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Guide to the Martin Wong Papers MSS.102


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Collection processed by Jenny Hillyer. Updated by Joseph Gallucci, 2007. Accretion processed by Colin Wells, 2009.

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on December 10, 2021
Description is in English. using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

 Finding aid was updated by Anna Björnsson McCormick to enhance description of Sign Language artworks Finding aid updated by Weatherly Stephan to reflect preservation rehousing of oversize material and reintegration of oversize series. Finding aid updated by Weatherly Stephan to clarify relationship with Miguel Piñero in biographical note  , September 2020 , February 2021 , December 2021

Container List

Series III: Source Material, 1951-1998. 7 Linear Feet in five record cartons, one manuscript box, four oversize flat boxes, and one flat file folder.

Scope and Contents

Series III: Source Material is by far the largest series, and is comprised of imagery (not including oversize) inspirational to Wong. Magazines, posters, invitations to gallery events and parties, memorabilia, and graffiti materials comprise the series. Where possible, the series has been ordered alphabetically by theme - themes include boxing, prisons, firefighters, Chinatown, and sign language.

Arrangement

This series is divided into two subseries based on language of material: Subseries III.A: Source Material and Subseries III.B: Asian-Language Source Material.

Subseries III.A: Catalogs, Graffiti, Invites, Posters, Source Material, etc., 1951-1998. 7 Linear Feet in five record cartons, four oversize flat boxes, and one flat file folder.

Scope and Contents note

Subject: Catalogs, Graffiti, Invites, Posters, Source Material & Source Magazines
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 31 Folder : 29 Catalog: "An All-Star Salute to Chinese American Cultural Pioneers"
 1993
Box: 31 Folder : 30 Catalog: "Art for Learning"
 1994
Box: 31 Folder : 31 Catalog: "Daze," Artwork and Biography
 1986
Box: 31 Folder : 32 Catalog: "Longwood Arts Journal, 1992-1993, Bronx Council on the Arts"
 1992-1993
Box: 31 Folder : 33 Catalog: "In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting"
 1991-1992
Box: 31 Folder : 34 Catalog: Museum of the City of New York, Fall 1996 (includes Graffiti Symposium)
 1996
Box: 31 Folder : 35 Catalog: New Museum of Contemporary Art
 1998
Box: 31 Folder : 36 Catalog: "In the Ring"
 1993
Box: 31 Folder : 37 Catalog: "Simon Says," Summer 1998
 1998
Box: 31 Folder : 38 Catalog: "The Curio Shop"/The Asian American Arts Network
 1993
Box: 31 Folder : 39 Catalog: "Martin Wong," Exit Art Show
 1998-11-1998-12
Box: 31 Folder : 40 Catalog: "Contemporary Art Auction to Benefit El Bohio"
 1985-09
Box: 31 Folder : 41 Catalog: Jane Dickson, "Paradise Alley"
 1996
Box: 31 Folder : 42 Catalog: Steven R. Miller
 undated
Box: 31 Folder : 43 Graffiti: Tag Sketches
 undated
Box: 32 Folder : 1 Graffiti: Laroc Tag Book
 undated
Box: 32 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Red Marker Tag Book
 1992
Box: 32 Folder : 3 Graffiti: Tags, drawings, and writings
 undated
Box: 32 Folder : 4 Graffiti: Paint Palette Tag Book
 undated
Box: 32 Folder : 5 Graffiti: New York Graffiti Posse Black Marble Tag Book
 1990s
Box: 33 Folder : 1 Graffiti: Norton Simon Inc. Tag Book
 undated
Box: 33 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Kose Tag Book
 undated
Box: 33 Folder : 3 Graffiti: Wonderful World of Graffiti ECT Tag Book
 1981-1990
Box: 33 Folder : 4 Graffiti: KOOLASSDAR Tag Book
 undated
Box: 34 Folder : 1 Graffiti: John Lennon Starting Over Tag Book
 undated
Box: 34 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Black Book LA II ROC Tag Book
 1991
Box: 34 Folder : 3 Graffiti: The Official Graff Book of the Kool "ERO" in Effect Tag Book
 1987-1993
Box: 34 Folder : 4 Graffiti: Black Spray Paint Devo Sketchbook
 1982-1985
Box: 36 Folder : 1 Graffiti: Puerto Rico Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 36 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Fun Gallery Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 36 Folder : 3 Graffiti: Frenzy Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 36 Folder : 4 Graffiti: Space Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 37 Folder : 1 Graffiti: Property of Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 37 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Cose The Death Squad Sketchbook
 1986
Box: 37 Folder : 3 Graffiti: The King Cose Sketchbook
 1983-1984
Box: 38 Folder : 1 Graffiti: The Master Artist Stash II Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 38 Folder : 2 Graffiti: TDS Lives Sketchbook
 1986
Box: 38 Folder : 3 Graffiti: Gremlin Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 38 Folder : 4 Graffiti: Fresh Kidd Rocs Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 38 Folder : 5 Graffiti: Part I TDS Sketchbook
 1986
Box: 39 Folder : 1 Graffiti: Lone Ranger Sketchbook
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Subway Cars Sketchbook
 1991
Box: 39 Folder : 3 Graffiti: F5 by Lee Quiñones
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 4 Graffiti: Clippings
 undated
Box: 9 Folder : 5 Graffiti: "Nab 2 as Transit Writers" (newspaper item)
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 5 Graffiti: Artwork by Crash, Sharp, Laroc

