: 12	Folder : 4	Loft papers (1989)	1989
Box: 12	Folder : 5	Loft papers (1988)	1988
Box: 12	Folder : 6	Loft papers (1988)	1988
Box: 12	Folder : 7	Loft papers (1987)	1987
Box: 12	Folder : 8	Loft papers (pre-1987)	1987
Box: 12	Folder : 8A.	Lease (1985): 529 E. 13th St.	1985
Box: 12	Folder : 9	Loft Board files: Loft papers, Hujar 1981	1981
Box: 12	Folder : 10	Loft papers: Hujar 1979	1979
Box: 12	Folder : 11	Loft Board files	undated
Box: 12	Folder : 12	Loft: Raynes Realty	undated
Box: 12	Folder : 13	Misc. notes, envelopes, business cards, etc.	undated
Box: 12	Folder : 14	Receipts-airline tickets	undated
Box: 12	Folder : 15	Receipts 1991, misc.	1991
Box: 12	Folder : 16	Medical receipts 1991	1991
Box: 13	Folder : 17	Con Edison 1991	1991
Box: 13	Folder : 18	NY Telephone 1991	1991
Box: 13	Folder : 19	Chemical Bank 1991	1991
Box: 13	Folder : 20	Receipts 1990, misc.	1990
Box: 13	Folder : 21	Medical receipts 1990	1990
Box: 13	Folder : 22	Chemical Bank 1990	1990
Box: 13	Folder : 23	Con Edison 1990	1990
Box: 13	Folder : 24	NY Telephone 1990	1990
Box: 13	Folder : 25	Receipts 1989, misc.	1989
Box: 13	Folder : 26	Medical receipts 1989	1989
Box: 13	Folder : 27	Con Edison 1989	1989
Box: 13	Folder : 28	NY Telephone 1989	1989
Box: 13	Folder : 29	Chemical Bank 1989	1989
Box: 13	Folder : 30	Receipts 1988, misc.	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 31	Medical receipts 1988	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 32	Manhattan Bank 1988	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 33	Amalgamated Bank 1988	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 34	Chemical Bank 1988	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 35	Con Edison 1988	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 36	NY Telephone 1988	1988
Box: 13	Folder : 37	Receipts-empty folders	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 38	Tax	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 39	Hujar, Peter-bills	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 40	Hujar, Peter-bills	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 41	Hujar, Peter-bills	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 42	Hujar, Peter-birth certificate, diploma, social security, etc.	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 43	Hujar, Peter-c. v.	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 44	Hujar, Peter-disability report	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 45	Hujar, Peter-home care plan	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 46	Hujar, Peter-medical	undated
Box: 13	Folder : 47	Hujar, Peter-model release forms	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 48	Hujar, Peter-obituary	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 49	Hujar, Peter-obituary	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 50	Hujar, Peter-obituary "Portrait in Life."	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 51	Hujar, Peter-receipts	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 52	Hujar, Peter-will	undated
Subseries B: Legal Cases Scope and Contents This subseries contains documentation pertaining to the Reverend Wildmon trial and NEA legal battles.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 14	Folder : 53	Auto accident summons	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 54	Legal misc.	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 55	Legal misc. -will of Keith Davis	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 56	Legal misc. -guidelines for will	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 57	NEA-Artists Space	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 58	NEA-"Culture Wars" by Ed Richard Bolton	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 59	NEA-"Left & Right ..." by David Levi Strauss	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 60	NEA-"NEA Restores $10,000 Grant ... " by Karen Lipson (NY Newsday)	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 61	NEA-Illinois State University controversy articles/clippings	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 62	NEA-Illinois correspondence re: attacks on retrospective by NEA	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 63	NEA-Illinois correspondence re: "Tongues of Flame" exhibit	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 64	NEA-Ollie North file	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 65	NEA-Postcards from America excerpt	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 66	NEA-Proof (Artist's Equity) "Paint or Politics"	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 67	NEA/AFA case-reviews	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 68	Wildmon-AFA fax	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 69	Wildmon-AFA fax	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 70	Wildmon-AFA flyer	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 71	Wildmon-AFA letter about Wojnarowicz	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 72	Wildmon-AFA letter requesting money	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 73	Wildmon-AFA memo	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 74	Wildmon/NEA-articles and clippings	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 75	Wildmon-article in Art in America, "War on Culture"	undated
Box: 14	Folder : 76	Wildmon-article in NY Times Magazine, "Reverend Wildmon's ..." (Sept. 2, 1990)	1990
Box: 15	Folder : 77	Wildmon case	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 78	Wildmon case-envelope and phone log	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 79	Wildmon-complaint/nature of claim	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 80	Wildmon/AFA court materials	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 81	Wildmon-court transcripts	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 82	Wildmon-flyer denouncing Wojnarowicz	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 83	Wildmon-law memo draft (2 versions)	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 84	legal letter to Wildmon	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 85	Wildmon-legal brief notes	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 86	Wildmon-legal briefing notes (final version)	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 87	Wildmon-memorandum of law	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 88	Wildmon-misc. flyers and memo	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 89	Wildmon-notes	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 90	Wildmon-notes	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 91	notes on Wildmon mailing	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 92	notes on Wildmon mailing	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 93	Wildmon-notice of appeal	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 94	Wildmon-People for the American Way	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 95	Wildmon-plaintiff's trial memo	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 96	Wildmon-post-trial brief	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 97	Wildmon-post-trial brief on libel	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 98	Wildmon-post-trial memo	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 99	Wildmon-practice cross-examination for Wojnarowicz	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 100	Wildmon-request for documents	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 101	Wildmon-trial memo	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 102	Wildmon-Wojnarowicz's affidavit	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 103	Wildmon-Wojnarowicz's affidavit	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 104	Wildmon-Wojnarowicz's deposition	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 105	Wildmon-AFA check for $1. 0	undated
Subseries C: Announcements Scope and Contents This subseries includes flyers, posters, and promotional material concerning political activism, Wojnarowicz's rock'n'roll band 3 Teens Kill 4, art exhibitions, and various cultural and social events.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 15	Folder : 106	Activist/political flyers	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 107	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 108	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 109	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 110	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 111	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 112	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 113	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 114	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 115	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 116	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 117	Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 118	Announcements - Art in America June, 1994	1994
Box: 15	Folder : 119	Announcements - Art in America February, 1989	1989
Box: 15	Folder : 120	Announcements - Flyer for '3 Teens Kill 4'	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 120A.	'3 Teens Kill 4' Flyers/Posters	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 120B.	The Poetry Project	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 121	Program - Brighton Festival	undated
Subseries D: General Subjects Scope and Contents This subseries includes material on PPOW gallery, Dennis Cooper, and Tom Rauffenbart.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 15	Folder : 122	Cooper, Dennis	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 122A.	Exit Art-Mailing List	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 123	Festival of Arts Cruise	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 124	L'Ecuyer, Gerald	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 125	PPOW-Announcements	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 126	PPOW-Bio and CV	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 127	PPOW-Business	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 128	PPOW-Reviews	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 129	Production Materials-Brush Fires in the Social Landscape	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 130	Rauffenbart, Tom-instructions for medication	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 131	Rauffenbart, Tom-medical card	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 132	Rauffenbart, Tom-rPsumP	undated
Box: 15	Folder : 132A.	Target City Hall materials --- Aids activism	undated
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Table of Contents

Container List

Series VII: Subjects, 1979-1994

Arrangement

Subseries A: Loft

Scope and Contents

Subseries B: Legal Cases

Scope and Contents

Subseries C: Announcements

Scope and Contents

Subseries D: General Subjects

Scope and Contents