Scope and Contents

Many tags identified by Sean Corconan of the Museum of the City of New York.

 1985-1994
Box: 39 Folder : 6 Graffiti: Tag by Kies
 1989
Box: 29 Folder : 14 Graffiti: Stash Two Fax Art
 1989-05-03
Box: 39 Folder : 7 Graffiti: Layout and Labels for Graffiti Show
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 8 Graffiti: Postcard and Photo, Keith Haring and LA2
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 9 Graffiti: Mini-Notebook with Descriptions of Graffiti Art
 1991
Box: 39 Folder : 10 Graffiti: Print Magazine, "Spray-Can School"
 1982
Box: 39 Folder : 11 Graffiti: "Art from a Spray-Can" Manuscript Draft
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 12 Graffiti: "Bizzama," signed "AMBH"
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 13 Graffiti: Graffiti Form with Tags
 undated
Box: 35 Folder : 3 Graffiti: "Whose to Say?" Painting by Jonathon
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 14 Graffiti: Hip-Hop Figure
 undated
Box: 39 Folder : 15 Graffiti: Notes and Comment on Graffiti Art by Martin Wong
 undated
Box: 9 Folder : 7 Graffiti: Color Copy of Photo of Graffiti Artists
 1980s-1990s
Box: 9 Folder : 6 Graffiti: Photos of Graffiti Artists
 1980s
Box: 39 Folder : 16 Graffiti: "Art Boom" No. 2
 1991
Box: 39 Folder : 17 Graffiti: "Coming from the Subway," Groninger Museum
 1992-1993
Box: 39 Folder : 18 Graffiti: "The Subway Sun"
 1987
Box: 39 Folder : 19 Graffiti: "Post-Graffiti" Catalog, Sidney Janis Gallery
 1983
Box: 35 Folder : 4 Graffiti: "Wild Style" (Film) 3-D Logo
 undated
Box: 9 Folder : 3 Graffiti: "The Devastating Artist" (Drawing)
 undated
Box: 9 Folder : 4 Graffiti: "Wild Style" (Film) Logo Sketches
 undated
Box: 40 Folder : 1 Graffiti: "Wild Style" (Film) Transcript
 undated
Box: 40 Folder : 2 Graffiti: "Wild Style" (Film) Poster and Artwork
 undated
Box: 40 Folder : 3 Graffiti: "Wild Style" (Film) Book and Audiocassette, "Hip Hop Rap Music in NYC"
 1983
Box: 40 Folder : 4 Graffiti: "Wild Style" (Film) Promo Flyers in Chinese
 undated
Box: 40 Folder : 5 Graffiti: Museum of American Graffiti Letterhead, Business Card, Grand Opening Invitation
 1989
Box: 9 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Darizm! The Real Crew Tagbook
 undated
Box: 11 Folder : 1 Graffiti: Mae Tag Sketchbook
 1986
Box: 11 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Jazzy Kay Tag Sketchbook
 circa 1980s
Box: 35 Folder : 2 Graffiti: Pilot Tag Sketchbook
 circa 1980s
Box: 62 Folder : 1 Graffiti: King God Core Tag Sketchbook
 1989
Box: 62 Folder : 2 Sketchbook: 42nd Street Subway
 1978
Box: 12 Folder : 1-2 Eureka 1976 by Martin Wong

Scope and Contents

One copy has original pencil sketches on back pages.

 1977
Box: 12 Folder : 3 Graffiti: Erockizmer T.C.F. Tag Sketchbook
 1980s
Box: 12 Folder : 4 Graffiti: What It Be Like Tag Sketchbook
 1981
Box: 52 Folder : 2 Graffiti: "Village Voice," Dec 24-30, 1980
 1980
Box: 52 Folder : 4 Graffiti: New York Newsday
 1989-05-03
Box: 10 Folder : 4 Graffiti: "Aerosoland"/"Rockathon" Zine
 undated
Box: 10 Folder : 7 Graffiti: Portrait of a Woman Photograph
 undated
Box: 10 Folder : 5 Graffiti: Mural Art Photograph
 undated
Box: 10 Folder : 6 Graffiti: Stabbing Mural Photograph
 undated
Box: 17 Folder : 5 Graffiti: "IGT" Zine
 undated
Box: 29 Folder : 1 Graffiti: "Fresh!" Painting
 undated
Box: 17 Folder : 13 Graffiti: Color Copy of Tags
 undated
Box: 17 Folder : 11 Graffiti: "Martin" tag
 undated
Box: 17 Folder : 12 Graffiti: Tag Sketches
 undated
Box: 17 Folder : 4 Graffiti: "The East Village Eye"
 January 1982; February 1983
Box: 17 Folder : 3 Graffiti: "Craft International"
 1982
Box: 17 Folder : 15 Graffiti: "Wild Thing" Tag
 undated
Flat-File-Folder: 2 Graffiti: Hip Hop Kids by Lee Quiñones
 1991
Box: 40 Folder : 6 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1980s-1990s
Box: 40 Folder : 7 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1984
Box: 40 Folder : 8 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1985
Box: 40 Folder : 9 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1986
Box: 40 Folder : 10 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1987
Box: 40 Folder : 11 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1988
Box: 40 Folder : 12 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1989
Box: 40 Folder : 13 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1990
Box: 40 Folder : 14 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1991
Box: 40 Folder : 15 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1992
Box: 40 Folder : 16 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1993
Box: 40 Folder : 17-18 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1994
Box: 40 Folder : 19 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1995
Box: 40 Folder : 20 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1996
Box: 40 Folder : 21 Invites: Gallery Openings and Shows
 1997
Box: 40 Folder : 22 Invites: Gay and Lesbian Events
 1980s-1990s
Box: 41 Folder : 1-2 Invites: Social and Cultural Events, Parties
 1988-1996
Box: 29 Folder : 15 Poster: "Virtual and Interactive Arts Symposium"
 1992-02
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "Hallowe'en @ Roxy"
 1992
Box: 10 Folder : 10 Poster: "2nd Annual Open Studio Chinatown Exhibition"
 1986-05
Box: 29 Folder : 16 Poster: "Daze & Crash: New Works"
 1990-05
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "Martin Wong, Semaphore East Show"
 1985
Box: 17 Folder : 6 Poster: "Martin Wong, Semaphore"
 undated
Box: 10 Folder : 11 Poster: "Martin Wong: The Chinatown Paintings"
 1983
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "The Saint at Large Presents Hallowe'en"

Scope and Contents

Poster includes image of "Big Heat" by Wong.

 1994
Box: 10 Folder : 8 Poster: "The Saint This Summer"
 1987
Box: 10 Folder : 9 Poster: "The Saint Opening Night"
 1987-09-26
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "Exit Art"
 1988
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "The White Party"
 1993
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "Signs of Life Panel Discussion"
 1992
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Poster: "The Eighth Annual South Bronx Show"
 1987
Box: 41 Folder : 3-4 Printed Ephemera
 undated
Box: 13 Folder : 4, 7-9 Source: Time Photographs (Urban Commerce Series)
 circa 1970s-1980s
Box: 41 Folder : 5 Source: "My 6 Convicts" Book
 1951
Box: 41 Folder : 6 Source: Clippings about Prison
 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 7 Source: Postcard of Kissing Firemen

Scope and Contents

Possibly used for Big Heat painting.

undated
Box: 41 Folder : 8 Source: Black People
 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 9-10 Source: Asia Imagery
 undated
Box: 13 Folder : 5 Source: Chinese Imagery
 1930s
Box: 35 Folder : 5 Source: Dried Bean Curd Wrapper
Box: 41 Folder : 11 Source: Shanghai Museum Catalog
 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 12 Source: Chinese Cards
 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 13 Source: Chinese Characters (Script)
 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 14 Source: Photo of Cupcake & Paco from "Short Eyes"

Scope and Contents

Possibly used for Wong's Annunciation painting)

 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 15 Source: Sign Language and Deaf People
 undated
Box: 41 Folder : 16 Source: Astronomy and Constellations
 undated
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Source: Constellation Map with Annotations
Box: 42 Folder : 1 Source: Boxing
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 2 Source: Cowboys and Western
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 3 Source: Firefighters
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 4 Source: Lower East Side, Graffiti, and Tattoos
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 5 Source: The Male Nude and Gay Erotica
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 6 Source: Men in Uniform
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 7 Source: Nora Wong Material
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 8 Source: California Redwoods
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 9 Source: Works of Art
 undated
Box: 29 Folder : 3 Source: Tattoo Wall Flash
 undated
Box: 10 Folder : 1 Source: "Rally to Save Firefighters" poster
 undated
Box: 42 Folder : 10-12 Source Magazines: Art
 undated
Box: 13 Folder : 1 Source Magazine: Artforum
 1988
Box: 10 Folder : 3 Source Magazines: "The Art Newspaper"
 1992 January-February
Box: 42 Folder : 13 (Mixed Materials [31142062853273]) Source Magazines: Asian Arts and Culture
 1970s-1980s
Box: 52 Folder : 1 (Mixed Materials [31142062853372])
Box: 43 Folder : 1-4 (Mixed Materials [31142062853281])
Box: 43 Folder : 5 Source Magazines: "Eastern Horizon" (Asian Arts and Culture)
 1978-1981
Box: 43 Folder : 6 Source Magazines: BMX bikes
 undated
Box: 43 Folder : 7 (Mixed Materials [31142062853281]) Source Magazines: Boxing
 undated
Box: 44 Folder : 1 (Mixed Materials [31142062853299])
Box: 44 Folder : 4 Source Magazines: Comic Books
 undated
Box: 13 Folder : 2 Source Magazine: Comic Books - "Superman vs. Muhammed Ali"
 1978
Box: 44 Folder : 2 Source Magazines: Constellations and Astronomy
 undated
Box: 44 Folder : 3 Source Magazines: Cops
 undated
Box: 44 Folder : 5-6 Source Magazines: Pornography
 1980s-1990s
Box: 44 Folder : 7 Source Magazines: Firefighters
 1980s-1990s
Box: 44 Folder : 8 Source Magazines: "High Times"
 1986-1987
Box: 44 Folder : 9 Source Magazines: Hip Hop
 1990s
Box: 45 Folder : 1 Source Magazines: "Int'l UFO Library Magazine"
 1990s
Box: 45 Folder : 2 Source Magazines: "Model Railroader"
 1992
Box: 45 Folder : 3 Source Magazines: Spiritual/Mystical
 1993
Box: 13 Folder : 3 Source Magazine: Mystical/Spiritual (Life: "Visions of Life after Death")
 1992-03
Box: 45 Folder : 4 Source Magazines: "Pearl Harbor"
 1991
Box: 45 Folder : 5 Source Magazines: Prison
 1982-1986
Box: 45 Folder : 6-8 Source Magazines: Skateboarding
 1980s-1990s
Box: 45 Folder : 9-10 Source Magazines: "Thrasher" (Skateboarding)
 1991-1993
Box: 46 Folder : 1 Source Magazines: Spanish-Language
 1970s
Box: 52 Folder : 5 Source Magazine: El Vocero de Puerto Rico
 1991-02-02-1992-03-21
Box: 46 Folder : 2 Source Magazines: Statue of Liberty
 1986
Box: 46 Folder : 3 Source Magazines: Tattoos
 1990s
Box: 45 Folder : 4 Source Magazines: "Vibe;" "Rolling Stone"
 1991-1994
Box: 46 Folder : 5 Source Magazines: Wrestling
 1990

Subseries III.B: Asian-Language Source Material, 1982-1999. .4 Linear Feet in one manuscript box.
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 49 Folder : 12-18 Chinese-language source material
 undated
Box: 6 Folder : 1 Japanese-language source material
 undated
Box: 29 Folder : 2 Source: Chinese script (poster)
 undated
Box: 10 Folder : 2 Source: Chinese Newspaper with Chinese Theater Players
 undated

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